John Hussman�� primary aim at his Hussman Funds is to invest for long-term returns while managing risk. In 2008, when the S&P lost 37% in its worst year of the decade, Hussman�� Strategic Growth Fund (HSGFX) lost just 9%. His average return since inception is 6.52%, compared to 0.55% for the S&P. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University, a double masters in education and social policy from Northwestern University, and a bachelor�� degree in economics. Hussman is also a prolific writer and author of the Hussman Weekly Market Commentary.
His fund�� principle investment strategy involves buying common stocks that demonstrate favorable valuations and/or market action. He primarily considers the relationship between the current price and the present value of expected future cash flows, but takes into account other valuation measures, such as P/E and stock price to revenue, analyzed in relation to expected future growth of cash flows to determine underlying value and probable long-term returns.
5 Best Communications Equipment Stocks To Own Right Now: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation New(SIX)
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation owns and operates regional theme, water, and zoological parks. The company?s parks offers various selection of state-of-the-art and traditional thrill rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts and shows, restaurants, game venues, and retail outlets. It owns and operates 19 parks, including 17 parks in the United States; 1 park in Mexico City, Mexico; and 1 park in Montreal, Canada. The company was formerly known as Six Flags, Inc. and changed its name to Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in April 2010. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX ) reported earnings on July 22. Here are the numbers you need to know.
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For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Six Flags Entertainment missed slightly on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share.
Top 5 Integrated Utility Stocks To Invest In 2014: Digicore Holdings Ltd (DGC)
Digicore Holdings Limited is a South Africa-based holding company engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of fleet management and vehicle tracking solutions. The Company operates in three segments: South African Distribution, Foreign Distribution, Product Development and Manufacturing and Group Management. The Company's South African distribution segment focuses on distribution of manufactured fleet management and vehicle tracking solutions within the South African consumer market. Foreign distribution focuses on the distribution of manufactured fleet management and vehicle tracking solutions all around the world. Product development and manufacturing segment focuses on investing in research, manufacturing and development of vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions for distribution. Group Management segment renders management services to the Company. On August 31, 2012, the Company obtained an additional 27% shareholding in Ctrack (Pty) Ltd. Advisors' Opinion:- [By Eric Lam]
Detour Gold (DGC) plunged 18 percent to C$6.35, an almost five-year low. The company said in a statement it will not reach its 2013 production target of 270,000 ounces of gold and now forecasts 240,000 to 260,000 ounces.
Top 5 Integrated Utility Stocks To Invest In 2014: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD)
iShares iBoxx $ InvesTop Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund, formerly known as iShares GS $ InvesTop Corporate Bond Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the corporate bond market as defined by the iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index (formerly the GS $ InvesTop Index) (the Index). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index.
The Index measures the performance of a fixed number of highly liquid investment-grade corporate bonds. The Index is a rules-based index consisting of up to 100 highly liquid, investment-grade, United States dollar-denominated corporate bonds that seek to maximize liquidity while maintaining representation of the corporate bond market. The Fund's investment advisor is Barclays Global Fund Advisors.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Chuck Saletta]
Where to invest?
