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China Forestry, Inc. (CHFY.OB) Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Gaoxin Agriculture

QualityStocks — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:21 +0000

Timber investment group China Forestry Inc. announced today that the company has signed a letter of intent to acquire the landscape engineering and construction firm Shaan’Xi Province Gaoxin Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Development Holding Co., Ltd. The company, located in Xi’An City, Shaan’Xi Province, generated over RMB 81 million in revenue in 2008. China Forestry feels [...]

Slow Down . . . or Else

Contrarian Profits — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:07:23 +0000

pstrongSlow Down#8230; or Else/strongbr / By David Galland, Managing Editor, stronga href="http://www.caseyresearch.com/crpmkt/crpSolo.php?id=168#038;ppref=CTP168ED1109B"The Casey Report/a/strong /p pOn a whim following our Denver Summit #8211; and despite truly abysmal weather #8211; Casey Research CEO Olivier Garret and I cabbed it down to a local public golf course for a quick nine holes. Afterwards we were returning to the hotel through a neighborhood best described as poor, but not disreputable. While our cab made its way down a side street, a radar gun-wielding policeman leaped out of the bushes down the block, pulled the trigger, and waved our immigrant cab driver to the curb. The offense, we soon learned, was going five miles an hour over the speed limit in a school zone#8230; well after school was out#8230;/p

Top Performer for Thurs: Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) – Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers

James Giaquinto — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (BGFV) announced a big third-quarter report earlier this week that has led to increased earnings estimates in the past several days.

The sporting goods retailer also set down a fourth-quarter earnings guidance above the Zacks Consensus Estimate, which has also taken a turn higher lately.

Today, shares of Big 5 are up approximately 10%, making it a top-performing Zacks #1 Rank stock. Volume at around 165,000 shares is above the daily average at 153,000.

As of its quarterly report on Nov 3, Big 5 operated 382 stores in 11 states, providing a product mix that includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding and in-line skating.

Out of 230 stocks on today's Zacks #1 Rank List, Big 5 is one of only 2 companies from the retail-miscellaneous/diversified list. The other name is Steiner Leisure Ltd. (STNR).

Earnings Estimates on the Rise

In the past 7 days, three of the 13 covering analysts for Big 5 have revised their estimates higher for this year. As a result, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has advanced 3.3% in the past week to 94 cents. Going a little further back, that guidance is up 6.8% from 2 months ago.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for next year is at $1.10 per share, which corresponds to year-over-year growth of about 17%. This outlook has increased 1.9% in 7 days and 5.8% in 2 months. The past week has seen 2 of 11 covering analysts offering a boost.

Third-Quarter Report

Big 5 earned 37 cents per share in its third quarter, compared to 21 cents a year earlier. The Zacks Consensus Estimate called for a profit of 33 cents, marking a surprise of more than 12%.

The company has been on a pretty good roll of beating quarterly earnings expectations. It has put together an average surprise of nearly 50% over the past 4 quarters.

Net sales increased 4% to $231.6 million for Big 5, compared to $223.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Same-store sales were up 1.6%.

Contributing factors to the strong report include:

Lowering inventory levels on a per-store basis by about 8% at the end of the quarter
Generating operating cash flow of $47.4 million in the first 9 months of the year
Further reducing debt levels to $60 million of long-term debt at the end of the quarter, compared to $100 million last year.

What About the Fourth Quarter?

"We are encouraged that the positive sales trends we experienced during the third quarter have continued, and actually improved, thus far in the fourth quarter," said Big 5 Chairman/President/CEO Steven G. Miller.

Big 5 expects fourth-quarter earnings per share between 28 cents and 38 cents, which was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate at the time of the report of 25 cents. Much like the annual estimates, that outlook has improved in the past 7 days and now rests at 31 cents, a 24% rise.

Big 5 also expects same-store sales in the positive low to low-mid-single digit range.

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Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:53:03 +0000

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CSRH.OB Consorteum Holdings Inc. has Identified Several new key Business Opportunities

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:20:21 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:27:47 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:20:21 +0000

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CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. has Identified Several new key Business Opportunities

Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:54:43 +0000

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Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB) Unique Program Rewards Golfers, Golf Courses and Consorteum

QualityStocks — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:46:30 +0000

Consorteum Holdings Inc. has put together a revolutionary customer retention/loyalty initiative for the international golf industry designed to benefit golf players and golf courses, as well as Consorteum. In addition, the program stimulates associated golf programs, such as junior golf and charity tournaments. The program, My Golf Rewards, works like this. Program membership cards are distributed [...]

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Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:38:06 +0000

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CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. has Identified Several new key Business Opportunities

Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:52:05 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:17:26 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:58:37 +0000

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CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. has Identified Several new key Business Opportunities

Dr. Stock Pick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:51:13 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:42:52 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:02:52 +0000

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Muscle Flex(R) to Join the Official Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards Talent Gift Lounge November 3-5 in Las Vegas to Showcase Its Muscle Flex VATA Brasil(TM) Sports Active Wear Collection to Coincide With the Release of the BUDDY Tablet CADDY(TM) and Beagle StepFit(TM) Commercial Launches

Stuart T. Smith — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:14:35 +0000

LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwire) — 10/06/09 — Muscle Flex Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MFLI) announced today that it will participate in the official Backstage Talent Gift Lounge at the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards where it will showcase its Muscle Flex VATA Brasil(TM) Sports & Active Wear Collection. The Latin GRAMMYs are being held at the [...]

CSRH.OB Consorteum Holdings Inc. has Identified Several new key Business Opportunities

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:30:18 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:39:49 +0000

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CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. Provides Corporate Update

Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:41:09 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:45:26 +0000

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (CSRH.OB) Updates Investor Community

QualityStocks — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:03:59 +0000

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) this morning issued a corporate update to investors concerning its business activities. Over the last 60 days, the company has engaged in several meetings and presentations with various corporations, private and public, to further the development of its Card Programs, Merchant Discount Rates and new Joint Venture business relationship. Through [...]

