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This week we explore Close End Funds (CEFs). CEFs are mutual funds that trade on stock exchanges, unlike popular open-ended funds. Open-ended funds are bought and sold through the fund manager. As such, its price always equals its net asset […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

This week we limit our population of potential stocks to those in the materials sector. The sector includes a diverse group of companies that mine, harvest, and produce raw materials used by many other industries. Within the materials sector, we […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

This week’s scan looks for five stocks not well followed by Wall Street but whose share prices have had a great year. Within this group, we look for robust growth opportunities with strong earnings estimates and a high Zacks Rank. […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

A unique approach to help us better understand the trading ranges for various assets.

Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, the founding fathers of value investing, coined the term “margin of safety” in their book, Security Analysis. Despite being almost 100 years old, the book remains invaluable for most value investors. The term “margin of […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

This week we piggyback on a recent Goldman Sachs research report. Goldman analyzed 250 public companies that have been around for the last three recessions (2001, 2008, and 2020). Their goal was to find the companies whose earnings are most […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

This week’s screen looks for opportunities in the U.S. refining industry. The first chart below shows that U.S. refining capacity has declined since 2019. At the same time, demand for refined products such as gasoline and jet fuel are returning […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

Per the ARK Invest website: “ARKK is an actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that seeks long-term growth of capital by investing under normal circumstances primarily (at least 65% of its assets) in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

A unique approach to help us better understand the trading ranges for various assets.

This week we use two well-followed growth and value calculations to deliver strong growth companies trading at cheap valuations. The scan is predicated on both a high Mohanram and Piotroski score. The Mohanram G score, developed by Partha Mohanram, uses […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

If one can find a bright spot in the market action this year, it’s that value opportunities are growing more plentiful with each leg lower. This week’s screen seeks value stocks with a track record of solid growth and expectations […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

This week’s screen comes from a subscriber asking for a screen on stocks that “are bucking the trend.”  To help answer his request, we use both RSI and relative positioning versus moving averages to find stocks holding up well despite […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

Each week this report will cover either major markets, market sectors or selected equities from a technical perspective.

This week’s screen looks for stocks that have fallen significantly this year but have strong earnings growth potential, large insider buying, and significant share ownership by insiders. Corporate insiders (executives and board members) often know more about their respective companies […]

This week’s screen looks for stocks that have fallen significantly this year but have strong earnings growth potential, large insider buying, and significant share ownership by insiders. Corporate insiders (executives and board members) often know more about their respective companies […]

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

Following last week’s scan for deep value, we think it is also helpful to scan for the combination of value and growth. This week’s scan has a larger than normal number of criteria, but the principal scanning factor is the […]

A unique approach to help us better understand the trading ranges for various assets.

The Gamma Band Update, from Viking Analytics, gives us market levels to improve your risk management and positioning.

Each week this report will cover either major markets, market sectors or selected equities from a technical perspective.