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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...
By  magicformulainvestor    04/05/08 Comment


Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades
Upgrades W&T Offshore (WTI)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add Arena Resources (ARD)- CapitalOne southcoast Add » Strong Buy Endo Pharm (ENDP)- Susquehanna Financial Neutral » Positive Barrick Gold (ABX)- UBS Neutral » Buy Kinross Gold (KGC)- UBS Neutral » Buy KLA-Tencor (KLAC)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform 3Com (COMS)- Bernstein Mkt Perform » Outperform Teradyne (TER)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform FormFactor (FORM)- ...

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By  Todd Sullivan   (-14.04%  risk: moderate)  03/28/08 Comment


Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades
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Upgrades
W&T Offshore (WTI)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add
Arena Resources (ARD)- CapitalOne southcoast Add » Strong Buy
Endo Pharm (ENDP)- Susquehanna Financial Neutral » Positive
Barrick Gold (ABX)- UBS Neutral » Buy
Kinross Gold (KGC)- UBS Neutral » Buy
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform
3Com (COMS)- Bernstein Mkt Perform » Outperform
Teradyne (TER)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform
FormFactor (FORM)- Friedman Billings Underperform » Outperform
ASML Holding (ASML)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outper< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< /><><>< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>...
By  Todd Sullivan   (-25.32%  risk: aggressive)  03/28/08 Comment


Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades
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Upgrades
W&T Offshore (WTI)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add
Arena Resources (ARD)- CapitalOne southcoast Add » Strong Buy
Endo Pharm (ENDP)- Susquehanna Financial Neutral » Positive
Barrick Gold (ABX)- UBS Neutral » Buy
Kinross Gold (KGC)- UBS Neutral » Buy
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform
3Com (COMS)- Bernstein Mkt Perform » Outperform
Teradyne (TER)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform
FormFactor (FORM)- Friedman Billings Underperform » Outperform
ASML Holding (ASML)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outper< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< /><><>< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>...
By  Todd Sullivan   (+0.00%)  03/28/08 Comment


Beliefs, Perceptions and Reality-Semiconductor Capital Equipment
Growth has a seductive charm. There is a widespread belief that momentum drives growth and that a succession of knocking down challenges and consequent victories is what characterizes a successful business. But sustained growth is seldom straightforward. Sustained growth frequently occurs as a result of changing course, breaking rules, and changing the rules of the game. I think some of the rules have changed for the semiconductor capital equipment companies.

Years ago, within the semiconductor industry, there was a strategy that merging companies would result in a reduction in the historic ...
By  Value Discipline Investor   (-37.62%  risk: aggressive)  03/12/08 Comment



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