Consorteum Holdings Inc. Provides Corporate Update

Dr. Stock Pick — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:59:10 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:36:27 +0000

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Grigory Pasko: A Week in Almaty, Part 1

Robert Amsterdam — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:43:44 +0000

At the end of August, I telephoned the well-known Kazakh human rights advocate Yevgeny Zhovtis and asked how things were going on "the front" with the criminal case that had been opened in relation to him. Yevgeny replied that in...

BestOTC.com Announces Daily Stock Watch – CSRH, DKS, ELY

Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:41:28 +0000

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The Antidote to Moral Hazard will be Gold

Alex Stanczyk — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:22:18 +0000

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CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, Subsidiary My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Plans to Capitalize on 60 Million Golfers Worldwide

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:02:12 +0000

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PennyOmega.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:19:44 +0000

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Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:01:51 +0000

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Two Companies Taking Advantage of the Growing Deficit

Andrew Snyder — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:43:48 +0000

pWashington is spending this country towards its demise. These two companies will hep you put your hard-earned tax dollars back in your pockets. /p pWhat does the government have up its sleeves this time? While the president is on vacation (playing golf with shady business connections), the White House put out a report detailing how the economy is much worse off than it originally anticipated./p pOf course, Wall Street shrugs it off, virtually saying, “Washington was wrong? What else is new?”/p pMost intriguing, or alarming, is the White House’s latest deficit predictions. Instead of the $7 trillion estimate predicted in May, our executive branch is now expecting a gap of $9 trillion./p pIt turns out the notion of higher taxes really does decrease revenues./p pWith#8230;/p

STOCK TRADING AND GOLF: A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER OUTLINES THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO

David Blair — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:18:13 +0000

Winners have the DISCIPLINE to CONTROL THEIR HEART RATE at key times. This allows them to think clearly. Many decisions must be made in a relatively short amount of time. Golfers have 45 seconds to play a shot. In that time span they must be able to judge the different variables of wind, elevation, temperature, and distance.

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STOCK TRADING AND GOLF: A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER OUTLINES THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO

Why You Need to Buy Apple and Sell Palm Short

Investment U — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:07:56 +0000

Why You Need to Buy Apple and Sell Palm Short by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist Regular readers, my colleagues and just about everyone else I come in contact with know I’m a big fan of Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL). I’ve written about it here on several occasions, my family and I own a number [...]

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Feel Golf Company, Inc. (FEEL) Expands Through Acquisition

QualityStocks — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:08:58 +0000

Feel Golf Company, Inc. announced today that it purchased all the assets of the Caldwell Golf Company, Inc., a competitor that manufactures drivers and putters. Both companies are headquartered in California. The Feel Golf Company, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of golf products, including grips, wedges, irons, drivers, putters and other golf related [...]

Consorteum Holdings Inc. (CSRH.OB) Subsidiary My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program (DrStockPick Stock Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:52:22 +0000

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More Empty Houses in America

Bill Bonner — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:30:51 +0000

pIs it time to buy a house? Depends#8230; /p pIf you need a place to live and want to own a house, why not? Prices in some areas are fairly reasonable. But if you’re speculating, our guess is that you’ll get a better deal if you wait./p pWhy? For the many reasons we have given you in these Daily Reckonings. House prices may be firming in some areas – that’s what the Case-Shiller numbers seem to show. But nationwide, they are probably headed down for quite a while longer./p pHerewith, four reasons why:/p pFirst, as you know, this is a depression. It will probably be long. And deep. You wouldn’t know it from looking at the stock market or reading the news. The Dow#8230;/p

Consorteum Holdings Inc. (CSRH.OB) Subsidiary My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program (DrStockPick Stock Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:23:42 +0000

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB DrStockPick Stock Report! DrStockPick News Report! “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry” DrStockPick News Report! Monday August 3, 2009 ********************************************************** My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry Consorteum Holdings Inc.’s business strategy is to build on extensive expertise [...]

Consorteum Holdings Inc. (CSRH.OB) Subsidiary My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program (DrStockPick Stock Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:09:14 +0000

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB DrStockPick Stock Report! DrStockPick News Report! “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry” DrStockPick News Report! Friday July 31, 2009 ********************************************************** My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry Consorteum Holdings Inc.’s business strategy is to build on extensive expertise [...]

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc. Subsidiary My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program (DrStockPick Stock Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:38:51 +0000

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB DrStockPick Stock Report! DrStockPick News Report! “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry” DrStockPick News Report! Thursday July 30, 2009 ********************************************************** My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry Consorteum Holdings Inc.’s business strategy is to build on extensive [...]

Uncovering a Diamond in the Rough, SymPower (PINK:SYMW)

Michael Vlaicu — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:32:29 +0000

Sympowerco Corp. (Public, PINK:SYMW) StocksHaven Investments analyzes one of the most undervalued alternative energy plays, which in the near future may find itself alongside the predominant players within the Fuel Cell #38; Hybrid Power Systems Research #38; Development sector. SymPowerco is an energy technology company focused [...]

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc. Subsidiary My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program (DrStockPick News Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:30:57 +0000

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB DrStockPick News Report! DrStockPick News Report! “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry” DrStockPick News Report! Wednesday July 29, 2009 ********************************************************** My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry Las Vegas, Nevada July 28th 2009 - My Golf Rewards [...]

Stock-PR Press for Consorteum Holdings Inc. Golfing Industry News

Stock-PR — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:35:45 +0000

My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry Las Vegas NV - CRWENewswire.com is pleased to announce a stock highlight on Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB), Sign up to receive FREE stock-pr alerts from CRWENewswire.com http://www.crwenewswire.com/?tag=stock-pr My Golf Rewards Canada Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Consorteum [...]

My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry (CSRH, Consorteum Holdings, Inc. PennyOmega.com Stock Report!)

