The large cap model portfolio closed out the fiscal quarter ended June 30th, 2019 with a share value of $288.89 USD. This compares to the share value of $263.78 established at the prior quarter end of March 31, 2019 and…
Yearly Archives: 2019
Gnostic Model Portfolio Return of 9.5% for the Quarter Ended 06/30/19.
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Determine What Works; Then Keep Doing it.
Occasionally, the opportunity to deliver a public outline of my portfolio methodology, at a conference, presents itself. Most investment conferences are an exercise in tedium, more often than not they represent an utter waste of resources. However, once in a…
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Visa (N-NYSE, $162.79) & Mastercard (MA-NYSE, $249.15): Global Payments as Fast as the Speed of Thought.
A human brain neuron is capable of firing once every 5 milliseconds. Once the neuron has fired, the action that follows, say for example, a sprinter electing to move his legs, can represent a time of perhaps as little as…
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World Markets Thinking Turns to the Obvious: China is NEVER Going to Willingly Change Their Trade Policy, Because the Status Quo Favors China.
Global equity markets have tumbled on reports that China has backtracked on a possible US-Sino trade agreement. According to a variety of private and government sources, the scale and scope of revisions made by China to a previously agreed framework…
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Mastercard Inc. (MA-NYSE, $250.87) Beats on Top & Bottom Lines for the Fiscal Quarter Ended 03/30/19.
https://s2.q4cdn.com/242125233/files/doc_financials/2019/q1/1Q19-Earnings-Release.pdf EBITDA was reported at $2.33 billion in Q1, which represents a 19.8% improvement over the $1.945 billion of EBITDA reported for the same period of 2018. https://s2.q4cdn.com/242125233/files/doc_financials/2019/q1/1Q19-Earnings-Presentation.pdf
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