Day: April 14, 2012

Tickers for the Current Rebalancing

Tickers for the Current Rebalancing

When I look at what stocks to switch to as I manage my assets, and those of my clients, I look for assets that may be more valuable than the market currently believes.? Most of that involves looking at industries and valuations, but that has led me to the following group of tickers:

ABC ACCL ADTN AET AKAM ALTR AMKR APA ARB ARKR ARO ARRS ARTNA AVY BBY BDX BEAM BGS BHP BIDU BLT BSX BX BZ C CACH CAG CAH CBG CCH CELL CF CFN CLF CMVT CNQR CODI COV CP CPB CPE CPSI CREE CSCO CSTR CSWC CTRP CZZ DD DFS DGX DHT DLPH DLX DRIV DVN DVR EBAY EEP EFC EFX EPAX ERIC FBHS FCX FDP FORR FSLR FTE FUJIY GD GKK GLDD GLW GNRC GOOG GT GTAT HAL HII HNZ HOGS HON HRC HWCC IACI IART IN IRE ISIL ITRI ITT IVC JBL JCI JCP JNPR K KFN KKR KLAC KNM KOP KRA LDR LIFE LLTC LMCA LOW LPS LSI LVLT MASI MCHP MCK MDCI MDRX MKC MOS MPC MRVL MS MSI MTG MWW NAV NE NFG NFLX NILE NLY NOK NTGR NTI NTIC NTK NTRI NUVA NVDA ONNN PC PCLN PHG PLCM PTNR QCOR QGEN QLGC QSII RAH RIMM RMD RUK SEMG SGX SIGI SLM SNE SNX SOHU SPLS SPN STE STJ STM STX SWKS SXT T TFX THOR TNDM TNS TRGT TRIP TSM TSRA TXN UTHR VAR VFC VOLC VPRT VRX VZ WBMD WBSN WDC WMB WMGI WNR WPI WST XRAY YHOO ZINC

Other ideas are solicited, but I think these companies as a group? will outperform over the next three years.

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Miscellaneous

 

  • “When women stay home and they raise their kids & maintain the household, it is a job. It’s a job of love.” http://t.co/NV1JddlL #wellsaid Apr 13, 2012
  • @historysquared Have not seen anything definitive on that, but production from fracking decays faster than conventional production. $$ Apr 13, 2012
  • 10 Things I Hate About Tax Day http://t.co/SvezPoPV “There is absolutely no defense for it – none – & yet it persists, year after year.” Apr 11, 2012
  • @TimABRussell It varies. Most of the books I review are within a year of (re)publication. Some are as old as the 1960s. >95% last 10 yrs $$ Apr 09, 2012
  • So, you did an article ghostwritten by Robert Berman, Cinium’s CEO? Lovely. He gets around. But what does Smartmo… http://t.co/usg0buic Apr 09, 2012
  • Voices: Phil Cioppa, On Hiring Advisers http://t.co/zNN92rP4 Most sales positions have high turnover, particularly w/intangible products Apr 11, 2012
  • McDonald?s Pursuit of Perfect Fries Risks Overpromising http://t.co/DWDuesyG Harder 2 assure consistent quality if $MCD locally sources $$ Apr 09, 2012

 

China

 

  • Agree that America declines, but China also RT @historysquared: Historian warns of sudden collapse of American ?empire? http://t.co/Z4hVtKkk Apr 13, 2012
  • Shadow Banks on Trial as China?s Rich Sister Faces Death http://t.co/dJfEanEw It is morally wrong to put someone 2 death 4a property crime Apr 11, 2012
  • Is China slowing down? http://t.co/IJA8jobS From the AEI, very clueless piece: China should raise its exchange rate & lower the central rate Apr 11, 2012
  • Hong Kong?s Tsang ?Highly Concerned? About Property Price Bubble http://t.co/XHRBLgY5 Devel Nations monetary policy fuels many bubbles $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • ‘Jackie Kennedy of China’ at Center of Political Drama http://t.co/MvIPw1oy The politics of China r dirtier than the US & more secretive Apr 10, 2012
  • China Inflation Exceeds Forecast http://t.co/Z9hnKj1Y Too little attention paid here; too much confidence in Chinese central bankers $$ Apr 09, 2012
  • @valuewalk Yes, saw it and the followup bet. I owe a decent amount of my intl economics thinking to Pettis, but not my errors 😉 $$ Apr 09, 2012
  • The ways China can rebalance http://t.co/2ZtRG4F2 Michael Pettis on the constraints the China faces as it tries 2 rebalance its economy $$ Apr 09, 2012

 

Newspapers

 