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CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc. My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry (DrStockPick News Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:16:58 +0000

CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB DrStockPick News Report! DrStockPick News Report! “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry” DrStockPick News Report! Tuesday July 28, 2009 ********************************************************** My Golf Rewards Canada Inc. Introduces a New Rewards Program for the U.S. and Canadian Golfing Industry Las Vegas, Nevada July 28th 2009 - My Golf [...]

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB) Subsidiary Introduces a New Rewards Program for Golfing Industry

QualityStocks — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:07:55 +0000

Consorteum Holdings, Inc.’s majority-owned subsidiary, My Golf Rewards Canada Inc., announced the launch of a revolutionary loyalty, rewards and retention program for the North American golf industry. The program is designed to increase revenues and profits opportunities, while decreasing costs of operating a traditional coupon-based discount program. The program will also enable golf courses to [...]

Consorteum Holdings, Inc (CSRH.OB). Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards (DrStockPick Stock Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:07:58 +0000

DrStockPick Stock Report! DrStockPick News Report! CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB “Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards” DrStockPick Stock Report! Tuesday July 28, 2009 Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH ) announced recently that “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc.,” a majority owned subsidiary of Consorteum Holdings, Inc., will immediately launch its Loyalty [...]

ACAD, CSRH, DrStockPick Watch List! for Tuesday July 28, 2009, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:40:20 +0000

ACAD, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB DrStockPick Watch List! DrStockPick Watch List! for Tuesday July 28, 2009 My Picks for Tuesday July 28, 2009 are: ************************************************************** ACAD, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACAD is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders. ACAD focuses on developing a [...]

CSRH, LAMR, PennyOmega.com Watch List ! for Tuesday July 28, 2009, Lamar Advertising Co. and Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB

PennyOmega.com — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:27:32 +0000

LAMR, Lamar Advertising Co. CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB PennyOmega.com Watch List! PennyOmega.com Watch List ! for Tuesday July 28, 2009 Our Picks at PennyOmega.com for Tuesday July 28, 2009 are: ************************************************************** CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB CSRH is a company in the financial services, payment and transaction processing industries. CSRH provides electronic transaction processing and management services to financial institutions, healthcare, government, [...]

DrStockPick.com July 27, 2009, HRAL, CSRH, STDF, CVAT, CRWE, AQNM, EXOU

Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:45:58 +0000

DrStockPick.com Dr Stock pick Hot Stock NEWS & Alert! EXOU, HRAL, CSRH, STDF, CVAT, CRWE, AQNM Today’s Stocks of Interest Are : EXOU Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc (OTC BB: EXOU.OB) Exousia to be Cash Flow Positive in China in July HRAL, HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. in North America’s Billion Dollar Hearing Market CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) My Golf Rewards Canada [...]

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB) Links Customers and Clients Together

QualityStocks — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:48:40 +0000

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. is a company in a great position to bring together clients and customers, a service more needed now than perhaps ever before. Consorteum uses sophisticated card technologies to develop loyalty programs and other customer motivators that help its clients bring in new customers and keep existing customers. Its solutions can be applied [...]

Consorteum Holdings, Inc (CSRH.OB). Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards (DrStockPick Stock Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:16:20 +0000

DrStockPick Stock Report! DrStockPick News Report! CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB “Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards” DrStockPick Stock Report! Monday July 27, 2009 Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH ) announced recently that “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc.,” a majority owned subsidiary of Consorteum Holdings, Inc., will immediately launch [...]

DrStockPick.com July 24, 2009, EXOU, HRAL, CSRH, STDF, CVAT, CRWE, AQNM

Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:53:40 +0000

Dr Stock pick Hot Stock NEWS & Alert! EXOU, HRAL, CSRH, STDF, CVAT, CRWE, AQNM Today’s Stocks of Interest Are : EXOU Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc (OTC BB: EXOU.OB) Exousia to be Cash Flow Positive in China in July HRAL, HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. in North America’s Billion Dollar Hearing Market CSRH Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) My Golf Rewards Canada [...]

CSRH Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards (DrStockPick News Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:25:34 +0000

DrStockPick News Report! DrStockPick News Report! CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB “Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards” DrStockPick News Report! Friday, July 24, 2009 Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH ) announced recently that “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc.,” a majority owned subsidiary of Consorteum Holdings, Inc., will immediately launch its Loyalty [...]

Keep DoMark International, Inc. (DOMK.OB) on Radar!

QualityStocks — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:37:54 +0000

Trading on the OTCBB, DoMark International, Inc. engages in a business strategy of acquiring private and public entities, and then managing and deploying assets and shared services to their subsidiary entities. These entities are involved in Technology, Medicine, Business Services, Sports, and Alternative Energy. The company has their corporate headquarters in Oviedo, Florida. DoMark owns Victory [...]

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH) Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards (DrStockPick News Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:36:13 +0000

DrStockPick News Report! DrStockPick News Report! CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB “Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards” DrStockPick News Report! Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH ) announced that “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc.,” a majority owned subsidiary of Consorteum Holdings, Inc., will immediately launch its [...]

CSRH Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards (DrStockPick News Report!)

Dr. Stock Pick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:41:33 +0000

DrStockPick News Report! DrStockPick News Report! CSRH, Consorteum Holdings Inc, CSRH.OB “Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards” DrStockPick News Report! Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Consorteum Holdings, Inc. Commercially Launches My Golf Rewards LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH ) announced that “My Golf Rewards Canada Inc.,” a majority owned subsidiary of Consorteum Holdings, Inc., will immediately launch its [...]

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB) Launches My Golf Rewards Program Targeting 26 Million Golfers

QualityStocks — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:29:47 +0000

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. announced today that My Golf Rewards Canada Inc., the company’s majority owned subsidiary, will immediately implement its loyalty and rewards program with the North American golf industry. Following extensive testing, development, and planning, My Golf Rewards has commenced the initial commercial deployment of its loyalty and rewards program into the golf industry across [...]

