November 2008 - Steve Cook's Strategic Stock Investments

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  • Time to Start to Average out of losers

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 11/28/08 Wednesday was another good day. Both indices closed above their 10/10/08 and 10/2002 lows and above the very short term declining trend line off the November high. Significantly (to me at least), equity prices were strong in...
  • Subscriber alert 11/20/08

    It didn’t take long for the DJIA to bust through its 10/10 low. Our first step is to Sell those stocks that had already broken their 10/10 lows and that our Portfolios had started reducing in size. The Dividend Growth Portfolio is Selling the remaining...
  • Using Market weakness to nibble

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 11/19/08 Our Portfolios are using today’s weakness to buy stocks. The following are being bought in very small quantities. This will take cash to 20%. Dividend Growth Portfolio: Praxair (PX), ConocoPhillips (COP), Illinois Tool...
  • House cleaning plus more Put sale candidates

    Subscriber Alert Yesterday, some stocks moved up to the upper end of their recent trading ranges while many of the stocks that have recently traded below their 10/10 low just haven’t shown any sign of recovering. So today our Portfolios are going...
  • Subscriber Alert-Sell some out of the money Puts

    Subscriber Alert The stock prices of Genuine Parts (GPC-$36) and Sherwin Williams (SHW-$53) have fallen below the upper boundaries of their respective Buy Value Ranges. Accordingly, they are being Added to the Dividend Growth Buy List. Neither stock will...
  • Mr picks on the first day of CNBC $1,000,000 Challenge

    CNBC $,1,000,000 Challenge The contest is on again. As before, I will post selections in 5 categories (portfolios) each day for the more trading oriented subscribers. Today all holdings will be 25% on normal size) Large Cap: Genuine Parts (GPC), WalMart...
  • Subscriber Alert 11/14/08

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  • Medivation (10 Bagger) update

    Company Highlight (Update) Medivation (10 Bagger) recently announced that it would delay its filing Dimebon for Alzheimer’s in order to conduct two additional phase-III studies which will treat moderate to severe Alzheimer’s patients. The...
  • Stocks are down, Buy a little

    SUBSCRIBER ALERT 11/12/08 The DJIA has dipped into the 8400-8500 range and as emotionally difficult as it is, it is time to put some cash to work. The commitments below lowers our Portfolios cash position to roughly 21.5%. I should distinguish these purchases...
  • Yesterday's damage

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  • The Aggressive Growth Portfolio is Buying a new 10 Bagger stock

    Subscriber Alert I reported Sun Hydraulics (Aggressive Growth Portfolio) earnings last week and noted management’s cautious comments. The stock opened down big and I said that I thought the selling was overdone and that if it stabilized, the Aggressive...
  • Subscriber Alert - 11/7/08

    Subscriber Alert The Dividend Growth Portfolio will Buy additional shares in Emerson Electric (EMR), WalMart (WMT), Boeing (BA), McDonald’s (MCD). The High Yield Portfolio will Buy additional shares in WP Carey (WPC), Zenith Insurance (ZNT), Oneok...
  • Subscriber Alert - 11/6/08

    The High Yield Buy List Company Close 11/5 Buy Value Range Leggett & Platt $16.69 $14-16 Mercury General 42.23 40-46 Pacer Int’l 11.00 11-13 Pfizer 17.00 17-20 Reynolds American 47.07 45-52 Sanofi Aventis 29.69 26-30 Zenith Nat’l Ins 31...
  • What I am doing with that gift

    Subscriber Alert The following transactions will be executed at the Market open this morning: In the Dividend Growth Portfolio: Selling small pieces of Wells Fargo (WFC), UGI (UGI) and Chevron (CVX). Buying small pieces of Manulife Financial (MFC), MDU...
  • Subscriber Alert - 11/4/08

    The Dividend Growth Buy List Company Close 11/3 Buy Value Range Automatic Data Processing $33.27 $34-39 Canon Inc 34.77 31-36 Johnson & Johnson 61.16 63-71 Manulife Financial 22.09 21-25 McDonald’s 57.03 55-61 McCormick 33.35 34-39 Nokia Inc...