When it comes to companies struck by bad PR incidents, investors should carefully evaluate industry dynamics and customer behaviors to determine whether the bad publicity will have any lasting effect on a company's top and bottom lines. Read More
Scott Chan moved from China to the U.S. with family at the age of ten. He passed the rigorous entrance exam and attended the merit-based Stuyvesant High School, widely held to be best public school in New York City. He earned undergraduate degrees from New York University followed by an MBA degree from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.
Shortly thereafter Scott partnered with Dr. Stephen Leeb on numerous financial publications. Today, he serves as the lead analyst for Real World Investing and The Complete Investor.
Mr. Chan is an avid baseball fan and enjoys outdoor activities in his spare time. A multicultural person, he reads Chinese and speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese.
Analyst Articles
The U.S. Labor Department today reported that in June the economy added 222,000 non-farm jobs, well above the 178,000 expected by economists. This is the best monthly showing since February and brings the first-half average to 180,000, about in line with the 2016 monthly average of 187,000. The unemployment rate… Read More
A look at Buffalo Wild Wings a month after Marcato won the proxy fight. Can an activist investor restore B-Dubs' past glory? Read More
Water irrigation company Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN) reported earnings for its fiscal third quarter (ended May 31) yesterday. Net earnings for the quarter were $11 million, or $1.02 per share, a 14 percent year-over-year improvement. Irrigation revenues in both the U.S. and international markets modestly improved, while revenues from the… Read More
Our indicators have done quite well for us. Since the beginning of 2016, when we began to lean heavily on our proprietary indicators, 22 out of 28 indicator-based ETF option trades have been profitable (gross return, not counting commission). Of the 6 that were not profitable, one was exactly break… Read More
A look at the Number-2 company in a lucratively growing online market, the largest in the world. Read More
On Friday morning we made a change to our portfolio. We removed First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG), and replaced it with BYD Company (OTCMKTS: BYDDF). While we think AG still retains a good production growth profile, our mission is to follow the best funds we can find. Our reference fund… Read More
Sell First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG). Buy BYD Company (OTCMKTS: BYDDF). While First Majestic Silver remains, in our opinion, one of the better pure-play silver miners out there, our reference fund no longer favors it. Following our mission, today we remove it from our portfolio. In its place we welcome… Read More
On Wednesday morning, we closed out our two open positions, the VanEcks Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) December 15, 2017 $23 put and the PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP). Our gold stock indicator improved to a “-1” reading and our dollar indicator dropped to “+1.”… Read More
Sell to close the PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) December 15, 2017 $25 call option. Sell to close the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) December 15, 2017 $23 put option. We recommend taking the modest gains… Read More