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Surviving In The Equity Market – Did Staying Invested Pay Off?

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:01:00 GMT

The volatility in equity markets may have subsided for the moment and I won’t make the mistake of calling a bottom, but as bad as this decline turned out to be (to date) developing and implementing a plan has paid off impressively. Staying fully invested is difficult and you have to look no further than the last year to put any investment approach, strategy and philosophy to the ultimate test. With so many investors losing[More...]

Value Update II, 2009

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:35:00 GMT

The first quarter of 2009 has finished and although equity markets are up from their lows the economic landscape hasn’t changed dramatically for investors or businesses. Unemployment continues to rise, the cost of capital has remained relatively high and transparency in corporate earnings has been inadequate at best. Companies will begin reporting their numbers soon, but with GDP contracting by a significant amount in the past two quarters investors are going to be looking for stability rather than erosion or growth in earnings. Companies with strong defensive balance sheets and cashflows have weathered the storm well so far. Companies suffering from an abundance of debt and poor management have moved in the predictable direction of continued deterioration. After nearly every stock suffering through the decline in equity markets this is an environment of corporate survival. We are in an environment where corporate fundamentals will reign and the strong[More...]

Exclusive: In Search Of The Next Big (Widening) Thing

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Every now and then we go through the list of IG11 companies looking for something that just looks out of place. This time around our attention was caught by a financial company, whose CDS was trading at a level which we initially thought had to be a mistake. The company in question is Herndon, Virginia based National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (corporate ticker NRUC), and the initial reason why we were intrigued by it is that not only was it trading about 800 points tighter than comparable (and since [More...]

Taking Stock in Pfizer (PFE):

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:34:00 GMT

This is a condensed public version of the Taking Stock in Pfizer (PFE) stock analysis made available via subscription to SAML subscribers. The full analysis, in PDF form with all accompanying data, can be purchased by readers at the bottom of this post. A ‘Critical’ Analysis:[More...]

Investing Opportunities From Tax-Loss Selling

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:11:00 GMT

With 2008 in the rear-view mirror I thought readers might be interested in my December investing activities during the perennial tax-loss selling period. What is Tax-Loss Selling? Tax-loss selling (or tax gain/loss harvesting) is a very important tool an investor can use in a taxable investment account to reduce the tax burden (taxes you pay) now and in the future. Because capital gains are taxed, in Canada, at half your marginal tax rate (MTR) there is an incentive for many investors to sell investments at a loss prior to year end in order to crystallize those losses. Say I were to invest equally in two stocks: ABC Inc. & MNO Ltd. During the year the share price of ABC Inc appreciates 50% and I sell all my shares[More...]

10 Stocks That You Absolutely Positively Definitely Have To Know About

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:27:00 GMT

The following was sent to TIMalert subscribers at 3AM EST..yah nobody works as hard as me…100 hour workweek baby! Don’t forget this is your second to last day to take advantage of the holiday... Visit TimothySykes.com to read full article with comments [More...]

12 Stocks That Make It Possible To Have Easy Trading Profits

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:05:00 GMT

This was sent to TIMalert subscribers early this morning so they could be prepared to profit from these PREDICTABLE PATTERNS…those who are reading it right now weren’t prepared and you... Visit TimothySykes.com to read full article with comments [More...]

Inside My Dividend Dream

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:49:00 GMT

In my previous post I introduced my Dividend Dream and gave better insight into the topic of Enduring Value that I’ve adapted to create a long-term investing approach focused on value and dividends. This post will look inside my decision criteria for this group of stocks, what companies comprise the DivG portfolio and what decisions I made on how to construct and organize the portfolio. To review the current organization of my portfolios: Short-term Cash/Savings comprise 17.5% of my invested assets and is held in a high interest savings account. RSP includes only Canadian bonds, international ETF’s, US equities and ADR’s of international companies. This maximizes the efficiency of[More...]

