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July 21

QED Connect Inc.
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   Marian Filo   07/21/08  

This pick is about: QED Connect Inc. (QEDC)
Rating:   Positive   $0.0001 (07/21/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1792 days
1 pt


Analyst Recommendation  
QED Connect, Inc. is an information security Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider that gives organizations visibility, management and control of activity on all their computers, laptops and wireless devices. The company's popular SaaS, Omni Manager, is a web-hosted software application completely maintained and operated by QED. Customers do not install any software on their end, yet they obtain the benefits of packaged, commercially licensed software without the complexity and high cost. Omni Manager is an affordable way to monitor and manage employee use of company computers and the Internet at any time, from any location in the world. This solves the problems created by today's 'virtual' work environment of branch offices, remote workers and traveling employees. Omni Manager offers all the essential security applications in one subscription-based service, including e-mail and Internet filtering and blocking, antivirus, instant messaging control, asset tracking, application usage monitoring and policy management. ROI is delivered in the form of improved employee productivity, cost savings and operational efficiencies.


July 20

Interactive Brokers
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   Marian Filo   07/20/08  

This pick is about: Interactive Brokers (IBKR)
Rating:   Positive   $33.72 (07/20/08)
Gain/Loss:   -53.23% in 1793 days
Target:   $42.00 (+24.56%) in > one year
15 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. operates as an automated global electronic market maker and broker. It engages in routing orders, and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, and foreign exchange instruments in 70 electronic exchanges and trading venues worldwide. It provides bid and offer quotations on approximately 420,000 securities and futures products listed on electronic exchanges. The company offers order management, trade execution, and portfolio management platform to access financial markets, and trade in multiple asset classes, such as stocks, options, futures, foreign exchange, and bonds. It serves institutional and individual customers. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  
Analysts' Targets
 Sandler O`Neill $37 
    Buy
    Friday, January 25, 2008


Update 07/26:
NTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP (NASDAQ:IBKR) Sidelines Mode Up Arrow
Smart Scan Chart Analysis indicates a counter trend rally is underway The current up-trend could be changing and moving into a trading range Sidelines Mode.

Based on a pre-defined weighted trend formula for chart analysis, IBKR scored +55 on a scale from -100 (strong downtrend) to +100 (strong uptrend):

     
-10 Last Hour Close Below 5 hour Moving Average
-15 New 3 Day Low on Friday
-20 Last Price Below 20 Day Moving Average
+25 New 3 Week High, Week Ending July 26th
+30 New 3 Month High in June
+55 Total Score

  NASDAQ_IBKR
Open High Low IBKR Price Change
27.29 28.75 27.00 27.91 -4.29

Update 07/31:
ERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP (NASDAQ:IBKR) Weak Downtrend Up Arrow
Smart Scan Chart Analysis shows that negative longer term is strengthening. The market action could signal the start of a major trend change Weak Downtrend Very tight money management stops.

Based on a pre-defined weighted trend formula for chart analysis, IBKR scored -65 on a scale from -100 (strong downtrend) to +100 (strong uptrend):

     
+10 Last Hour Close Above 5 Hour Moving Average
-15 New 3 Day Low on Friday
-20 Last Price Below 20 Day Moving Average
+25 New 3 Week High, Week Ending July 26th
-30 New 3 Month Low in July
-65 Total Score
NASDAQ_IBKR
Open High Low IBKR Price Change
27.74 28.01 27.61 27.75 +0.18
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Bullish on FWGO ...
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   Marian Filo   07/20/08  

This pick is about: FischerWatt Gold Company Inc. (FWGO)
Rating:   Positive   $0.04 (07/20/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1793 days
1 pt


Fischer-Watt Gold Company, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, primarily engages in mining and mineral exploration in the United States. The company focuses on locating, acquiring, exploring, developing, enhancing, selling, leasing, and operating mineral interests. It holds interests in mineral properties in Arizona and Nevada with a focus on gold and copper exploration. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Lakewood, Colorado.


Bullish on GBGD ...
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   Marian Filo   07/20/08  

This pick is about: Global Gold Corp. (GBGD)
Rating:   Positive   $0.24 (07/20/08)
Gain/Loss:   -50.00% in 1793 days
1 pt


Global Gold Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and mining of gold, uranium, and other minerals in Armenia, Canada, and Chile. The company focuses primarily on the exploration, development, and production of gold at the Tukhmanuk property in the North Central Armenian Belt, and the Madre de Dios and Pureo properties in south central Chile. It engages in uranium exploration activities in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador. The company, formerly known as Triad Energy Corporation, was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.


ROWAN COMPANIES INC
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   Marian Filo   07/20/08  

This pick is about: ROWAN COMPANIES INC (RDC)
Rating:   Positive   $42.55 (07/20/08)
Gain/Loss:   -23.57% in 1793 days
Target:   $70.00 (+64.51%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  

Rowan Companies, Inc. provides a range of onshore and offshore contract drilling services in the United States and internationally. The company’s drilling operations are conducted primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, the Middle East, the North Sea, Trinidad, and offshore eastern Canada, as well as in western Africa and onshore in the United States. As of February 26, 2008, it provided contract drilling services through a fleet of 21 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling platforms and 29 deep-well land drilling rigs. The company also manufactures and markets drilling products and systems, including jack-up rigs and drilling equipment in a range of sizes, including mud pumps, top drives, draw-works, and rotary tables, as well as variable-speed motors, variable-frequency drive systems, and other electrical components for the oil and gas, marine, mining, and dredging industries. In addition, it offers mining, forestry, and steel products, such as large wheeled front-end loaders, diesel-electric powered log stackers, and steel plate products. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  

  Analysts' Target: $54  
Analysts' Targets
 Jefferies & Co. $51 
    Strong Buy
    Wednesday, June 25, 2008

 Jesup & Lamont $70 
    Buy
    Thursday, June 19, 2008

 Lehman Brothers $53 
    Overweight
    Tuesday, May 20, 2008

 UBS Securities $53 
    Add
    Thursday, May 15, 2008

 Avondale Partners $55 
    Buy
    Thursday, May 01, 2008

 Deutsche Bank Securities $45 
    Hold
    Tuesday, April 15, 2008

 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & C $54 
    Strong Buy
    Thursday, April 10, 2008
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06/25/08 -""/ Hold $ 51.00 Jefferies & Co  
06/19/08 Buy $ 70.00 Jesup & Lamont  
05/21/08 Overweight $ 53.00 Lehman Brothers  
05/15/08 Buy $ 53.00 UBS  
05/05/08 -""/ Neutral $ 42.00 Credit Suisse

Rowan Cos Inc Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $42.55  
Change Today $1.87
52 Week High $47.34
52 Week Low $32.68
Volume 5,219,695
Shares Issued 111.26m
Market Cap $4,734.24m
Beta 1.06
RiskGrade 210
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 3
Neutral 9
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 25
buy

Trades for 18-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:02 177 @ $42.55     green colour
16:02 213 @ $42.55     blue colour
15:59 2 @ $42.55          red colour
15:59 1 @ $42.57         green colour
15:59 1 @ $42.57         blue colour

Outside Analyst Rating History

Sun Jul 20 12:10:16 EDT 2008
9.0
Buy
Sun Jul 20 12:10:16 EDT 2008
6.0
Hold
Sun Jul 20 12:10:16 EDT 2008
3.0
Sell

Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
07/18/08 41.85 43.20 41.27 42.55 +1.83 5250200 +4.49%
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Composite Indicator  
   Trend Spotter TM   Sell
 
Short Term Indicators  
   7 Day Average Directional Indicator   Sell
   10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel   Hold  
   20 Day Moving Average vs Price   Sell
   20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator   Sell
   20 Day Bollinger Bands   Hold  
 
Short Term Indicators Average:   60% - Sell
20-Day Average Volume - 3527275
 
Medium Term Indicators  
   40 Day Commodity Channel Index   Hold  
   50 Day Moving Average vs Price   Sell
   20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy  
   50 Day Parabolic Time/Price   Sell
 
Medium Term Indicators Average:   25% - Sell
50-Day Average Volume - 3252018
 
Long Term Indicators  
   60 Day Commodity Channel Index   Hold  
   100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy  
   50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy  
 
Long Term Indicators Average:   67% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 3208385
 
Overall Average:   24% - Sell
 
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
 
42.55 40.41 42.34 44.27
Dividend Information
Dividend Yield:
0.90 %
Dividend Yield 5yr Avg:
0.80 %
Dividend Rate:
$ 0.40 %
Dividend Payout Ratio:
9.00 %
Dividend Payout Ratio 5yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend Growth Rate 3yr Avg:
9.64 %
Dividend Growth Rate 5yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend AllStar™ Ranking:
Consecutive Div. Increases:
0 years
Dividend Payment Type:
Cash
Dividend Declaration Date:
May-15-2008
Dividend Ex Date:
May-28-2008
Dividend Record Date:
May-30-2008
Dividend Pay Date:
Jun-13-2008
Dividend Amount:
0.1000
Dividend Payments:
Last 12 months payments: 4


UFP Technologies Inc.
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   Marian Filo   07/20/08  

This pick is about: UFP Technologies Inc. (UFPT)
Rating:   Positive   $8.39 (07/20/08)
Gain/Loss:   +127.41% in 1793 days
Target:   $16.00 (+90.70%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  

UFP Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design and manufacture of engineered packaging solutions for automotive, computer and electronics, medical, aerospace and defense, industrial, and consumer markets. It offers packaging products primarily using polyethylene, polyurethane, cross-linked polyethylene foams, and rigid plastics. The company's packaging products include end-cap packs for computers, corner blocks for telecommunications consoles, anti-static foam packs for printed circuit boards, die-cut or routed inserts for attache cases, and plastic trays for medical devices and components. The company also fabricates and molds component products made from cross-linked polyethylene foam and other materials, as well as engages in laminating fabrics and other materials to cross-linked polyethylene foams, polyurethane foams, and other substrates. Its component products include automotive interior trim, athletic and industrial safety belts, components for medical diagnostic equipment, nail files and various beauty aids, and shock absorbing inserts used in athletic and leisure footwear. UFP Technologies was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Georgetown, Massachusetts.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  

