De-Risked For Now Apple Worth Holding

Apple shares are responding well to a mixed earnings report and guidance update. The earnings for the December quarter were largely in line with the dramatically lower guidance the company issued earlier this month.  News headlines discuss the revenue guidance for the March quarter as below consensus.  However, it is clear that investors feared even […]

Comcast Reality Outweighs Risks For Now

Northlake has been patient with Comcast over the past year as we disliked both the ultimately futile pursuit of 21st Century Fox assets and the ultimately successful purchase of Sky.  We have stuck with Comcast due to management’s consistent execution in its operating businesses and our view that cord cutting concerns are overdone.  Comcast’s 4Q18 […]

Sherwin Williams Sold

Northlake has sold client positions in Sherwin Williams (SHW) following the company’s disappointing update on 4Q18 earnings.  SHW preannounced a large miss versus consensus expectations driven by weakness in its North American stores, Chinese markets, and wholesale business at Lowe’s.  Demand in the U.S. was unexpectedly weak in October and November and management was at […]

Shifting to Growth from Neutral to Begin 2019

Effective 1/1/19, Northlake’s Style model moved back to Growth after four months at neutral.  The Market Cap model remains on a large cap signal for the fifth consecutive month.  Client positions in the Russell 1000 Value (IWD) or S&P 500 500 Value (SPYV) have been sold with proceeds reinvested into the Russell 1000 Growth (IWF) […]