  • +1 RT @The_Analyst: I feel like unless its a special situation, everyone who “gets” newspapers would never make a LT investment in them Apr 12, 2012
  • Buffett “didn’t get tech.” I don’t get newspapers. $$ RT @WSJDealJournal: Warren Buffett Building Newspaper Empire? http://t.co/jDx5goqw Apr 12, 2012
  • I don’t get the economics of the newspaper biz $$ RT @WSJDealJournal: Warren Buffett Building Newspaper Empire? http://t.co/jDx5goqw Apr 12, 2012

 

Electronic Bond Markets

 

  • BlackRock’s Street Shortcut http://t.co/JO4Wm5sY Would work better 4 stocks than bonds. Most bonds r held a long time & do not trade $$ Apr 12, 2012
  • If the buyside created their own internal stock exchange, they could reduce the effect of the HFTs on the market & make life harder 4 retail Apr 12, 2012
  • But an internal bond exchange as proposed by $BLK won’t do that much, institutional transaction costs aren’t that hi 4 commonly traded bonds Apr 12, 2012
  • When I was a bond mgr 1998-2003, aside from obscure & illiquid bonds my commissions were $1/32nd or $1/64th per $100 — 1-3 basis points $$ Apr 12, 2012
  • @TFMkts So I would ask you, have comm rates 4 bonds gone up since 2002? My normal trade size back then was $5-20Mil, comms 1-3 bps then $$ Apr 12, 2012
  • @TFMkts Most bonds don’t trade, though. When I was a bond mgr, I needed guys who could find bonds. Always paid them; never let them cross2me Apr 12, 2012

 

Delta Airlines

 

  • It is usually a bad sign when a company can’t manage its current business well, & it tries to enter a difficult unrelated business. $DAL $$ Apr 11, 2012
  • Best quote: “Edward Hirs…says he can think of one reason why Delta would try to get into the refining business: ‘because they?re stupid.'” Apr 11, 2012
  • Why Buying A Refinery Could Be A Disaster For Delta Air Lines (Even With JPMorgan’s Help) http://t.co/MDvs9D26 & http://t.co/gJ0G44Uo $$ Apr 11, 2012

 

Rest of the World

 

  • Qatari Bright Lights Prompt EU?s Hedegaard to Urge Climate Plan http://t.co/0zjAmGit Another reason why multilateralism doesn’t work. $$ Apr 12, 2012
  • Kenyans Almost Dead on Worst Roads Getting New Highways http://t.co/Szcs1Tcy Next time u r stuck in traffic b thankful u r not in Kenya $$ Apr 11, 2012
  • These Charts Point to Trouble for Australia http://t.co/F00FtbpW Housing bubble, co-dependent relationship w/China, & large pool of hot $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • It’s rich 2c Dilma Rousseff criticizing Obama. But Brazil is further down the line in the devel nations game of monetary crack-the-whip $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • Rousseff Tells Obama Rich Nations? Policies Harm Growth http://t.co/Akm14Ifs Devel nations force emerg nations 2 swallow loose $$ policy Apr 10, 2012
  • Bank of Canada stressed about housing http://t.co/4kC0JW3D Nothing like a debt financed housing bubble 2 make a central banker flinch $$ Apr 09, 2012

 

Economics

 

  • Good Jobs News: More People Are Quitting http://t.co/1BlIvqOj The job market is more healthy if people are quitting to take other jobs. Apr 12, 2012
  • Obama?s Fantasy Budget Suggests Tax Hike Surprise http://t.co/03tkRMjZ Obama would likely b more radical in a 2nd term #nothing2lose $$ Apr 11, 2012
  • Tax Breaks for Wealthy Should Be Cut, Paul Ryan Says http://t.co/QppnNGQz “focus our poverty-eradication policies on treating root causes” Apr 11, 2012
  • @DavidSchawel I don’t think the paper changes my main point, it will be very difficult for the Fed to remove “stimulus.” Apr 11, 2012
  • Bernanke Gives College Lecture Series High Marks http://t.co/hu0WNLXq H/L overstates: ?I was very happy with the lectures,? he said. $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • The Fed sold half its short-term notes via Operation Twist http://t.co/Lag2CYWs Will have no short assets if the pace continues 4 6 mos $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • Job Gains in US Trail Most-Pessimistic Forecasts http://t.co/ELesokyT People asked me y I was more pessimistic than most, well… $$ Apr 08, 2012

 

Asset Markets

 