Current Crisis – What I've Done:

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:27:00 GMT

I want to make a public disclosure to readers and investing peers.Over the past two and a half years my Value Portfolio has enjoyed some considerable gains and as of September 2008 it had boasted a CAGR of over 60% since inception. I spend a considerable amount of time studying stocks, running screens and enjoyed myself thoroughly throughout this experience as I wanted to see if I could commit an investing strategy from paper to real life and I succeed. Not all my stocks were winners, but I protected myself from losses and took advantage of opportunities when they appeared.Over the past two weeks I have liquidated my holdings in the Value Portfolio even though YTD my return was well above 40%. The simple explanation I can provide is that when I put ego[More...]

My Short-Term Plan

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:22:00 GMT

It might or might not be a surprise to investors that the US Bailout Plan was voted down today and the market reaction was swift, decisive and clear: down...significantly The TSX closed down significantly today after being down over 900 points at one point as nearly everything dropped without discretion. There are a lot of investors, friends and family who have recently asked me what they should do in this current environment. It’s easy to say that someone should stick to a certain investing style, stick with quality or maintain their asset allocation and plan. But when you watch your portfolio bleed red week after week and hear such dire perspectives in the media it’s difficult to know if you’re doing the right thing. When I provide unbiased advice to someone I usually try to put it into perspective for them by demonstrating how I apply what I know to suit me best as an investor. Over the next ten[More...]

Contracts for Washington Township sewer system will be rebid

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:12:00 GMT

Nov. 27--Municipal authority board members in Washington Township in Fayette County will again seek bids for two of eight contracts for the construction of a sanitary sewer system after contractors said they could no longer honor the bids.
Contractors hired in January to undertake the $21.5 million project agreed not to raise their prices as the authority board searched for funding to reduce tap-in fees.
During a board meeting Tuesday, engineer Dave Kerchner, of Indianola-based Bankson Engineers, advised the board to advertise for bids again because the second-highest bids for those two contracts are a combined $145,000 more.

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Surviving In The Equity Market – Did Staying Invested Pay Off?

Value Update II, 2009

Exclusive: In Search Of The Next Big (Widening) Thing

Taking Stock in Pfizer (PFE):

Investing Opportunities From Tax-Loss Selling

10 Stocks That You Absolutely Positively Definitely Have To Know About

12 Stocks That Make It Possible To Have Easy Trading Profits

Inside My Dividend Dream

Current Crisis – What I've Done:

My Short-Term Plan

Contracts for Washington Township sewer system will be rebid

Scott Twp. sewer main work slowed by hidden utility lines

CVTech Group Inc. Annouces Its 2009 Second-Quarter Results

Federal Utilities Group to Begin Review of CapX2020 Project

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Russia - Tough Investment Environment

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Pricing of a Public Offering of Common Stock

TIBCO Software Reports Q3 GAAP EPS of $0.09, Non-GAAP EPS of $0.13

AVI BioPharma Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants

Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. Promotes Guy A. Paglinco to Chief Financial Officer

U-Store-It Trust Announces Pricing of Common Share Offering

Treasury Metals Confirms High-Grade Gold Within +3 Kilometre Alteration Corridor, Northeast of the Thunder Lake Gold Deposit

Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. To Discuss Second Quarter 2009 Results On August 6, 2009

US Financial 15 Split Corp.-Portfolio Update

ReoStar Energy Issues Clarification of Previous Press Release

Form 4 Paglinco Guy A For: Aug 14 (10K)

Form 4 Schaefer John V. For: Jul 10 (10K)

Form 3 Pepys-Lowe Renee For: Feb 25 (10K)

Form 3 Bivona Lawrence For: Feb 25 (10K)

Form 4 Hirsch Fritz For: Feb 24 (10K)

Form 4 RUSS BERRIE & CO INC For: Oct 06 Filed by: Paglinco Guy A (10K)

Form 4 RUSS BERRIE & CO INC For: Jul 10 Filed by: Zimmerman Michael (10K)

Form 4 RUSS BERRIE & CO INC For: Jul 10 Filed by: CIAMPI MARIO (10K)