The Growthstock Advantage Investment Newsletter 8/31/11
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Last months newsletter was published on 8/7/2011, so
all statistics for performance will be based on market activity
on 8/8/2011 for the August model portfolios.
The selling pressure climaxed in the first half of the month,
with a little relief rally occurring in the second half of August.
European banks continue to look weaker, so that economic
storm is probably not over yet. In fact, there are some large
banks in Europe right now that are having problems
securing interbank loans lasting more than a few days.
If these banks start to seize up, expect another rapid decline
in stock market prices.
As of the close of the market Friday, the Rapid Growth System
was up about 6% for the period, the Aggressive Growth
System was down about -2% for the period, and the S&P500 was
up about 2% for the same period.
The following table
shows where we stand, year to date:
S&P 500 (YTD) |
-3% |
Rapid Growth System (YTD) |
-22% |
Aggressive Growth System (YTD) |
-26% |
We will not know the official results of either portfolio until
after we record our trades on Thursday morning. Official
results will be published on the web site.
Just a reminder, the top 30 stocks picked by our computer
program
for both portfolios are listed on the web site, just
click on the above link to view them. This is done for
subscribers who may want to hold stocks from previous
month's newsletters, if they still are ranked in the top 30 by
our computerized screening models. Our model portfolios
do not follow this method, but the top 30 service was
requested by many subscribers, so we're happy to provide it.
And now, here are this month's computer generated stock picks.
Remember that each stock in both model portfolios should
represent ten percent of the value in their respective portfolios
based on the price they are purchased at on 9/1/11. This months
stocks, which will be bought, or re-balanced, for the Rapid
Growth System, on Thursday, September 1, 2011, are:
Ticker Symbol |
Security Name |
MCHX |
MARCHEX ORDINARY |
AUY |
YAMANA GOLD ORD |
ELN |
ELAN ADR |
STMP |
STAMPS COM ORD |
DY |
DYCOM INDUSTRIES ORD |
PCYC |
PHARMACYCLICS ORD |
SBH |
SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS WI |
WNR |
WESTERN REFINING ORD |
PIR |
PIER 1 IMPORTS ORD |
TIVO |
TIVO ORD |
This month's Aggressive Growth System stocks which will
be bought, or re-balanced,
on Thursday, September 1, 2011, are:
Ticker Symbol |
Security Name |
IDSY |
ID SYSTEMS ORD |
STAA |
STAAR SURGICAL ORD |
NSTC |
NESS TECH ORD |
MRGE |
MERGE TECHNOLOGIES ORD |
AEA |
ADVANCE AMERICA ORD |
MAXY |
MAXYGEN ORD |
IDIX |
IDENIX PHARM ORD |
BIOS |
BIOSCRIP ORD |
AATI |
ADVANCED ANALOGC ORD |
TRR |
TRC COMPANIES ORD |
Good investing.