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Bolt Technology: Charged for Growth
BOLT
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<>I made a call on Bolt Technology (BOLT) on theupdown.com 126 days ago. Since then it is up 23.46%. BOLT was one of last year's most exciting stocks. Their expertise in geophysical products is what drives their business. I believe this stock will be bought with oil exploration and production needing to be picked up dramatically over the next couple of years. Bolt also provides industrial products. Every part of their business is marine based, including but not limited too, air guns, energy source monitoring systems, underwater electrical connectors, air gun sy...
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Mid-Year Picks and Pans From Barron's Roundtable
Barron's magazine returns to its 11 Roundtable participants, who weigh-in with their mid-year thoughts, and updated stock picks (see parts II and III). Bill Gross <> Tepid growth should keep the Fed from hiking rates despite relatively high inflation. Foreign reserves, bolstered by another $500B in oil money, will continue propping up equity prices -- because they're not buying bonds. <>He likes: Fairpoint Communications (FRP), which acquired substantial properties from Verizon (VZ). JPMorgan's (JPM) 7.9% preferred stock ("The Fed loves Jamie Dimon, why shouldn't you?"). And <>Countrywide...
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Mid-Year Picks and Pans From Barron's Roundtable
Barron's magazine returns to its 11 Roundtable participants, who weigh-in with their mid-year thoughts, and updated stock picks (see parts II and III). Bill Gross <> Tepid growth should keep the Fed from hiking rates despite relatively high inflation. Foreign reserves, bolstered by another $500B in oil money, will continue propping up equity prices -- because they're not buying bonds. <>He likes: Fairpoint Communications (FRP), which acquired substantial properties from Verizon (VZ). JPMorgan's (JPM) 7.9% preferred stock ("The Fed loves Jamie Dimon, why shouldn't you?"). And <>Countrywide...
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Performance Update
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March was a decent, though not stellar, month for me, as I picked up some ground on the benchmark Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI). Last month, I trailed the benchmark by 1.37 percent. As of now, I'm still lagging, but the gap has closed to 1.08 percent (2.33 percent for my MFI portfolio versus 3.41 percent for the benchmark, with both returns including dividends). My IRR is up to 4.63 percent.
My approach of making small purchases in five mid-cap stocks every week continues to work well. Since my 1/14/08 inception date, this sub-portfolio is up 9.43 percent, compared to a 2.13 per...
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Well, February was, overall at least, not kind to stocks. Still, my MFI portfolio held up better than the benchmark Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), though both were down. As of the end of February, my total return since inception stands at 1.66 percent versus a return of 3.03 percent had I made equivalent investments in VTI. (All returns include dividends.) My IRR currently stands at 3.73 percent.
My experiment with making small purchases in five mid-cap stocks every week seems to be working fairly well. Though I haven't tracked it against VTI, the approach is up 3.82 percent sin...
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