UFPT Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $8.39  
Change Today $0.35
52 Week High $14.42
52 Week Low $4.51
Volume 87,261
Beta 0.55
RiskGrade 395
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 0
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 1
strong_buy

Trades for 18-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:00 200 @ $8.39
15:58 100 @ $8.46
15:57 200 @ $8.44
15:55 100 @ $8.45
15:55 100 @ $8.46


July 19

Edison International
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Edison International (EIX)
Rating:   Positive   $49.8 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   -6.99% in 1794 days
Target:   $65.00 (+30.52%) in > one year
Allocation:   0.1% of portfolio
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
Edison International, through its subsidiaries, engages in the supply of electric energy in central, coastal, and southern California. As of December 31, 2007, the company served approximately 430 cities and communities, and a population of approximately 13 million people. It also involves in the development, acquisition, ownership, leasing, operation, and sale of energy and capacity from independent power production facilities, as well as conducts price risk management and energy trading activities in power markets. In addition, the company invests in energy and infrastructure projects, including power generation, electric transmission and distribution, transportation, and telecommunications, as well as in housing projects in the United States. Edison International offers its services to commercial, residential, agricultural, and industrial customers, as well as public authorities. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in Rosemead, California.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  

  Analysts' Target: $59
Analysts' Targets
 RBC Capital Markets $64 
    Outperform
    Wednesday, May 21, 2008

 BMO Capital Markets $53 
    Market Perform
    Tuesday, March 04, 2008

 Citigroup $59 
    Hold
    Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Dividend Information
Dividend Yield:
2.40 %
Dividend Yield 5yr Avg:
1.90 %
Dividend Rate:
$ 1.22 %
Dividend Payout Ratio:
37.00 %
Dividend Payout Ratio 5yr Avg:
25.00 %
Dividend Growth Rate 3yr Avg:
9.24 %
Dividend Growth Rate 5yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend AllStar™ Ranking:
Consecutive Div. Increases:
3 years
Dividend Payment Type:
Cash
Dividend Declaration Date:
Apr-25-2008
Dividend Ex Date:
Jun-26-2008
Dividend Record Date:
Jun-30-2008
Dividend Pay Date:
Jul-31-2008
Dividend Amount:
0.3050
Dividend Payments:
Last 12 months payments: 4


Valley National Bancorp
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Valley National Bancorp (VLY)
Rating:   Positive   $17.81 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   -49.69% in 1794 days
Target:   $18.00 (+1.07%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
The sky, it seems, isn't falling after all on banks that prudently managed their loan portfolios and followed traditional, taut, risk-based underwriting standards. Valley National Bancorp (VLY, $17.12, 2.68) sent a strong signal this morning, through its Q2 earnings and comments from its management, that investors who painted every financial institution with the same negative brush made a big mistake. Valley delivered a Q2 profit of $41.5 million, or 33 cents a share, up 5% from $39.7 million, or 31 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.

Pessimistic Wall Street analysts were looking for EPS of just 25 cents.

The results for 2Q08 were adjusted to reflect the 5% stock dividend the bank issued on May 23rd. The results do not reflect any contributions from the acquisition of Greater Community Bancorp, which closed on July 1st, 2008.
Valley National Bancorp operates as the holding company for Valley National Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services. Its services include acceptance of demand, savings, and time deposits; provision of consumer, real estate, and small business administration (SBA) loans, as well as other commercial credits; and provision of equipment leasing, as well as personal and corporate trust, pension, and fiduciary services. The company operates through three segments: Consumer Lending, Commercial Lending, and Investment Management. The Consumer Lending segment provides residential mortgages, home equity loans, automobile loans, credit card loans, and other consumer loans in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. It also offers trust, broker-dealer, and asset management advisory services, as well as property and casualty, life, health, and title insurance services. The Commercial Lending segment provides lines of credit; term loans; letters of credit; asset-based lending; construction, development, and permanent real estate financing for owner occupied and leased properties; leasing; aircraft lending; and SBA loans to commercial establishments primarily in New Jersey and New York. The Investment Management segment handles the management of the investment portfolio, asset/liability management, and government banking. It offers fixed rate investments, trading securities, and federal funds. As of December 31, 2007, Valley National operated 176 full-service banking offices located in northern and central New Jersey and New York City. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Hold  
    30 Days Ago: Hold  

  Analysts' Target: $17  
Analysts' Targets
 Keefe Bruyette & Woods $14 
    Hold/Mkt Performer
    Tuesday, July 08, 2008

 RBC Capital Markets $20 
    Sector Perform
    Friday, January 25, 2008

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield:
4.50 %
Dividend Yield 5yr Avg:
3.50 %
Dividend Rate:
$ 0.80 %
Dividend Payout Ratio:
74.00 %
Dividend Payout Ratio 5yr Avg:
59.00 %
Dividend Growth Rate 3yr Avg:
2.21 %
Dividend Growth Rate 5yr Avg:
2.77 %
Dividend AllStar™ Ranking:
Consecutive Div. Increases:
9 years
Dividend Payment Type:
Cash
Dividend Declaration Date:
May-15-2008
Dividend Ex Date:
Jun-04-2008
Dividend Record Date:
Jun-06-2008
Dividend Pay Date:
Jul-01-2008
Dividend Amount:
0.1999
Dividend Payments:
Last 12 months payments: 4


MIV Therapeutics Inc New
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: MIV Therapeutics Inc New (MIVIE)
Rating:   Positive   $1.75 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1794 days
Target:   $20.00 (+1042.86%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
MIVI.OTCBB

MIVI seems to be maintaing a somewhat consistent trading history for the past opening Monday, July 14th, 2008 at $1.75 and closing on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at $1.75 with lots of peaks of highs and lows in between!

Throughout the week, MIVI hit a high of $1.85 and a low of $1.57.

MIV Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of biocompatible coatings for stents, and other medical devices and drug delivery systems. It offers products for providing healing solutions for cardiovascular disease and other medical conditions. The company’s pre-clinical development stage products include bare metal cardiovascular stents and drug-eluting cardiovascular stents. It has collaborative research agreement with the University of British Columbia for the development of coating technologies that utilize Hydroxyapatite for application on medical devices and drug delivery systems; and Smith & Nephew plc to develop new coatings and drug delivery systems for orthopedic devices. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.


Logitech International SA
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Logitech International SA (LOGI)
Rating:   Positive   $27.59 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   -75.17% in 1794 days
Target:   $40.00 (+44.98%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
Logitech International S.A. engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and support of personal peripheral products for personal computers (PC) and other digital platforms worldwide. Its products include pointing devices, such as corded and cordless mice, trackballs, and 3D input devices; corded and cordless keyboards and desktops; notebook essentials, including Webcams, speakers, and notebook stands; and voice and video communication products. The company’s products also comprise PC headsets, microphones, and handsets designed for PC voice communication, voice-over Internet protocol, and online gaming applications; video security systems, such as monitoring cameras; audio products, including speakers and headphones; and streaming media products. It also offers gaming products that include PC game controllers, such as joysticks, steering wheels, game pads, mice and keyboards, and headsets; console game controllers and accessories; and remote controls. The company sells its products to a network of distributors and resellers, including wholesale distributors, consumer electronics retailers, mass merchandisers, specialty electronics stores, computer and telecommunications stores, value-added resellers, and online merchants; and original equipment manufacturers. Logitech International was founded in 1981 and is based in Apples, Switzerland.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  

  Analysts' Target: $36
 Analysts' Targets
 Kaufman Brothers $38 
    Hold
    Friday, January 18, 2008

 Avondale Partners $34 
    Mkt Outperform
    Friday, January 11, 2008



Omnicell Inc
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Omnicell Inc (OMCL)
Rating:   Positive   $14.05 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   +36.51% in 1794 days
Target:   $20.00 (+42.35%) in > one year
Allocation:   0.0% of portfolio
13 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
Omnicell, Inc. provides medication control and patient safety solutions for acute care health facilities. It offers OmniRx, a dispensing system that automates the management and dispensing of medications at the point of use; OmniLinkRx, a physician order software product that automates communication between nurses and the pharmacy; SafetyPak, an automated barcode medication packaging system; SecureVault, a controlled substance barcode inventory management system; SafetyMed, a mobile nursing workflow automation and barcode medication administration system; and Anesthesia Workstation, a mobile system for the management of anesthesia supplies and medications. The company also offers Mobile Carts, a mobile wireless computer and dispensing system that allows medication control to be taken to the bedside, and provides a platform for other hospital information systems; SinglePointe, a software product used in conjunction with OmniRx and Mobile Carts, which controls medications on a patient-specific basis; and Workflow Rx, an automated pharmacy storage, retrieval, and packaging system. In addition, Omnicell also offers medication and surgical supply products for use in the materials management department, the nursing unit, and specialty areas. These products comprise OmniSupplier, a cabinet-based automated system for dispensing supplies at the point of use; OptiFlex, a password-protected Web-based procurement application that provides automation and integration to a customer's existing requisition and approval processes. The company sells its products and services to hospitals and specialty care facilities through direct sales force in the United States and Canada, as well as through distributors in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and South America. Omnicell founded in 1992. It was formerly known as Omnicell Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Omnicell, Inc. in 2001. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  

  Analysts' Target: $19  
Analysts' Targets
 Caris & Company $19 
    Above Average
    Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Update 05/21:
http://suprastock.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-10-fastest-growing... Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) is the 7th fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 23.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 4 brokerage analyst(s).


