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Subscriber Alert; More earnings reports

Subscriber Alert As we work our way back to a more normal investment strategy (see last week’s Closing Bell), I am going back to Adding stocks when they traded into their Buy Value Range. While this is the first step back to normal, I can’t...

Published 07-31-2009 8:23 AM by Steve Cook
Review of Blackrock (Aggressive Growth Portfolio): Plus earnings reports

Blackrock Inc. provides investment management services (fixed income, equity and cash management) to institutional clients and individual investors worldwide as well as a family of open-end and closed-end mutual funds and offers risk management, investment...

Published 07-30-2009 8:31 AM by Steve Cook
Review of NIke (Dividend Growth Portfolio)

Nike designs, develops and markets an extensive line of footwear, apparel and accessory products for athletic and leisure activities through approximately 18,000 retail outlets in over 180 countries. Over the past five years the company has generated...

Published 07-29-2009 8:36 AM by Steve Cook
A Review of Sanofi Aventis (High Yield Portfolio)

Sanofi-Aventis is the world’s fourth largest pharmaceutical company and the largest in Europe. Its product line centers on cardiovascular, thrombosis, metabolic disorders, cancer, central nervous system drugs (Allegra, Plavix and Ambien) and vaccines...

Published 07-28-2009 8:41 AM by Steve Cook
Use the weakness in MSFT to Add to Position

SUBSCRIBER ALERT 7/24/09 While Microsoft’s earnings report was modestly disappointing, I find myself in the camp that believes that it was a victim of the huge pipeline of new products that it has coming; that is, buyers of its products held off...

Published 07-24-2009 2:07 PM by Steve Cook
Subscriber Alert; Use this strength to begin lightening up

SUBSCRIBER ALERT 7/23/09 I think that we have to use this strength to start lightening up. According, this morning our Portfolio are going to 23% in cash: The Dividend Growth Portfolio is Selling small portions of Colgate Palmolive (CL), Alcon (ACL),...

Published 07-23-2009 12:27 PM by Steve Cook
A Break in the String of Up Days; But Not Much Of One

Economics This Week’s Data Weekly mortgage applications were up very slightly (1%). Weekly jobless claims fell 47,000 versus expectations of a 33,000 rise; but once again these numbers are distorted by this year’s altered pattern of employment...

Published 07-23-2009 8:28 AM by Steve Cook
A reveiw of Kimberly Clark (High Yield Portfolio); plus lots of earnings news

Kimberly Clark develops, manufactures and markets personal care products (Huggies, Pull Ups, Kotex, Depends, Kleenex, Scott paper towels and Cottonelle tissue). KMB has grown its profits and dividends at a 5-8% annual rate over the past 10 years earning...

Published 07-21-2009 8:44 AM by Steve Cook
A review of Frontier Oil (Aggressive Growth Portfolio: plus coments on CL and earnings reports

Frontier Oil Corp is an independent energy engaged in crude oil refining and wholesale marketing of refined petroleum products. The company has grown profits and dividends in excess of 30% annually over the past five years earning a 15%+ return on equity...

Published 07-16-2009 8:31 AM by Steve Cook
Nibbling some more; review of Federated Investors (Dividend Growth & High Yield Portfolios)

Subscriber Alert I am sufficiently encouraged that our Portfolios will take another step in lowering cash. This morning they will go from 22% cash to 21%. In the Dividend Growth Portfolio, additional shares will be bought in Total Services Systems (TSS...

Published 07-15-2009 8:46 AM by Steve Cook
Review of Universal Corp (High Yield Portfolio)

Universal Corp (UVV) is the world’s largest leaf tobacco importer/exporter. The company purchases, processes and sells flue-cured and burly tobacco to cigarette, pipe tobacco and cigar manufacturers. Like many tobacco related companies, the last...

Published 07-14-2009 8:37 AM by Steve Cook
I am continuing to Buy

SUBSCRIBER ALERT 7/8/09 Yesterday was a miserable, rotten, crumby day--not too atypical of the pin action when stock prices are testing support levels. At the close the DJIA (8163) had failed to hold 8220 (February high/support level) while the S&P...

Published 07-08-2009 7:51 AM by Steve Cook
S&P holds 876; Nibble some more

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 SUBSCRIBER ALERT 7/7/09 I was very encouraged by yesterday’s pin action. This morning at the Market open, our Portfolio’s are going from 25% cash to 24%. All are adding to their positions...

Published 07-07-2009 7:10 AM by Steve Cook

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Subscriber Alert; More earnings reports

Review of Blackrock (Aggressive Growth Portfolio): Plus earnings reports

Review of NIke (Dividend Growth Portfolio)

A Review of Sanofi Aventis (High Yield Portfolio)

Use the weakness in MSFT to Add to Position

Subscriber Alert; Use this strength to begin lightening up

A Break in the String of Up Days; But Not Much Of One

A reveiw of Kimberly Clark (High Yield Portfolio); plus lots of earnings news

A review of Frontier Oil (Aggressive Growth Portfolio: plus coments on CL and earnings reports

Nibbling some more; review of Federated Investors (Dividend Growth & High Yield Portfolios)

Review of Universal Corp (High Yield Portfolio)

I am continuing to Buy

S&P holds 876; Nibble some more