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How to Copy Hedge Funds (and Collect Some Big Dividends)

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By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool

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Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you’d like to add some stocks that are popular with hedge-fund managers to your portfolio, the Global X Top Guru Holdings Index ETF (NYSEMKT: GURU) could save you a lot of trouble. Instead of trying to figure out which companies will perform best, you can use this ETF to invest in lots of them simultaneously.

The basics
ETFs often sport lower expense ratios than their mutual fund cousins. The Global X ETF‘s expense ratio — its annual fee — is 0.75 %. It’s also very tiny, so if you’re thinking of buying, beware of possibly large spreads between its bid and ask prices. Consider using a limit order if you want to buy in.

This ETF is way too new to have a sufficient track record to assess. As with most investments, of course, we can’t expect outstanding performances in every quarter or year. Investors with conviction need to wait for their holdings to deliver. The ETF aims to hold the stocks owned by a select group of hedge funds with an equity focus and relatively long holding periods, and it focuses on those funds’ strongest-conviction holdings.

Why Gurus?
If you’re interested in hedge fund investing, know that it’s not for most of us. You typically have to be a rather wealthy sort, and if you’re able to invest in such funds, they typically take 2% of your total asset value every year, plus 20% of your annual profits. This ETF, though, simply takes less than 1% of your investment each year.

More than a handful of Guru-approved companies had strong performances over the past year. Hartford Financial Services Group and Motorola Solutions each surged 31%. Hartford has been shifting its focus from annuities, retirement planning, and life insurance toward property and casualty insurance. It has been tackling its significant debt, and its fourth-quarter earnings exceeded expectations. The stock has exhibited volatility, but some see it as undervalued now, with a forward P/E ratio of just 8.

Motorola Solutions delivers communication infrastructure, devices, software, and services to governments and businesses globally. One offering, for example, is public safety radio systems. It recently hit a 52-week high and its fourth-quarter report featured double-digit earnings gains and revenue up 6% as well. Some worry about R&D cutbacks, while others like that it’s borrowing money to buy back shares. (That’s not always smart, if shares are not undervalued, though. And Motorola Solutions has recently been trading at a forward P/E of 14.6%.)

Mortgage REIT Annaly Capital Management gained 15%, and has many investors drooling over its 11.3% dividend yield. But it has also lost some fans, due to worries about rising interest rates hurting the company or its adding more risk by expanding beyond agency-backed securities. Some even worry about nepotism in

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Motorola Solutions to Issue First-Quarter 2013 Earnings Results on April 24

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Motorola Solutions to Issue First-Quarter 2013 Earnings Results on April 24


Webcast presentation by executives to follow earnings release

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYS: MSI) will issue its first-quarter 2013 earnings results at approximately 6 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time (7 a.m. EDT) on Wednesday, April 24.

Motorola Solutions will host its quarterly conference call with financial analysts at 7 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time (8 a.m. EDT) on April 24. The conference call will be webcast live with audio and slides at www.motorolasolutions.com/investors. A replay of the conference call will be available approximately three hours after the call has been completed at www.motorolasolutions.com/investors.

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of mission-critical communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers. Through leading-edge innovation and communications technology, it is a global leader that enables its customers to be their best in the moments that matter. Motorola Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “MSI.” To learn more, visit www.motorolasolutions.com. For ongoing news, please visit our media center or subscribe to our news feed.

MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC and are used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©2013 Motorola Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Motorola Solutions Launches First Image Management System for TETRA Digital Radios to Enhance Day-to

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Motorola Solutions Launches First Image Management System for TETRA Digital Radios to Enhance Day-to-Day Policing

Innovative solution includes world´s first TETRA digital radio with a five megapixel camera

BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Public safety and law enforcement officials need to reduce crime and create safer communities in a cost-effective manner and are investigating how technology can assist this process. Key benefits and cost savings are likely to be most visible in the area of evidence gathering capabilities to improve prosecution success rates. With limited resources, evidence often is not captured or degrades before dedicated evidence-gathering officers can be deployed. Giving frontline officers the capability to capture evidential images at the scene of a crime or incident has been shown to reduce the time spent in court and increase conviction rates.

With this in mind, Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYS: MSI) , today launches the world´s first mission-critical imaging solution for frontline officers. This is a combination of the new MTP6750 Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) handheld radio featuring an integrated five megapixel camera and the Photograph and Intelligence Communications System (PICS) image management solution. Through PICS, images captured on the MTP6750 can be managed, authenticated and shared within a public safety organisation´s existing workflows, enabling verification of captured images at any point and reducing the chance of evidence being deemed unusable in a prosecution.

