Archive for December, 2007
Hope for California real estate
Politics – Dan Walters: Population increases drive state – sacbee.com
The above article from the Sacramento Bee reinforces my belief that the population growth of California will soon/someday turn home prices in an upward direction again. A quote:
“Those 438,000 additional Californians (the state number) will generate a need for at least 150,000 new housing units, which [...]
TETRA Technologies: Turnaround Candidate
I have taken a long look at this company before deciding to add it to my 20 Stock Portfolio. TETRA (TTI: 13.10 +0.13 +1.00%) is in the oil services industry and the different technologies and terminologies concerning their business are confusing someone not familiar with the business (me!). From reading their literature to company specializes [...]
Why negative financial news sells
Bill Rempel, a.k.a. NO DooDahs! » Keeping Perspective
I am pretty much of a permanent positive guy when it comes to investing and I try to find companies with positive stories that will make me outsized returns over the longer term. The news however, and many financial blogs are full of recession, crisis of the day/week/month [...]
News Links for the Week: 12/21/07
City Bank (CTBK: 1.46 -0.03 -2.01%) to pay special $1.00 dividend.
Kurt Wolff on the prospects for Penn West Energy (PWE: 21.53 -0.04 -0.19%).
Thornburg Mortgage (TMA: 0.79 0.00 0.00%) declares dividend and promotes Larry Goldstone to CEO.
City Bank (CTBK: 1.46 -0.03 -2.01%) to pay special $1.00 cash dividend.
Silver Wheaton (SLW: 15.46 -0.09 -0.58%) signs contract for [...]
Mercado Libre vs. Gmarket
This pair of companies are recent start up attempting to repeat the success of eBay in their respective markets. Mercado Libre is South American focused, headquarters are in Buenos Aires, and offers their online auction in a dozen Latin American countries. Gmarket is a South Korean company, focusing their efforts on the local market.
Mercado Libre [...]
