Model Oil Portfolio

Oil Portfolio Decline Levels Off

The Energy Sector fared a little better over the last two weeks. However, our Model Oil Portfolio dropped 0.9% and is now down 5.7% since inception on June 2, 2019 while, for 2020, it is off 14.6%. Many of the benchmarks we use are also struggling. The fear is that the coronavirus could spread globally and instigate a significant slow-down in a variety of economic areas. [more]

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Biotech/Pharma

Is The Coronavirus Out Of Control?

Despite the third day in a row of a decreasing number of new coronavirus cases, the virus could yet turn into an uncontrollable global pandemic. Bill Gates worries that the virus, if it reaches Africa, could wipe out ten million people. [more]

Analyst Articles

Uber and Lyft 2019 Performance and 2020 Guidance

Uber and Lyft, the two largest ride-sharing companies competing to be the leader in the global markets, just released their Q4/2019 earnings and guidance for 2020. In 2019, Uber had quarterly net loss of US$1.1B and annual loss of US$8.5B; Lyft had quarterly net loss of US$356M and annual loss of US$2.6B. Both plan to be EBITDA positive by the end of 2020. [more]

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Model Oil Portfolio

Oil Portfolio Off Dramatically

The specter of a coronavirus epidemic gripped the markets in the last few days with a broad sell-off occurring across almost all indexes. We are on the cusp of this health threat, and we could know soon whether it will proliferate or be contained. [more]