August 22, 2015

Leader Stocks See Red in 2015

Leader stocks were going down during week 34, 2015. Is the bottom finally in? Will you see more pain in upcoming weeks? Top stock market industries are gold, residential construction, etc.

Top Stock Industries

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -5.71%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -6.78%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -5.71%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -2.66%.

Stock market highlights for week 34 are:
    Leader Stocks See Reds in 2015
  • Major indices around the world tumble. 
  • Dow Jones industrial average tumbles 530 points last Friday.
  • Slowdown concerns in China shook markets.
  • Stock leaders such as Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) tumble close to 5% in 1 day.
  • Gold stocks are outperforming other sectors.
  • Oil is still going down.
Top 25 stock industries in week 33, 2015 (August 10, 2015 to August 16, 2015) are:

No.NamePerf WeekPerf MonthPerf Quart
1Gold7.00%14.94%-22.17%
2Residential Construction0.42%3.52%7.49%
3Appliances-0.09%-1.27%-7.45%
4Silver-0.15%9.56%-27.47%
5Computers Wholesale-0.53%5.66%-2.50%
6Tobacco Products, Other-0.81%-12.14%1.66%
7Water Utilities-1.56%0.06%-4.52%
8Electric Utilities-1.60%4.23%-1.17%
9REIT - Industrial-1.72%3.26%4.33%
10Management Services-1.89%-1.75%-2.16%
11Jewelry Stores-1.92%-5.29%-4.80%
12REIT - Retail-2.08%2.33%-1.81%
13Department Stores-2.24%-4.35%-6.37%
14Dairy Products-2.25%-6.56%-10.36%
15Telecom Services - Domestic-2.28%-0.78%-5.18%
16REIT - Residential-2.40%0.12%0.40%
17Waste Management-2.47%4.23%0.66%
18REIT - Office-2.48%-2.21%-4.14%
19Meat Products-2.51%-1.39%-0.71%
20Home Improvement Stores-2.52%2.35%3.58%
21Wireless Communications-2.60%-2.79%-8.90%
22Paper & Paper Products-2.70%-2.81%-10.07%
23Diversified Utilities-2.79%1.50%-7.18%
24Metal Fabrication-2.93%6.70%-9.35%
25Gas Utilities-2.94%1.22%-5.84%

Best Stocks Return

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2015 are drug, health care, grocery, consumer, etc.

Top 20 gold stocks in 2015 are:

No.CompanyTickerPerf WeekPerf Month
1Gold Fields Ltd.GFI33.96%26.33%
2AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.AU30.08%24.12%
3Alamos Gold, Inc.AGI20.72%41.88%
4Seabridge Gold, Inc.SA17.79%89.68%
5DRDGOLD Ltd.DRD17.70%3.10%
6Sibanye Gold LimitedSBGL15.19%-11.65%
7B2Gold Corp.BTG12.28%17.43%
8Primero Mining Corp.PPP11.66%22.96%
9Timmins Gold Corp.TGD11.44%0.82%
10Asanko Gold Inc.AKG10.90%19.31%
11Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM10.46%17.02%
12Harmony Gold Mining Company LimitedHMY10.20%6.93%
13Gold Resource CorpGORO8.86%24.04%
14Goldcorp Inc.GG8.54%21.37%
15Randgold Resources LimitedGOLD6.01%12.76%
16Minco Gold CorporationMGH5.26%4.17%
17Gold Standard Ventures CorpGSV5.00%20.44%
18Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV4.97%17.55%
19Lake Shore Gold Corp.LSG4.76%3.51%
20Newmont Mining CorporationNEM4.55%3.07%
The 11 best residential construction stocks in 2015 are:

No.CompanyTickerPerf WeekPerf Month
1UCP, Inc.UCP8.07%17.71%
2Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.HOV5.73%-25.89%
3Taylor Morrison Home CorporationTMHC2.29%4.05%
4Comstock Holding Companies, Inc.CHCI1.87%15.51%
5Lennar CorporationLEN1.73%1.89%
6M/I Homes, Inc.MHO1.58%5.96%
7DR Horton Inc.DHI1.21%13.30%
8NVR, Inc.NVR1.05%6.35%
9WCI Communities Inc.WCIC0.97%11.04%
10TRI Pointe Group, Inc.TPH0.34%0.54%
11Toll Brothers Inc.TOL0.28%3.96%
Top stock issues are:
  • Indices are going down.
  • Oil is still down.
  • Is China in trouble?

August 21, 2015

Accident & Health Insurance Stocks

Accident & Health Insurance Stocks is part of financials stock sector. These companies provide supplemental insurance and reinsurance products & services to individuals and businesses.

These insurance products include worker compensation benefits, group benefits, and private health insurance. The companies are generally structured as large corporations. They offer below-average dividend yields than typical S&P 500 index.

Accident & Health Insurance Companies List

These industry stocks have several top companies. Top 3 accident & health insurance companies are AFLAC Inc, Unum Group, and Assurant Inc.

