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Walter Thatcher www.stocksforallseasons.com

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All-time Return +5.33% (in 1 year)	Risk (SD) Moderate 1.81%	Sharpe Ratio 0.18
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Last Activity: Removed GS from bullish list on 11/19/08

Current Stock List:

Symbol	SP Sentiment	Return	Since
CSH		-38.04%	10/31/08
RMT	N/A	+40.00%	10/09/08
CHBT	N/A	+31.31%	10/08/08
VRS	N/A	+52.36%	10/07/08
DFS		+38.18%	10/06/08
PTR		+21.14%	10/06/08
RJN		+42.66%	10/06/08
HCBK		-15.59%	10/01/08
DTG		+65.11%	09/24/08
ICLR		-81.64%	08/09/08

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Opinion & Analysis

Here comes the cavalry! about GM 11/12/08
GM will saddle up to the bailout trough again and will get the cash it needs to make it a bit longer. Make no mistake, this is not a vote of confidence in the long term viability of this c...

Think about taking profits about GM 11/10/08
Was anyone really surprised by the horrible earnings coming out of Detroit or that they've been burning through cash? How was this not priced into the stock? Political pressure is building ...

Holidays coming about CSH 10/31/08
The pawnbroker business has some of the fattest margins out there: 25% on loans, 50% on items sold, and 25% on cash advances. November and December are their busiest months due to the need to rai...

Even more of a bargain under $3 about ETFC 10/20/08
E*Trade is now trading for less than the cash on the balance sheet.

Use the big miners as a gauge about SMN 10/16/08
RTP has lost about two-thirds of its value in the last six months. Name a mining product and RIo probably sells it. They were among the first to feel the slowdown in Chinese growth.&n...

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Top 10 stupid things you'll hear on CNBC 11/21/08 — Let me first acknowledge a debt that investors owe to CNBC. Since it's launch in 1989, it has provided up to the minute business news and commentary. It has several international versions if you want to follow markets outside the United States. It provides a valuable service that makes following t...

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Through the looking glass 11/14/08 — No, not because,as Lindsay Lohan recently said, we've elected the first colored president. America has gotten away from its roots. I'm not talking about our Christian roots or manufacturing roots. I'm not talking about America descending into communism a la Red Dawn(don't worry, we're not). I'm talki...

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Goldman Sachs ans dollar-cost averaging 11/11/08 — Readers of this blog know that I've been salivating over Goldman Sachs for about a year. The stock was over $200/share back then. I wasn't buying then, but I was eyeing it, waiting for it to get below $140. As I write this, it's trading at roughly $69 a share. Shouldn't I be ecstatic? I'm not. W...

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EXM RICK Exploit the election rally 11/04/08 — The market has been rallying recently. There's been a lot of talk about whether or not the market has hit a bottom. The C-word(capitulation, not the other one) is on everyone's lips. Perma bears are turning bullish. In boardrooms across America, the phrases "inflection point" and "paradigm" shift are...

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JPMorganChase's buy list 10/21/08 — Last Friday,JPMorganChase published a list of sixteen stocks that they feel will outperform the general market in a global recession. The stocks were:3M Co.Baxter International Inc.Colgate-Palmolive Co.CA Inc.Devon Energy Corp.General Mills Inc.Gilead Sciences Inc.Google Inc.Hewlett-Packard Co.McDona...

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Who wants to buy here? 11/20/08
I'm not ruling out a rally, but I'm neither clever nor brave enough to catch it.

Get long infrastructure 11/06/08
Everyone's going to be pouring money into public works projects in order to jumpstart the economy. Two easy ways to do this are with the ETFs IGF and GII.

Yield 11/05/08
Where are people looking for yield?

Re: Foreign Stocks: 4 “Safe Haven” Markets for U.S. Investors 11/04/08
China and Brazil look like the best bargains to me.

Re: When will this site be fixed? 10/22/08
Also, can we eliminate the relentless spammers?

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Age: 30's	Occupation: wealth manager
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