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Graphic_rating_buy ADG   Allied Defense Group: Turnaround Progress 08/26/08   —  Allied Defense Group (ADG) is nearing completion of its 2-year turnaround from a company facing significant liquidity issues due to a lack of corporate focus (i.e. too many acquisitions and too much concentration on one client) to one that is able to fully concentrate on its core ammunition business ...
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Graphic_rating_buy GSIT   Graphic_rating_buy INTX   GSI, Intersections: Two Attractive Microcaps 08/17/08   —  All of the Investment Directors at Vestibula have unique attributes to our portfolio management and research strategies which allow us to offer characteristics which will be attractive to certain sets of investors. My own philosophy is to look for undervalued stocks which are typically underfollowed ...
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Graphic_rating_buy EPHC   Graphic_rating_buy HBRF   Opportunities in Small-Cap Asset Management Firms 07/25/08   —  One of the areas that has been beaten up rather significantly and in my opinion far too deeply has been microcap and small cap asset management firms. Below are two companies which I see as being potentially huge winners over the long-term. What each has in common is a strong ability to achieve exces...
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Graphic_rating_buy HBI   Countering Greenberg's Report on Hanesbrands 06/27/08   —  Last week, Herb Greenberg's new firm Greenberg Meritz wrote <!---->cautionary words about Hanesbrands (HBI), which is the top holding in my portfolio. The following morning, Credit Suisse reiterated that the stock was a favorite idea in the market. Hanesbrands is the top holding withi...
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WMT   TGT   The Trade-Down Effect 06/18/08   —  In recent months<!----> we have seen soaring fuel and food prices, declining home prices and home equity, a fairly high increase in the unemployment rate and an economy which has slowed considerably from its levels just a few months earlier. Yet at the same time, we are seeing the consumer holding...
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Graphic_rating_buy LL   Lumber Liquidators Solid as Hardwood While Housing is Weak 05/20/08   —  The Company and Business: Lumber Liquidators (LL) was started in 1993 with a decision by founder Tom Sullivan to sell lumber at reduced prices out of a warehouse.<!----> From those humble beginnings, Tom was able to build an inventory of very high-quality wood which could be used in hardwood a...
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AVCA   Another Strong Quarter for Advocat 05/13/08   —  Advocat (AVCA), an operator of nursing homes and the second largest holding in the portfolio, reported another strong quarterly report in this past week due to strong top-line and bottom-line growth along with higher acuity levels among their patients.<!----> The EPS figure came in at 50 cents per...
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Graphic_rating_sell TRMP   Graphic_rating_sell SPF   Three Short Ideas: Standard Pacific, Under Armour and Trump Entertainment 05/08/08   —  Last week, I posted on three stocks that look interesting for potential purchase<!--more--> Mitcham Industries, Key Technology and New Frontier Media, that I am currently conducting due diligence on. Although, I do not actively short in the portfolio, here are three stocks for which I consider the...
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Graphic_rating_buy MIND   ADG   3 Long Ideas: Mitcham Industries, Key Technology and New Frontier Media 04/30/08   —  It has been about four months since my last installment of stocks to watch. <!--more--> In terms of names that were added to the portfolio that were mentioned in the article and which are available in real-time to subscribers - I added Allied Defense Group in prices ranging from roughly $5.40 to $...
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Graphic_rating_buy HBRF   Highbury CEO Comments on Recent Share Weakness 04/29/08   —  Although I continue to be confident in Highbury Financial (HBRF) over the long term,<!--more--> I have clearly been wrong thus far in the short term on my thesis for the company as the credit crisis has been more severe than I anticipated.  As a result,  the company has not ...
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Graphic_rating_buy MFLO   Moldflow Breaks the Mold with International Growth 04/03/08   —  Moldflow (MFLO) was initiated as a new position in the portfolio last week.
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MFLO   Moldflow Breaks the Mold with International Growth 04/03/08   —  Moldflow (MFLO) was initiated as a new position in the portfolio last week.
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