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Epiphany Investing

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Commentary on global markets, demographics, corporate earnings, stock valuations, and sector analysis. Objective stock research focusing on identifying broad secular trends and profiting from their fulfillment.

• Added on: Oct 24th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Ryan Barnes
• Listed in: Corporate US Economics
• Tags: portfolio valuations u.s. stocks fundamental research secular trends stockpicking

Recent Posts

• Adding Noble Corp, Seabridge Gold to Secular Trends Portfolio (NE, SA)

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 13:11 in gold, crude oil, basic materials, noble corp, gold prices, offshore drilling, seabridge gold, drilling & oil services, s&p earnings

  I’ve been sitting on larger-than-desired cash position of 12.5%, and waiting out what I saw as the potential for a 4-5% pullback in the major indexes. That pullback just doesn’t seem to have gathered its critical mass, with all due nods t...

• Costco Breaking Out on its Fifth Attempt (COST)

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 14:57 in retail, costco, grocers, consumer staples, secular trends portfolio

  Everyone’s favorite home for 5 lb. cracker bags, 50 rolls of TP, and grab-bag inventory, Costco is finally breaking through the $50 level that has plagued shares since the beginning of the March rally. On no less than 5 separate occasions, shar...

• Musings on Petrobras, Economic Recovery (PBR)

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 14:14 in fundamental analysis, crude oil, petrobras, economic indicators, s&p 500, economic stimulus, secular trends, broad markets

  There’s little to do when one is wrong but admit, find a lesson, and move on. In that spirit, my decision to trim the majority of the Petrobras (PBR) position in the Secular Trends Portfolio was ill-timed, to say the least. I was concerned abou...

• Trimming Petrobras, Caterpillar in Secular Trends Portfolio (PBR, CAT)

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 13:50 in fundamental analysis, crude oil, caterpillar, petrobras, industrials, secular trends portfolio

  There hasn’t been a lot of activity here for a couple of weeks, the unfortunate result of other obligations and my ongoing intent to put in 5-6 hours of good reading and research time for every hour spent writing up my conclusions. But hey, if ...

• Caterpillar Crushes Estimates, Raises EPS Guidance for 2009 (CAT)

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 08:34 in caterpillar, industrials, jim owens, company earnings, secular trends portfolio, cat financial, q2 financial results

  The Secular Trends Portfolio looks to gobble up a few more scraps of alpha today as largest holding Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) breezed past consensus estimates for $.22 per share in Q2. Net profit (that’s right folks, net) came in at $.60/sh, or $...

• If Q2 Earnings Continue This Trend, We Can Finally Get Back to Stock-Picking

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 01:52 in capitalism, healthcare, fundamental analysis, boston scientific, gross margins, st. jude medical, consensus estimates, investing philosophy, sector study, fundamental investing, earnings beat

  As second quarter earnings roll on, an amazingly high percentage of companies are soundly beating estimates - over 70% thus far. To the eternal pessimists out there, it’s no real harbinger because estimates were set embarrassingly low. However ...

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