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Safer, Smarter, Faster – MTP6750 TETRA handheld radio

  • This is the first TETRA radio to integrate a five megapixel digital camera into the same easy-to-use radio form factor for which Motorola’s TETRA handsets are known. Integrating image capture and processing capabilities into the radio platform ensures that common workflow processes are enforced and images come under the security protocols of the agency.
  • A large QVGA colour display allows officers to view images with a single glance.
  • Built on the newly launched MTP6000 Radio Series platform, the new TETRA handheld enables a wide range of data connectivity options, including integrated Bluetooth®, Multi-Slot Packet Data and support for TETRA Enhanced Data Services (TEDS). This enables frontline personnel to share text messages and images reliably, securely and quickly.
  • The integrated WAP browser with WAP Push capability allows the …read more
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Make Money in Buyback Achievers the Easy Way

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Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you’d like to add some companies executing significant stock buybacks to your portfolio, the PowerShares Buyback Achievers  could save you a lot of trouble. Instead of trying to figure out which companies will perform best, you can use this ETF to invest in lots of them simultaneously.

The basics
ETFs often sport lower expense ratios than their mutual fund cousins. The PowerShares ETF‘s expense ratio — its annual fee — is 0.71%. The fund is fairly small, so if you’re thinking of buying, beware of possibly large spreads between its bid and ask prices. Consider using a limit order if you want to buy in.

This ETF has performed well, handily topping the S&P 500 over the past three and five years. As with most investments, of course, we can’t expect outstanding performances in every quarter or year. Investors with conviction need to wait for their holdings to deliver.

Why buybackers?
Not all stock buybacks make sense. If a company is buying back its stock when it’s overvalued, it’s destroying shareholder value. But sensibly timed buybacks can benefit shareholders, reducing the total share count and thereby boosting the value of remaining shares.

More than a handful of buybacking companies had solid performances over the past year. Motorola Solutions surged 25%, as it has worked on shrinking its debt and growing its free cash flow. The stock is trading near a 52-week high, and yields about 1.7%. It operates in the field of public safety equipment and its government contracts business grew 12% in 2012. It also makes mobile computers such as its Xoom tablet and Droid Xyboard, which have proven popular in the business market. The company’s fourth-quarter report featured solid earnings gains and revenue up as well.

Norfolk Southern advanced 13%, and is also near its 52-week high. Yielding 2.7%, it’s a dominant force in the South, where much of our economic growth potential lies. Our recovering economy should boost business for railroads, which offer much more cost-effective transportation than trucks. The company is also an environmental leader, operating its trains on renewable diesel fuel and developing hybrid locomotives. It’s spending heavily on its infrastructure, and has topped performance expectations. One challenge is the decline of coal, as coal has made up a significant portion of Norfolk Southern‘s business.

Applied Materials gained 6% and yields 2.9%, which includes a recent 10% dividend hike. It’s poised to benefit from an expected uptick in semiconductor demand globally, and its growing involvement in areas such as solar power also bodes well. There are already promising signs for the semiconductor industry. With a forward P/E of 14, the stock appears appealing. Applied Materials has been named one of the most ethical  companies by the folks at Ethisphere.

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Motorola Banks On Solutions For Simmering Data Demand

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Quick Take Motorola launches upgrades to its public safety video solutions as it looks to fulfill the growing demand for data among public safety officials. At the same time, it is looking to preserve its dominance of the voice market while addressing the threats it faces from the nationwide public safety LTE network roll out. The company’s fundamentals are strong for now but could face challenges as LTE gets deployed widely and research into mission-critical voice transmission over LTE gains ground. Motorola Solutions recently launched upgrades to its existing line of video products in a bid to further its dominance of the public safety communications industry. The company launched the MVX1000 Digital In-Car Video System R1.2 and Real-Time Video Intelligence R1.1 products earlier this week. While the former captures data from within police vehicles (both video and audio) and relays it back securely to the headquarters upon arrival, the latter delivers real-time video feed to officers located anywhere in a device-agnostic manner. With demand for data growing and a push towards building a nationwide 4G LTE network for public safety purposes also happening for the same reason, it is a good sign for the future that Motorola is looking to keep up with changing times. …read more
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E2open to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results on April 16, 2013

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E2open to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results on April 16, 2013

FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– E2open (NAS: EOPN) , a leading provider of strategic, cloud-based software solutions for collaborative execution across global trading networks, will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year financial results for the period ended February 28, 2013 on April 16, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (5:00 P.M. Eastern Time), following the release of the Company’s quarterly financial results. The results will also be available online at E2open’s website http://investor.e2open.com/.

