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Last Activity: Added OMI to bullish list on 08/29/08

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Symbol	SP Sentiment	Return	Since
OMI	N/A	-16.35%	08/29/08
LPNT		-13.99%	08/28/08
JAH		+11.56%	08/27/08
NCS		-95.06%	08/26/08
CHTT		-2.98%	08/25/08
CCK		-6.11%	08/15/08
PII		-8.94%	08/14/08
AAP		-7.13%	08/13/08
KNL		-39.46%	08/12/08
GTLS		-63.12%	07/24/08

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BMC: Street Overreacting to BMC’s BladeLogic Purc.. 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...

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...

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...

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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Truck Tonnage Index 12/01/09 — Truckline.com Article Compared with October 2008, SA tonnage fell 5.2 percent, which was the best year-over-year showing since November 2008. In September, the index was down 7.3 percent from a year earlier. ...

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Corporate Cash Flow 11/29/09 — St. Louis Fed: FRED Graph ...

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Capacity Utilization 11/22/09 — St. Louis Fed: Series: TCU, Capacity Utilization: Total Industry ...

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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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