In the following we give an overview of the construction and performance of ETF Portfolios constructed using I Know First’s Algorithmic Forecasts for the SPDR Sector ETFs. We present the construction and performance of:
Portfolios which directly use the algorithmic signals generated to select the sector ETFs to invest in and to rebalance the portfolio
Portfolios which use sector-level predictions computed by aggregating our forecasting algorithm’s daily forecasts for individual S&P 500 stocks
Portfolios which combine the algorithmic forecasts with an equally invested benchmark to create long only strategies which allow investors to target desired alpha and beta statistics
We show that these portfolios register very good performance statistics over the analyzed time-horizon outperforming the benchmark.
Recently Scana Corporation published its quarterly earnings results. The firm posted $1.03 earning per share (EPS) for the three-month period, exceeding analysts’ estimates of $0.72 by $0.31. On the other side SCG reported revenue of $926 million for the quarter compared to the average analyst forecast of $1,000 million, which was missing the analyst estimate.
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This resulted in research firms being more bullish about SCG. Reuters looked into the 8 analysts that track SCANA Corporation and find out that 5 of them rated it as
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