We bought Optimal Group (OPMR) less than an hour ago. According to their website,
"Optimal Group Inc. is a leading payments and services company with operations throughout North America and the United Kingdom. "
Let's see if this one does better than our average holding.
Click on the title of today's post to see the Google Finance page on Optimal Group.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
3 Star Winners & 1 Not So Much
First the bad news
The McClatchy Co. (MNI) down 1.60%
Now, we have three stocks up over 2% today.
Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) up 2.61%
Candela (CLZR) up 3.65%
Value Line (VALU) up 4.30%
Click on the title of today's post for the most recent article I've seen about AVR.
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The McClatchy Co. (MNI) down 1.60%
Now, we have three stocks up over 2% today.
Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) up 2.61%
Candela (CLZR) up 3.65%
Value Line (VALU) up 4.30%
Click on the title of today's post for the most recent article I've seen about AVR.
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We Finally Took The Hit With TBL
We started this experiment April 6, 2006 and now we have faced the music with Timberland (TBL), the first stock we bought. We sold it for a loss of 24.55% less than half and hour ago and it's currently trading below the price we got for it.
Click on the title of today's post for the Google Finance TBL page or click below for Bloomberg's.
Bloomberg TBL page
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Click on the title of today's post for the Google Finance TBL page or click below for Bloomberg's.
Bloomberg TBL page
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
AVR The Star Winner Again
Wow. Two great days in a row preceded by a good day. For a couple weeks there, things weren't looking so good, so this is definitely a much needed change.
Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) is the Star Winner two days in a row. All of these stocks were up more than 2% today.
VCI up 2.36%
EGY up 2.41%
Candela (CLZR) up 2.42%
IUSA up 4.43%
AVR up 5.73%
Click on the title of today's post to see who was bubbling under a 2% gain.
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Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) is the Star Winner two days in a row. All of these stocks were up more than 2% today.
VCI up 2.36%
EGY up 2.41%
Candela (CLZR) up 2.42%
IUSA up 4.43%
AVR up 5.73%
Click on the title of today's post to see who was bubbling under a 2% gain.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Our Big Winners Starring AVR
Just in case someone thinks I'm a Pollyanna, click on the title of today's post to see what I assume is bad news about one of our stocks. Then, take a look at the winners.
I really like when a stock has more than a 2% gain in a day. I know that daily isn't usually that important unless you're a day trader, but it can be fun.
Because this is my first Big Winners post, I'm going to let InfoUSA slide in. You might remember that their Super Bowl commercial was possibly the only one that made money for the company, but many people who are not part of their target market didn't get it. I'm sure not reaching the people that they weren't trying to reach while getting their message across to likely customers is no skin off their nose. Just because many Super Bowl commercial watchers prefer entertainment and laughter doesn't mean those commercials actually achieved more sales. I still remember years ago when a guy I know thought that a car commercial was really dumb. I tried to tell him that Cadillac definitely wasn't aiming for him, but to no avail.
So, starting us off is InfoUSA (IUSA) with an uptick of 1.94% - almost 2% territory. Next is Vaalco Energy (EGY) - up 2.05%. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (JTX) was up 3.10% today. Valassis Communications (VCI) - up 4.45%. And, today's star of our portfolio...
Aventine Renewable Energy! (AVR) up 6.42%.
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I really like when a stock has more than a 2% gain in a day. I know that daily isn't usually that important unless you're a day trader, but it can be fun.
Because this is my first Big Winners post, I'm going to let InfoUSA slide in. You might remember that their Super Bowl commercial was possibly the only one that made money for the company, but many people who are not part of their target market didn't get it. I'm sure not reaching the people that they weren't trying to reach while getting their message across to likely customers is no skin off their nose. Just because many Super Bowl commercial watchers prefer entertainment and laughter doesn't mean those commercials actually achieved more sales. I still remember years ago when a guy I know thought that a car commercial was really dumb. I tried to tell him that Cadillac definitely wasn't aiming for him, but to no avail.
So, starting us off is InfoUSA (IUSA) with an uptick of 1.94% - almost 2% territory. Next is Vaalco Energy (EGY) - up 2.05%. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (JTX) was up 3.10% today. Valassis Communications (VCI) - up 4.45%. And, today's star of our portfolio...
Aventine Renewable Energy! (AVR) up 6.42%.
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Monday, March 19, 2007
McClatchy Has The Time?
As in my previous post, I'm wondering about the time involved in making this latest news payoff.
The Sacramento Business Journal reported that McClatchy signed on with Corzen to better keep track of external market conditions that may affect revenue and expenses. The McClatchy Co. (MNI) owns CareerBuilder as well as The Sacramento Bee and The Miami Herald. We currently own McClatchy.
http://www.mcclatchy.com/
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For those of you who have teenagers you would like to see graduate from college or university, I started a new blog with them in mind - Fgyp, pronounced Fuh-GIPE - For Great Young People.
http://fgyp.blogspot.com/
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The Sacramento Business Journal reported that McClatchy signed on with Corzen to better keep track of external market conditions that may affect revenue and expenses. The McClatchy Co. (MNI) owns CareerBuilder as well as The Sacramento Bee and The Miami Herald. We currently own McClatchy.
http://www.mcclatchy.com/
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For those of you who have teenagers you would like to see graduate from college or university, I started a new blog with them in mind - Fgyp, pronounced Fuh-GIPE - For Great Young People.
http://fgyp.blogspot.com/
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If He Has The Time, Doctor, If He Has The Time
I'm a Star Trek fan from way back. I may be both a Trekkie and a Trekker in denial. I've never given myself those tags, but some people who are not fans think I know a lot about Star Trek.
