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Searching Out the Optimal Portfolio of “Revelation” Stocks

Adding St. Jude Medical to Secular Trends Model; Simply the Best In Class Device Firm (STJ)

In many ways, today’s action of adding St. Jude Medical (STJ) to the Secular Trends Portfolio is the culmination of a multi-year stock crush on my part. I have been following the company since before the wave of product recalls put a big bruise on the cardiac rhythm management (CRM) space as a whole. These [...]

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St. Jude: Unlikely to Keep Flatlining (AB Analytical Services, 10/3/09)
(STJ) St. Jude Medical Receives Trifecta Valve Approval (Stock Blog Hub, 3/4/10)
(STJ) St. Jude Medical Gets Defibrillator Approval (Stock Blog Hub, 2/12/10)
Read more on St. Jude Medical at Wikinvest

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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Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (POT) Shares Surge After Earnings Guidance (Short-Term Trading, 3/12/10)
Potash (POT) Raises Guidance (Fund my Mutual Fund, 3/12/10)
Potash Is on the Move (Contrarian Profits, 7/2/09)
Read more on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan at Wikinvest

Entering A Small Micron Technology Position Ahead of Philly Index (MU)

I’ve been watching Micron (MU) for a few months now, and I think the semi’s could really run tomorrow on a favorable Philly Fed Index. It won’t be fundamentally based so much as inventory building, but Micron’s price represents a solid entry point on its own merits. It has some balance sheet strength, and there’s [...]

Industrial Production Comes in OK

Core industrial production rose 1.3% following a revised 3.7% drop in September due to the effects of hurricane season. In a further revision, the FRB updated its remarks from September to say that a full 2.5 percentage points of the Sept. drop was due to the hurricanes. The strike at Boeing (BA) has also skewed [...]

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Economic data confirms it’s ugly out there (Interest Rate Roundup - Money an..., 10/16/08)
Declining U.S. Industrial Production Signals Recession (Contrarian Profits, 9/10/08)
Less Money, Less Safe (Financial Armageddon, 10/31/08)
Read more on Industrial Production at Wikinvest

Hunting Down Some Alpha - 398 Basis Points This Week

The Secular Trends Portfolio is finally gathering up some alpha (nearly 4 full percentage points this week), and I couldn’t be more thankful after some early knife-diving purchases into names like Alcoa (AA), Peabody (BTU), and Petrobras (BTU). Volatility has been more extreme than I ever could have imagined, and sectors like industrials and basic [...]

Adding to Schering-Plough, Freeport McMoRan (FCX, SGP)

I simply cannot ignore these prices. Copper will hopefully be the base metal that leads on forming a bottom, and Schering is just too defensive in its operating segments to be pushed down to these levels.
Adding 1500 share SGP at $13.06
Adding 750 shares FCX at $36.79
Run into the crowd when everyone else is fleeing.
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Adding Positions to Secular Trends Portfolio

Well, here we go:
Adding 600 shares Duke Energy (DUK) at $13.77
Adding 700 shares Caterpillar at $41.22
Adding 500 shares Bristol-Myers (BMY) at 16.74
Buying 1000 Petrobras (PBR) at $25.40
More to come…

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