TIGER WOODS MISSES THE CUT: A LESSON HERE FOR THE TRADER IN ALL OF US

David Blair — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:34:36 +0000

I think someone who always wins dies a slow death. You know, the Alexander the Great syndrome. “He [Alexander] wept with sorrow,” Plutarch said, “Because there were no more worlds to conquer.”

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Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB) Hits a Hole-In-One

QualityStocks — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:35:18 +0000

Consorteum Holdings, Inc., known primarily for its application of card technologies for innovative employee and customer payment solutions, recently announced a joint venture partnership to create a new majority owned subsidiary called My Golf Rewards. The new company will be aimed at the North American golf industry, and will focus on providing much needed [...]

DoMark International, Inc. (DOMK.OB) is “One to Watch”

QualityStocks — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:16:15 +0000

The Long and the Short of it All

Bullish Bankers — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:34:12 +0000

We are presenting a list of companies which we believe are currently mispriced, based on our estimate of fair value, by the market. We develop our fair value ranges by projected free cash flow out one year and estimating an appropriate FCF multiple based on our assessment of risk and the strength of the balance sheet.

Trusting Banks as Far as You Can Throw Them

Mogambo Guru — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:18 +0000

pI was kind of dozing, idly dreaming of playing golf, where if I wasn’t putting the ball right into the cup from 25 feet away, then I was chipping it in from 25 yards out, wowing the crowd with deft wedge action, whereupon my caddy, a beautiful girl in a bikini and stiletto heels, would say, “Oooh! Nice one! You are so good that it gets me hot! I am panting for you, my Hot Mogambo Golfing Stud (HMGS)!”/p pSuddenly, I was jolted rudely awake by alarms ringing in the Mogambo Bunker Of Paranoid Delusions (MBOPD) at the news of a drop of $40 billion of Total Fed Credit last week. Wow! This is the “money” that magically appears, literally “out#8230;/p

EV Innovations, Inc. (EVII.OB) Ramps Up Distributors

QualityStocks — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:42:12 +0000

EV Innovations, Inc., encouraged by the overwhelming amount of recognition received at the recent New York International Auto Show, is aggressively seeking distributors around the country for its line of electric vehicles. The show prompted EVI to kick off a nationwide television campaign, expected to total over 30,000 television spots. But all the exposure has [...]

Smart Investing: Paying Yourself First

Investment U — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:48:52 +0000

Smart Investing: Paying Yourself First by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist Everyone knows a tightwad or two. I came by my savings habits from my father, who’s a spendthrift. Growing up when he did - as a child of Depression-era parents - taught him the true meaning of a dollar.. But before they paid any bills, they paid themselves [...]

THE SECRET TO TIGER WOODS SUCCESS…AND OURS

David Blair — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:43:21 +0000

I truly believe that imitation is the highest form of flattery and it is on the shoulders of giants that we should stand and imitate. In a recent post entitled Preparing to Trade Stocks and Options With Abraham Lincoln, I discussed a few lessons we can all learn from standing on the shoulders of Abraham Lincoln [...]

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Ben Hogan and the Fundamentals of Trading Stocks and Options

David Blair — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:34:59 +0000

Browsing in the sports section of the local Barnes & Noble last night I came across a small paperback book with the subtitle The Modern Fundamentals of Golf. Nothing out of the ordinary just the fact that the book was written by Ben Hogan in 1957! Still in print after 50 years and over 10 [...]

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Mark-to-Market: Prospects for Change

Jeffrey Miller — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:03:09 +0000

There is a lot of buzz about a Congressional hearing on mark-to-market accounting, scheduled for Thursday. Much of the information is inaccurate or misleading. Astute investors should understand the purpose of the hearing and what might happen.BackgroundWhen Congress passed the...

Gold Stock Surge

Alex Stanczyk — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:36:18 +0000

Gold Stock Surge Adam Hamilton February 20, 2009 2905 Words Earlier this week, the US stock markets (S&P 500) fell 4.6% to their lowest close since November 20th’s panic low. It was a very unpleasant day as latent fears of bungled government meddling flared up again. But one [...]

Global Recession Puts Golf Industry Deep in the Rough

Don Miller — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:00:08 +0000

pThe global economic meltdown has struck golf industry, dragging on tourism and travel, delaying golf course construction, and curbing club membership rolls./p pNow, even the crown jewels of the sport – the a href="http://www.pga.com/" target="_blank"Professional Golfers Association/a (PGA) and a href="http://www.lpga.com/" target="_blank"Ladies Professional Golfers Association/a (LPGA) – have been tarnished by financial scandal and sponsorship defections/p pThe most recent scandal to hit Wall Street had PGA Tour players concerned about more than just tournament highlights as they teed off Thursday at the a href="http://www.northerntrustopen.com/" target="_blank"Northern Trust Open/a at a href="http://www.therivieracountryclub.com/html/index.cfm" target="_blank"Riviera Country Club/a in Los Angeles./p pMany tour members at Riviera were struggling to comprehend the potential implications of the financial scandal involving tournament sponsor a href="http://www.stanfordfinancial.com/" target="_blank"Stanford Financial Group/a, and that company’s chairman, a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford" target="_blank"Robert Allen Stanford/a./p pAs reported by strongemMoney Morning/em/strong on Friday, the a href="http://www.sec.gov/" target="_blank"U.S. Securities and Exchange#8230;/a/p

Stanford Scandal Ignites Bank Runs in Latin America

Don Miller — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:14 +0000

pThe fraud scandal surrounding Allen Stanford and his consortium of investment firms grew to shocking proportions today (Thursday) as it spread its tentacles from the United States and the Caribbean to Latin America and Europe. /p pThe sordid web of allegations against Stanford grew from outright fraud and security violations to possible connections with Mexican drug cartels, money laundering, and canceled cricket matches as people scrambled to get their money back from firms linked to the Texas billionaire./p pMeanwhile, the a href="http://www.sec.gov/" target="_blank"U.S. Security Exchange Commission/a, already reeling from the shock generated by the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme fraud blamed on Wall Street veteran a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff" target="_blank"Bernard Madoff/a, could offer no assurances that more scandals would not occur./p pWhen asked whether there would be more fraud#8230;/p