Candela's progress reminds me of a scene in an episode ["Arena"] with Captain Kirk trying to outwit a reptilian creature called a Gorn. The advanced aliens [I was thinking Leptons, but Wikipedia assures me that they are Metrons.] that placed these two combatants on the same planet assured them that the raw materials to destroy their opponent and achieve victory for themselves and their crew exist on that planet.
While Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy watch helplessly on the ship's viewscreen, they notice that the components for gunpowder and many other minerals are plentiful if Captain Kirk can put the clues together. He does finally realize what he's got, but he's slowed by an injury caused by an opponent. After Kirk gathers diamonds and ingredients to make gunpowder, he has to build a primitive cannon to blast the thick hide of his opponent. Meanwhile, the extra strong Gorn gets closer and closer, moving in for the kill. As his shipmates watch from space, McCoy says something positive about Kirk figuring out the problem and being able to finish the task and save himself and the crew. Spock replies with what I guess is one of the top 20 lines remembered by fans of the original Star Trek series:
IF HE HAS THE TIME, DOCTOR, IF HE HAS THE TIME.
Candela made an acquisition recently which you can read by following the link below. Motley Fool seems to think that they are behind, but all is not lost. Read the Motley Fool article by clicking on the title of today's post.
Candela's symbol is CLZR and as of Friday's close, our holding is down 5.75%.
Will Candela achieve victory for themselves and their crew (shareholders)?
If he has the time indeed...
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000191537&fid=942
As for my "Trekkiness" I did have to visit Google and Wikipedia to find some of the Star Trek information like "Arena" as the name of the episode and a couple other bits, but I admit that that quote is emblazoned in my memory forever. Visit the TinyURL/Wikipedia link below to read more:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ytp4wt
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Candela's progress reminds me of a scene in an episode ["Arena"] with Captain Kirk trying to outwit a reptilian creature called a Gorn. The advanced aliens [I was thinking Leptons, but Wikipedia assures me that they are Metrons.] that placed these two combatants on the same planet assured them that the raw materials to destroy their opponent and achieve victory for themselves and their crew exist on that planet.
While Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy watch helplessly on the ship's viewscreen, they notice that the components for gunpowder and many other minerals are plentiful if Captain Kirk can put the clues together. He does finally realize what he's got, but he's slowed by an injury caused by an opponent. After Kirk gathers diamonds and ingredients to make gunpowder, he has to build a primitive cannon to blast the thick hide of his opponent. Meanwhile, the extra strong Gorn gets closer and closer, moving in for the kill. As his shipmates watch from space, McCoy says something positive about Kirk figuring out the problem and being able to finish the task and save himself and the crew. Spock replies with what I guess is one of the top 20 lines remembered by fans of the original Star Trek series:
IF HE HAS THE TIME, DOCTOR, IF HE HAS THE TIME.
Candela made an acquisition recently which you can read by following the link below. Motley Fool seems to think that they are behind, but all is not lost. Read the Motley Fool article by clicking on the title of today's post.
Candela's symbol is CLZR and as of Friday's close, our holding is down 5.75%.
Will Candela achieve victory for themselves and their crew (shareholders)?
If he has the time indeed...
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000191537&fid=942
As for my "Trekkiness" I did have to visit Google and Wikipedia to find some of the Star Trek information like "Arena" as the name of the episode and a couple other bits, but I admit that that quote is emblazoned in my memory forever. Visit the TinyURL/Wikipedia link below to read more:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ytp4wt
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Just Got Back From Fran Cannon's Seminar
Get some real learning from the seminar this Saturday. I did. Met some great people. Valuable contacts. I even met a real estate agent, Suzanne Beckstrom, in person for the first time after speaking on the phone and emailing back and forth for the last year. Go! Meet some people. Read the previous post[BELOW] for more information. Help each other build your business! Here's Suzanne's site-
http://www.suzannebeckstrom.com/
Click on the title of today's post to see some video of another great seminar teacher, Marshall Rosenberg. See you Saturday.
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http://www.suzannebeckstrom.com/
Click on the title of today's post to see some video of another great seminar teacher, Marshall Rosenberg. See you Saturday.
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Sunday, March 04, 2007
Asking, Negotiating And Agreements Seminar
Asking, Negotiating and Agreements Seminar
Attend as my private guest...
When you attend this powerful one day Seminar on "Asking, Negotiating & Agreements" you will always be able to ask for exactly what you want and never be disappointed by other people.
Ask for what you want and get it...
When you learn the "Secrets of Asking" people will rush to give you what you ask for and they will keep their agreements with you!
Ask for and Receive ...More Money!More Love!More Business!
More Success!
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1) Tuesday March 6th 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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With these new skills you can have the life, money and business you want just by asking! Join us for an exciting and fun day of learning with a very entertaining seminar that could make you very rich!
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Whether it's sales, closing a deal or dealing with your children. The power of asking is a powerful skill to master. Please attend as my guest and I would ask that if you know anyone that could benefit from this event please forward this in email form using the SEND TO A FRIEND feature at the bottom of the email.
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