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Selling the S&P ETF I bought at the Open

SUBSCRIBER ALERT 2/27/09 The Market has absorbed an unbelievable amount of bad news today and yet it looks as though the S&P will close above the 741 level. I am selling the additional shares of the S&P short ETF that I bought this morning.

Published 02-27-2009 2:55 PM by Steve Cook
What I am selling

Subscriber Alert Our Portfolios are selling a small portion of each of the indicated stocks. These sell candidates are those that are selling the closest to their Stop Loss Price. In the Dividend Growth Portfolio: General Dynamic, 3M, MDU Resources, T...

Published 02-27-2009 8:36 AM by Steve Cook
Aggressive Growth Buy List

Fundamental The latest from Jeremy Siegel: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123552586347065675.html Aggressive Growth Buy List Company Close 2/25 Buy Value Range Becton Dickinson $67.62 $66-76 McDonalds 54.29 54-62 Medtronics 33.86 30-35 Pepsico 50.52...

Published 02-26-2009 8:24 AM by Steve Cook
My hedge yesterday looks wrong today, but I haven't unwound the position yet; XOM update

Technical Stocks bounced yesterday with the indices (DJIA 7350, S&P 773) closing above their October 2002 lows (DJIA 7146, S&P 766) and the S&P above its November 2008 low (741). Whereas they closed Monday above only one of those four support...

Published 02-25-2009 8:29 AM by Steve Cook
Changes in our Buy Lists; Stocks that are being trimmed

Subscriber Alert The stock prices of General Dynamics (GD-$49) has fallen below the lower boundary of its Buy Value Range. Accordingly, it is being Removed from the Dividend Growth Buy List. The Dividend Growth Portfolio will continue to Hold this stock...

Published 02-24-2009 8:32 AM by Steve Cook
Chart of the Week-2/23/09

Chart of the Week Materials is one of my favorite sectors right now. Here is a great company in that area. News on Stocks in Our Portfolios A positive write up on McDonald’s (Dividend Growth Portfolio): http://seekingalpha.com/article/122054-buy...

Published 02-23-2009 8:10 AM by Steve Cook
More stocks trading below their Buy Value Range

Subscriber Alert More stocks are breaking below the lower boundary of their respective Buy Value Ranges. Therefore they are being Removed; however, none of these stocks will be Sold. On the Dividend Growth Buy List, the following stocks are being Removed...

Published 02-20-2009 8:26 AM by Steve Cook
More changes in our Buy Lists; High Yield Buy List

Subscriber Alert Three more stocks traded below the lower boundary of their respective Buy Value Ranges and are being Removed from their respective Buy Lists. None of these stocks are being Sold. On the Dividend Growth Buy List, Genuine Parts (GPC-$ 30...

Published 02-19-2009 8:33 AM by Steve Cook
Changes in our Buy Lists; Update on Smith Int'l

Subscriber Alert The stock prices of a number of our holdings fell below the lower boundary of their respective Buy Value Ranges. Accordingly, they are being Removed from the respective Buy Lists. For the moment, all these stocks will be retained. The...

Published 02-18-2009 8:28 AM by Steve Cook
I taking advantage of WMT rise this morning to reduce the size of this position

SUBSCRIBER ALERT 2/17/09 I am taking advantage of Walmart being up on its positive earnings report to Sell a small portion of this holding. This action is in line with our strategy to reduce or Portfolios’ weighting in retail.

Published 02-17-2009 8:45 AM by Steve Cook
Implementing the change in strategy

Subscriber Alert This morning I am starting the Portfolio readjustments outlined in the 2/14 Closing Bell. It will take each Portfolios gold position to 5% of the total portfolio. The Dividend Growth Portfolio is Selling a small portion of CR Bard, which...

Published 02-17-2009 8:34 AM by Steve Cook
Changes coming in investment strategy; changes in our buy list

Technical Of course, at about 10:30 yesterday morning, I was already writing my mea culpa for having committed funds after Tuesday’s decline. Making matters worse was the fact that as a result of the final shape of the stimulus plan, I was also...

Published 02-13-2009 8:33 AM by Steve Cook
Selling Nordstrom; the Dividend Growth Buy List

Fundamental Subscriber Alert As long time subscribers know, I review the financials of each stock in our Universes once a quarter, Regrettably since there is only one of me, it takes time to get through all the financial statements. This is a long way...

Published 02-12-2009 8:40 AM by Steve Cook
Add to your gold position; update on Alcon

Our Portfolios bought stocks near the close yesterday, taking cash from 20% to 18% (see Subscriber Alert 2/10/09)--the bet clearly being that, as I suggested above, the sell off was overdone and the aforementioned support levels will hold. This morning...

Published 02-11-2009 8:32 AM by Steve Cook
Use this weakness to nibble

SUBSCRIBER ALERT 2/10/09 I am using this weakness to reduce our Portfolios cash position from 20% to 18%. The Dividend Growth Portfolio will Add to their positions in Manulife Financial (MFC-$16) and Colegate Palmolive (CL-$51) and initiate two new partial...

Published 02-10-2009 2:51 PM by Steve Cook

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Selling the S&P ETF I bought at the Open

What I am selling

Aggressive Growth Buy List

My hedge yesterday looks wrong today, but I haven't unwound the position yet; XOM update

Changes in our Buy Lists; Stocks that are being trimmed

Chart of the Week-2/23/09

More stocks trading below their Buy Value Range

More changes in our Buy Lists; High Yield Buy List

Changes in our Buy Lists; Update on Smith Int'l

I taking advantage of WMT rise this morning to reduce the size of this position

Implementing the change in strategy

Changes coming in investment strategy; changes in our buy list

Selling Nordstrom; the Dividend Growth Buy List

Add to your gold position; update on Alcon

Use this weakness to nibble