UnionBanCal Corp.
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: UnionBanCal Corp. (UB)
Rating:   Positive   $45.5 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1794 days
Target:   $60.00 (+31.87%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Hold  

  Analysts' Target: $54  
Analysts' Targets
 Lehman Brothers $60 
    Overweight
    Wednesday, May 07, 2008

 Punk, Ziegel & Company $54 
    Mkt Perform
    Thursday, March 13, 2008

 RBC Capital Markets $47 
    Sector Perform
    Monday, January 14, 2008
UnionBanCal Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Union Bank of California, N.A. that provides financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies, and corporations, primarily in California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as internationally. The company’s Retail Banking segment offers checking and savings; investment, loan, and fee-based banking products; international and settlement services; e-banking services, check cashing services; loan and investment products for high net worth individual customers; and corporate trust, securities lending, and custody services to institutional customers. It also provides credit cards and merchant bank cards, consumer asset management services, wealth management services, and investment management and administration services. The company’s Wholesale Banking segment offers various commercial financial services, including commercial loans and project financing, real estate financing, asset-based financing, trade finance and letters of credit, lease financing, customized cash management services, and capital markets products to middle-market companies, large corporations, real estate companies, and other specialized industry customers. This segment also provides depository services to title and escrow companies, retailers, domestic financial institutions, bankruptcy trustees, and other customers with deposit volume. In addition, this segment provides securities brokerage, investment advisory services, risk management services, and insurance products, as well as well as manages a proprietary mutual fund family. At December 31, 2007, it operated 326 full service branches in California, 4 full service branches in Oregon and Washington, and 2 international offices. The company was founded in 1864 and is based in San Francisco, California. UnionBanCal Corporation is a subsidiary of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.


Bullish on IACI ...
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI)
Rating:   Positive   $17.87 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   +174.59% in 1794 days
Allocation:   0.0% of portfolio
6 pts


After Friday's close, IAC reported that it has secured about $2 billion in funds to finance its spin-off of Interval Leisure Group Inc., Ticketmaster, and HSN Inc. The financing includes $840 million in bonds and $1.15 billion in senior credit facilities. At the time of the spin-off, Interval Leisure Group is expected to have $450 million in funded debt and about $120 million in cash while Ticketmaster will have $754 million in debt and $500 million in cash. HSN is also expected to have $390 million in debt and $50 million in cash.


MyStarU.com Inc.
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: MyStarU.com Inc. (MYST)
Rating:   Positive   $0.11 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1794 days
Target:   $1.02 (+827.27%) in > one year
1 pt


Analyst Recommendation  

Symbol
MYST
Target Price
$1.02
MyStarU.com, Inc. provides information and entertainment services to the business, Internet, and consumer markets primarily in the People's Republic of China. It provides the Total Solutions System, which offers integrated communications network solutions and Internet content service in universal voice, video, data, Web, and mobile communication for interactive media applications, technology, and content providers in interactive multimedia communications; SEO4Mobile, a search engine optimization for mobile phones that offers wireless mobile phone service, allowing providers the ability to use short message services search implementation for their users; and IBS v4.1 and v5.0 Enterprise Suite, which includes a built-in MoDirect, a suite of technologies that enables wireless and Web publishers to target SEO4Mobile users and allows advertisers to obtain targeted leads with demographic data. The company’s SkyeStar.com is a multi-channel infotainment portal supported by proprietary fan clubs and a community platform. SkyeStar.com provides users various opportunities to play games, send MMS/SMS greetings, watch movie trailers, find show times, and purchase tickets and DVDs. In addition, the company provides Chinese language corporate video sharing platform for both users and customers. Further, it involves in international trading and provision of e-commerce logistic agent services. MyStarU.com offers software-based products to voice, video, data, Web, and mobile communication markets. The company was founded in 1995. It was formerly known as Telecom Communications, Inc. and changed its name to MyStarU.com, Inc. in 2007. MyStarU.com is based in Beijing, China.


Utah Uranium Corp.
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Utah Uranium Corp. (UTUC)
Rating:   Positive   $0.22 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1794 days
1 pt


Analyst Recommendation  

The Utah Uranium Corporation is a Moab, Utah-based exploration and development company focused on the acquisition of past producing underground uranium mines, highly prospective new uranium projects and other conventional and non-conventional energy projects. All of the uranium projects acquired to date, in addition to those under review by the Company are within economic haul distances of the White Mesa Uranium Vanadium Mill in Blanding, Utah owned by Dennison Mines.

Name Family Butte Hat Hoopie Whale Marcas Ray Marie Pinto Wild Total
Shares 100,000 100,000 100,000 50,000 100,000 150,000 300,000 100,000  
Shares 150,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000   400,000 250,000  
Shares   150,000 150,000 100,000       250,000  
Total 250,000 350,000 350,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 700,000 600,000 2,850,000

UTUC creates value by obtaining the potential for future resources which can be exploited optimally under a range of possible economic conditions.

Successful exploration will create profitable mines and adds value to company shares if this ore can be removed at less than the going rate per pound.

Utah Uranium Corporation’s business plan is to be a low debt but high activity company by acquiring highly prospective mineral properties, then entering into joint ventures to see development of these assets. By following this method, the company will be able to reduce or eliminate acquisition costs looking forward, while also seeing extensive work performed on these projects, financed by joint venture partners, in order to prove up economic resources.

UTUC has chosen to focus on the acquisition of past producing underground uranium mines that can be brought back into production in the near term with a low capital expenditure. All of the mines currently in the acquisition pipeline are within economic haul distances of the White Mesa Uranium Vanadium Mill in Blanding, Utah owned by Dennison Mines. The white Mesa Uranium Mill is currently the only operating Uranium mill in the United States.

To date, UTUC has acquired mineral rights to approximately 13,000 acres of uranium properties. Two of its properties are within the Henry Mountains Complex, one of the largest known uranium resources in the Colorado Plateau District. Moreover, Ted Murer, an exploration geologist who conceptualized and discovered the complex’s first mine in the 1980s (the Tony M Mine), has assembled UTUC`s two Henry Mountains Basin properties, the Pinto and the Wild, using the same data and methodology in the identical geologic setting as the Tony M Mine and the Bullfrog Mine, which are also part of the complex.

UTUC has purchase agreements for eight uranium prospective properties (650 claims) spread across Utah and Colorado. The Company reported mineral property assets of approximately $880,000 at September 30, 2007.

UTUC has exploration programs planned for all of its projects; these programs utilize modern exploration technologies and the data acquired through previous on-site exploration programs to maximize the likelihood of locating economic orebodies of uranium. The Company also uses information and work product derived from various reports, maps, radioactive rock samples, exploratory drill logs, state organization reports, consultants, geological study, and other exploratory information to direct its efforts.

Additional Uranium Property Acquired

On January 23, UTUC announced the signing of an agreement to purchase a 100% interest in the "Wild" claims, located north of Hanksville, Utah.

The Wild claims consist of 23 mineral claims located within the Henry Mountain Syncline of East Central Utah. The Henry Mountain Syncline is an enclosed structural basin within the Colorado Plateau of southeastern Utah that is entirely underlain by the massive uranium bearing Salt Wash sandstone member of the Morrison formation. The hydraulic migration of oxygenated water containing liberated uranium tends to flow down-dip within the formation into the trapped, oxygen free static water creating a zone of major ore concentration known as a roll-front environment.

The first discovery, known as the Tony M mine, was made in the 1980s by Plateau Resources, a division of Michigan Light and Power and consists of 10,898,000 pounds U308. Subsequently, the Bullfrog mine was discovered adjacent and north of the Tony M mine by Imperial Oil Corporation, and consists of an additional 12,924,000 pounds U308. These mines are currently owned by Denison Mines and are collectively known as the Henry Mountains complex, one of the largest known uranium resources in the Colorado Plateau district.

The company has acquired the Wild claims from Christian (Ted) Murer P.Geo, the prospector geologist who conceptualized, discovered and currently holds a production royalty on the Tony M mine. Ted has assembled the Wild claims, as well as the previously purchased Pinto claims, using the same data and methodology.

Cost of the acquisition to the Company includes the issuance of a total of $275,000 and the issuance of 600,000 shares within the following time frame: 100,000 shares and $75,000 on signing; 250,000 shares and $100,000 by January 15, 2009; and 250,000 shares and $100,000 by January 15, 2010.

Joint Venture Announced

Two weeks after announcing the signing of the purchase agreement, UTUC announced the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement with Consolidated Abaddon Resources Inc. ("Abaddon") of Vancouver, B.C.

Under the terms of the Agreement, Abaddon will be responsible for payments to Utah Uranium totaling $195,000, the issuance of a total of 300,000 shares over the life of the agreement, and they will be required to complete a minimum of $600,000 in work on the property in a two-phase work program prior to December 1, 2008. On completion of certain milestones within the agreement, Abaddon will be deemed to have earned up to a 60% interest in the property.

Drill Permitting Underway

The Company is in the filing process for permitting a drill program for the Wild claims. Historically, there were a number of drill holes made on the Wild property by Continental Oil Company in 1969. As part of their activities, down-hole logging was performed on these holes, revealing radioactive mineralization in several holes. It is the intention of the Company to drill in the vicinity of those previous holes in order to properly assess the uranium/vanadium content.

Corporate Strategy

UTUC plans to continue to expand its mineral resources through both exploration and drilling programs on existing properties and acquisitions, and advance its projects from exploration and development to production with the goal of generating cash flow to fund further exploration and acquisition activity. The company is concentrating on the project generation model, whereby the company will research, negotiate and acquire highly prospective properties, then joint venture these projects to third party companies. By following this model, the company expects to partially or completely cover acquisition costs, allow development of the projects through third party funding, while retaining sizeable interests in each property.

Acquisition activity in 2008 will focus on additional mineral properties and claim blocks located in, but not limited to, the "Four Corners" area of the Western US, with a primary focus in Utah and Colorado.

