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Investing Hacks

Wed, 09 May 2007 14:53:07 GMT

clipped by: ashleystar
clipper's remarks: really cool list from a programmer.

Today, I’m going to share with you my top five favorite investing hacks. These are not just tricks of computer programming. What I’m talking about here are tips, tricks, and tools for getting investment research done more quickly and efficiently by taking advantage of the web to automate, organize and increase productivity. My favorite hacks for intelligent investors are as follows:

Hack EDGAR

You can narrow down this information using one of the basic EDGAR search features like company search. However, you’ll likely still have to narrow your search down.Use Historical Archive Search and take advantage of the header fields of filings to narrow your search.

Steal Investment Ideas

NASDAQ Holdings/Insiders:

GuruFocus:

Stockpickr:

Consume Custom Feeds

Automated Spreadsheets

Excel Stock Market Functions Add-in

Fat Pitch Finder spreadsheet

Screen Stocks

MSN Deluxe Screener

Magic Formula

Value Investing News toolbar

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Top 26 Dividend Paying ETFs by Yield

Wed, 09 May 2007 14:48:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: also good to know...

Clip Source: etf.seekingalpha.com

26 Dividend Paying ETFs By Yield

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:

Tags: stockmarket, investing, etfs, money, finance, forwork

Domestic Companies with International Revenues - Relative Performance

Wed, 09 May 2007 14:45:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: cool analysis.

Clip Source: usmarket.seekingalpha.com

Majority U.S. vs. Foreign Revenue Performance Among S&P 500 Members

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:

we created two indices of S&P 500 stocks based on each company's percentage of international sales. Companies with more than half of their sales coming from outside the US (91) were divided into one group, while the remaining 409 stocks made up the other group. The performance of each group was then calculated and plotted in the chart below giving each stock an equal weight.

Surprisingly, stocks that get more than half of their sales in the US are actually outperforming stocks with greater international exposure over the past year.

Tags: stockmarket, investing, finance, money, forwork

How Foreign Investors view the U.S. Market

Wed, 09 May 2007 14:43:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: good to know.

Clip Source: usmarket.seekingalpha.com

U.S. Stock Market Through the Eyes of Foreign Investors

Richard Shaw (QVM Group) submits:

S&P 500 Through Japanese Eyes

While Japanese investors may lament that the S&P 500 has lagged other major markets, they at least had the benefit of what the S&P 500 did accomplish.

S&P 500 Through European Eyes

In this chart the blue line shows that relative return with respect to Euros (note that older periods of time use a “synthetic” Euro calculated based on the component individual country currencies – we don’t know how it was done, but the databases are standardized).

S&P 500 Through British Eyes

The British have suffered essentially the same currency devalued returns from the S&P 500 as Euro-zone investors.

Tags: stockmarket, investing, finance, money, forwork

Potential Buffett Contenders

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:29:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: damn this dood has it made.

Clip Source: seekingalpha.com

Tags: stockmarket, business, money, finance, forwork

Hedge Fund Correlation

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:27:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: not exactly an alternative investment at this point.

Clip Source: financial.seekingalpha.com

Tags: graph, illustration, money, finance, stockmarket, forwork

Cheap ETFs

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:23:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: based upon price/fair ratio.

Clip Source: etf.seekingalpha.com

The Cheap:

iShares S&P 500 (IVV)

Rydex Russell Top 50 (XLG)

SPDR DJ Global Titans (DGT) (in relation to small and mid-cap stocks.)

Tags: etfs, money, finance, stockmarket, forwork

Low Volatility while up 30%

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:22:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: interesting.

Clip Source: usmarket.seekingalpha.com

While the Dow has had an impressive run over the past month, one streak that is still going is the consecutive days in which the index has not had a 2% one-day gain. It has currently been 513 trading days since the Dow was up 2% in one day, the longest streak since 1966.

