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Yet another tough week ahead

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:42:05 GMT

The news both online and print are all about tough days ahead and the economy not improving until late or next year. Fellow Masters, hedge your portfolios by having a 70% position in cash and picking up a few shares of the inverse ETF's (betting against the market and given sectors). With that in mind, let's get to the week ahead and how to play it. So how do you play this market? By betting it will keep falling, here are some ETF's we've mentioned that increase in value as stocks continue to fall flat on their faces, we wrote about them this week and last: Down the Banks Go (BAC, WM, C) - Hello SKF Think the Financial Sector will keep falling, play SKF Gold and Shorts: Mastery for a Bear Market Here is the list o[More...]

Dominion Homes Takes Buyout Over Bankruptcy

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:17:53 GMT

On September 10, 2007 I wrote an article about Dominion Homes, the struggling homebuilder...[More...]

Fighting Off the Bear: By Any Measure, 2008 Was a Lousy Year on Wall Street. Yet Despite the Turbulence, Some Local Companies Beat the Odds and Actually Posted Gains.

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:12:00 GMT

Jan. 4--Despite the worst year for stocks in nearly 80 years, a few central Ohio companies were able to find a little daylight in the darkness of 2008.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended 2007 at 13,264, dropped as low as 7,552 on Nov. 20, and closed the year at 8,776, a loss of 33.8 percent.
The meager honor roll included: State Auto, which finished the year up 14.3 percent at $30.06; Park National, which was up 11.2 percent at $71.75; and M/I Homes, which lost 73 percent in 2007 but was up 4 cents and 0.4 percent in 2008, closing at $10.54.

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Dominion Homes Completes Merger Transaction

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Dominion Homes, Inc., a homebuilder serving Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, today announced that it has completed the merger transaction that was approved by its shareholders at a special meeting on May 30, 2008. The company's new principal equity owners are an investment group comprised of Silver Point Capital, L.P. and Angelo Gordon & Co, L.P., Dominion's primary lenders, and BRC Properties Inc., which is controlled by Dominion Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas G. Borror.[More...]

Dominion Homes Shareholders Approve Going Private Transaction

Fri, 30 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

Dominion Homes, Inc. announced that its shareholders voted at a special meeting today to approve the merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Dominion Homes by a buyout group consisting of companies affiliated with Silver Point Capital, L.P., Angelo Gordon & Co, L.P. and the Company's largest shareholder, BRC Properties, Inc., which is controlled by Company Chairman Douglas G. Borror. Of the shares that were voted at the meeting, approximately 91% of those shares voted in favor of the merger agreement. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $0.65 in cash for each Company common share that they own immediately prior to the effective date of the merger. As previously disclosed, the parties expect to complete the merger in June.[More...]