Guest Article: Heaven, Hell, and Happiness by Robert and Emi Kiyosaki

Fred Fuld — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:59:00 +0000

span style="font-weight:bold;"Heaven, Hell, and Happiness/spanbr /span style="font-style:italic;"by Emi Kiyosaki and Robert Kiyosaki,/spanbr /Authors of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593154933?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1593154933"Rich Brother Rich Sister/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1593154933" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /Sunday School taught us that heaven was a place in the sky where people sat around, floating on clouds, playing harps. Hell was the flaming center of the earth, where the devil (with horns, a long tail, and carrying a pitchfork) lived, waiting for sinners.br /br /As adults, we do not know if there is a heaven or a hell after death. There are heaven and hell here on earth, and one person's heaven can be another person's hell. A secure job with the government would be our father's heaven, but Robert's hell. Being an entrepreneur is Robert's heaven. For our dad, having to become an entrepreneur at the age of fifty was his hell.br /br /Marriage can be either a heaven or a hell. Even though we may deeply love someone, life together can be a living hell.br /br /Money can be the reason for heaven or hell on earth. Many financial advisors recommend, "Live below your means." They say this because many people are barely surviving -- in a living hell -- using borrowed money to live a lifestyle they cannot afford. For others, heaven is having more than enough money to afford their lifestyle.br /br /Since one's heaven can be another person's hell, the question is, what creates a person's heaven or hell? While there are many possible answers, one answer is happiness . . . or the lack of it.br /br /ROBERT: SELFISH AND UNSELFISH GOALSbr /br /As with so many things in life, for every action there is a reaction. If a person is unhappy, he may do something to make him happy, for example, like drink alcohol. Feeling low, he may go to a bar, drink a lot, and feel happy. The next day, he pays for his happiness with a hangover. Do this on a regular basis and that unhappy person becomes an alcoholic, still in search of happiness.br /br /Others take chemical drugs to escape their pain and unhappiness. According to the Washington Post, today in America, more than one in every one hundred people are in jail, as many as 20 percent, for drug-related issues.br /br /Being in jail is not my idea of heaven. Some people go shopping to relieve the pain. Money is their drug. The more money they have, the more they shop. Rather than finding heaven, they find hell, living under a mountain of credit card debt.br /br /My drug of choice is food. When I am unhappy, I eat. While I'm eating, I feel happy. The problem is, the more I eat, the fatter I become. The fatter I become, the more unhappy I get, so I eat more, become fatter, and become even more unhappy. In my attempt to reach heaven through food, I wind up in hell. Many people seek to solve their unhappiness through religion. Many have so many problems they feel they cannot solve them, and they seek salvation by hoping God will save them from their hell here on earth. br /br /So what is happiness?br /br /I am sure this question will be asked through the ages. And I doubt there is one answer for all people. Like heaven and hell, one person's happiness can be another person's unhappiness, which is why I'm not attempting to tell you what to do to find your happiness. I have enough trouble finding and hanging onto my own true happiness.br /br /One important lesson I learned from Dr. Fuller was the idea of having "unselfish goals." In other words, goals that follow the generalized principle of "the more people I serve, the more effective I become." This idea fit my mother and father's values of being of service to their community. In December of 1984, when Kim and I took our leap of faith, we took the leap with unselfish goals in mind. As I have already said, it was the worst year of our lives.br /br /It was not a happy time.br /br /Today, Kim and I have found happiness by having selfish as well as unselfish goals. Our happiness comes from being of service, feeling that our work makes a difference in people's lives, and that we are contributing to solving some of our world's current problems. We also have selfish goals, goals such as making enough money to create a standard of living that suits us. We would not be happy being poor, working at a job we did not love, working with people we did not like, living below our means in a dangerous neighborhood, not being able to afford health care or the finer things of life.br /br /Work is an important aspect of happiness and unhappiness. Even though our work is often challenging and filled with problems, ultimately our work makes us happy. We realize that, for millions of people, their work makes them unhappy. For millions, work is just about money.br /br /I have a classmate from high school who is very unhappy. Right out of college, she met a rich man, married him, and moved to his large home in Aspen, Colorado. Her husband inherited his wealth and has never really had to work. They have great kids and grandkids. Her days are filled tending to her show horses and doing charity work. Her husband spends his time at his club, putting on events to keep the members happy.br /br /When I asked her why she was unhappy, her answer was simple: "Life seems empty."br /br /When I asked her if her grandkids filled her void she said, "No. I love my kids and grandkids, but I am through with motherhood." When I asked about her charity work, she said frankly, "I do charity work to belong to the right social circles. Charity work is my access to the right charity balls and to be seen with the right people. I know the charities are important, but I am not passionate about the causes."br /br /When I asked her what her soul wanted her to do, she snapped at me and said, "I'm doing enough. I'm good to my kids. I'm a good parent. I'm a good wife. I donate time and money to my charities. What else do you want me to do?"br /br /Our conversation was over. It wasn't the time to get into the differences between selfish and unselfish goals.br /br /One of the most valuable lessons I learned from my mom and dad was the answer to my question, "What is happiness?" The happiest days in their lives were the days they both worked for President Kennedy's Peace Corps. Dad took a break from the education department, and he and Mom spent their days, nights, and weekends working side by side at the Peace Corps training center in Hilo, preparing young people to be of service to the world. As a young man preparing to go to war, I saw the happiness that working together at spiritual work brought my mom and dad. I never forgot that happiness.br /br /When Kim and I took our leap of faith in December of 1984, we were in search of the same happiness. The day we were married, in 1986, we didn't have much money and could not afford a band. Instead we handed out the words to "The Wedding Song" (also known as "There Is Love") by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary. We asked everyone to link arms and sing along with the music. The song conveyed to everyone in the circle the spiritual reason for our marriage, which spread from heart to heart. The following are a few words from this very beautiful song:br /br /Well, a man shall leave his motherbr /and a woman leave her homebr /and they shall travel on to wherebr /The two shall be as one.br /br /As it was in the beginningbr /is now and till the endbr /woman draws her life from manbr /and gives it back again.br /and there is love, and there is love.br /br /Well then what's to be the reasonbr /for becoming man and wife?br /Is it love that brings you herebr /or love that brings you life?br /br /And if loving is the answer,br /then who's the giving for?br /Do you believe in somethingbr /that you've never seen before?br /Oh there is love, there is love.br /br /Kim has been the greatest blessing in my life. We have been together virtually 24/7 since December of 1984. We have been apart only a few days in all those years. Our work nurtures our souls. Our work gives us life. Our work is our life.br /br /Like most couples, we do have our rough spots. It is not always peaches and cream. It's not always wedded bliss or the fairy tale of living happily ever after. Through our work we share our love and our reason for being married. While we receive many blessings from our work, we believe the gift of true happiness is the greatest gift, a blessing that brings magic to life.br /br /There are many people who believe the rich are greedy, and many of them are.Yet, I have met many greedy poor and middle-class people. They are