UTUC plans to:

  • Continue exploring for uranium and vanadium on properties which have been explored in the past and showed promise of mineral reserves in order to maximize the value of each project for entering into joint venture agreements

  • Develop specific projects with the nearest term production potential, with the goal of generating cash flow to support additional programs

  • Commence a substantial drilling campaign on the Wild, Pinto and Whale Properties

  • Continue to build a project portfolio by staking claims and making acquisitions

  • Build a well-financed, diversified exploration program

  • Reduce exploration risk and increase economic viability through joint venturing current and future acquisitions

Geology and Mineralization

Exploration activity focuses on the Colorado Plateau, an area that covers nearly 130,000 square miles in the Four Corners region of the US. The dominant geologic feature of the Colorado Plateau has been its comparative structural stability since the close of Precambrian times. Folding and faulting of the basement during the Laramide orogeny of Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary time produced the major structural features of the Colorado Plateau. However, compared to adjacent areas, it affected the Plateau only slightly.

The Henry Mountains Basin, a sub-province of the Colorado Plateau physiographic province, is an elongate north-south-trending, doubly plunging syncline in the form of a closed basin. The Henry Mountain Syncline is entirely underlain by the massive uranium bearing Salt Wash sandstone member of the Morrison formation. The hydraulic migration, which contains liberated uranium in solution, flows down the formation into the trapped, oxygen-free static waters within the basin. This creates a reducing environment which precipitates ore grade uranium, resulting in a zone of major ore concentration otherwise known as a roll-front environment.

Overview of Industry

The uranium story is one of supply and demand. UTUC intends to be a major supplier. A review of the world’s uranium supply explains why this is a possibility.

Uranium Supply

  • Over half of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan.

  • An increasing proportion is produced by in situ leaching.

  • After a decade of falling uranium mine production to 1993, output has generally risen since then and now comprises 61% of demand for power generation.

Canada produces the largest share of uranium from mines (25% of world supply from mines), followed by Australia (19%) and Kazakhstan (13%). Australian and Canadian production was depressed in 2006 due to particular problems.

Mining methods have been changing. In 1990, 55% of world production came from underground mines, but this shrunk dramatically to 1999, with 33% then. From 2000 the new Canadian mines increase it again, and with Olympic Dam it is now 50%.

In 2006 production was as follows:

underground 41%
open pit 24%
in situ leach (ISL) 26%
by-product 9%

UTUC has the potential to compete in the world uranium mining industry with 517 claims; they are the early mover in this bid to roll up potential uranium finds in Utah and Colorado. With additional potential processors coming on line over the next few years their price for ore should increase.

In the 1990s the uranium production industry was consolidated by takeovers, mergers and closures.

In 2006, the eight companies marketing most of the world's uranium mine production were:

Company Tonnes U Percent
Cameco 8249 20.9
Rio Tinto 7094 18.0
Areva 5272 13.4
KazAtomProm 3699 9.4
TVEL 3262 8.3
BHP Billiton 2868 7.3
Navoi 2260 5.7
Uranium One 1000 2.5
Total top 8 33,704 85.5%

The largest-producing uranium mines in 2006 were:

Mine Country Main Owner Type Production (tU) % of World
McArthur River Canada Cameco Underground 7200 18.3
Ranger Australia ERA (Rio Tinto 68%) open pit 4026 10.2
Rossing Namibia Rio Tinto (69%) open pit 3067 7.8
Kraznokamensk Russia TVEL underground 2900 7.4
Olympic Dam Australia BHP Billiton by-product /u'ground 2868 7.3
Rabbit Lake Canada Cameco underground 1972 5.0
Akouta Niger Areva/Onarem underground 1869 4.7
Arlit Niger Areva/Onarem open pit 1565 4.0
Akdala Kazakhstan Uranium One ISL 1000 2.5
Highland - Smith Ranch USA Cameco ISL 786 2.0
Beverley Australia Heathgate ISL 699 1.7
McClean Lake Canada Cogema open pit 690 1.7
top 12 total 28,642 72.6%

Western World Uranium Production and Demand 1945-2004

Known Recoverable Resources of Uranium

Country Tonnes U % of world
Australia 1,143,000 24%
Kazakhstan 816,000 17%
Canada 444,000 9%
USA 342,000 7%
South Africa 341,000 7%
Namibia 282,000 6%
Brazil 279,000 6%
Niger 225,000 5%
Russian Fed. 172,000 4%
Uzbekistan 116,000 2%
Ukraine 90,000 2%
Jordan 79,000 2%
India 67,000 1%
China 60,000 1%
Other 287,000 6%
World total 4,743,000  

Current usage is about 66,500 tU/yr.

The world's present measured resources of uranium (4.7 Mt) in the cost category somewhat above present spot prices and used only in conventional reactors, are enough to last for some 70 years. This represents a higher level of assured resources than is normal for most minerals. Further exploration and higher prices will certainly, on the basis of present geological knowledge, yield further resources as present ones are used up.

There was very little uranium exploration between 1985 and 2005, so the significant increase in exploration effort that we are now seeing could readily double the known economic resources. On the basis of analogies with other metal minerals, a doubling of price from present levels could be expected to create about a tenfold increase in measured resources, over time.

This is in fact suggested in the IAEA-NEA figures if those covering estimates of all conventional resources are considered - 10 million tons (beyond the 4.7 Mt known economic resources), which takes us to over 200 years' supply at today's rate of consumption. This still ignores the technological factor mentioned below. It also omits unconventional resources such as phosphate/ phosphorite deposits (22 Mt U recoverable as by-product) and seawater (up to 4000 Mt), which would be uneconomic to extract in the foreseeable future.

About 20% of US uranium came from central Florida's phosphate deposits to the mid 1990s, as a by-product, but it then became uneconomic. With higher uranium prices today the resource is being examined again, as is another lower-grade one in Morocco. Plans for Florida extend only to 400 tU/yr at this stage. Another project is aiming to recover uranium from coal ash.

Widespread use of the fast breeder reactor could increase the utilization of uranium 50-fold or more. This type of reactor can be started up on plutonium derived from conventional reactors and operated in closed circuit with its reprocessing plant. Such a reactor, supplied with natural or depleted uranium for its "fertile blanket", can be operated so that each ton of ore yields 60 times more energy than in a conventional reactor.

Uranium Demand

Reactor Fuel Requirements

The world's power reactors, with combined capacity of some 370 GWe, require about 67,000 tons of uranium from mines (or the equivalent from stockpiles) each year. While this capacity is being run more productively, with higher capacity factors and reactor power levels, the uranium fuel requirement is increasing but not necessarily at the same rate. The factors increasing fuel demand are offset by a trend for higher burn-up of fuel and other efficiencies, so demand is steady. (Over the 18 years to 1993 the electricity generated by nuclear power increased 5.5-fold while uranium used increased only just over 3-fold.) It is likely that the annual uranium demand will grow only slightly to 2010.

Reducing the tails assay in enrichment reduces the amount of natural uranium required for a given amount of fuel.

Reprocessing of spent fuel from conventional light water reactors also utilizes present resources more efficiently, by a factor of about 1.3 overall.

Nuclear Weapons as a source of fuel

An important source of nuclear fuel is the world's nuclear weapons stockpiles. Since 1987 the United States and countries of the former USSR have signed a series of disarmament treaties to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the signatory countries by approximately 80 percent.

The weapons contain a great deal of uranium enriched to over 90 percent U-235 (ie up to 25 times the proportion in reactor fuel). Some weapons have plutonium-239, which can be used in diluted form in either conventional or fast breeder reactors. From 2000 the dilution of 30 tons of military high-enriched uranium has been displacing about 10,600 tons of uranium oxide per year from mines, which represents about 13% of the world's reactor requirements.

Thorium as a nuclear fuel

Today uranium is the only fuel supplied for nuclear reactors. However, thorium can also be utilized as a fuel for CANDU reactors or in reactors specially designed for this purpose. Neutron efficient reactors, such as CANDU, are capable of operating on a thorium fuel cycle, once they are started using a fissile material such as U-235 or Pu-239. Then the thorium (Th-232) atom captures a neutron in the reactor to become fissile uranium (U-233), which continues the reaction. Some advanced reactor designs are likely to be able to make use of thorium on a substantial scale.

The thorium fuel cycle has some attractive features, though it is not yet in commercial use. Thorium is reported to be about three times as abundant in the earth's crust as uranium. The 2005 IAEA-NEA "Red Book" gives a figure of 4.5 million tonnes of reserves and additional resources, but points out that this excludes data from much of the world.

Outlook Uranium Mining Industry

Finally, the supply response from the mining industry continues to lag demand and despite the slowing U.S. economy over the past year, metal inventories have not rebuilt to worrying levels. In most forecasts, including our own, while surpluses are expected in 2008, they are not large.

The reality of a sharp slowdown in the Chinese economy would have the greatest impact internationally.

Uranium Price Forecasts Adjusted; Still a Tight Market But Speculative Edge Dampened

2007 and 2008 spot uranium price forecasts are:

US$100.00/lb and US$110.00/lb

Uranium is experiencing weaker market conditions.

Uranium

The spot market is well supplied currently with approximately 2.0 million pounds available versus 800,000 pounds of demand.

Much of the demand in the market is discretionary and the near term price direction will be determined by how motivated sellers are.

The market will remain tightly supplied through the end of the decade. A good indicator of this is the stability in the term price at US$95.00/lb for the past eight months. The term price reflects the fixed price that utilities will pay for material with expected delivery more than 24 months in the future. We are maintaining our long-term uranium price of US$50.00/lb.

Western World mine supply declined in 2006 (-2.5%) and increased only 3.6% in 2007.

Production problems and delays have kept this market tight. The most high profile of these has been the flooding of the Cigar Lake project in October 2006 and the subsequent delays in the recovery of the mine. Other supply issues include the flooding of ERA’s Ranger mine in 2007, ramp-up delays at Paladin’s new Langer Heinrich mine and disappointing production from BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam copper/uranium mine.

It is estimated that approximately 5 million pounds of production was lost in 2007.

Mine supply is expected to accelerate over the next three to four years in a response to high market prices.

Assuming that projects in the development pipeline achieve targeted production levels on time (which may be challenging with most of the growth driven by junior/intermediate producers), new projects could add as much as 55 million pounds of new annual production to the market by the 2010-2012 timeframe.

Western World mine supply growth of 12.3% in 2008, 12.0% in 2009 and 14.5% in 2010 is a consensus figure.

