| An Aggressive Tax-Efficient Portfolio for Retirees and Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Dell, Qualcomm, Prestige Brands and EnerSys |
| News - Financial News |
|
I've written articles featuring several tax-efficient model portfolios over the years, which in turn have sparked many useful comments from readers.Several of you noted that you'd like to see a greater focus on income production, while others quibbled with my recommendation of tax-managed funds for the portfolios' equity components. (More on this in a moment.) Others of you noted that you're looking to your portfolios for greater return potential than my conservative and moderate portfolios, each of which devoted less than 50% to stocks, could provide.My aggressive tax-efficient model portfolio is for those of you who seek to be (or have time to be) more aggressive. It's appropriate for retirees and pre-retirees with time horizons (estimated life expectancies) of 25 years or more or for those who can look to other sources of income, such as a pension or part-time work, during their retirement years. [Read the full article] In its recent earnings preview for this week, BullMarket.com made a bullish call on NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP - News) and a bearish one on NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA - News) ahead of earnings. For NetApp they wrote:"NetApp has topped the EPS consensus seven of the last eight quarters, missing once. During that period, the stock has risen the next session four of eight quarters. Seasonally, the stock has risen once in the last four years. ..."NetApp has had its struggles recently, but given the channel check data and the launch of delayed products, we're looking for a positive investor reaction."Outside of earnings, NetApp clearly had some operational issues last year, not delivering on some product launches as expected and having to push them back. That said, we continue to like NetApp's long-term prospects despite a cloudy near-term outlook. Companies may delay or rethink some spending but ultimately they will need the additional storage capacity. [Read the full article] Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL - News) casts a huge shadow across the tech industry, and the company's suppliers have an opportunity to ride Apple's considerable coat tails. At the same time, an Apple supplier today is not assured of being an Apple supplier tomorrow, and some companies positions in the Apple food chain are especially threatened.In NextInning.com's recent report on Apple and its suppliers, available free to trial subscribers, looks at how investors can leverage Apple's success beyond just owning shares of Apple directly and provides his opinion as to which Apple suppliers have the strongest and the weakest (riskiest) positions in Apple's sector-leading designs. [Read the full article] 
|