After trending towards Large Cap for several months, Northlake’s Market Cap model triggered a Large Cap signal for March. None of the underlying economic, interest rate, or technical factors individually moved to a large cap signal. Rather, the internal measures used for each factor collectively drifted far enough toward large cap that the trigger was […]
In the extended entry, please find a link to the graphic I sent via email last week. The graphic showed the 80 year history of small cap vs. large cap relative performance. The extremely long periods of performance favoring one group or the other suggests that an accurate model that identified whether small or large […]
SBTV announced the acquisition of CMore Group AB today. Here is a description of CMore taken directly from the press release: CMore Group is the leading Nordic pay entertainment provider with over 770,000 subscribers in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. The only provider of both premium sports and premium movies in the Nordic region under […]
I received an email from Schwab today announcing that they are lowering commission charges for clients with $50,000 to $1,000,000 in assets at Schwab. The accounts do not all have to be managed by Northlake Capital Management to qualify. The new commission schedule for qualifying clients is $12.95 per trade for up to 1000 shares […]
Over the lunch hour today, I listened to a presentation by CETV management to clients of Jefferies and Company brokerage firm. The CEO is based in NY but the London based CFO and COO were in the States to present the 2005 budget to the Board. Based on commentary on the call, it appears the […]
Northlake’s Market Capitalization and Style models held firm for February with Mid Cap and Value signals. The Market Cap model continued its drift toward large cap and is about as close as possible to shifting to large cap as it can get without actually hitting the trigger. The Style model held firmly in value mode […]
Here is a link to a story that ran on Yahoo reproducing a recommendation of CETV by one of Motley Fool’s contributors. It is a good summary of the company and falls short only in the valuation section. CETV and other media companies are valued based on their cash flow. On that basis, CETV shares […]
Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) was repurchased yesterday per my plan to wait for a pullback to the mid-$30s and a resolution in Ukraine, both of which occurred this week…
Motorola (MOT) shares have traded down about 9% since reporting fourth quarter earnings after the close on Tuesday after the market closed. The quarter was excellent, but there were just enough issues to cause a still skeptical Wall Street to sell the shares. I think the reaction is wrong and still believe the shares belong […]
Despite the fantastic performance of shares of Apple Computer, including today’s big run-up on the company’s outstanding fourth quarter earnings results, I believe the opportunity for substantial further gains exist. Consequently, client portfolios purchased a trading position in Apple shares (AAPL) after some of the morning enthusiasm wore off. The investment thesis is that the […]