To access the call in the U.S., please dial (877) 407-3982, and for international callers, please dial (201) 493-6780. Callers may provide confirmation number 411186 to access the call more quickly, and are encouraged to dial into the call 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start to prevent any delay in joining. The webcast can be accessed at http://investor.e2open.com/ and will be available for replay for 12 months. In addition, a replay of the call will be available via telephone for seven days, beginning two hours after the call. To listen to the telephone replay in the U.S., please dial (877) 870-5176, and for international callers, please dial (858) 384-5517 and enter access code 411186.

About E2open

E2open is a leading provider of cloud-based, on-demand software solutions enabling enterprises to procure, manufacture, sell, and distribute products more efficiently through collaborative execution across global trading networks. Brand owners use E2open solutions to gain visibility into and control over their trading networks through the real-time information, integrated business processes, and advanced analytics that E2open provides. E2open customers include Celestica, Cisco, Dell, HGST, IBM, L’Oréal, LSI, Motorola Solutions, Seagate, and Vodafone. E2open is headquartered in Foster City, California with operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.e2open.com.

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 03/13/2013

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MR. CARNEY: Welcome to the White House. Sorry I'm late. Had some meetings that ran long. I do have something I want to say at the top.

I wanted to provide a quick update on the ongoing engagement with the business community and the President, First Lady, and senior members of the President’s team on a broad range of issues including the President’s economic agenda, immigration reform, cybersecurity, and issues important to our veterans and military families, to name a few.

As you know, the President today will be dropping by two separate meetings with business leaders this afternoon. The President will be attending a meeting with business leaders to discuss cybersecurity as a part of the administration’s ongoing dialogue with the private sector regarding this issue. Attendees include David Cote from Honeywell International, Wes Bush from Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Randall Stephenson from AT&T. A full list of attendees will be provided later this afternoon.

After that, he will attend a meeting with business leaders where he will discuss our efforts on immigration reform and its role in our broader economic agenda. Attendees of that meeting include Greg Brown from Motorola Solutions, Douglas Oberhelman from Caterpillar, and Virginia Rometty from IBM Corporation. Again, a full list of the participants in that meeting will be provided afterwards.

Finally, as part of the Joining Forces initiative, the First Lady delivered remarks earlier today at the quarterly meeting of member CEOs of the Business Roundtable, where she continued her call on the private sector to hire America’s veterans and military spouses, and she also called on them to help reach their full potential within America’s companies. Mrs. Obama made the case that it has never been more important to join together and help our veterans and military spouses find employment and to build their careers, especially with more than 1 million veterans who will be hanging up their uniforms and transitioning back to civilian life in the coming years.

Also this morning, senior staff, including Valerie Jarrett, Denis McDonough, Rob Nabors, met with members of the Business Roundtable executive committee to address a broad array of issues on the President’s agenda. And Treasury Secretary Jack Lew held a meeting yesterday with business leaders to discuss the President’s economic agenda, including Jim McNerney from Boeing, and Fred Smith from FedEx. I'd refer you to Treasury for the full list of attendees.

I do have one final note for the young among you in spirit or fact, and that is that Gene Sperling will be participating in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. (Laughter.) I think you should check it out. You will not regret it.

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MR. CARNEY: I'll take your questions now. Ask me anything. (Laughter.)

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Motorola Solutions Invests in BriefCam

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Motorola Solutions Invests in BriefCam

Investment to Support BriefCam’s Global Marketing and Sales Expansion for Video Synopsis Technology

TEL AVIV–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYS: MSI) , through its strategic investment arm Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, has announced its investment in BriefCam, the developer and provider of Video Synopsis solutions for the rapid review, analysis and indexing of surveillance video. The funds will be used to expand BriefCam’s worldwide marketing and sales activities.

BriefCam’s patented Video Synopsis technology enables the rapid review of captured video – with an index to the original source, whether video feed or archival footage – for on-the-spot event tracking, forensics and evidence discovery.

BriefCam fulfills the global unmet need to browse video, investigate and identify incidents rapidly, and take action. Its award-winning Video Synopsis technology gives users the ability to review rapidly, compacting hours of events into a “brief” that takes minutes to view. The company’s customers include police, military, border control and other Homeland Security agencies, as well as security operations at municipalities, transportation authorities, building and campus security offices, retail loss prevention and more.