Below we highlight the longest such streaks for the Dow since 1900. The current streak is an indication of the low volatility in markets of late and not an indication that markets have done poorly -- the Dow is up 30.05% over this time period.

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New REIT ETF offerings fromo iShares

Mon, 07 May 2007 15:03:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: nice alternative investment. international REITs offerings have even more room for growth and may be offered by other providers.

Clip Source: etf.seekingalpha.com

• iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index (FTY)
• iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Index (REZ)
• iShares FTSE NAREIT Industrial/Office Index (FIO)
• iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Index (RTL)
• iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index (REM)

Although the homebuilding sector has been in a decline, commercial real estate continues to thrive. This is just one example of how each industry group has its own cycle and trend. Because of these cycles, investment disciplines that follow trends, like the 200-day average, are that much more important. The new REIT ETFs allow investors to take advantage of the areas within real estate that are trending in the right direction.

Tags: stockmarket, economics, finance, money, forwork

Currencies and alternative Investments relative to S&P500

Mon, 07 May 2007 14:59:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: awesome charts thanks to Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture.

Clip Source: seekingalpha.com

It has taken 88 months, or nearly three-quarters of the decade, but the American stock market is finally back to where it ended the last decade.
At least that is true if one measures stock performance in the traditional way, using dollars. As the chart accompanying this column indicates, the Standard & Poor’s index of 500 stocks ended April a full 1.1 percent above its level of Dec. 31, 1999.
Unfortunately for those who owned American stocks during that period, the dollar itself has not been a star performer. As a store of value, the buck is having a bad decade.
The charts show how the S.& P. has performed against some other currencies, and against some alternative investments:

Tags: stockmarket, finance, money, forwork

Attractive Price to P/E Ratios by Sector

Mon, 07 May 2007 14:55:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: room for growth in these areas.

Clip Source: usmarket.seekingalpha.com

Tags: money, finance, stockmarket, forwork

Value is still evident in International Markets

Thu, 03 May 2007 14:26:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Growth and Value, nice.

Clip Source: usmarket.seekingalpha.com

Despite Higher Growth, Most International P/E Ratios Still Lower Than U.S.

Even though the US equity market has underperformed its global peers over the last several quarters, valuations in most major foreign countries are still cheaper than the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. In fact, the only global equity market with a higher valuation than the Nasdaq is the Nikkei, and in Japan stocks have little competition as interest rates are near zero.

Tags: economy, money, finance, stockmarket, forwork

Rational Investing with Irrational Pricing - Negative Sentiment is a Contrary Indicator

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:49:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Profit from irrational exhuberance. It's easy and is profitable from the inevitable increasing upturns in the market.

Clip Source: usmarket.seekingalpha.com

Representing the U.S., we have SPY (dark blue); Asia is represented by the Vanguard Pacific ETF [(VPL); yellow]; Europe is the Vanguard European ETF [(VGK); pink]; and emerging markets are the Vanguard Emerging Market ETF [(VWO); light blue].

Notice that Europe and the emerging markets were hammered the worst during the late February/early March selloff.

Note also that they have become the performance leaders since that time. Indeed, at present, the U.S.--despite all-time Dow highs--is the world performance laggard.

Panic takes everything down with it; the good with the bad. A powerful market strategy is to find good assets caught in the panicky downdraft and invest for the return of rational repricing. While it's true that markets can stay irrational longer than traders can stay solvent, it's also the case that prudent investors who wait for irrational pricings can put their solvency to good use by making longer-term bets on eventual market sanity.

Tags: stockmarket, investing, money, forwork, graph, finance, stocks

US and Global Markets Going their Seperate Ways

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:39:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: old news but poignant in graphs i say, ok?

Clip Source: seekingalpha.com

Tags: finance, economy, trade, money, stocks, stockmarket, investing, forwork, graph

It Sucks being Rich.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:06:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: so why not sue for a few more million.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The Perils of Being Suddenly Rich

Tags: money, news, nyt, finance, wealth, stockmarket