Accident & Health Insurance companies are:
    Accident & Health Insurance Stocks
  1. AFLAC Inc. (AFL)
  2. Unum Group (UNM)
  3. Assurant Inc. (AIZ)
  4. CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)
  5. StanCorp Financial Group Inc. (SFG)
  6. ProAssurance Corporation (PRA)
  7. Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (GLRE)
  8. Employers Holdings, Inc. (EIG)
  9. Triple-S Management Corporation (GTS)
  10. Trupanion, Inc. (TRUP)

August 20, 2015

Templeton Global Total Return Fund (TGTRX) Class A

Templeton Global Total Return Fund (TGTRX) is a popular world bond mutual fund. It invests in fixed and floating rate debt securities and debt obligations (including convertible bonds) of governments, government-related or corporate issuers worldwide. This fund has a high yield for income.

This bond fund is managed by Michael J. Hasenstab and Sonal Desai. The current yield is 7.86%. It has an expense fee of 1.01%. This class A fund has a sales load of 4.25%. It has $8.3 billion of assets. You can invest in this fund with $1,000 initial investment.

TGTRX Fund Profile

    Templeton Global Total Return Fund (TGTRX) Class A
  • Fund Inception Date: 09/30/2008
  • Ticker Symbol: TGTRX
  • CUSIP: 880208889
  • Beta (3yr): 0.65
  • Rank in category (YTD): 15%
  • Category: World Bond
  • Distribution Yield: 7.86%
  • Capital Gains: -
  • Expense Ratio: 1.01%
  • Net Assets: $ 8.3 billion
  • Number of Years Up: 5 years
  • Number of Years Down: 1 year

August 18, 2015

Top 8 Preferred Stock ETFs in 2015

Find top 8 preferred stock ETFs in 2015. These best exchange traded funds are First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF, PowerShares Financial Preferred fund.

Best Preferred Equity Funds

Preferred stock funds invest mainly in preferred stocks and perpetual bonds. These portfolios tend to have more credit risk than government or agency backed bonds. The fund has an effective duration longer than other bond portfolios. These portfolios hold more than 65% of assets in preferred stocks and perpetual bonds.

These top ETFs are sorted based on its year to date return performance (up to July 19, 2015). You can find this best ETF funds review from this article. Other fund information can be found below such as expense ratio, Morningstar rating, fund’s NAV, holdings, yield, etc.

Top 8 preferred stock ETFs in 2015 are:
    Top 8 Preferred Stock ETFs in 2015
  1. First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF (FPE)
  2. PowerShares Financial Preferred ETF (PGF)
  3. PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred ETF (VRP)
  4. PowerShares Preferred ETF (PGX)
  5. SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (PSK)
  6. iShares US Preferred Stock ETF (PFF)
  7. Market Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (PFXF)

August 17, 2015

Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBINX) Investor Shares

Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBINX) is a popular balanced mutual fund. This investor shares fund invests in stocks and bonds. It also provides dividend yield for income.

The fund objective is to track the performance of a broad, market-weighted bond index and a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall U.S. stock market. This mutual fund is using 60% of its assets to track the investment performance of the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index and approximately 40% of its assets to track the investment performance of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index.

VBINX Fund Profile

    Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBINX) Investor Shares
  • Fund Inception Date: November 9, 1992
  • Ticker Symbol: VBINX (Investor Shares)
  • CUSIP: 921931101
  • Beta (3yr): 0.92
  • Rank in category (YTD): 48%
  • Category: Moderate Allocation
  • Yield: 1.81%
  • Capital Gains: 0%
  • Expense Ratio: 0.23%  
  • Net Assets: $ 26.50 billion
  • Number of Years Up: 17 years
  • Number of Years Down: 5 years

August 15, 2015

Silver & Gold Stocks are making a comeback in 2015

Silver & gold stocks are making a comeback in 2015. Should you invest in them now? Top stock market industries during week 33, 2015 are silver, metal fabrication, gold, etc.

Top Stock Industries

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 0.73%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 0.09%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 0.67%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 0.52%.
Gold & Silver Stocks are Going Up
Stock market highlights for week 33 are:
  • Google creates a new holding company, “Alphabet”.
  • Oil is still going lower. WTI was closed at $42.23.
  • Berkshire Hathaway will buy Precision Castparts for $32 billion.
Top 25 stock industries in week 33, 2015 (August 10, 2015 to August 16, 2015) are:

No.NamePerf WeekPerf MonthPerf Quart
1Silver11.43%-6.36%-30.43%
2Metal Fabrication10.66%6.98%-6.85%
3Basic Materials Wholesale8.81%-0.67%-18.09%
4Food Wholesale8.40%6.24%7.08%
5Gold8.02%-10.86%-30.60%
6Electronics Stores6.03%-4.80%0.26%
7Auto Parts Stores5.22%8.06%13.51%
8Residential Construction4.95%2.31%8.39%
9Aluminum4.68%-6.91%-36.40%
10Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing4.61%-1.15%1.71%
11Building Materials Wholesale4.48%4.20%-5.47%
12Rubber & Plastics4.10%3.78%4.10%
13Appliances4.06%3.87%-5.46%
14Oil & Gas Pipelines3.91%-7.66%-16.47%
15Independent Oil & Gas3.54%-7.47%-20.70%
16Rental & Leasing Services3.28%-2.48%-12.93%
17Pollution & Treatment Controls3.11%-3.23%-8.77%
18Diversified Utilities2.99%-0.50%-3.74%
19Toys & Games2.93%-1.81%-0.12%
20Home Furnishings & Fixtures2.90%4.50%11.46%
21Drug Related Products2.90%5.75%2.36%
22Technical & System Software2.85%5.67%5.35%
23Home Improvement Stores2.81%4.78%3.78%
24Networking & Communication Devices2.72%2.21%0.22%
25General Building Materials2.64%6.68%6.34%

Best Stocks Return

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2015 are drug, health care, grocery, consumer, etc.