This investment is Motorola Solutions‘ second in the Israeli market and third in the surveillance video space since 2011.

“We have been looking into various companies in the Israeli hi-tech industry, specifically in the area of public safety technologies,” said Boaz Or-Shraga, managing director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. “We were happy to find a great investment like BriefCam to expand our exposure in the growing video space. The substantial growth in the amount of surveillance videos created each year provides new opportunities for public safety and other industries, and we’re glad to seize such an opportunity.”

“BriefCam is delighted to welcome Motorola Solutions Venture Capital as an investor and strategic partner,” said Dror Irani, CEO and president of BriefCam. “It is our hope that Motorola Solutions‘ experience and global presence opens new opportunities for BriefCam in areas such as public safety, safer cities and law enforcement, as well as enterprise and retail. We expect Motorola Solutions‘ global presence will also assist BriefCam greatly in accelerating penetration of new geographic regions where we have not been active to date.”

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Here's What a New Berkshire Director's 2,556%-Gainer Fund Has Been Buying

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Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a bright light on smart stock picks.

Today let’s look at Eagle Capital Management, founded in 1988 by Ravenel Boykin Curry III. It has as a general partner Meryl Witmer, who was recently tapped to be a new director at Warren Buffett‘s company, Berkshire Hathaway . Value-oriented Eagle prides itself on its focused portfolio of only a few dozen stocks, as well as its consistency, and long time horizon. Since inception, it has gained 2,556%, versus 769% for the S&P 500.

The company’s reportable stock portfolio totaled $14.1 billion  in value as of Dec. 31.

Interesting developments
So what does Eagle Capital‘s latest quarterly 13F filing tell us? Here are a few interesting details,

The biggest new holdings are Kraft Foods Group and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF . Kraft was spun off last year from the Kraft Foods mothership, which then took on the moniker of Mondelez International . Kraft Foods now specializes in domestic groceries, including brands such as JELL-O, Oscar Mayer, and Planters, while Mondelez focuses on global snacks and beverages, including brands such as Oreo, Trident, Tang, and Cadbury. Kraft recently disappointed investors, with an earnings update featuring earnings down sharply as a result of pension and restructuring charges, among other things. Kraft faces many competitive threats, such as from private labels. On the plus side, it does offer a 4.1% dividend yield.

Among holdings in which Eagle Capital increased its stake was Mondelez, which recently posted slightly disappointing earnings. It has been hurt by weakness in Europe, but bulls have high hopes for operations in developing markets, where growth is often more rapid. It also boasts assets such as boffo brands with pricing power, though it’s also carrying a lot of debt.

Eagle Capital reduced its stake in lots of companies, including U.K.-based Vodafone . Bulls had already been excited about its Smart II low-cost, mass-market smartphone, and its entry into the promising mobile-payments market, as well as a new deal to provide mobile service in 30 nations. Adding to that are reports that Verizon might be interested in ending its wireless-based partnership with the company or perhaps merging with it. Vodafone is huge, with more than 400 million customers, and its stock recently yielded 3.8%.

Finally, Eagle Capital‘s biggest closed positions included Willis Group Holdings and Cimarex Energy . Other closed positions of interest include Motorola Solutions and Waste Management . Fortune magazine named Motorola Solutions as one of America’s Most Admired Companies, and it is earning some investors’ admiration, too, shrinking its debt and growing its free cash flow. It’s trading near a 52-week high and yields about 1.6%. It operates in the field of public safety equipment, and its government contracts business grew 12%  in 2012.

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Fortune Names Motorola Solutions to World's Most Admired Companies List

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 Names Motorola Solutions to World’s Most Admired Companies List

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fortune magazine has named Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYS: MSI) to its prestigious list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.” Motorola Solutions is ranked No. 4 in the industry category of Network and Other Communications Equipment.

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  • Described as the definitive report card on corporate reputations, the Most Admired list is the result of a survey of 3,800 executives, directors and analysts asked to rate companies in their industries.
  • The nine evaluation criteria include innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality of products/services and global competitiveness.
  • The list and related stories appear in the March 18 issue of Fortune, available on newsstands and at www.fortune.com.
  • In January, Motorola Solutions was named to the Global 100list of the world’s most sustainable corporations, one of only 10 U.S. companies to earn a spot on the list.

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About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of mission-critical communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers. Through leading-edge innovation and communications technology, it is a global leader that enables its customers to be their best in the moments that matter. Motorola Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “MSI.” To learn more, visit www.motorolasolutions.com. For ongoing news, please visit our media center or subscribe to our news feed.

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