Sentences with phrase «new position in a stock»

Flush with cash from the recent sale of one of my oldest holdings in Total S.A. (TOT), I decided to initiate a new position in a stock that I've been looking at over the last 30 days or so.

Not exact matches

The following are some of the hot stocks and sectors in which hedge fund managers either took new positions or exited existing stakes in the first quarter.

Stock - based funds saw huge outflows in the days leading up to Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, which showed the economy added just 160,000 new positions, or 42,000 below what Wall Street economists expected.

«Rather than investing in new equipment and structures, businesses have used their cash positions to buy back stock or to grow through acquisitions,» says Aneta Markowska, chief U.S. economist at Société Générale.

That's the position Viacom now finds itself in, having chosen CEO Philippe Dauman as its new chairman, over the objections of Shari Redstone, who owns 20 % of the company's stock.

Tesco (TSCO.L), whose position as UK leader in terms of market share would be overtaken by the new merged group, tumbled 2.5 percent on the news, weighing retail stocks down.

But just be sure to reduce your share size to compensate for greater price volatility (I always list our portfolio position size for each new stock / ETF pick in my newsletter).

A strong competitive position and recent roll - out of new products make the profit growth expectations embedded in this stock look too low.

However, since most stocks are already too extended to the downside in the near - term, it is crucial to wait for a decent bounce before initiating new short positions (be sure to review this classic blog post for the key points of my short selling strategy).

When the stock market is in correction mode (or even in transition), an excellent way to reduce your overall risk is to simply reduce your average position size until the market generates a fresh new buy signal.

I put this money to work immediately, combining it with most of the cash in my Roth to initiate a new position in Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI) which was one of the stocks on my buy list that I highlighted here.

Although the light seasonal volume has been keeping upside momentum in check, 2 of our 4 open stock positions jumped to new 52 - week highs yesterday, even as the major indices were unchanged.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Their portfolio simulation approach: (1) is restricted to the technology, industrials, health care, financials and basic materials sectors; (2) assumes an extreme sentiment day for a stock has at least four novel news items (prior to 3:30 PM in New York) and is among the top 5 % of average daily positive or negative events; (3) makes portfolio changes at market close; (4) holds positions for 20 days, subject to a 5 % stop - loss rule and a 20 % take - profit rule; (5) constrains any one position to 15 % of portfolio value; and, (6) assumes round - trip trading friction of 0.25 %.

Its a great stock and if its at this price when i get our tax return it might be a new position for us in our rrsp.

Given that prior position, A.T.F. officials had indicated privately in the months after the Las Vegas massacre that any ban of bump stocks would require new legislation.

So, all in all, I had the feeling that I get good value for money when I entered into a new stock position.

Portfolio insurance products were algorithm - based products created to protect investors from falling markets by selling «ever - increasing numbers of futures contracts,» the New York Times explained in 2012, because «the short position in futures contracts would then offset the losses caused by falls in the stocks they owned.»

Rather, we prefer to keep our powder dry by waiting in cash for ETFs and stocks to rally into new resistance of key moving averages and prior lows, then initiate new short positions (or buy inverse ETFs after they pull back to support).

This means we view normal, short - term pullbacks in uptrending stocks as buying opportunities to enter new long positions; our trend - following system does NOT allow us to sell short quick pullbacks of strong stocks and ETFs in an uptrending stock market.

Therefore, we're not in a hurry to enter multiple new positions (either long or short) ahead of the holidays, but will still consider new stock and / or ETF trade entries (possibly on the short side and / or inverse ETFs) with reduced share size if an ideal trade setup with a firmly positive reward - risk ratio presents itself.

My May saw two dividend growth stock purchases — both of which were new positions in the portfolio.

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Given that prior position, A.T.F. officials had indicated privately in the months after the Las Vegas massacre that any ban of bump stocks would require new legislation.

