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Ford Equity Research
General Information |
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| Website: http://www.fordequity.com |
| Type of Firm: independent research firm |
| Type of Research: Quantitative |
| Investars has accepted historical ratings from Ford Equity Research for the time period 01/01/2001 - 12/05/2002 |
| Since 12/05/2002 Investars has received research data directly from Ford Equity Research and timestamps the research data on a daily basis. |
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Ford Equity Research
Media Coverage |
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| Ford Equity Research has received media coverage in the following articles: |
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| Business Week Online : Jun 3, 2002, What Good Advice? |
| Deseretnews.com: Jun 9 2002, Investor`s Confidence is Shaky |
| CNNmoney: Nov 5, 2002, The 5 best independent research firms |
| BIR: Dec 17, 2002, Top Independent Research Firms Join Forces to Offer Stock Selection Research to Individual Investors |
| Institutional Investor: Feb 20 2003, Tom White makes a play for Research Independence |
| BuySide: January 2004, Settlement Makes Way for Individual Investors to Access Independent Research |
| CNBC: April 30, 2004, Quality of analysis gradually improving Firms publishing accuracy of research predictions |
| CBS Marketwatch: Aug 6, 2004, Rating the independent researchers. Despite restrictions, some researchers are tracked |
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Ford Equity Research
2007 Power Analysts |
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| Power Analyst data is collected from the Investars Internal Performance Measurement platform. The Investars IPM system is a cost effective cusomizeable system used by some of the top buyside/sellside institutions to identify and monitor the strengths and weaknesses of their research products. If you have a Investars Internal Performance measurement account please login here. If you would like a demo of the system please contact us. |
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| Each research firm has a different objective for its ratings. The analysts at each firm who attain those objectives are designated as Power Analysts at Investars. At Investars you can view how these Power Analysts rate the stocks that you are interested in. In many cases you can also obtain free reports by these analysts. |
| Power Analyst data unavailable for Ford Equity Research |
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Ford Equity Research
Strengths Section |
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| Our data shows that certain firms have been consistently strong in certain sectors over multiple time periods and according to various performance criteria. Our strengths section provides our users with a simple graphic identifying these sectors. |
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Ford Equity Research
Quick Facts [Provided by Integrity Research Associates] |
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| For Comprehensive Company Profile on Ford Equity Research please
click here. |
| Please click here for a sample of Comprehensive Company Profile. |
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Ford Equity Research
Ratings Definition |
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Ford Equity Research
Ratings Translation |
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Sell
Lower Expected Returns vs. Broad Market, timely timing. |
Strong Sell
Much lower Expected Returns vs. Broad Market, immediate timing. |
Hold
In line Expected Returns vs. Broad Market, no action. |
Strong Buy
Much higher Expected Return vs. Broad Market, immediate timing. |
Buy
Higher Expected Returns vs. Broad Market, timely timing. |
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Since every firm may have a different ratings scale (buy, sell or hold) or (outperform, underperform, neutral), in order to compare firms on the same basis, Investars translates each firm's ratings scale into a common scale: positive, neutral, negative. The table below illustrates how Investars translates Ford Equity Research ratings into a 3 point scale: |
Ford Equity Research
Rating Scale |
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4.7%
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14.4%
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unfavorable |
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38.6%
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hold |
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28.8%
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favorable |
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13.5%
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buy |
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Investars Normalized
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19.1%
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38.6%
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Neutral |
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42.3%
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The percentage numbers represent the percent of all ratings made over the last 1 year [Sep 01, 2009 - Sep 01, 2010].
Please note: these numbers do not represent the current ratings distribution. |
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Ford Equity Research
Return-Volatility Chart |
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| Return-Volatility Chart for 1 Year Sep 01, 2009 - Sep 01, 2010. Investars Return-Volatility Charts allow clients to compare the return to the risk of the research. |
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Ford Equity Research
Ratings Performance Chart |
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| Investars tracks the performance of research firms over time so that clients can see whether or not the firm has been consistently providing clients with profitable research. |
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Performance History for Ford Equity Research |
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The data for this firm is collected from public sources and checked against the transparency reports the firm is required to post on its sites
to facilitate third-party performance measurement as a result of the settlement on analyst conflicts of interests. |
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