Ballantyne Strong Inc (BTN)

We added one new name to the Bullpen during a holiday-shortened week that ended with the worst daily decline since late June.

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTN), a holding company with diverse business activities focused on serving the cinema, retail, financial and government markets, announces that it has acquired indirect ownership of...

The portfolio has outperformed the Russell 2000 index by more than 400 basis points, year to date.

We added to two portfolio positions this week and also used market strength to book some profits.

With BTN up 35% in 2016, we will take some profits and raise our target price.

In a largely quiet week for the market, we exited one position and trimmed 2 others, booking profits in each case.

Strong/MDI Screen Systems, a Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTN) company, today announced the appointment of Anew Communications Technology, Inc.

We used market volatility to add a new position this week and add take profits in another holding.

We used market volatility this week to close one position and add to two others.

It was a busy time of earnings reports for the model portfolio, as the market rose for the sixth straight week.

We maintain our Two rating and price target on each stock.

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTN), a holding company with diverse business activities focused on serving the cinema, retail, financial and government markets, today reported financial results for the second...

Ballantyne Strong, Builders FirstSource, Kratos Defense & Security and Therapeutics MD are on tap for after-hours releases.

U.S. stocks reached a 5-week winning streak, but our model portfolio did not engage in any trades this week.

Stocks have gained for 4 consecutive weeks and remain overbought, as evidenced by our model portfolio’s 30% cash position.

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTN), a holding company with diverse business activities focused on serving the cinema, retail, financial and government markets, today announced that the company will issue its...

With the market appearing overbought on a number of metrics, the model portfolio may favor booking profits.

Stocks rose for the week and June posted a better-than-expected jobs report, however, the model portfolio did not conduct any trades.

Although stocks rebounded during the week post-Brexit selling, we increased our positions in 3 of our model portfolio holdings.

Financials were among the hardest hit after the Brexit vote, prompting our model portfolio to add to our banking stocks.

With market weakness expected to continue to linger, our model portfolio considers it a potentially good time to buy.

Now's a good time to further trim our largest holding.

We trimmed two positions in the model portfolio this week amid overall market strength.

We trimmed two positions in the model portfolio this week amid overall market strength.

The stock is 20% above our average cost basis.

With the probability of an interest rate hike at the June FOMC of just 4% and also lingering uncertainty about rising interest rates over coming weeks and months, we remain comfortable with the model portfolio.

U.S. shares advanced for the week, but we did not make any trades in our model portfolio. Next week, however, a plethora of economic data will be released.

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