P10 Holdings Stock: A Small Private Equity Industry Play with Big Potential
Private equity is exploding, and Blackstone (BX) has traditionally been the best way to play it. P10 Holdings stock is an even better way.
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equity fund Archives
Daily Alert – 5/2/19
This business development company (BDC) beat analysts’ earnings estimates by six cents last quarter.
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Daily Alert – 3/25/19
Two analysts have raised their EPS estimates for this industrial company in the past 30 days.
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Daily Alert – 11/12/18
This closed-end fund has a current annual dividend yield of 11.58%, paid monthly.
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Why Value Investors Need to Have Growth Stocks Too
This bull market hasn't been kind to value investors. If you want to make money in this market, you need a few growth stocks.
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Wall Street’s Best Investments Top Picks Daily Alert: (IFN)
The top five sectors in this fund are Financial Services (20.31%); Basic Materials (18.13%); Technology (16.88%); Consumer Defensive (16.67%) and Healthcare (12.77%).
The India Fund, Inc. (IFN)
From The Personal Capitalist
The India Fund, Inc. (IFN) is a closed-end equity fund managed by Aberdeen Asset Management. seeks...
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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST)
This closed-end fund has a current dividend yield of 7.61%, paid monthly.
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) From Forbes/Lehmann Income Securities Investor
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust; Discount from Net Asset Value -13.44%; Pay Cycle Monthly; Total Expense Ratio 0.97; Leverage 0.17%; Family Closed-End CUSIP...
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ETFs Continue Redemptions, but at a Slower Pace
Just received this information from yesterday’s Thomson Reuters Lipper report regarding fund inflows/outflows. It’s interesting to see which funds are being sold and which are attracting new money:
“For the second week in a row, equity ETFs witnessed net outflows; however, this past week handed...
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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU)
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU)
from Financial Focus
We believe that equity prices in the United States are a bit inflated. Therefore, we prefer to look for opportunities in other countries through such vehicles as the Vanguard International Equity Fund (EX US) ETF (VEU). is...
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Vanguard Diversified Equity Inv (VDEQX)
This diversified fund of funds has gained 3.71% year-to-date.
Vanguard Diversified Equity Inv (VDEQX)
from The No-Load Fund Investor
The Vanguard Diversified Equity fund (VDEQX) has $1.5 billion in assets and invests in actively managed Vanguard funds. It uses U.S. equity funds only—no fixed income or equity...
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Investment Digest Daily Alert: Top Picks 2013 Updates Part 5
Today’s updates cover companies beginning with the letter P-W, several of which gave investors very nice returns. I’ve included the advisor’s current advice on the pick, whenever available, and given you the return from the date of recommendation through the end of 2013.
Peabody Corp...
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The Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund (LAQ) & The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America Index
Today Global Investment Strategist Analyst Benjamin Shepherd recommends two ETFs to take advantage of a rebound in Latin American investments. Both yield about 2.5%.
“The fundamental value proposition for investing in emerging markets such as Latin America is once again becoming clear. The region’s economies, given lower...
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How “Tapering” Will Affect Income Investors
“We are in a very interesting period in which poor economic data is actually viewed somewhat favorably by equity investors (as was the case following Monday’s PMI news) in that weak stats suggest that Ben Bernanke & Co. will delay the start of tapering...
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Growth vs Value Investing
Different investment styles have different objectives and require different rules. Value investing looks for undervalued stocks.
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Two Developing Major Market Trends
I think the odds are good that the incredible Japanese secular bear market in stocks has come to an end.
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Tweedy, Browne Global Value Fund (TBGVX)
Today’s recommendation comes from Ian Wyatt’s $100k Portfolio, which is taking a contrarian bet on the situation in Europe. The new recommendation is followed by an update on a Scarcity & Real Wealth recommendation that is being acquired.
“There’s no doubt: the Eurozone is mess...
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Clough Global Equity Fund (GLQ)
Today we have a brand new fund recommendation for all markets from the Forbes/ISA Closed End Fund & ETF Report.
"The market is likely to remain volatile, with three digit swings in the Dow happening more often than the recent past. In addition to swings,...
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Remember the Value of Market Timing
After the market has motored higher for months, as it has now, few investors are concerned with market timing, and that's a mistake.
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Kids and the Economic Crisis
Many people in their early 20s or under were too young (or not even born yet) to remember any economic problems from the last couple of decades. They've grown up in the recent boom times and are having difficultly adjusting to a more way...
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Pieces of the Deficit Pie
On Thursday night, I saw the movie, "I.O.U.S.A.," which focuses on the national deficit. It has been hailed as "An Inconvenient Truth," without a celebrity-type lead like Al Gore, but I found it equally interesting. While it's not a "sexy" topic (as one in...
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