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Robert Freedland

Ophthalmologist,Hospital and Health Care

  • Education Princeton University and University of California, Davis
  • Qualifications AB, MD
  • Investment Experience Managing own investments for 42 years, active stock blogger/podcaster for 7 years

Buy and Hold Value

Using secondary research, takes a value based approach to primarily large cap equities and ADRs. Looks for solid companies and earnings where full value is not perceived by the market.  Conservative medium term model looking for hidden value in leading equities.
Screens broad US market and ADRs where information available for quality value stocks with a conservative bent. Looking for strong balance sheet, consistent growth record and those companies that are classic long term buy and hold candidates.
Screens on fundamentals and primarily uses significant secondary research, analyst reports, market research and news, to validate core quality group and gain picture of future cash flows.
Portfolio ranges between 5 – 20 positions. Reallocation to cash or re-investment depends on the sell signals. If selling on a fall, then a lower reallocation occurs. If selling to take profits a higher re-allocation occurs. Consequently the cash to equity ratio is being dynamically managed by the performance of the chosen basket.
Will sell all of a position in a stock on a significant price drop and will take profits in 15% increments on price appreciation over stages in order to lock in gains and moderately enjoy momentum rises.

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Risk rating

2
8.5%

Best 30 days

-11.6%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • -0.1%
    30 day
  • 7.9%
    365 days
  • 40.9%
    Since Inception
    April 15, 2009
Monthly vs S&P500
Sparkbar Graph, Buy and Hold Value Investment Model Performance versus S&P500
2.9%

Last 12 months

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  • 1.5% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

5.5%
5.5%
5.3%
5.0%
5.0%
  • DXPE
  • SBUX
  • SBH
  • SWI
  • PII

Model commentary

  1. Here's why we sold off Apple and McDonald's

    12 April 2012

    Apple appeared to be stalling at the $600 level after climbing to this level in an almost vertical chart move.

  2. Why we added biotech stock Sequenom to the lineup 12 April 2012
  3. Costco still looks reasonably priced despite … 29 March 2012
  4. Riding Herd Over My Model's Lineup Yields Gains 15 March 2012
  5. Three healthcare stocks I'm buying: Mako, ResMed … 13 February 2012

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • Dow Jones US Moderate Conservative
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception April 15, 2009
as of May 24, 2012 Manager Dow Jones US Moderate Conservative S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days -0.1% -1.3% -3.7% -0.7%
Past 90 days 2.3% -1.3% -3.3% 0.7%
Past 365 days 7.9% 4.4% 0.0% 2.9%
Since Inception (Annualized) 11.7% 12.0% 15.1% -
2012 (YTD) 11.5% 3.4% 5.0% 8.9%
2011 -1.2% 5.1% 0.0% -4.5%
2010 6.9% 11.9% 12.8% 4.6%

Risk Metrics

Last 365 Days
as of May 24, 2012 Manager Dow Jones US Moderate Conservative S&P 500
Best 30 days 8.5% 5.8% 13.6%
Worst 30 days -11.6% -6.0% -16.7%
Volatility 17.2% 8.5% 23.2%
Sharpe Ratio 0.45 0.50 -0.01
Sortino Ratio 0.62 0.71 -0.01
Maximum Drawdown -13.5% -6.5% -18.8%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -4.0% -2.0% -5.4%
vs. Dow Jones US Moderate Conservative vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio 0.33 0.71
Alpha 1.3% 7.3%
Beta 1.77 0.66
R-Squared 0.76 0.79

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 7.7
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/24/12 ROST ROSS STORES INC Yes Buy $61.98
05/24/12 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC Yes Sell $27.47
05/24/12 SBH Sally Beauty Holdings Inc Yes Buy $26.56
05/23/12 PII POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC Yes Buy $77.42
05/23/12 VZ Verizon Communications Inc Yes Sell $41.03
05/23/12 SWI SOLARWINDS INC Yes Buy $46.75
05/23/12 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC Yes Buy $27.90
05/23/12 AAPL Apple Inc Yes Buy $559.81
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11. Dow Jones index data: CME Group Index Services, LLC 2012