The supply/demand models suggest this should be enough to push the market into surplus – although not a large surplus – by 2010.

Uranium Ore

  • Uranium is a relatively common metal, found in rocks and seawater. Economic concentrations of it are not uncommon.

  • Its availability to supply world energy needs is great both geologically and because of the technology for its use.

  • Quantities of mineral resources are greater than commonly perceived.

Uranium is ubiquitous on the Earth. It is a metal approximately as common as tin or zinc, and it is a constituent of most rocks and even of the sea. Some typical concentrations are: (ppm = parts per million).

High-grade ore - 2% U 20,000 ppm U
Low-grade ore - 0.1% U 1,000 ppm U
Granite 4 ppm U
Sedimentary rock 2 ppm U
Earth's continental crust (av) 2.8 ppm U
Seawater 0.003 ppm U

An orebody is, by definition, an occurrence of mineralization from which the metal is economically recoverable. It is therefore relative to both costs of extraction and market prices. At present neither the oceans nor any granites are orebodies, but conceivably either could become so if prices were to rise sufficiently.

Measured resources of uranium, the amount known to be economically recoverable from orebodies, are thus also relative to costs and prices. They are also dependent on the intensity of past exploration effort, and are basically a statement about what is known rather than what is there in the Earth's crust.

Changes in costs or prices, or further exploration, may alter measured resource figures markedly. At ten times the current price, seawater might become a potential source of vast amounts of uranium. Thus, any predictions of the future availability of any mineral, including uranium, which are based on current cost and price data and current geological knowledge, are likely to be extremely conservative.

From time to time concerns are raised that the known resources might be insufficient when judged as a multiple of present rate of use. But this is the Limits to Growth fallacy, a major intellectual blunder recycled from the 1970s, which takes no account of the very limited nature of the knowledge we have at any time of what is actually in the Earth's crust. Our knowledge of geology is such that we can be confident that identified resources of metal minerals are a small fraction of what is there.

Economics of UTUC Model with no Known, Probable or Possible Reserves

Whether a particular mineral deposit is sensibly available as a resource will depend on the market price of the mineral concerned. If it costs more to get it out of the ground than its value warrants, it can hardly be classified as a resource (unless there is some major market distortion due to government subsidies of some kind). Therefore, the resources available will depend on the market price, which in turn depends on world demand for the particular mineral and the costs of supplying that demand. The dynamic equilibrium between supply and demand also gives rise to substitution of other materials when scarcity looms (or the price is artificially elevated). This then is the third aspect of creating resources.

Replacement of uranium

A characteristic of metals resource replacement is that the mineral discovery process itself adds a small cost relative to the value of the discovered metals. As an example, the huge uranium reserves of Canada's Athabasca Basin were discovered for about US$1.00/kgU (2003 dollars, including unsuccessful exploration). Similar estimates for world uranium resources, based on published IAEA exploration expenditure data and assuming that these expenditures yielded only the past uranium produced plus the present known economic resources categories at up to US$80/kg* yields slightly higher costs of about US$1.50/kgU. This may reflect the higher component of State-driven exploration globally, some of which had national self-sufficiency objectives that may not have aligned with industry economic standards.



Euoko Group Inc.
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Euoko Group Inc. (EUOK)
Rating:   Positive   $1.62 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1794 days
Target:   $3.06 (+88.89%) in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  

Euoko Group Inc.
Suite 535, 67 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 3E3
Canada

Phone: (416) 657-3456
Toll Free: (800) 98-EUOKO (38656)
Fax: (416) 657-2161

Website: www.euoko.com



Symbol
EUOK
Target Price
$3.06
Lastest Report Issued
04/22/2008


 

Company Overview

Euoko Group Inc. (OTCBB: EUOK) owns premium brands that develop, market and distribute scientifically-advanced skin treatments, including the brand, Euoko. Euoko's current portfolio consists of 24 products spanning five treatment collections that target aging, dull skin tones, skin protection, uneven pigmentation and blemishes. This product line offers comprehensive solutions to such skin concerns as wrinkles, fine lines, under-eye dark circles, dark spots, acne, oxidation, environmental exposure and skin fatigue. Combined with innovative products for basic daily cleansing and facial priming, Euoko offers a complete line of synergistic formulations that target the most demanding luxury consumer. Euoko's well-appointed, understated primary and secondary packaging communicates innovation, science and modern sophistication, while reflecting the prestige positioning of the portfolio. Euoko sells its product line through premium distribution channels and is represented in more than fifteen countries and territories worldwide. Retail partners of the brand include such premium department stores as Bergdorf Goodman in New York City (USA), Printemps in Paris (France) and La Rinascente in Milan (Italy). Euoko's products are also sold globally through the company's internally-operated, multicurrency, multilingual website.

 

Valuation Model Yields a Target of $3.06

As outlined in the "Valuation Model" section of this report, we are issuing a target price of $3.06 for Euoko Group, Inc. Please review the report in its entirety.

More About Euoko

Euoko Group's constantly growing library of active principles currently exhibits 102 ingredients from Switzerland, Spain, France, Canada, Denmark, the United States, the Amazonian Rainforest and the Kalahari Desert. From their unique hyaluronic acid with no animal origins or strepp bacteria derivatives to their recent addition of an extraordinarily effective, age-killing peptide that fully mimics Waglerin 1, a peptide that is found in the venom of the Temple Viper, Tropidolaemus wagleri, the company stands strongly behind the innovative collection of the noble ingredients found in their products. Both the safety and effectiveness of the company's ingredients are important to them. They avoid unnecessary preservation or stabilization and respond rapidly to emerging innovations in biotechnology, nanotechnology, biology, peptides and other active principles.

Further, the company's proprietary delivery system ensures maximum stability and absorption of their product's active principles into the skin. This delivery system is the single key catalyst that maximizes the effectiveness of these principles, while making it possible for high concentrations of these principles to be included synergistically in the company's formulations. Highlights of this system include a strain of red marine algae that maximizes penetration of actives into the skin by causing a controlled immune response when applied topically. This effect is enhanced by the delivery action of the company's micro-surfactants bound to a pure grade of hyaluronic acid, as well as their unique timed-release technology. Every Euoko product embodies Euoko’s commitment to science and quality. When a client purchases a Euoko treatment, they stand confident that their purchase represents the latest scientific discoveries that are at the forefront of peptide-technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology and biology.

Successful Preview Launch
Printemps Department Store in Paris (France)

Euoko announced on March 12 that its preview launch event that began on February 18, 2008 at the world-renowned Printemps Haussmann department store in Paris was well received and the results exceeded the company's expectations. Euoko's large booth, occupying 375 square feet (approximately 35 square metres) in the central area of Printemps, has received significant positive response from industry and customers. The preview during the first three weeks of the event resulted in unaudited, single-store retail sales exceeding 42,000 Euros (approximately 65,000 US funds), exceeding the company's expectations. The booth, which reflects the brand's modern, understated image, was constructed primarily of white acrylic and was transported to France from Canada, where it was constructed.

Euoko began marketing its products in key European markets in September of 2007 and is currently represented in more than 10 countries and territories.

Extensive Editorial Coverage
April 2008 issue of W Magazine

The April 2008 issue of W Magazine included extensive editorial coverage of Euoko Group's luxury skin care brand, Euoko. With a total adult audience exceeding 1.4 million and a median annual income of more than US$145,000, W Magazine targets an authoritative readership base with a solid interest in latest trends in fashion and beauty - a category specifically targeted by Euoko's premium portfolio of innovative skin care treatments.

The Mix Master: Hip new skincare line Euoko blends exotic ingredients

This non-sponsored coverage refers to Euoko's founder and President, Brandon Truaxe, as "The Mix Master", "Armed with exotic potions and an iron will". The article also featured a quotation from Patricia Saxby, Vice President and Divisional Merchandise Manager of the Bergdorf Goodman department store: "I've never had people call me so quickly to tell me that after a couple of days they saw changes."

This article is published at a time during which Euoko has received significant attention from the media, with UK-published Wallpaper magazine selecting the brand as one of the top 3 "facial fixes" of the year in its Annual Design Awards.

Natural Products

Euoko is committed to selecting and sourcing the most effective, safest, scientifically-studied ingredients from across the world. These ingredients include direct plant-based derivatives, advanced peptides, biotechnologically-obtained actives, ingredients derived from fermentation, basic minerals, enzymes and marine compounds. Euoko does not use any ingredient derived from animals. Additionally, Euoko does not use any ingredient that has been shown to be harmful to humans if used topically. In particular, none of Euoko’s products make use of the commonly-used preservatives of the paraben family. Euoko’s preservatives and stabilizers are food grade and do not represent any risk if used as directed.

Use During Pregnancy

None of Euoko’s products use any ingredient with an indication of risk for use during pregnancy. However, our products do contain high concentrations of innovative, functional actives and it may be advisable to consult a physician if you are pregnant.

No Animal Testing

Euoko does not test its products on animals or pay others to perform testing on animals. All of Euoko’s products are tested on humans.

The Products
Product Collection

W-Series (Whitening)

Representing the expert solution in achieving the most solid epitome of attraction, the W-SERIES promises to deliver a flawless, translucent, white, even skin tone. This superb skin lightening collection makes no compromise in selecting the safest, rarest and most effective active ingredients that have been clinically tested and documented. Targeting overall skin lightening or such spot darkness as freckles, age spots and sun spots, this collection uses no hydroquinone or kojic acid, both of which are documentably unsafe, unstable, carcinogenic and banned in many countries. Instead, such outstanding clinically-tested ingredients as Euoko's effective lightening peptide from France, Alpha Arbutin from Switzerland, Tyrostat from Canada, 1-Methylhydantoine-2-imide (a safe, skin-identical amino acid), Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (a superb Vitamin C derivative), Bearberry Extract, Encapsulated Beta Arbutin from Spain, Mallow Extract, Primula Veris Extract, Alchemilla Vulgaris Extract and Veronica Officinalis Extract come together in this comprehensive collection that is indispensable in magnifying the beauty of any skin tone.