Top 11 silver stocks in 2015 are:

No.CompanyTickerPerf WeekPerf Month
1Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE35.66%-22.96%
2Endeavour Silver Corp.EXK27.01%0.58%
3First Majestic Silver Corp.AG24.09%-18.08%
4Great Panther Silver LtdGPL20.03%5.32%
5Silver Standard Resources Inc.SSRI19.44%1.91%
6Hecla Mining Co.HL17.30%-9.21%
7Pan American Silver Corp.PAAS15.33%-9.66%
8Silvercorp Metals Inc.SVM15.23%-4.56%
9MAG Silver Corp.MVG7.73%9.86%
10Silver Wheaton Corp.SLW7.01%-4.09%
11Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.FSM2.97%-14.77%
The 14 best metal fabrication stocks in 2015 are:

No.CompanyTickerPerf WeekPerf Month
1Precision Castparts Corp.PCP18.89%19.69%
2Highway Holdings LimitedHIHO14.32%2.36%
3Constellium N.VCSTM7.34%-32.24%
4SIFCO Industries Inc.SIF7.30%-12.28%
5ARC Group Worldwide, Inc.ARCW6.30%-23.03%
6Shiloh Industries Inc.SHLO4.66%-3.66%
7Tenaris S.A.TS4.16%2.55%
8Metalico Inc.MEA4.08%2.00%
9A. M. Castle & Co.CAS4.08%-41.24%
10Carpenter Technology Corp.CRS2.87%2.20%
11Haynes International, Inc.HAYN1.81%-10.89%
12Mueller Industries Inc.MLI1.17%-7.39%
13Valmont Industries, Inc.VMI0.68%-6.30%
14Graham CorporationGHM0.17%-6.03%
Top 20 gold stocks in 2015 are:

No.CompanyTickerPerf WeekPerf Month
1McEwen Mining Inc.MUX32.48%12.80%
2Seabridge Gold, Inc.SA24.61%4.66%
3Rubicon Minerals CorporationRBY20.67%-4.67%
4Silvercrest Mines Inc.SVLC20.00%15.91%
5Eldorado Gold CorporationEGO18.31%5.58%
6Alamos Gold, Inc.AGI18.30%-17.91%
7Yamana Gold, Inc.AUY17.65%-13.04%
8Sandstorm Gold Ltd.SAND15.51%-9.58%
9Entree Gold Inc.EGI15.38%-3.81%
10IAMGOLD Corp.IAG14.10%4.71%
11Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp.XPL12.22%-1.79%
12Lake Shore Gold Corp.LSG12.00%-9.86%
13Comstock Mining, Inc.LODE11.61%22.55%
14NovaGold Resources Inc.NG11.58%12.66%
15New Gold, Inc.NGD11.33%-17.22%
16Exeter Resource CorporationXRA9.60%4.38%
17Barrick Gold CorporationABX9.09%-16.88%
18AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.AU9.08%-21.58%
19B2Gold Corp.BTG8.57%-17.99%
20Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV8.54%-0.94%
Top stock issues are:
  • Indices are going up.
  • Oil is down.

August 14, 2015

Top 10 Equity Precious Metals Mutual Funds in 2015

Find best equity precious metals mutual funds in 2015. The top funds are U.S. Global Investors Gold and Precious Metals Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund.

Gold & Silver Funds

Precious metals sector has been performing poorly for the past 4 years. In 2015, this sector has been lagging other sectors. Whether it is a bear market again, investors need to observe this sector more closely. As one of the precious metals, gold is among the top investment for most investors. The other precious metals include silver, palladium, and platinum.
Top 10 Equity Precious Metals Mutual Funds in 2015

The following top performing gold mutual funds are sorted based on its year to date performance in 2015. You can buy these funds for your investment brokerage account or retirement account (traditional IRA or Roth IRA). You may also invest in 401k plan if this gold fund is available for investing.

Top 10 equity precious metals mutual funds in 2015 are:
  1. U.S. Global Investors Gold and Precious Metals Fund (USERX)
  2. U.S. Global Investors World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX)
  3. First Eagle Gold Fund Class A (SGGDX)
  4. Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio Fund (FSAGX)
  5. Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (FKRCX)
  6. Vanguard Precious Metals And Mining Fund (VGPMX)
  7. Gabelli Gold Fund Class AAA (GOLDX)
  8. Gabelli Gold Fund Class A (GLDAX)

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