  • Does ?Sell in May? Really Work? http://t.co/kBNPaslt Reality is more complex than adages. The rule should be sell September, buy November $$ Apr 12, 2012
  • Gunning for yield and “quality” leaves little room for error http://t.co/HW90vwkj High quality junk does not offer enough yield 4 risks $$ Apr 12, 2012
  • High-Yield Bond ETF Breaks March Low http://t.co/lLB2qX19 I sold a lot of my credit-sensitive bond investments today. Market feels weak $$ Apr 11, 2012
  • @munilass @carney High earned & discount rate assumptions did lower contributions by assuming investment earnings would carry the load $$ + Apr 10, 2012
  • @munilass @carney & many municipalities substituted benefit increases 4 salary increases, b/c no immed $$ effect; many factors in play here Apr 10, 2012
  • Flouting Risks, Investors Gorge on Fat Yields of Emerging Market Debt http://t.co/5zZV03Jb Will eventually end badly; Russia 1998 $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • Retweet after me. I HATE HFT TRADING BOTS 😉 RT @merrillmatter: Repeat after me. I HATE HFT TRADING BOTS $$ Apr 09, 2012
  • How to Improve the Potential of Less Volatile Stocks http://t.co/90gHiISj Adding a quality screen further improves returns & risk/vol $$ Apr 09, 2012
  • A Laugh http://t.co/IcFMDnbb @brucekrasting suggests that clearinghouses will concentrate risk rather than dissipating it. $$ #nomagic Apr 08, 2012
  • The Dividend-Fund Dilemma http://t.co/MYdoxPJh I buy dividend-paying stocks because they generate good cash flows, not for the dividend. Apr 08, 2012

 

M&A

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  • Much $$ stuck overseas MT @ThemisSal: Just 5 companies, $AAPL, $MSFT, $CSCO, $GOOG and $PFE now hold nearly 25% of all corporate cash, $250B Apr 09, 2012
  • Yeh, like dat. 2 much $$ chasing 2 little value RT @The_Analyst: @AlephBlog another brilliant cerberus deal like chrysler, gmac? Apr 09, 2012
  • AT&T to Sell Majority of Yellow Pages Business to Cerberus http://t.co/RIAX6dwb Cigar butt industry; internet changes everything published Apr 09, 2012
  • Both MT @ktbenner: who’s overpaying now: The Zuck or Steve Feinberg… @Pfro: $T sells Yellow Pages 4 ~$1bn 2 Cerberus http://t.co/IGLXXUrp Apr 09, 2012
  • $AOL to Sell Patents to $MSFT 4 $1.1B http://t.co/upBaZBRo Too much $$ chases a legal arms race in Infotech Intellectual property #waste Apr 09, 2012
  • @ReformedBroker I didn’t know Instagram that well, but they don’t seem to have a revenue model. What could $FB do with it? $$ Apr 09, 2012

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Insurance

 

  • RE: @marketfolly He compares AIG to P&C companies,? but the life companies are a valuation drag here.? Not a fair com? http://t.co/J4aCu4tf Apr 12, 2012
  • Property insurance rates rising worldwide – Marsh http://t.co/CZOHLGfG When surplus is reduced at (re)insurers, premium rates rise $$ Apr 11, 2012
  • Statutory Statements under Affiliated party transactions. Regulators would b annoyed if terms indicate transaction that’s not “arm’s-length” Apr 10, 2012
  • A Costly Toy Subsidized by Others http://t.co/iJea3rTt If Guggenheim is using its insurers 2 fund Dodgers purchase, will show up in + $$ Apr 10, 2012

 

Eurozone

 

  • Spain’s spreads breaking away from other risk indicators http://t.co/SulecZWv “we r in an uncharted territory with respect to this widening” Apr 11, 2012
  • Has bad implications for EZ sustainability $$ RT @pdacosta: Who’s peripheral now? French economy grinds to a halt http://t.co/VSsZtaWI Apr 10, 2012
  • Currency disunion http://t.co/ApXlpMXK Why Europe?s leaders should think the unthinkable; EZ can breakup on own terms, or unfavorable terms Apr 09, 2012
  • Eurozone’s banks cutting dollar businesses http://t.co/wX1kHu8G European banks will never again rely hard on US MMFs to finance their $$ ops Apr 09, 2012
  • Euro Was Flawed at Birth and Should Break Apart Now http://t.co/ZxPy0vId All the things that I predicted have come true & more. Bye, Euro. Apr 08, 2012

 

Politics

 

  • Wind Power Seen Surging as Custom Barges Cut Set-up Costs http://t.co/XA96RbEj Don’t see how this makes the cost of wind power economic $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • For Feds, ‘Lying’ Is a Handy Charge http://t.co/2tLcdyKQ Law in the US becomes more arbitrary; crimes can b dreamed up by bureaucrats $$ Apr 10, 2012
  • Complexity Is Bad for Your Health http://t.co/v9pLQi1V Antonin Scalia & Stephen Breyer agree (!): Obama’s health care law unreadable $$ Apr 09, 2012
  • High-Speed Rail Takes Californians 4 a Ride http://t.co/fZlC3MQx Rail makes sense in densely populated areas, won’t work in California $$ Apr 09, 2012

 

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