Fave Five (9/2/2016)

Our Fave Five essentially represents a listing of stocks with favorable short term total return forecasts (1 year, according to Analyst Consensus Estimates, or ACE) combined with strong long-term return forecasts and good/excellent quality rankings.

These are all repeat selections this week. Under Armour (UA) has gained 10.4% since selection on 1/14/2016.

The Fave Five This Week

• Air Lease (AL)
• Celgene (CELG)
• Jazz Pharma (JAZZ)
• Spirit Airlines (SAVE)
• Under Armour (UA)

Context: The average 1-year total return forecast for the Value Line 1700 is 14.7%. The average 5-year return forecast for $VLE is 5.5% (annualized).

The Long and Short of This Week’s Fave Five

The Long & Short. (September 2, 2016) Projected Annual Return (PAR): Long term return forecast based on fundamental analysis and five year time horizon. Quality Ranking: Percentile ranking of composite that includes financial strength, earnings stability and relative growth & profitability. VL Low Total Return (VLLTR): Low total return forecast based on 3-5 year price targets via Value Line Investment Survey. Morningstar P/FV: Ratio of current price to fundamentally-based fair value viawww.morningstar.com S&P P/FV: Current price-to-fair value ratio via Standard & Poor’s. 1-Year ACE Outlook: Total return forecast based on analyst consensus estimates for 1-year target price combined with current yield. The data is ranked (descending order) based on this criterion. 1-Year S&P Outlook: 1-year total return forecast based on S&P 1-year price target. 1-Yr GS: 1-year total return forecast based on most recent price target issued by Goldman Sachs.

Weekend Warriors

The return for the Weekend Warrior tracking portfolio is 15.9% since inception. 43.6% of selections have outperformed the Wilshire 5000 since original selection.

Tracking Dashboard: https://www.manifestinvesting.com/dashboards/public/weekend-warriors