Towards Automating Investment Research & Decision Making

SYNOPSIS
All the major indexes we report had at least modest gains last week. US equities performed a little better than Canadian counterparts, but the trends still favour Canadian stocks.

Trading Activity… We sold one stock in the ProfiTrend Portfolio last week and bought five new ones (three Canadian, two American). The annualized growth rate for the PTP is now 137%, up from 99% last week. That compares with AGRs of 28% for the S&P 500 and 29% for the S&P/TSX Composite Index companies.

Topic of the Week… Towards Automating Investment Research & Decision Making
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Video of the Week… Jim Cramer on active trading vs. index investing.

State Street Investor Confidence Index… The latest data for February are included. After the huge jump in “smart money” investing in stocks in January, there was more follow-through around the globe in February. Apparently, those managing multi-billion dollar accounts ignore the media as much as we do!