simply greedy people with less money. The rich do not have an exclusive domain over greed.br /br /When we were married, Kim and I co-created selfish and unselfish goals. We set four financial goals, and those goals became the four stepping-stones to guide us through the stream of life:br /The first stepping-stone was to build a business that served as many people as possible. We wanted to serve people regardless of their wealth (or lack of it), race, or religion.br /The second stepping-stone was to invest our money to be of service. The majority of our investment money is in apartment houses. We provide safe, well-managed, affordable housing to thousands of people.br /The third stepping-stone of our finances was to tithe, or give money back. Even when we had very little money, we donated to charitable causes that spoke to our hearts. We do not give money directly to people in need. Instead we give money to responsible organizations that have a proven track record of sound money management.br /The fourth stepping-stone was our personal standard of living. Even though we had nothing when we were married, we still wanted to live financially free, at a rich and wealthy standard of living.br /All four goals required hard work, miles of travel, a lot of study, and often a good bit of disappointment. From the generalized principle of precession, which is the ripple effect, came the gift of true happiness in our lives.br /br /Today, we have more money than we could ever spend. We have more than we need. This is why today we are focusing more and more on giving the money back, just as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing. Giving money back can be a full-time job. Just as making and investing money creates unique challenges, giving money back comes with its own set of challenges. There is an art and science to charitable giving. Again, rather than give the money to the needy and the poor, which would deplete the money supply, we are diligent in finding responsible, well-managed organizations that will protect our wealth and will use the money wisely for years, long after we are gone. br /br /Kim and I believe in working to create heaven on earth -- while we are here and after we have left this earth. We find happiness working together in our life's work, just as working together for the Peace Corps brought true happiness for my mom and dad. Finding happiness by doing our spirit's work is the best gift Mom and Dad havebr /given their children.br /br /This is not to say that our work is uniquely significant, special, or that important. Any work that adds value and is of service to life is important and special. For example, the person who drives a school bus has a very important and special task. I am glad there are people who want to do this job, and I would hope they love what they do.br /br /I especially like comedians, because laughter is vital to a world that so often takes itself too seriously. The gift of laughter is a very important gift.br /br /So what is your gift? When I am asked about how to find one's gift, I simply reply, "If you had all the money in the world, what would you do for the rest of your life? What would make your heart sing?" I also say, "One of the reasons a person does not give or use their gift is because they have been trained to go to school and get a job to earn money. So the question is, What would you do if you did not have to worry about money?"br /br /In 1994, Kim and I had the luxury of retiring. She was thirty-seven and I was forty-seven. I thought retirement would be heaven. Instead it turned out to be hell. All I did was play golf, and if you've seen my golf game you would know why, for me, golf is the game from hell. In 1996 Kim and I developed our CASHFLOW® board game, I wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad, and we got back to work. Our objectives remain the same. We believe that too many people are slaves to money, and one way to financial freedom is via financial education. Our wish is to have you become financially free so you can give more of your God-given gifts and do the work you were born to do.br /br /One of the greatest joys of our work is to have people like you read our work, even if you do not agree with everything we write. I know the world is filled with people with great ideas, great stories to tell, and great gifts to give.br /br /The above is an excerpt from the book a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593154933?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1593154933"Rich Brother Rich Sister/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1593154933" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" / (Published by Vanguard Press; 978-159315-493-6). The above excerpt is a digitally scanned reproduction of text from print. Although this excerpt has been proofread, occasional errors may appear due to the scanning process. Please refer to the finished book for accuracy.br /br /Copyright © 2008 Emi Kiyosaki and Robert Kiyosakibr /Reprinted with permission of the publicistbr /br /Author Biobr /Robert Kiyosaki, co-author of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593154933?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1593154933"Rich Brother Rich Sister/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1593154933" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" / (Published by Vanguard Press; 978-159315-493-6), is a fourth-generation Japanese American, born and raised in Hawaii. After graduating from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York, Robert joined the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam as an officer and helicopter gunship pilot. Following the war, Robert went to work in sales for the Xerox Corporation and, in 1977, started a company that brought the first nylon and Velcro “surfer” wallets to market. He founded an international education company in 1985 that taught business and investing to tens of thousands of students throughout the world. In 1994 Robert sold his business and, through his investments, was able to retire at the age of 47. During his short-lived retirement, he wrote the international best-selling book a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446677450?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0446677450"Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0446677450" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /, and in 2006 coauthored with Donald Trump a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193391405X?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=193391405X"Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men - One Message/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=193391405X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /. An entrepreneur, teacher, and investor, Robert also writes a monthly column, "Why the Rich Are Getting Richer," for Yahoo! Finance, and a monthly column, "Rich Returns," for Entrepreneur magazine.br /br /Barbara Emi Kiyosaki, co-author of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593154933?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1593154933"Rich Brother Rich Sister/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1593154933" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" / (Published by Vanguard Press; 978-159315-493-6), grew up in Hawaii with Robert and the Kiyosaki family. While Robert took the path of war during the Vietnam era, Emi took the path of peace, exploring alternative and spiritual journeys. Emi began her studies at the University of Hawaii and then traveled to Colorado, Alaska, and India to deepen her studies and practice of Buddhism. Emi was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1985 and today is known by her ordination name, Bhikshuni Tenzin Kacho. For six years, Tenzin was the Buddhist chaplain at the United States Air Force Academy. She has a Master of Arts degree in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan Language from Naropa University. She is the assistant spiritual director and teacher at Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center in Long Beach, California, and is a visiting teacher at Thubten Shedrup Ling in Colorado Springs. She occasionally resides at Geden Choling Nunnery in northern India. Tenzin also works as a hospice chaplain in Los Angeles, California.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;' script type="text/javascript"!-- google_ad_client="ca-pub-2427831169011625"; google_ad_width=300; google_ad_height=250; google_ad_format="300x250_as"; google_ad_type="text"; google_ad_channel ="8681602088"; google_color_border="FFF3DB"; google_color_bg="FFF3DB"; google_color_link="1B0431"; google_color_url="1B0431"; google_color_text="29303B"; //--/script script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" /script /div