The products in the W-SERIES have light textures that are instantly absorbed due to Euoko's exclusive delivery systems containing the most unique and highest quality hyaluronic acid and a marine micro-alga that enhances penetration into the skin. These elegant textures and excellent absorption capacities make the products in this collection suitable for all skin types and tones. Backed by several confirming clinical studies, the ingredients in this collection make it by far the highest quality, most effective and safest option available for achieving a light, even skin tone.

A-Series (Blemishes)

Deviating from the aggressive, mainstream solutions that have started to overpopulate even the most exclusive class of skincare, the A-SERIES makes no use of such harsh ingredients as Benzoyl Peroxide, Oxygen Peroxide or industrial antimicrobial agents, most of which are carcinogenic and are associated with abnormal oxidation of the skin. Further, this collection does not rely on the traditional model of depleting the oil content of the skin's surface to eliminate blemishes. This approach often causes the skin to overproduce oil in compensation, making the condition actually appear worse. The targeted products in the A-SERIES rely on the anti-bacterial super-power of multiple sesame and marine-based sebum regulating agents, as well as antibacterial oligo-peptides derived from nature, that have shown to deliver blemish-free skin with unprecedented efficacy.

R-Series (Radiance)

Skin radiance is a key element of beauty, perhaps more so than the absence of fine lines and wrinkles. The R-SERIES is clinically shown to restore a bright, energetic glow to the skin's appearance and is a one-of-a-kind proposal for maintaining year-long radiance. Utilizing multiple European peptides, extracts from a wide array of marine species, exotic fruits, African plants, a variety of biotechnologically-advanced yeast derivatives, as well as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants like ellagic acid, this unique collection represents an imperative arsenal for battling dull skin tones common to today's stressful, busy lifestyles. Extraordinary nourishment and cellular renewal arrive naturally in this energizing collection of treatments that reward the skin every day.

P-Series (Protection)

While the cellular structure of the skin is highly organized and defensive, constant exposure to such environmental aggressions as chemicals, stress, UV radiation, dietary imbalance and pollution degrade the skin's capacity to protect itself and impede the perfect micro-environment in which the skin's cells can renew and rebalance constantly. The P-SERIES uses the finest peptides, marine derivatives, metabolic enhancers, DNA protectors (from a purified Kalahari Watermelon), as well as antioxidants from Amazonian and Himalayan berries to restore balanced renewal, replenish lost nutrients and create a perfectly clean, moist environment in which the skin's repair mechanisms can function optimally. Detoxified, the skin enjoys a superbly crafted, highly rewarding survival environment and regains a youthful tone and buoyancy.

Y-Series (Aging)

The Y-SERIES is the single superior source for effective facial sculpting, lifting and smoothing treatments. This youth rocket relies on unparalleled concentrations of the rarest, most effective, most confident active ingredients specifically targeted at dramatically reducing the size and number of lines and wrinkles and drastically harnessing the oxidative properties of skin metabolism and aggressive elements of nature. Targeting every aspect of ageing, this series enjoys high concentrations of superior peptides, vitamins, amino acids, plant extracts, lipolysis enhancers (for facial contouring), humectants and nutritive elements in an extraordinarily effective delivery system. This collection gains its confidence from superior peptides and focused derivatives, including Euoko's Okra oligo-peptides, Leuphasyl, Matrixyl 3000, Snap-8, Argireline, Antarticine and a topical, painless facial muscle contraction inhibitor peptide that mimics the activity of the venom of the temple viper, which reflect only a brief sampling of the wide range of clinically-researched actives used in this collection.

The Y-SERIES unquestionably represents the farthest advance in scientific skincare and is assertively positioned as the most exclusive, indispensable skincare collection of its kind. The Y-SERIES lessens the size and number of lines and wrinkles, combats dark spots, resculpts the facial contour and restores youthful cellular energy, thereby exceeding the expectations of the most demanding, scrutinizing and critical clientele.

Distribution Methods
Euoko is distributed in retail partners in at least ten countries.

Some of the key retail partners are:

  • Bergdorf Goodman in the United States

  • Printemps in France

  • La Rinascente in Italy.

There are also other distributers in Spain, Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates and China.

Another source of distribution is the company web site:

www.euoko.com

This site is a fully functional "E-Commerce" site, and is multi-lingual and multi-currency.

The Company plans to distribute Hewitt-Vevey products through major retail partners, shopping channels and distributors. They also plan an international web site to do so online - like before a fully functional "E-Commerce" site that is multi-lingual and multi-currency. This site is not yet developed.

Product Guarantee

Four week return policy; no questions asked; return unused portion.

Fulfillment

The Company currently fulfills all customer orders from our warehousing facilities in Canada and the United Kingdom, depending on the destination and regulatory requirements. We are committed to shipping accurate orders, efficiently and effectively. Generally, the delivery time is within 1 to 3 business days from the date of the receipt of the order.

Wholesale Sales

Retail partners and distributors worldwide have access to our proprietary software systems that allows for easy, multi-currency order placement, payment processing, warehouse notification and administrative tasks. Such orders are shipped from one of our international warehouse facilities mentioned earlier for delivery within 1 to 3 business days in most cases.

Euoko Advertises Using the Following Outlets:
as disclosed in the Latest 10KSB

  • Town&Country (USA)

  • Town&Country Travel (USA)

  • Town&Country Weddings (USA)

  • Surface (USA, International)

  • New Beauty (USA)

  • Wallpaper (UK, International)

  • Nuvo (Canada)

  • Fashion Quarterly (Canada)

  • AnotherMagazine (UK, International)

  • Vogue Italia (Italy)

  • Beauty in Vogue (Italy)

  • Printemps Magazine (France)

  • Bergdorf Goodman Magazine (USA)

  • WWD BeautyBiz (USA)

  • Beauty Report International (Europe)

Publicist for Euoko

Marcy Engelman in the United States. Marcy also represents such clients as Julia Roberts and has previously represented Lancome.

Euoko participates in key fashion and entertainment events in various capacities. Historically, Euoko’s products have been featured in a celebrity goodie bag at the Academy Awards, in celebrity welcome bags at the Bryant Park Hotel during Fashion Week in New York and at other industry events within North America.

Plan of Operations as Provided in Latest 10KSB
Plan of Operations

What follows is directly quoted from The Company’s latest 10KSB:

"Over the next twelve month period we intend to pursue our business plan of developing, marketing and distributing luxury skin treatments. We also intend to develop, market and distribute a line of skin treatments through our subsidiary Hewitt-Vevey. We intend to explore ways of expanding our company through greater marketing, sales and distribution arrangements. We may have to raise additional financing to be able to take advantage of expansion opportunities as they arise. If we do require additional financing, we will likely do that through taking on debt and we may consider the sale of equity securities. We have not determined which, if any, expansion opportunities we will proceed with but we would like to have the financing to be ready to act quickly if the right opportunity arises."

"Over the next twelve months, we also plan to continue our current research and development work on ten new products. We hope to have completed products ready to introduce to the market by end of 2008. Seven of the ten products we are working on are for our Euoko line and three are for our Hewitt-Vevey subsidiary."

Management

Brandon Truaxe
President and Chief Executive Officer

Educated in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Brandon’s interest in business development has allowed him to explore a variety of successful ventures in software, nutrition, graphics design and cosmetics. Having conceptualized and founded Euoko, Brandon has also maintained a successful software development business, Custom Struct, whose most notable project has been the leading of a renowned web-centric automotive financing system for the Canadian operations of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. This software system has revolutionized online lending, and is used by more than 2,500 automotive dealerships and over twenty prime and sub-prime lending institutions. Prior to founding Euoko, Inc., he was a founding member and president of Schematte Corporation (a software development firm) and Organic Senses Ltd. (a marketer of nutritional supplements). Brandon has developed and led Euoko’s branding, design, ingredient selection, legal issues, website design, software design and all aspects of Euoko’s business. Mr. Truaxe has no prior public company experience as a director or officer.

Michael Basler
Chief Financial Officer

Michael Basler has an Honours B.A. (major in Economics) from Wilfrid Laurier University and received his Certified Management Accountant designation in 1992. For the past twenty years, Michael has held senior financial management positions of increasing responsibility with publicly-listed companies. Prior to joining Euoko in July 2007, Michael held the position of Chief Financial Officer with DealerTrack Canada Inc., a Canadian subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.

Prior to DealerTrack Canada Inc., he was Corporate Controller and Treasurer with Platform Technologies Inc., and Corporate Controller with both Teklogix International Inc. and Promis Systems Corporation. Michael’s experience includes establishing and administratively staffing international subsidiary organizations, dealing with the complexities of international income and value-added tax regimes, tariffs and duties, and consolidated and local financial reporting. Michael was also instrumental in preparing each of the companies with which he has worked for their Initial Public Offerings. Mr. Basler has no public company experience as a director or officer.

Julio Torres
Vice President and Chief Innovations Officer

Educated in Computer Science at the University of Havana, Julio has gained extensive background in modern software development in positions of progressively increasing responsibility with Cuba’s Ministry of Finance. Prior to joining Euoko, Julio held the position of CEO at Vitral Projects Limited, a software firm founded by him that provided software consulting services to DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. His firm has collaborated extensively with Brandon Truaxe in the development of a complex automotive financing software system for DealerTrack. At Euoko, Julio’s creativity and extensive design background have allowed him to play a vital role since the early stages of the company’s brand and image development. Euoko benefits not only from Julio’s creativity and extraordinary attention to detail, but also from his solid technology background which has been fundamental in the development of Euoko’s technology requirements. Julio has been heavily involved in the development of Euoko’s branding, design, formulation, ingredient selection, supplier selection, legal issues, website design, software design and all aspects of Euoko’s business. Mr. Torres has no public company experience as a director or officer.

Risk Factors
Risks Related to the Company

What follows is a summary of the risk factors mentioned in The Company’s latest 10KSB:

"We have a limited operating history and limited historical financial information upon which you may evaluate our performance.