Domestic stocks. The Vanguard Total Market (NYSEMKT: VTI ) ETF is a one-stop-shop that gives you access to around 99.5% by market cap of the publicly held U.S. stocks traded on major exchanges. A mere 3% turnover and microscopically low 0.05% expense ratio makes this a low-cost way to invest in the overall stock market. Investment-grade bonds. The iShares iBoxx $Invest Grade Corp Bond � (NYSEMKT: LQD ) ETF owns nearly $24 billion worth of investment-grade corporate bonds. A small 4% turnover and low 0.15% expense ratio make this a low-cost way to get bond exposure. Real estate. The SPDR Dow Jones REIT (NYSEMKT: RWR ) ETF has a bit over $2 billion invested in real estate investment trusts, attempting to match the Dow Jones Select REIT index. With a reasonable 7% turnover and a still pretty low 0.25% expense ratio, this is a reasonable way to get real estate exposure without turning yourself into a landlord. Foreign stocks. Vanguard's Total International Stock Index (NASDAQ: VXUS ) ETF has nearly $90 billion in foreign stocks under its control, owning pieces of more than 6,100 stocks from 45 countries. With a mere 3% turnover and low 0.16% expense ratio, it's one of the lowest-cost ways to get your hands on foreign companies without being an international accounting expert. Inflation-protected government bonds. The iShares Barclays TIPS Bond (NYSEMKT: TIP ) ETF has around $20 billion invested in U.S. Treasury inflation-protected bonds. With a low expense ratio of 0.2% and a reasonable 10% turnover rate, it's a decent way to get exposure to inflation-protected bonds. Note, though, that
There are countless possibilities for building your retirement portfolio to cover Social Security's gap, depending on your personal risk tolerance, timeline, and need for cash. Here are decent index-style ETFs across various asset types to consider when building your plan:
Top 5 Integrated Utility Stocks To Invest In 2014: Workday Inc (WDAY)
Workday, Inc., incorporated in March 2005, is a provider of enterprise cloud-based applications for human capital management (HCM), payroll, financial management, time tracking, procurement and employee expense management. It is focused on the consumer Internet experience and cloud delivery model. Its applications are designed for global enterprises to manage complex and dynamic operating environments. The Company provides its customers the applications to manage critical business functions for their financial and human capital resources. In February 2014, Workday Inc acquired Identified Inc, a provider of online recruitment analytics services.
Multi-Tenant Architecture
The Company�� architecture enables customers to share the same version of its applications while securely partitioning their respective application data. Because customers utilize its information technology (IT) resources and operational infrastructure, this framework reduces the costs of implementation, upgrades, and support.
Object-Oriented Technology Framework
The Company�� applications use objects to represent real-world entities such as employees, benefits, budgets, charts of accounts, and organizations.
In-Memory Data Management
The Company�� use of in-memory processing brings data physically closer to the central processing units and into main memory, eliminating the need to run a disk-seek operation each time a data look-up is performed. This allows for the delivery of embedded business intelligence to facilitate actionable analytics and reporting.
Consumer User Interface (UI)
The Company has built a UI platform that allows it to embrace new UI technologies without needing to rewrite the underlying application logic. It supports all browsers, run natively on Apple�� iOS with applications specifically designed for the iPad and iPhone, and support other mobile platforms such as Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian thro! ugh its HTML5 client.
Configurable Processes
The Company offers a set of tools for configuring, managing, monitoring, and optimizing the business processes that organizations rely on to manage their business. It includes over 270 pre-defined business process definitions to help deployments and provide a starting point for additional configuration.
Web Services-based Integration Platform
By offering an enterprise-class, embedded Web services integration platform and toolset at no additional cost, it relieves customers of many of the burdens associated with legacy systems integration and greatly reduce the risk of implementation failures or delays. In addition to open, standards-based Web services application programming interfaces, it provides a growing portfolio of pre-built, packaged integrations and connectors called Integration Cloud Connect.
Security and Audit
The Company endeavors to adhere to the security standards. It voluntarily obtain third party examinations relating to security and data privacy. It delivers configurable, user-level access control policies as well as a comprehensive, always-on auditing service that captures and documents changes to both data elements and business processes.
The Company competes with Oracle Corporation (Oracle), SAP AG (SAP), Ceridian and NetSuite, Inc.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Andrew Tonner]
For a company of its size and success, shares of enterprise powerhouse Oracle (NYSE: ORCL ) have taken a beating over the last month. The company and its amazing business model are under full assault from a series of cloud-based businesses that threaten to upend the industry as a whole. Clearly, emerging powers in this space like salesforce.com� (NYSE: CRM ) and Workday� (NYSE: WDAY ) have Oracle in their crosshairs. However, as a company with a reputation for rising to challenges, Oracle won't go quietly into the night. So how should investors look at this clash of the new and the old? Fool contributor Andrew Tonner breaks it down for investors in this edition of our Ask a Fool series.
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