Sticking with Google

Google (GOOG/GOOGL) reported slightly disappointing revenue and lower than expected EPS against elevated street expectations for 1Q16.  The shares are trading down by -5-6% this morning.  The decline in the stock is understandable but Northlake does not feel there is much to worry about in terms of the key trends that drive Google’s business.  We […]

Liberty Media Restructures

Effective this past Monday, Liberty Media completed its restructuring into three tracking stocks.  For each share of Liberty Media (LMCA/LMCK), you received one share of Liberty Sirius (LSXMA/LSXMK), 0.10 shares of Liberty Braves (BATRA/BATRK), and 0.25 shares of new Liberty Media (LMCA/LMCK). Liberty Media is a collection of media and entertainment assets managed by John […]

Shifting to Neutral on Growth vs. Value

Northlake’s Style model flipped to neutral after a three month run favoring growth.  As a result, 50% of client positions in the Russell 1000 Growth (IWF) have been with proceeds were reinvested in the Russell 1000 Value (IWD).  The Market Cap model continues to recommend large cap, so current client holdings in the S&P 500 […]