"We are in our early stages of development and face risks associated with a new company in a growth industry. We may not successfully address these risks and uncertainties or successfully implement our operating strategies. If we fail to do so, it could materially harm our business to the point of having to cease operations and could impair the value of our common stock to the point investors may lose their entire investment. We may not generate positive cash flows or profits in the future. As the majority of our business assets and all of our directors and officers are located outside of the United States; investors may be limited in their ability to enforce U.S. civil actions against our assets or our directors and officers. You may not be able to receive compensation for damages to the value of your investment caused by wrongful actions by our directors.

"The great majority of our business assets are located outside of the United State and all of our directors and officers are resident outside of the United States. Consequently, it may be difficult for investors to affect service of process within the United States upon our assets or our directors or officers, or to realize upon judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities under U.S. Federal Securities Laws or other laws. A judgment of a U.S. court predicated solely upon such civil liabilities may not be enforceable in other countries. You will likely not be able to recover damages as compensation for a decline in your investment.

"Risks Related to our Business

"We will rely on third-party suppliers and manufacturers to provide raw materials for our products and to produce our products, and we will have limited control over these suppliers and manufacturers and may not be able to obtain quality products on a timely basis or in sufficient quantity. Substantially all of our products will be manufactured by unaffiliated manufacturers. We may not have any long-term contracts with our suppliers or manufacturing sources, and we expect to compete with other companies for raw materials, production and import capacity.

"There can be no assurance that there will not be a significant disruption in the supply of raw materials from our intended sources or, in the event of a disruption, that we would be able to locate alternative suppliers of materials of comparable quality at an acceptable price, or at all. In addition, we cannot be certain that our unaffiliated manufacturers will be able to fill our orders in a timely manner.

"If we experience significant increased demand, or need to replace an existing manufacturer, there can be no assurance that additional supplies of raw materials or additional manufacturing capacity will be available when required on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all, or that any supplier or manufacturer would allocate sufficient capacity to us in order to meet our requirements. In addition, even if we are able to expand existing or find new manufacturing or raw material sources, we may encounter delays in production and added costs as a result of the time it takes to train our suppliers and manufacturers in our methods, products and quality control standards. Any delays, interruption or increased costs in the supply of raw materials or manufacture of our products could have an adverse effect on our ability to meet retail customer and consumer demand for our products and result in lower revenues and net income both in the short and long-term.

"In addition, there can be no assurance that our suppliers and manufacturers will continue to provide raw materials and to manufacture products that are consistent with our standards. We may receive shipments of product that fail to conform to our quality control standards. In that event, unless we are able to obtain replacement products in a timely manner, we risk the loss of revenues resulting from the inability to sell those products and related increased administrative and shipping costs. In addition, because we do not control our manufacturers, products that fail to meet our standards or other unauthorized products could end up in the marketplace without our knowledge, which could harm our reputation in the marketplace.

"Legal Proceedings.

"We know of no material, active or pending legal proceedings against our company, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest."

Valuation Model

At the time of this report, Euoko Inc. stock closed at $2.40 (April 21, 2007). The 52-week low and high are $0.58 and $2.40 respectively. The financial year of the Company ends on 31st July.

We have developed a valuation model for Euoko Inc. based on the present value of the expected future cash flows (DCF model). The key assumptions for the DCF model are as follows:

  • Euoko Inc. is engaged in the business of development, marketing and distribution of luxury and mainstream skin treatments. It offers twenty-four luxury skin treatment products categorized into five collections: R-Series for enhancing skin radiance, Y-Series for targeting lines and wrinkles, A-Series for blemish-prone skin, P-Series for diverse environmental protection and W-Series for correcting pigmentation problems.

  • The Company is currently focusing on increasing marketing, distribution and sales of its product lines, and in developing additional luxury and mainstream products to enhance the existing product line.

  • One of the drivers for the Company’s growth will be its investments in research and development. The Company expects its R&D efforts to result in 10 new products being introduced in the market by the end of 2008, which will enable Euoko to grow and expand its market.

  • The branding efforts of Euoko also seems to be paying-off as there is increased brand awareness of Euoko’s products. The current marketing initiatives along with the new product launches will enable the Company to grow its revenues and profits significantly.

  • Though there is a slowdown in the overall economy the luxury products industry seems to be unscathed. This is very good for Euoko’s business. In fact we see this as a niche business that has significant upside potential with high profit margins because of unique products, strong branding and premium pricing.

  • With its products priced strategically [Intense Lift Concentrate (US$500), Cellular Energy Radiance Cream (US$170) and Blueprint Resculpting Cream (US$180)] and a strong product pipeline we see tremendous opportunity for the Company’s business.

  • The Company’s exclusive distribution agreements with Atout Cosmetics for Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium and with Grupo Ritzy for exclusive distribution in Spain, Portugal and Andorra will keep the marketing costs under control and enable Euoko to grow its market in Europe.

  • We project revenues of $1.2 million in 2008 and $6.0 million in 2009 based on our assumption that Euoko will be successful in launching new products in late 2008. Thereafter, we expect revenues to grow by 180% to $16.8 million in 2010 and 65% to $27.7 million in 2011. We project revenues to grow by 30% to $36.0 million in 2012.

  • We estimate Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) to be 38% of Revenues or $0.46 million in 2008. COGS is estimated to be 36% of Revenues or $2.2 million and $6.0 million in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Thereafter, COGS is estimated to be 35% of revenues in the projected period.

  • Salaries and Benefits are forecasted to be $0.6 million in 2008, $0.9 million in 2009, $1.1 million in 2010, $1.2 million in 2011 and $1.4 million in 2011.

  • We project Consulting Fees to be $0.3 million in 2008. It is estimated to grow by 20% to $0.4 million in 2009. Thereafter, it is projected to grow by 10% every year till 2012.

  • Depreciation is estimated to be $14,507 in 2008, $19,386 in 2009, $27,324 in 2010, $35,744 in 2011 and $43,457 in 2012.

  • We project Professional Fees to be $0.1 million in 2008. It is estimated to grow by 20% in 2009. Thereafter, it is projected to grow by 10% every year till 2012.

  • We project Marketing expenses to be $0.8 million in 2008. It is estimated to grow by 50% to $1.2 million in 2009 and by 25% to $1.5 million in 2010. Thereafter, year-on-year growth is projected to grow at 15%.

  • Travel and Related expenses has been estimated to be $0.2 million in 2008. It is estimated to grow by 50% to $0.3 million in 2009 and by 25% to $0.4 million in 2010. Thereafter, it is projected to grow by 10% every year till 2012.

  • General & Administrative expenses are estimated to be $0.2 million in 2008. It is estimated to grow by 50% to $0.3 million in 2009 and by 20% to $0.4 million in 2010. Thereafter, it is projected to grow by 10% every year till 2012.

  • Total Operating Expenses comprise of Cost of Goods Sold, Salaries and Benefits, Consulting Fees, Depreciation, Professional Fees, Marketing, Travel and Related and General and Administrative.

  • Interest expense in 2006 was $17,449. The Company had a debt of $1.0 million as on July 31, 2007. For the purpose of this valuation we have assumed that the Company will raise a total of $2.0 million in debt in 2008 to finance its working capital requirement and growth plans. We have assumed an interest rate of 8% and an interest outgo of $0.2 million in 2008 and 2009 and $0.1 million in 2010. We expect Euoko to pay-off it debt completely in 2010 from the cash it generates from its operations. The Company will incur $15,000 in financing charges in 2008.

  • Euoko is making losses and we expect the Company to start paying taxes only in 2010. Effective tax rate is estimated at 20% in 2010 and 35% thereafter.

  • Capital Expenditure is estimated to be $30,000 in 2008, $60,000 in 2009 and $78,000 in 2010. Thereafter, it is estimated to grow at the rate of 5% per year for the remaining two-year forecasted period.

  • Free Cash Flow to the Firm is assumed to grow at the rate of 6% from 2013.

  • We have assumed Cost of Capital to be 13.3% for the Company based on the present industry structure and the risk reward profile of the Company.

Based on estimated 35.1 million share count the intrinsic value per share is estimated at $3.06. The intrinsic value justifies a significant appreciation from the current level of $2.40 over the medium term.



FEI Company
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: FEI Company (FEIC)
Rating:   Positive   $25.06 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   +188.47% in 1794 days
Target:   in > one year
6 pts


