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Billtrent
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All-time Return
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(in 8 months) 		Risk (SD)
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0.70% 		Sharpe Ratio
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 Last Activity: Added OMI to bullish list on 08/29/08 

Current Stock List:
Symbol SP Sentiment Rating Return Since
OMI N/A Positive -17.41% 08/29/08
LPNT N/A Positive -30.53% 08/28/08
JAH N/A Positive -42.85% 08/27/08
NCS N/A Positive -39.58% 08/26/08
CHTT N/A Positive -8.25% 08/25/08
CCK Positive -32.86% 08/15/08
PII N/A Positive -27.35% 08/14/08
AAP Positive -37.93% 08/13/08
KNL N/A Positive -33.63% 08/12/08
GTLS Positive -62.90% 07/24/08




Opinion & Analysis
Graphic_rating_buy BMC: Street Overreacting to BMC’s BladeLogic Purcha..   about BMC   03/31/08
My latest column is up at RealMoney . In it, I explain why I think the negative reaction to BMC Software’s (BMC) purchase of BladeLogic (BLOG) was overdone. In summary: BladeLogic is gro...

Graphic_rating_sell HOG: Why I’m Not High on HOG   about HOG   03/31/08
My latest column is up at RealMoney . Although it is cheap, I don’t think Harley Davidson (HOG) is cheap enough. In summary: It would be one thing if earnings were growing 12% per ye...

DAL: Taking the Money and Running From Delta   about DAL   03/17/08
Last September I was bearish on Delta Airlines (DAL), saying “How quickly we get from something that looks enticing to something that looks like it came out of bankruptcy five months ago. Wh...

Graphic_rating_buy WBSN: Trying to Make Sense of Websense   about WBSN   03/17/08
My latest column is up at RealMoney . It is about Websense (WBSN), which provides companies with Internet security tools. In brief, I like the company, but I’d like it more at a different pri...

Graphic_rating_buy RSH: Is RadioShack Finally Worth Buying?   about RSH   03/17/08
I don’t expect RadioShack to grow. But it should be worth buying as long as they can limit their cash flow declines to 5% or so annually. Combined w...



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Total Capacity Utilization 09/29/08   —  ...
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Trucking Index Declines 09/02/08   —  According to the American Trucking Associations: The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.3 percent in July, marking the first month-to-month drop since April. The seasonally adjusted tonnage index equaled 116.2 (2000 = 100) in July,...
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Order Cancellations 08/29/08   —  Econoday has an article out today showing the relationships between the durable goods accounts: shipments, new orders, backlog and inventory. They note that there are now some signs of order cancellations, which demonstrates that the apparent strength shown by strong new orders in recent months was s...
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Discussions

Re: UPS: Long UPS, Short FDX Paired Trade May Work 04/23/08
Can't the same be said about any pairs trade? If you look at each of the last several calendar years, one of the two stocks typically outperforms the other by at least 10% - more often 20-30%. Alternatively, switching between the positions (rather than a pair trade) would be a potential strategy here.




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