Basketball Stocks: and Why a Warren Buffett Company is Included

Fred Fuld — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:27:00 +0000

a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T9VXVyuEITg/SVXq_Wn9ZRI/AAAAAAAAAms/2Hy4p_jyDYw/s1600-h/Basketball.png"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T9VXVyuEITg/SVXq_Wn9ZRI/AAAAAAAAAms/2Hy4p_jyDYw/s320/Basketball.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284388111914984722" //abr /At last night's Lakers versus the Celtics basketball game, tickets supposedly went for $20,000 each from the scalpers. Basketball, in addition to being a great aerobic sport for participants, a great spectator sport for fans, and is big business. The following companies are involved the sport of basketball in some way, some just a small portion of their business.br /br /Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC) Their Madison Square Garden division owns and operates the New York Knickerbockers basketball team; they also own the Madison Square Garden Arena, the New York Rangers hockey team, the New York Liberty women's basketball team, and the Hartford Wolf Pack hockey team. The stock has a PE of 45, a PEG of 5.62, and a yield of 2.7%. br /br /Comcast (CMCSA) The company owns Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, along with the the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, and the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League. The stock has a PE of 17, a PEG of 1.49, and a yield of 1.6%. br /br /Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) markets basketballs and basketball equipment and apparel, along with all other types of sports equipment and sportswear. The stock has a PE of 11, and a PEG of 0.66. br /br /Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Warren Buffet's company owns Russell Corporation, which owns Spalding, a leading producer of basketballs, and has been the official ball supplier to the NBA since 1983. The stock has a PE of 18. br /br /Amer Sports Oyj (AGPDY.PK) the largest manufacturer of sporting equipment in the world, owns the Wilson Sporting Goods Company, manufacturer of the official ball of all NCAA postseason tournaments. br /br /Nike (NKE) produces balls for ULEB, including the Euroleague and is used in the NCAA and UAAP in the Philippines. The stock has a PE of 13, a PEG of 1.01, and a yield of 2%. br /br /United States Basketball League Inc. (USBL.OB) is a Connecticut company that manages and franchises a professional basketball league in the United States. This is a very low market cap stock and should therefore be considered very speculative.br /br /American Basketball Association, Inc. (ABKB.PK) operates a professional basketball league in the United States, along with selling league-related merchandise and products. This is a very low market cap stock and should therefore be considered very speculative.br /br /If you like sports stocks, you should also check out a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-invest-in-soccer-stocks.html"Soccer/a, a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/racecar-motorsports-stocks-worth-doing.html"Racecar Motorsports/a, a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/taking-swing-at-golf-stocks.html"Golf/a, a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/hockey-stocks-in-summer.html"Hockey/a, and a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/take-swing-at-tennis-stocks-and-why.html"Tennis/a.br /br /span style="font-style:italic;"Author has owned USBL.OB for a long time. No recommendation expressed or implied./spanbr /br /By a href="http://Stockerblog.com"Stockerblog.com/adiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;' script type="text/javascript"!-- google_ad_client="ca-pub-2427831169011625"; google_ad_width=300; google_ad_height=250; google_ad_format="300x250_as"; google_ad_type="text"; google_ad_channel ="8681602088"; google_color_border="FFF3DB"; google_color_bg="FFF3DB"; google_color_link="1B0431"; google_color_url="1B0431"; google_color_text="29303B"; //--/script script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" /script /div

The Bright Side of Catastrophe

Bill Bonner — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:57:35 +0000

pWho can honestly say he isn#8217;t enjoying this financial crisis? It has unhorsed cavalier fund managers …it has turned the masters of the universe into servile waiters…it has made Nobel Prize winners look like morons. The rich…the proud… the pompous…the vain…the incompetent…Wall Street - surely there is a God…an #8216;invisible hand#8217;…giving them all a whack on the head!/p pAnd there are the regulators too! Under their very noses the biggest scams in history went unnoticed. America#8217;s SEC alone - to say nothing of the countless other cops on the financial beat - had 3,371 employees playing the piano in 2006. If you can believe it, not a single one of them noticed what was going on in the back room. Even#8230;/p

Collapse and Ruination from Gluttonous Growth

Contrarian Profits — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:19:50 +0000

pIf $2.8 trillion has been lost, then how much of this lost money that came into existence when it was first borrowed from a bank, is still owed to a bank? Or the shadow banking system?/p pI was sitting outside, looking up at the stars, and wondering how many planets circle those billions of twinkling lights, and of that number, how many actually have sentient beings so stupid that they, like the beings here in the biggest economy on the planet Earth, would allow such unfettered expansions of money and credit by a central bank (like the Federal Reserve) so that somebody could borrow that money and use it to buy the new government debt so that the government could spend#8230;/p

Performance Health Technologies, Inc. (PFMH.OB) is a Company on the Rise

QualityStocks — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:11:05 +0000

Performance Health Technologies, Inc. is a New Jersey based company that develops and markets performance evaluation and rehabilitation products that monitor and guide exercise and give real-time motivational feedback. With an array of talented members on the Performance team, the young company’s products have been tested, accepted, and endorsed by leaders in the medical, [...]