This very domination, and the fact that only 1 % of the 8k new dating apps created every year are even marginally successful, means that taking a position in a smaller stock in the online dating market is extremely risky.

(new TV spot in advance of tomorrow's premiere in NY and LA) Already standing in strong position with the critics, The Descendants stock rises with raves today from A.O. Scott, Glenn Kenny, Betsy Sharkey and the rare 4 - star review from...

Conclusion The announcement in early August of the departure of the head of the National College to a new post in the Ministry of Justice offers the government an opportunity to take stock of the teacher supply position.

«With our improved inventory position driven by the addition of the third shift in September at our Alabama plant, and the improving availability of our all - new Georgia - built Santa Fe, we're looking forward to higher dealer stock levels and strong sales results through year - end,» said John Krafcik president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America.

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• Trimmed JNJ and PEP each back to 9 % of the portfolio to get them under the 10 % - max guideline • With the proceeds, added to existing positions in AT&T (T) and Microsoft (MSFT) • With the remaining proceeds, started a new position in Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Thus, this package of trades served several strategic goals at the same time: • It corrected the over-sized positions by getting them back under 10 % of the portfolio • It allowed me to increase my stakes in two high - quality dividend growth companies • It allowed me to add a new position, bringing me closer to my target of 20 - 25 stocks overall.

Occasionally I will add a position in a new dividend stock (CVS and PG most recently).

Momentum investing seeks to take advantage of market volatility by taking short - term positions in stocks going up and selling them as soon as they show signs of going down, then moving the capital to a new position.

We initiated 2 new positions in August and we are getting ready to start a position in a new stock this week.

With a new stake in VUG, we were at just 65 % stocks - our lowest to date, and considering 5 % was long / short, we were well positioned for trouble ahead.

So, all in all, I had the feeling that I get good value for money when I entered into a new stock position.

Using some year - end bonus money, Dividend FIREman has opened up positions in five new dividend stocks:

As in the past, half of that growth will derive from new positions (see My stock investments in 2016) and the other half is expected to come from organic dividend growth and dividend reinvestments (see Passive Income review 2016 and Outlook).

However, since the market is near new highs, I've taken smaller opening positions in recent stock buys.

I took a small position in Support.com after reading the writeup in Shadow Stocks and reading the latest 10Qs; I'm always on the prowl for small cap net - nets with some sort of catalyst (in this case an activist investor and new management).

No more teasing, I swear: I'm just about finished with the (very) slow accumulation of positions in half a dozen new stocks, soon I'll line»em up & start work on some proper investment write - ups].

We will also use dividends to start a position in a new high - quailty dividend growth stock.

So, even though there was put buying yesterday in FCX, it is just as likely traders were actually hedging a new long stock position.

This is largely due to dividend hikes from the businesses I am a shareholder and also because I added new positions in 2017 and early 2018, these stocks will now become «productive» and pay me dividends for the first time.

The Fund established new positions in the Home Insurance Company Preferred Stock; Digital Communication Associates Common Stocks; and First Constitutional Financial Corp..

Stock consolidation patterns give investors potential to take up new positions in trend following or even add on a successful position.

-LSB-...] Stock consolidation patterns give investors potential to take up new positions in trend following or even add on a successful position.

Sometimes, new fund managers will get lucky by taking positions in smaller firms with more volatile stock prices, or they may pick some larger capitalization firms whose stocks might appreciate dramatically in the short run.

covered call writers who go farther out in time & higher in strike price, who incorporate other modalities such as pairs or trios of options including puts, who continuously roll over & adjust their positions, will be continually capturing 100 % new money from outside speculators, while almost never surrendering any gains that accrue in the underlying stock.

Stocks in the green include Facebook as CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there's no significant impact from the Delete Facebook movement; AMD as Stifel upgraded the chipmaker to «buy,» citing valuation after a recent selloff and margin expansion due to new product releases; and Spotify, with shares getting a boost as Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage with a «buy» rating, citing Spotify's dominant position in the industry.