As anyone who watches these things knows, an important economic indicator, the Census Bureau’s Retail Sales Report for January will be released on Wednesday. The results of this report should be a critical factor in the direction of the stock market this week. If this report turns out as poorly as last week’s ISM Report, […]
Monthly Archives February 2008
White Electronic Designs
I watch a lot of low-priced stocks and noticed yesterday that Royce Funds took a position in White Electronic Designs (WEDC). I only mention this because Royce took this position just days before earnings announcements.
Why would they do that?
While White Electronics Design has posted lower to flat earnings this past year, the company is still […]
Carter Bank & Trust
As I wrote in a previous post, the financial sector has been hit hard by the sub-prime debacle, CDOs and other risky credit ventures. Unfortunately, many smaller bank stock prices in this sector have tanked along with the sector, even though they have absolutely no sub-prime exposure. I believe this presents a great buying opportunity […]
Market Volatility
It looks like the stock market shed a lot of weight today. Why not? If Valerie Bertinelli can do it, who’s to say that it can’t be done?
Not only is Valerie looking great, but so is my market-timing adventure. After returning back into the red during last week’s amazing bounce, I’m back in black after […]