While consumer spending dropped, the markets closed higher with the Dow surging 144 points to 9325 as bargain hunters snapped up stocks. Nasdaq soared 22 points to 1721.
-- Net revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 were
$213.9 million
-- Segment Operating Income was $73.3 million for the quarter
ended September 30, 2008
-- Free cash flow was $33.8 million for the quarter ended
September 30, 2008
-- Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 was $28.0
million
-- Free cash flow was $93.9 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008
-- During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company
reduced its long-term debt by approximately $363.8 million,
resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $85.7 million
The saga at AIG just gets more and more pathetic; the government is repeating the same pattern (Sep 16, 2008: Federal Reserve Considering Loan Package to AIG) - when they swoop in to rescue they claim losses will be limited, it's a long term "investment" and "heck we may even make money in the end". They said we'd be limited to $200 Billion in commitments "worst case" with FranFredron - already Freddie has come to the trough twice and Fannie is on its way.... now we go on with AIG. (Nov 9, 2008: AIG Needing More of Your Grandkids Money) My initial cynicism towards the "cost" of the AIG bailout has been more than[More...]
Fluor (FLR) and Perini (PCR) are in the same sector - infrastructure. That's about all they have in common. I have owned both at one time or the other, but clearly owning Perini (PCR) was a mistake. My thesis with infrastucture is to focus on the customer base - oil rich Arabs, trade rich Chinese, and essentially bankrupt US government with unending pocketbook (read: your taxes). That was my error with Perini - unfortunately their customer base is heavily focused on non federal government Americans (although they are trying to change that) i.e. local governments, US customers who need credit lines - casinos for example (Jan 17: Pe
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Picking bottoms (or a top) in a stock is one of the most difficult jobs on Wall Street and it is something which I rarely attempt to do. There is, however, one time of year that I have had success in finding deeply oversold stocks which have produced incredible short term percentage moves over the course of 2-3 weeks. Now is that time of year!
The best description of the “January Effect” comes from Wikipedia “The January effect (sometimes called "year-end effect") is a calendar effect wherein stocks, especially small-cap stocks, have historically tended to rise markedly in price during the period starting on the last day of December and ending on the fifth trading day of January. This effect is owed to year-end selling to create tax losses, recognize capital gains, effect portfolio window dressing, or raise holiday cash. Because such selling depresses the stocks but has nothing to do with their fundamental worth, bargain hunters quickly buy in, causing the January rally.”
I do not think it is as precise as the last day of the year and then selling on the fifth trading day of January, but the reason in this description is valid (except raising holiday cash, do you sell your stocks so you can buy a nice present for your wife?).
Keep in mind that the stocks on this list are not in good technical condition, the charts all look terrible! Also, the fundamentals for these companies are probably lousy. These stocks should be looked at as HIGH RISK and you should consider buying a basket of them across different industries to spread the risk. I would suggest that you commit no more than 20% of your risk capital to the entire strategy, spread evenly amongst the stocks you choose to purchase.
Stocks reviewed in the video include; CSK Auto Corporation (Public,
NYSE:CAO), Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (Public,
NYSE:CDL), Directed Electronics, Inc. (Public,
NASDAQ:DEIX), Enterra Energy Trust(Public,
NYSE:ENT), The Finish Line, Inc.(Public,
NASDAQ:FINL), Fremont General Corporation (Public,
NYSE:FMT), Quebecor World Inc.(Public,
NYSE:IQW), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Public,
NYSE:KKD), Merge Technologies Incorporated (Public,
NASDAQ:MRGE), Stein Mart, Inc. (Public,
NASDAQ:SMRT), Standard Pacific Corp.(Public,
NYSE:SPF) and a few other stocks with terrible charts and questionable fundamentals. The stocks are risky and should only be looked as potential trades.
I definitely do not believe the book value is as high as what is says for all these companies. The information was taken from Yahoo Finance, how often they uptade book value is anyones guess. Short information is as of November 30.
Picking bottoms (or a top) in a stock is one of the most difficult jobs on Wall Street and it is something which I rarely attempt to do. There is, however, one time of year that I have had success in finding deeply oversold stocks which have produced incredible short term percentage moves over the course of 2-3 weeks. Now is that time of year!
The best description of the “January Effect” comes from Wikipedia “The January effect (sometimes called "year-end effect") is a calendar effect wherein stocks, especially small-cap stocks, have historically tended to rise markedly in price during the period starting on the last day of December and ending on the fifth trading day of January. This effect is owed to year-end selling to create tax losses, recognize capital gains, effect portfolio window dressing, or raise holiday cash. Because such selling depresses the stocks but has nothing to do with their fundamental worth, bargain hunters quickly buy in, causing the January rally.”
I do not think it is as precise as the last day of the year and then selling on the fifth trading day of January, but the reason in this description is valid (except raising holiday cash, do you sell your stocks so you can buy a nice present for your wife?).
Keep in mind that the stocks on this list are not in good technical condition, the charts all look terrible! Also, the fundamentals for these companies are probably lousy. These stocks should be looked at as HIGH RISK and you should consider buying a basket of them across different industries to spread the risk. I would suggest that you commit no more than 20% of your risk capital to the entire strategy, spread evenly amongst the stocks you choose to purchase.
Stocks reviewed in the video include; CSK Auto Corporation (Public,
NYSE:CAO), Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (Public,
NYSE:CDL), Directed Electronics, Inc. (Public,
NASDAQ:DEIX), Enterra Energy Trust(Public,
NYSE:ENT), The Finish Line, Inc.(Public,
NASDAQ:FINL), Fremont General Corporation (Public,
NYSE:FMT), Quebecor World Inc.(Public,
NYSE:IQW), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Public,
NYSE:KKD), Merge Technologies Incorporated (Public,
NASDAQ:MRGE), Stein Mart, Inc. (Public,
NASDAQ:SMRT), Standard Pacific Corp.(Public,
NYSE:SPF) and a few other stocks with terrible charts and questionable fundamentals. The stocks are risky and should only be looked as potential trades.
I definitely do not believe the book value is as high as what is says for all these companies. The information was taken from Yahoo Finance, how often they uptade book value is anyones guess. Short information is as of November 30.
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