1. The Most impressive forecasts of the week was the Small Cap Package for the 1 month period. The top performing stocks from the Small Cap wereAcorn International, Inc. (ATV) with the most impressive return seen in a very long time with an ROI of 2550% in just a month. Other great stocks were Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT) and Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (FOLD) with returns of 53.45% and 40.93% respectively. The I Know First Average of 263.89% performed so well compared to the S&P500 of 1.12% ROI during the same time horizon.
2. Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ORMP) grew by 23.33% and China Sunergy Co. Ltd. (CSUN) grew by 15.31% both were the Top performers from the Risk Conscious Package for the 3-Day time horizon.The average return of the forecast was an 4.54% for the three day short time period. This Package perform well compared to the S&P 500 return of 0.66%during the same time horizon.
3. Two great forecasts from this week were the Under $5 Dollars and the Tech Stocks Their Averages outperformed the S&P500 with 10.29% and 6.61% returns respectively. The top performing stocks from each package were Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (BONT) with 71.20% from the Under $5 package and American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) with 19.24% from the Tech Stock package.
4. The BioTech package stood out with Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT),Discovery Laboratories Inc. (DSCO) and Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (HRTX) the three stocks were the leading in the top 10 from the package. The average of I Know First was 10.75% that outperformed the S&P500 of a mere 2.41% in the period of just 2 weeks.
5. Other BioTech Package that stood out this week was the 1 month BioTech. The outstanding stocks were Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT), Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (FOLD) and OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OGXI) with returns of 53.45%, 40.93% and 26.53% respectively during the 1 month period. The Average performance of I Know First was 15.22% compared to the S&P500 of 1.12%.
6. CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX) was the Top performer of the Top 10 S&P500 Forecast with an amazing return of 30.19% in just one month. Other top performers were Akorn, Inc. (AKRX) and Cabela's Incorporated (CAB) with returns of 29.21% and 19.73%. The I Know First Average was 11.08% compared to a 1.12% from the S&P500.
7. The Three Month forecasts of Top 20 S&P500 and Risk-Conscious performed fantastically with averages of 10.07% and 13.50% respectively compared to the S&P500 8.66% and 8.87%. The top performers from the Top 20 S&P500 were China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. (ZNH) and Old Second Bancorp Inc. (OSBC) with returns of 35.42% and 27.93%. The top performers from the Risk-Conscious were NetEase, Inc. (NTES) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. (GSH) with returns of 66.95% and 34.51% during the three month period.
8. The Small Cap One Year Forecast was one of the best we saw this week. Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL) and Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT) were the top performers in the long position with returns of 269.66% and 124.50%. DryShips, Inc. (DRYS) and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF) were the top performers for the short position with returns of 86.78% and 73.16%. The Average was 32.66% (Long) and 16.70% (Short) both outperformed the S&P500 loss of -0.82% in the 1 year period.
I Know First wrote a Seeking Alpha Article about General Electric on Sept 24th 2015. The article argued that the company's stock was Bullish in the long term mainly because It is having strong corrections of regulations such as the one the company just underwent. Since that time, the stock price has increased 27%.
I Know First also wrote a Seeking Alpha articleabout Amgen on Sept 24th 2015. The article argued that the company's stock was Bullish in the long term mainly because Amgen announced that it seeks to enter the cardiovascular disease research and care market. Since that time, the stock price has increased since this forecast the stock price has increased 11%.
I Know First also wrote two articles about Netflix. The first Article about writen on Nov 11th, After T-Mobile announced that they are the first major U.S. carrier to offer unlimited video streaming from Netflix to mobile device users.Since that time, the stock price has increased 16%. The Second was aSeeking Alpha Article on Jan 9th,after their Expansion in European markets and new, attractive original content means Netflix stock is poised to make a strong recovery by the end of the year.Since that time, the stock price has increased 174%, as the article correctly predicted.
Upgrade Notes: Introducing the new Algorithmic Strategy Interface
I Know First R&D team is happy to announce that we are now supporting a highly interactive user interface to support your strategy and automate processes. This guide will review some of the new features and how to use them.
Many of our subscribers read the article “I Know First Algorithm Performance Analysis (Part 2)” which discussed how to integrate algorithmic signals with market momentum to lower your risk and maximize your returns. Since then we have released various videos and articles discussing this strategy.
Many implemented it, however were a little deterred by the complexity of it, as it really does require you to follow the price of every recommendation on a daily basis. Our team has tediously been working to integrate a module into excel which would allow you to trade according to the 5-day simple moving average swing model with ease.