EP Investment Club Beats the Market- Again!

EP Investment Club has beaten the market for the 2nd consecutive year.  2011 was a trying year for investors still trying to recover from the losses in 2008/09 despite the continual troubles in the credit markets in the US and abroad.  In all, EPIC achieved a return of 6.8% versus the S&P Index...

Stock Research Part II – Price Metrics

This is part II of the Stock Research education segment. Here is a link to Part I if you haven’t read it yet. This month’s segment will cover various resources for price metrics. We will start by clarifying what tools and figures Finviz provides us for price data and then move onto some other...

Stock Research Part I – High Level Data

Stock updates are about updating the club with your own unique analysis of your stock’s current events and performance data.  I understand some may be apprehensive about this analysis; fearing they may be wrong, not knowing where to look for information, or not knowing what is relevant.  This is the...

$VE Veolia Update

Veolia was down $1.42 or 4.82% in the month of June.  This move was largely due to the the move in the Euro and the Greek debt situation.  Now that the Greek austerity measure is in place the Euro, and VE along with it, are beginning to rebound.  While we mainly know of Veolia as a garbage company but as...

$AAPL Apple introduces iCloud

Apple held their World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) in early June to discuss some new software initiatives.  Apple was very happy with their Mac performance, which was +28% y/y versus an overall declining PC market.  The new Lion OS for Macs have 250 new features.  In addition to the OS...

$VE Veolia Update – Don’t worry, we’re ex-div

Veolia paid their $1.72 dividend today and, as expected, the stock opened about $1.70 lower.  While on the chart it shows an anomaly I expect the stock to gain back the difference rather quickly. Don’t panic, VE is fine.