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Closing long position on Apple Inc (aapl) for a +29% gain (+105% annualised)
I am closing my long position on Apple (aapl) I established back in February at $121.4 ps. With the shares closing at $156.1 on Friday, that’s a gain of approx +29% over the 100 days held; an annualised return of 105%. GrowthRater porfolio – recent closed positions WHY? Trade the story, rather than […]
Continue readingWazzup today in the markets – 11th May 2017
BT Group (bt_a_l) – Q4 & FY17 results: Markets seem finally to get the message . Vivendi (viv_pa) – Q1 FY17 results: + Offer for Havas – a compliance red flag! . NIBE Industrier AB (nibe-b_st) – Q1 FY17 results: A rebound in organic sales, but….. […]
Continue readingWazzup today in the markets – 10th May 2017
ITV (itv_l) – Q FY17 IMS: Mid-year 2017 inflection point or just wishful thinking ahead of Brexit negotiations? . Wolters Kluwer (wkl_as) – Q1 FY17 IMS: No fireworks, but a >5% OpFCF yield = a NIRP bolt-hole Compass Group (cpg_l) – H1 FY17 results: Solid value & improving momentum . Muted start to […]
Continue readingWazzup today in the markets – 3rd May 2017
Apple (aapl) – Q2 FY17 results: iPhone unit sales edge lower on China fall . Verisk (vrsk – Q1 FY17 results: Muted start to the year Rational AG (raa_de) – Q1 FY17 results: A storming start following last year’s ‘SelfCookingCenter’ launch . Muted start to the year from US & […]
Continue readingWazzup? – today in the markets 27th April 2017
Televisa (tv) – Q1 FY17 results: Still happy to stand back and let the price come back to me . WPP (wpp_l) – Q1 FY17 IMS (sales): Muted start to the year from US & China AMAZON.COM (amzn) – Q1 FY17 results: Q1 FY17: Markets chasing growth, albeit perhaps under-estimating […]
Continue readingPOTUS missile attack on Syria – more Kabuki theatre than prelude to WW3
Markets attempt to discount the future, which for the present often means trying to anticipate what the new POTUS is up to. Unfortunately, when he is failing to deliver what he promised (Healthcare and tax reform), but doing what he explicitly said he wouldn’t (bombing Syria) one might be forgiven for wanting to move into […]
Continue readingENIRO AB – Sometimes a negative valuation in the GrowthRater is justified!
ENIRO AB Friday’s announcement warning that no agreement had been reached by the 31 March Deadline with the banks has been followed by this morning’s refinancing proposals where Convertible and Preference shareholders have basically the stark choice of agreeing to exchanging their rights for just common stock and then stumping up more cash in a […]
Continue readingWhat’s wrong with Facebook?
Markets don’t seem to like Facebook. Those with access to the mean reversion analysis in the GrowthRater WebApp will be aware of the systematic relationship between organic revenue growth for these super-normal ‘growthers’ and how far out markets are reaching out to revert the growth rating and OpFCF yield back a market average. While also […]
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