Growth

Copa Holdings continues Latin America growth

Copa Holdings, S.A. - Copa Holdings Reports Net Income of US$51.9 Million for the Fourth Quarter of 2008 and US$152.2 Million for Full Year 2008.
Panama based airline holding company Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA: 40.55 -0.65 -1.58%) has proven once again that a airline can actually make money. Copa is the holding company for Copa Airlines [...]


Stock Market searching for a new bottom

I have been believing that the market hit its lows for the current bear market in November, the week before Thanksgiving. It now looks like the market will be testing those lows again 3 months later. Here are the current values of the major market indices and their 52 week lows:

Dow Jones Industrials: 7,365.67….7,226.29
S&P 500: [...]


Opportunities Portfolio - Year End Review

I currently have two hypothetical portfolios I track on this site. A few days ago I wrote the year end review of the Income Portfolio. Before we get too far into the new year I wanted to write some notes about the performance of the Opportunities Portfolio.
I started up the actively managed version of this [...]


Watch List Review

I have just finished going through my Watch List and adding an industry behind each stock symbol. It helps me remember what the company is into. As I was going through the list a few of the stocks caught my eye as currently interesting. Here is a quick bit about the ones I found of [...]


Terra Industries enters distribution agreement for clean Diesel product

Terra Industries: Manufacturers of Urea Ammonium Nitrate, Anhydrous Ammonia and Ammonium Nitrate: News Release.
The press release linked above announces a distribution agreement between Terra Industries (TRA: 26.00 +1.53 +6.25%) and Brenntag North America for the exclusive distribution rights of Terra Industries’ Diesel Emission Fluid (DEF). First, a little background on the use of DEF.
On January [...]