Alpha Pro Tech APT
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Here's a Reality Check for Investors Considering Tactical Funds
… In many cases, you won't be able to tell what a tactical fund is actually doing to pursue its goal. Tactical funds are apt to adjust their holdings quickly and in many cases dramatically, so it's tough to know exactly what the fund owns or is ..... taking outsize bets on bonds? The results of many tactical managers are not impressive. Launched in January 2005, UBS Dynamic Alpha BNAAX has thus far fallen far short of its goal of outpacing inflation. The AllianceBernstein Retirement Series of target …
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Time to Bail on Fairholme Fund--Or Stand Pat?
… bet may reward shareholders eventually, but I'll search for alpha elsewhere." Mesmer thinks that financials face political risks ..... Javajoe also likes a financials sector ETF because it's not apt to get buffeted around by redemptions or managerial issues …
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Transcript Continued: Beyond the Active-Passive Divide
… solutions. They don’t want to give up the alpha . They still have to execute, though ..... the rebalance that causes most of this alpha that gets it from a 3 star to a 5 star. And ..... things have drastically changed, I am more apt to notice it than if they own 800 stocks …
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Dividend Reservoir: Reconsidering Bank Stocks
… Thomas Smicklas submits: Are you a dividend investor? For many of us the answer is yes. Most of the articles within Seeking Alpha pertaining to dividend-oriented investing have a tendency to look backwards, projecting an income stream through the assumption ..... suggesting that dividend seekers should also look forward and seriously consider within a dividend portfolio securities that are apt to resume or significantly increase their quarterly payout. She focuses upon bank stocks. Banks, out of federal coercion …
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Alpha Pro Tech : Expensive Executives
… company that manufacturers and markets disposable safety garments and accessories. I have also come across Alpha Pro Tech , Ltd ( APT ) which operates in the same space and is also a microcap (Market Cap around $40m). I was initially attracted …
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6 Key Forward-Looking Risk Factors for Fund Investors
… E? Does that manager have a positive alpha ? And then there's the most tantalizing ..... arms around how volatile an investment is apt to be in the future. Morningstar and the ..... loosely correlated to how an investment is apt to behave in the future, so such statistics ..... great way to find out how risky a fund is apt to be. Over the long term, large-value …