Something Will Have To Give

Roger Nusbaum — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:28:00 +0000

Yesterday's post about taking 4% of principal as retirement income from the portfolio elicited a couple of opposing views which makes for a good debate.

It is possible that this decade ends up being breakeven (or worse) for equities. While a ten year hitch with little to show is not unprecedented you figure most people have three to three and half decades to accumulate money. It seems like most people don't save much in their 20s but maybe that is wrong. So they have their 30s, 40s, 50s and a few years in their 60s.

Once we get out of this funk domestic equity returns could be a few percentage points below normal for a while and folks may not put enough in foreign or other assets to make up for weak domestic results.

How many people are going to be able to save more money? It would be difficult for someone saving 10% to say to themselves 'equities might be in trouble I need to up my savings to 20%' and then actually follow through on that.

How many people can look at the things they spend money on and realize 'hey I need to spend less money starting right now' and then actually do it?

It seems like the biggest risks to a successfully executed financial plan are poor investment results (either from the market or bad decisions made), not enough saved or spending too much. Another risk is inflation but I think that is less about poor execution than just how the chips fall. Another element is the idea of retiring early like at 55 or 60. So being cynical for a moment, people want to retire ten years early, spend as much as they want, never have a bear market again and not have to do anything in retirement but play golf and travel.

Well, something will have to give.

If a plan does not allow for snags and then there is a snag; big trouble. I've written about this topic quite a few times and I think the way to come at it is figuring how to take pressure off the portfolio. Working (either retiring later or post-retirement work) is one way to relieve portfolio pressure.

I've mentioned what a couple of retired people I know do for income before, one new one is a friend who does dog sitting, has more work than she wants and covers about 1/4 of her expenses. Finding something the can be part time to cover a meaningful chunk of the monthly budget can be the thing that gets a person under 4% thus becoming a real difference maker.

One outside the box idea that will appeal to some people is working in professional sports. I got an email from Major League Baseball (something I apparently subscribed to through redsox.com) about job opportunities throughout major league baseball like operating the electronic strike zone equipment and a couple of other things.

We have three minor league teams here in Prescott and they each provide about three or four months of seasonal work to all sorts of people who are on the ball enough to check it out.

The possibility of having to give something up is difficult for many people to accept. People who can come to grips with this have a better chance of their plan working out the way they hope.

The Masquerade is Over

Bill Bonner — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:00:36 +0000

The masks are coming off. It’s the end of the party, now we get to see what people really look like. And it’s not a pretty sight.

You’ll recall that one of the fairest of the Bubble Era’s revelers was the idea that, over the long run, you would make money in stocks. All you had to do was ‘buy and hold.’ Who didn’t like her? She seemed so easy…so willing…so fetching and attractive.

Yesterday, the Dow lost another 203 points. Investors are down 44% so far this year. Worldwide, they’ve lost $10 trillion this month - far worse than the crash of ‘29.

The most successful economy of the 20th century was the United States of America. The second was probably Japan.…

Listen to Warren Buffett – One Reporter’s Opinion

QualityStocks — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:11:43 +0000

The media’s reaction to the latest letter from Warrren Buffett has been nothing short of distasteful. Warren’s sage-like advice last week saying that he’s personally investing in U.S. companies has been discredited by news reporters across the country; basically by stating that he is crazy for saying that there’s a silver lining to this catastrophe. [...]

World Series of Golf Inc. (WSGF.OB): A Different Kind of Golf, a Different Breed of Profits?

QualityStocks — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:10:19 +0000

World Series of Golf (WSGF) conducts golf tournaments for celebrities and popular athletes under a patent-pending scoring formula that is akin to the wildly popular Texas hold ‘em poker tournaments seen on television. In addition, the company publishes GolfWorld, a weekly subscriber based publication, and Vegas Golfer magazine, which provides a special annual issue covering [...]

Converted Organics Inc. (COIN) Regains Foothold in Volatile Market with Distribution Agreement

QualityStocks — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:35:42 +0000

When the markets rebounded from last week’s terrifying pounding, fertilizer and agricultural chemical stocks were the first to rebound Monday morning. Converted Organics Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) was one to benefit from the rally as its shares recovered 53.4 percent, fueled by confidence on Wall Street and the company’s news of an established distribution agreement. [...]

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Teams Up with Major League Soccer for Back-to-School Shopping Spree

QualityStocks — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:43:37 +0000

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sports equipment, apparel, and footwear. The company operates 357 stores in 38 states primarily throughout the eastern half of the U.S. Dick’s also owns Golf Galaxy, Inc., a multi-channel golf specialty retailer [...]

Element 21 Golf Co. (ETGF.OB): Putting for Profits

QualityStocks — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:37:37 +0000

Element 21 Golf is a maker and developer of golf and fishing equipment that is produced from the company’s proprietary Scandium Alloys. Element 21 says Scandium Alloys were previously used as one of the materials in the construction of the MiG fighter jet and are now used by the company to make fishing rods and [...]

SpongeTech Delivery Systems, Inc, (SPNG.OB) Sponsors Golf Tournament for Autism

QualityStocks — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:06:52 +0000

Sports stars and SpongeTech Delivery Systems (OTCBB: SPNG) came out to raise money for a good cause Monday in Farmingdale, NY. The Darryl Strawberry Foundation, for children and families affected by autism benefited from the golf outing in Bethgate State Park. Among the sports greats were, Carl Banks, Sam Rosen, John Starks, Willie Upshaw, Ozzie Smith, [...]