Christopher Versace

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Christopher Versace writes the "PowerTrend Profits" newsletter and "ETF PowerTrader" trading service, which both use a thematic investing perspective that ties in economics, demographics, psychographics, technology and more. He's also the host of PowerTalk, a weekly podcast that features conversations with public and private management teams, as well as other thought leaders, for the benefit of both individual and institutional investors.Expand

Versace was previously the portfolio manager of Agile Capital Management, which combined a hedged investment mandate and a thematic investing framework. He also previously served as senior vice president, equity research at Friedman Billings Ramsey, where he covered the mobile phone industry and component technologies. Versace was also an analyst at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, as well as Salomon Brothers.

Versace is a contributor to Forbes.com and a frequent guest on "America's Morning News," in addition to other radio and television programs. He earned bachelor's degrees in economics and mathematics from Fairfield University before earning an MBA in finance from Fordham University.Collapse

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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 22, 2013 | 4:17 PM EDT
Expectations by Wall Street call for $0.30 in EPS on $2.85 billion in revs....
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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 22, 2013 | 4:06 PM EDT
Especially with net additions for streaming here in the US beating big....bodes well for tablet and smartphone sales in 1Q 2013 as well suggests more...
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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 22, 2013 | 6:00 AM EDT

Here's where to focus this week as more than 1,100 companies report.

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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 19, 2013 | 12:30 PM EDT

I’ve found a number of confirming data points for these stocks.

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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 18, 2013 | 10:33 AM EDT
The FT has a great article on the strength in Chinese smartphones that helped boost things at TSM (TSMC) this quarter...more to come on this and...
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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 18, 2013 | 10:28 AM EDT

P&G and Nestle raise some red flags.

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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 18, 2013 | 8:39 AM EDT
This morning Nokia (NOK) reported dismal 1Q 2013 sales that fell 20% -- far worse than Wall Street had expected. Not only is this going to question...
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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 17, 2013 | 4:17 PM EDT
For me its what PayPal and what it means for cashless consumption.
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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 17, 2013 | 4:14 PM EDT
Despite strong M&A revenue growth (up 11% year over year), GHL's investment revenues led to the year over year revenue decline in the quarter....
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Christopher Versace

 | Apr 17, 2013 | 9:00 AM EDT

As the consumer market softens, these ETFs offer broad exposure to the water-and-power sector.

Easy Money (Part One)

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Doug Kass

 | May 25, 2013 | 8:45 AM EDT
"It's the lure of easy money. It has a very strong appeal." -Glenn Frey, Smuggler's Blues Investors bor...

SPX cash daily chart

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Carolyn Boroden

 | May 24, 2013 | 3:24 PM EDT
There is no technical damage on the daily chart of $SPX at this point. Actually this decline is only similar to prior d...

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