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Holidays coming
CSH
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-8.86%
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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 raise cash for holiday spending. Legal hindrances have created significant barriers to entry for new competitors leaving those who are already in this space to further consolidate.
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Holidays coming
CSH
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-8.86%
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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 raise cash for holiday spending. Legal hindrances have created significant barriers to entry for new competitors leaving those who are already in this space to further consolidate.
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Cash America International Inc.
CSH
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-14.14%
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Cash America International, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of pawnshops in the United States. It provides pawn loans, short-term cash advances, check cashing services, and other specialty financial services to individuals. The company also sells merchandise in its pawnshops, primarily personal property that has been forfeited in connection with its pawn lending operations. In addition, it offers cash advances and other specialty financial services. Cash America also offers unsecured cash advances through its pawn lending locations; its cash advance locations; and via the Intern...
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Pawn shops will do brisk business
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Company overview from Business Week
Cash America International, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of pawnshops in the United States. It provides pawn loans, short-term cash advances, check cashing services, and other specialty financial services to individuals. The company also sells merchandise in its pawnshops, primarily personal property that has been forfeited in connection with its pawn lending operations. In addition, it offers cash advances and other specialty financial services. Cash America also offers unsecured cash advances through its pawn lending locations; its cas...
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high gold, bad credit = $$$$ for the pawn shop
CSH
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+8.10%
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(closed on 04/28/08)
Alas, poor people/people in need always get the shaft. this is definitely not a socially acceptable stock pick.
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July 09 updates to my DSP portfolio
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I continue to make positive strides in my DSP portfolio. Here is an update on how my portfolio has done since my last post in May.
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As with May, Oshkosh and Office Depot continue to be the leaders with the best returns. Texas Instruments has also turned a corner for the positive. The returns for PNM Resources and Oneok, Inc. have also improved since May. The new kid on the block, General Mills, has also performed well. Paychex is the only investment that has struggled since May.
As my previous post stated, I also added Cash America International (CSH) to my DSP portfolio, however, with only tw...
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Finding Value in the Payday Loan Sector
I wanted to take a look at the undervalued payday loan sector and see if crunching numbers might reveal something behind the overall state of the sector. So I put the companies side by side and ran some basic calculations. The companies in the sector are First Cash Financial Services (FCFS), EZCorp (EZPW), Cash America (CSH), QC Holdings (QCCO), Dollar Financial (DLLR) and the venerable Advance America (AEA). 
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May 09 updates to my DSP portfolio
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It has been 10 months since my last post. The nice part about writing this blog is that I can go back and read my thoughts from last year and laugh at them. I can see that I was completely wrong with my analysis on where the market stood, when I thought the likes of Oshkosh, Office Depot and Texas Instruments were at historic lows. Back then I was also considering investing in DSP plans in the financial sector, such as WAMU, BOA, Lehman Brothers. Am I glad I did not step into any of those direct stock plans.
However, the market deterioration since last July has not deterred me from continuin...
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May 09 updates to my DSP portfolio
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It has been 10 months since my last post. The nice part about writing this blog is that I can go back and read my thoughts from last year and laugh at them. I can see that I was completely wrong with my analysis on where the market stood, when I thought the likes of Oshkosh, Office Depot and Texas Instruments were at historic lows. Back then I was also considering investing in DSP plans in the financial sector, such as WAMU, BOA, Lehman Brothers. Am I glad I did not step into any of those direct stock plans.
However, the market deterioration since last July has not deterred me from continuin...
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