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Trades for Secular Trends Portfolio - Upping Corning Stake, Adding Beckman Coulter (GLW, BEC)

This post is chiefly for timestamping purposes; I’ll be attaching my notes and thesis statement for Beckman Coulter later in the day. As to Corning, this has been a small weighting in the model thus far, and I’m taking it up to 4.5% with the addition of 900 shares.
See my earlier commentary on the company’s [...]

Current Stock Sector Weightings on the S&P, Secular Trends Portfolio

This morning there’s going to be some big changes to the Secular Trends Portfolio; as stated earlier there’s far too much cash sitting around. There are several themes that deserve representation, and a few sectors where the level of underweight (compared to the S&P 500) is more than I care to hang my hat on.
The [...]

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Read more on S&P 500 (SPX) at Wikinvest

Welcome Back to the Land of the Viable, IMAX

Ever since I saw the first preview for the Transformers movie sequel months ago, I was running an over/under in my mind for how low the Metacritic score would be…50? No, that would be way too high.  This movie was pure drivel. I settled in on 40, figuring that the USA Today or TV Guide [...]

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Read more on Imax at Wikinvest

The Market Week in Review - June 22-26

#1 - Bernanke testifies before the House Grandstanding Oversight Committee – Thursday
For those of you who didn’t watch the four hour “display”, I can assure you that you had a more satisfying week than I.
I have tried my whole life to keep my nose to the business of studying companies, trends, and business models. I [...]

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Yellen About ZIRP (LOLFed, 3/13/10)
Read more on Federal Reserve at Wikinvest

The Not-Ready-For-Primetime Stock List

Several readers have asked me what particular stocks are on my radar these days.
The list is actually quite long, but unfortunately it’s chock full of companies that just don’t seem to grasp their own potential. But since I’m currently giving away my best ideas for free, I have no problem presenting a list of my [...]

Micron Technology - Earnings Report and Investing Thesis (MU)

This post is a follow up on my earlier promise to provide a thesis for adding a small Micron position to the Secular Trends Portfolio. With Fiscal Q3 earnings out today as well, I’ll also prep for that and give a modest report after hearing the conference call.
Many readers have been wondering, quite bluntly, “Why [...]

Potash Corp (NYSE: POT) Slashes Q2 Earnings Est; Group Holding Up Surprisingly Well

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc (NYSE: POT) issued a major cut to 2nd quarter earnings estimates yesterday, now calling for just $.70/share from earlier guidance of $1.10-$1.50.  While this is certainly disappointing for investors in the entire space, shares of Potash Corp. are impressively holding their own today, currently down just 2% after falling nearly [...]

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Read more on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan at Wikinvest
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