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Director of Research, Chaikin Analytics
Marc Gerstein (Twitter: @MHGerstein), Director of Research at Chaikin Analytics, is an oddball sort of quant. He has long specialized in rules/factor-based equity investing strategies and has been addicted to stock screening since the days when the ...more

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“Small-Cap Value” Is Not Just Value With A Smaller Size Filter
In an ideal market, a higher price (P/E) will be associated with a better company.
HD Supply, Short On Glamor, Long On Growth Potential, Yes On Value
At first glance, buildings-supplies distributor HD doesn’t look like any sort of value stock at all.
CACI International: A Good I.T. Defense Contractor With A Favorably Value Stock
Stocks with low tallies for P/E and other traditional valuation ratios are a dime a dozen.
Value Is Fine But Low P/E Is Struggling
Low P/E is not, never was and never will be inherently good. Low P/E is only good if its lower than it should be given the company’s quality and prospects for growth.
Tweaking My REIT Yield-Hog Screen For Better “Distribution Quality”
My preference is, wherever possible, to favor income plays with less exotic characteristics.
Kimco: Good Yield, Bad “Dividend Quality”, I Pass
Nobody can hang Kimco because there’s stuff other than ordinary income in its distributions.
Brixmor: A High Yielding (6%-Plus) Good-Quality REIT
Today’s Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) structure gives us a much better vehicle. We benefit from stock market liquidity, geographic diversification, and a business structure that gives us cash returns based on rental profits.
A Good Quality, Good Yielding Healthcare Play
Given the rising proportion of the U.S. population that are senior-citizens, you’d think this would be a no-brainer investment opportunity. But nothing is a slam dunk. However, NHI is comes as close to it as anything I’ve seen.
A Yield Above 5%, A Quality Operator, Demographic Dynamism: I’m In
REITs in general and Healthcare REITs in particular also have good yields, but National Health stands out in the way it combines yield with a historic track record of good dividend growth,
Screening To Shield REIT Yield Hogs From The Butcher’s Knife
Real estate is often proposed as a stand-alone asset class that should be included in a fully-diversified portfolio given low correlation to stocks and fixed income.
J Jill: A Contrarian Retail Play
It seems as if J Jill recognizes that many in its target market think like I do and are not keen nowadays to visit stores. The company describes itself as “omni-channel” and takes the e-commerce portion very seriously.
Retailer J Jill IPO’d At A Bad Time, But You Can Buy At A Good Time
J Jill is down. And that, in my experience, is the best time to consider buying a such a stock. But this isn’t a naive buy-any-shunned-stock contrarian play. Instead, think of it as thoughtful contrarianism.
Entravision: Riding A Demographic Wave
An approximately 4% yield from a leveraged micro-cap is often too hot to handle.
I Think The Street Is Understanding Zagg's Potential Zip
Zagg Inc. ($ZAGG) surprised the Street in the latest quarter with better-than-expected results. I think this producer of mobile accessories has pretty good long-term growth prospects to deliver more additional positive surprises going forward.
Amazon Versus The World
With Black Friday, pre Back Friday and Cyber Monday in the books, we all know about how e-commerce is swamping traditional brick-and-mortar retailing.
A Modern Romance: Yield Hunters And Real Estate
The ideal for any income seeker is to simply invest in the securities offering the highest yields one can find. The reality is that the higher the yield, the more likely it is that this is being caused by declines in prices due to selling pressure.
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