Linda McDonough

Linda McDonough is a veteran hedge fund analyst who loves to break down company financial statements and identify market inefficiencies to uncover big opportunities.  She believes in a boots-on-the-ground approach that includes surveying customers, interviewing company executives, or doing whatever it takes to see what others don't.

She's now brought her experience as a hedge fund analyst to subscribers of her Profit Catalyst Alert service. Her system identifies small- and mid-cap stocks that are about to move due to catalytic events that few others can identify...until it's too late. These events often times result in massive gains for her followers.

Analyst Articles

The abbreviated week for the stock market was a quiet one. Volume was thin as some traders took advantage of the long-awaited East Coast spring, which happily coincided with the market close on Friday. Public companies, well into their quiet periods, restrained from issuing press releases or speaking with investors. Read More

First I’d like to thank all of the Wealth Society members who made it to the Investing Daily annual conference in Alexandria last week. It was a delight to meet many of you and put a face to a screen name. I consider myself lucky… Read More

As if consumer product companies didn’t have enough headaches, a recent Reuters story reports that mega-customer Walmart is putting another bear squeeze on its suppliers. Each of the following companies counts Wal-mart and Target as a large customer, suffers weak sales growth and has a mountain of debt. Read More

Acuity reported a disastrous quarter this morning. Despite already lowering estimates once, earnings were less than expected. Worse yet, the company warned that growth would not return until 2018. I waited too long to sell this stock with the, unfortunately, incorrect, assumption that weakness in sales was temporary.  Although I hate… Read More

I’ve been able to spend more time researching new ideas during the lull between earnings seasons. As I’ve mentioned before, valuations in many sectors look stretched, but that doesn’t keep me from searching for new names. I am by no means a traditional value investor, but I do… Read More

Buy Smart Sand (NSDQ: SND) Buy Up To:$17 Target: $22 Smart Sand Inc., a November 2016 IPO, makes high-quality Northern White raw frac sand. Demand for this sand, a critical ingredient used in hydraulic fracking, has been surging. Prices for fracking sand are almost double what they were… Read More

There’s never a dull moment in this stock market. After the GOP’s failure to pass the Health Care bill last week, the stock market is losing faith that President Trump will be successful in passing tax and infrastructure bills. I recommended selling the Aecom (NYSE: ACM) and the Jacobs Engineering… Read More