Analyst Recommendation  

Guru: Josh Wolfe
Newsletter: Forbes/Wolfe
Emerging Tech Report
BUY: FEI Company
(nasdaq: FEIC)
FEI Company is the world leader in nanotechnology
tools and equipment that allow researchers to
image, analyze and manipulate materials at the scale
of individual atoms. In recent years, the company has
been a huge beneficiary of the significant capital
inflows from Global 1000 corporations, start-ups
and research institutes interested in nanoscale science
and technology. Customers of FEI's ultraadvanced
microscopes include blue-chip organizations
as diverse as Intel, Nanosys and MIT.
FEI is aggressively building upon its lead by
forming partnerships with exciting nanotech startups
to capture an even larger piece of its addressable
market. FEI and VC-backed Imago Scientific
Instruments recently announced a distribution
and marketing collaboration on Imago's LEAP
product line. Imago's products are used worldwide
for the study of advanced materials, semiconductors
and data storage devices. Imago's LEAP design
enables fast and comprehensive analysis of materials
at the atomic scale. The LEAP technique offers
the unique combination of high compositional
sensitivity in the parts-per-million (ppm) range
and atomic resolution imaging in three dimensions.
As part of the deal, FEI established
an equity position in Imago
and the option to purchase Imago in
the future.
The recent market turbulence
allows investors the ability to buy shares of the
nanotech leader close to a 52-week low. FEI generated
revenues of $593 million in 2007 (up 24%
from $479 million in 2007). FEIC currently
trades at less than 1.4x its trailing 12-month revenues.
I think FEI Company is an attractive way
of gaining direct exposure to the growing wave of
nanotech commercialization without having to
speculate on unproven technology.
KEY STATS:
Recent Price: $21.25
52 Week High: $39.25
52 Week Low: $19.79
Market Cap ($MIL): $774.8
2007 Revenues ($MIL): $592.51
2007 Net Income ($MIL): $57.95
2007 EPS: $1.35
2007 Gross Margin: 41.3
2008 Est. EPS: $1.19
2008 Est. P/E: 19.4
Dividend Yield (%): NA
Short Interest/float (%): 13.2
Forbes Gurus---25 Stocks, ETFs and Funds for the Second Half 2008
24
(nasdaq: FEIC)
FEI Company supplies instruments for nanoscale imaging, analysis, and prototyping that enable research, development, and manufacturing in industrial, academic, and research institutional applications. Its products include focused ion beam systems, scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes, and DualBeam systems. The company’s products are used primarily in laboratories to speed new product development and increase yields by enabling 3D wafer metrology, defect analysis, root cause failure analysis, and circuit edit for modifying device structures. Its solutions provide researchers and manufacturers with atomic-level resolution images and enable development, analysis, and production of advanced products; and resolution imaging, which allows cell biologists and drug researchers to create detailed 3D reconstructions of complex biological structures enabling them to map proteins within cells. The company’s products are also used in particle analysis and a range of pathology and quality control applications. FEI serves semiconductor, data storage, and related industries, such as printers and micro electromechanical systems, and universities and research institutes engaged in biotech and life sciences applications, as well as pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and hospital companies. It also serves universities, public, and private research laboratories; and a range of industrial customers, including automobiles, aerospace, metals, mining, and petrochemicals. The company sells its products through independent agents, distributors, and representatives in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Update 07/19:
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Hold  
    30 Days Ago: Hold  

  Analysts' Target: $25
Analysts' Targets
 D.A. Davidson & Co. $28 
    Strong Buy
    Tuesday, June 10, 2008

 Brean Murray & Co. $23 
    Accumulate
    Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 Deutsche Bank Securities $24 
    Hold
    Wednesday, April 30, 2008


Bullish on PRPFX ...
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: PERMANENT PT (PRPFX)
Rating:   Positive   $37.78 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   +23.56% in 1794 days
3 pts


Analyst Recommendation  

Guru: Dan Sullivan
Newsletter: The Chartist
BUY: Permanent Portfolio
(PRPFX)
With the current volatile market conditions,
investors may be wondering where to
go for investment success. One option is a
"hedge fund" of sorts. Unlike a traditional
"hedge fund," which borrows money to
take risks, some mutual funds are invested
to hedge against a declining stock market.
The Permanent Portfolio (PRPFX) is one
such fund.
Founded in 1982, right after a period of high
inflation that was coupled with exorbitant
interest rates and high oil prices, this fund has
utilized its eclectic investment strategy to resist
bear markets, including the current one, for
more than 26 years.
The fund has suffered only one down year
since 1991, which was when current fund manager
Michael Cuggino took the helm. And,
although the fund did not perform as well as
stock funds did during the 1990s, it
returned 16% in the 2000-2002
bear market. And, over the past
five years, it has earned 14% annualized,
beating the S&P 500 by an average of 4
percentage points per year.
Attractive to both conservative and aggressive
investors, the fund's strategy is to invest
20% in gold, 5% in silver, 10% in Swiss franc
assets, 15% in U.S. and foreign real estate and
natural resource companies, 15% in U.S.
aggressive growth stocks and 35% in cash and
U.S. Treasury securities.
KEY STATS:
Recent Price: $38.07
52 Week High: $38.26
52 Week Low: $ 32.73
Net Assets ($BIL): $2.5
Yield: .043%
Forbes Gurus---25 Stocks, ETFs and Funds for the Second Half 2008
23
(PRPFX)


Waters Corp.
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Waters Corp. (WAT)
Rating:   Positive   $62.7 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   +54.99% in 1794 days
Target:   $80.00 (+27.59%) in > one year
3 pts


Analyst Recommendation  
Waters Corporation operates as an analytical instrument manufacturer primarily in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. It designs, manufactures, sells, and services high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), and mass spectrometry (MS) instrument systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans. The company also designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments, which are used in predicting the suitability of polymers and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer goods, and health care products. In addition, it develops and supplies software based products that interface with the company’s instruments, as well as other manufacturers’ instruments. Further, the company’s LC and MS are used in a range of industries to detect, identify, monitor, and measure the chemical, physical, and biological composition of materials, as well as to purify various compounds, which are used in drug discovery and development, including clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, food safety analysis, and environmental testing. Waters Corporation offers its products to multi-national pharmaceutical companies, generic drug manufacturers, biotechnology companies, chemical manufacturers, polymer manufacturers, food and beverage companies, environmental testing laboratories, universities, and government agencies. The company was founded in 1958 and is based in Milford, Massachusetts.
Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy  

  Analysts' Target: $64
Analysts' Targets
 UBS Securities $64 
    Hold
    Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Guru: Jim Stack
Newsletter: InvesTech
BUY: Waters Corporation
(nyse: WAT)
Waters Corporation is a medium-sized company
based in Milford, Mass. which designs,
manufactures, and services high performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC) and mass spectrometry
(MS) instrument systems. This complex
equipment is designed for the relatively
simple concept of separating and identifying
chemicals. Its products help test air and water
quality, analyze nutritional content of foods
and develop drugs. Within the pharmaceutical
and life science industries, its most significant
end-use market, HPLC is used to identify
new drugs, develop manufacturing methods,
and to assure the potency and purity of
new pharmaceuticals.
Approximately 68% of Waters' sales come
from international markets—the Asian markets,
particularly China and India, continue to
produce strong results for the company.
The company's commanding
market share and technological
leadership have helped produce a
strong record of earnings growth
and an enviable level of profitability. Waters'
free cash flow as a percentage of sales is currently
17% compared to 7% for the S&P 500
Index. We conservatively forecast sustainable
earnings per share growth in the 14%-16%
range.
KEY STATS:
Recent Price: $62.06
52 Week High: $81.84
52 Week Low:$51.92
Market Cap ($BIL): $5.5
2007 Revenues ($BIL):$1.5
2007 Net Income ($MIL): $268.07
2007 EPS:$2.62
2007 Gross Margin: 56.6
2008 Est. EPS:$3.21
2008 Est. P/E: 17.1
Dividend Yield (%): NA
Short Interest/float (%): 3.5
Forbes Gurus---25 Stocks, ETFs and Funds for the Second Half 2008
22
(nyse: WAT)


Cogdell Spencer Inc.
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   Marian Filo   07/19/08  

This pick is about: Cogdell Spencer Inc. (CSA)
Rating:   Positive   $18.2 (07/19/08)
Gain/Loss:   n/a in 1794 days
Target:   $20.00 (+9.89%) in > one year
3 pts


Analyst Recommendation  


Guru: Peter Slatin
Newsletter: Forbes/Slatin Real
Estate Report
BUY: Cogdell Spencer Inc.
(nyse: CSA)
Even as investors continue to shy away from
the office sector of the REIT world, at least one
area is looking bright: medical office buildings.
That's where bite-size Cogdell Spencer Inc.
(nyse: CSA) comes in. When the Charlotte,
N.C.-based real estate investment trust closed
last month on the $247 million acquisition of a
builder of such facilities, it expanded its base of
operations significantly. CSA buys, builds and
manages medical office facilities across the U.S.
With a market cap of around $269 million and
trading near the low point of its one-year
range, CSA is yielding more than 8% and
should show strength as investors look for
office types with growth potential. Cogdell
Spencer was frequently mentioned as a
takeover candidate before the credit
crunch and while its stock was
trading at a higher valuation, and
with its business line intact and
growing, it is unlikely that interest will wane as
the market for its product waxes.
KEY STATS:
Recent Price: $17.46
52 Week High: $21.56
52 Week Low: $14.39
Market Cap ($MIL): $268.9
2007 Revenues ($MIL): $67.89
2007 Net Income ($MIL): -$6.34
2007 EPS: -$0.57
2007 Gross Margin: 19.8
2008 Est. EPS: -$0.10
2008 Est. P/E: NM
Dividend Yield (%): 8.4
Short Interest/float (%): 1.6
Forbes Gurus---25 Stocks, ETFs and Funds for the Second Half 2008
21
(nyse: CSA)
Cogdell Spencer, Inc. owns specialty office properties for the medical profession in the southeastern United States. It primarily engages in the ownership, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and management of medical office buildings and other healthcare-related facilities. Cogdell Spencer owns and/or manages 73 medical office buildings and healthcare-related facilities, which include 45 wholly owned properties; 8 joint venture properties; 16 properties owned by third parties; and 4 properties held for sale. The company intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Cogdell Spencer was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Buy  
    30 Days Ago: Buy

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Dividend Information
Dividend Yield:
7.70 %
Dividend Yield 5yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend Rate:
$ 1.40 %
Dividend Payout Ratio:
0.00 %
Dividend Payout Ratio 5yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend Growth Rate 3yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend Growth Rate 5yr Avg:
0.00 %
Dividend AllStar™ Ranking:
Consecutive Div. Increases:
2 years
Dividend Payment Type:
Cash
Dividend Declaration Date:
Jun-12-2008
Dividend Ex Date:
Jun-23-2008
Dividend Record Date:
Jun-25-2008
Dividend Pay Date:
Jul-21-2008
Dividend Amount:
0.3500
Dividend Payments:
Last 12 months payments: 4

CSA Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $18.20  
Change Today $0.04
52 Week High $19.39
52 Week Low $14.66
Volume 26,912
Beta 0.67
RiskGrade 195
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy

Trades for 18-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:02 6 @ $18.20    green colour
16:02 9 @ $18.20     blue colour
15:47 1 @ $18.19    blue colour
15:25 1 @ $18.09   blue colour
15:18 1 @ $18.04    red colour


 
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Investment Style:
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Avg exp holding time:
1359.85 days

Age:
40's

Occupation:
economist

Location:
Czech Republic


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