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Community Rank: Analyst (160 pts) | Member since 08/01/2008

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All-time Return -13.66% (in 1 year)	Risk (SD) Conservative 0.00%	Sharpe Ratio -13.33
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Last Activity: Removed MA from bullish list on 09/08/08

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Symbol	Return	Since
BBT	-20.71%	09/08/08
UYG	-73.69%	09/08/08
AN	+82.17%	08/02/08
VCLK	-4.24%	08/01/08
ERII	-49.91%	08/01/08

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Opinion & Analysis

Insider Buying about AIG 08/15/08
Insider Buying with a cost base of about $24. Bill Gates Foundation Buys

Bearish on RAX ... about RAX 08/10/08
The Stock Bungled its IPO, an IPO that occured on a +300 day. Dump it.

Nice Pair Of RAX about RAX 08/08/08
As a software developer and project manager myself, I was naturally attracted to this IPO. Rackspace has been around for years, they provide server management and hosting services. In short, they pro...

Auto Nation about AN 08/02/08
- Short Interest 21% - Deutsche Securities Target of $13 - Heavy Insider Buying - Trades under book value - Valuation at Between $24-37 Dollars Durin...

Bullish on ERII ... about ERII 08/01/08
Blue gold. T Boon Pickens, the grand oil trader owns more water than any other in the USA. Water, the life blood of agriculture, fish farming, and civilization. Water is the only commodity...

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Re: Nice Pair Of RAX 08/10/08
I take that back, I was wrong. any stock that can mess up its IPO on a plus 300 day should be shot.

Re: Nice Pair Of RAX 08/08/08
As a software developer and project manager myself, I was naturally attracted to this IPO. Rackspace has been around for years, they provide server management and hosting services. In short, they provide the physical location, security and data pipe for internet based applications and website of significance. They are pretty much the name brand. The Analyst target price is between 12-16 dollar...

Re: Bullish on VCLK ... 08/01/08
Grabbed this one at about 10 due to insider buying with a high short interest. Being that this business is local I plan to review the stress level of the staff while at lunch before I pledge a longer term commitment (jk).

Re: Bullish on MA ... 08/01/08
Did you Know: That MA is naturaly hedged against inflation? MA takes a percentage of each transaction. So when bread went from $2 to $4, MA collected 100% more. In this enviroment of global GDP and growth at the expense of fiat value MA is yummmie.

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