tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-234467012024-02-03T09:56:22.363-06:00Paul's Stock PicksPenny Stock PicksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-64424185526686382582012-03-15T17:03:00.000-05:002012-03-15T17:03:02.274-05:00Should You Buy LPH?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The latest penny stock that has caught my attention, thanks to Google ads, is
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited (<a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=lph" target="_blank">LPH</a>). According to Google Finance, Longwei is an energy company engaged in the wholesale distribution of finished petroleum products in the People’s Republic of China. The Company’s oil and gas operations exist <i>entirely</i> in the People’s Republic of China. So, we aren't talking an international company. But according to the pump by <a href="http://www.smallcapwatchlist.com/lph.htm" target="_blank">Small Cap Watch List</a>, LPH is </span>is trading for less than 50% of its book value, which means it may be cheap.
<span style="text-align: justify;">LPH generated nearly $500 million in revenue during fiscal 2011, and its adjusted net income surged 44% to $68 million, very nice, and they are talking about paying out dividends in 2012. And, they have 0 debt. Something I always look for in a stock.</span></span><div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This all seems great but some think it may be getting<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-15/china-s-stock-futures-drop-on-concern-about-slowing-economy.html" target="_blank"> riskier to invest in China</a>. Plus, the oil game is a highly competitive field. And though gas is high right now with oil up, I wouldn't say this will last forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">So, I may consider investing in LPH, but it's been moving up lately. Just today it gained 14% on heavy volume. This could mean new highs for the stock in coming weeks. Personally I would wait for a pull back. Of course t</span><span style="text-align: justify;">he choice is yours to make. Just be careful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>I don't own any stock of LPH, and if I buy any, it won't for at least 72 hours.</i></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-32653536112333007292008-08-11T09:59:00.000-05:002008-08-11T09:59:37.867-05:00Invisibility Cloak and Tech StocksToday I was reading about an <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCI_INVISIBILITY_CLOAK?SITE=KPUA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Invisibility Cloak</a> that is becoming a reality, and I really started to think about how tech really is the future in this country. The companies that will lead growth stocks, in my opinion, are tech stocks. Some of my favorites right now are <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=goog&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS177US231">Google</a>, <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:QCOM">Qualcomm</a> and <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:CSCO">Cisco</a>. Who do you guys like?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-68208482482390153222008-07-21T09:16:00.000-05:002008-07-21T09:16:58.706-05:00Citigroup Q2 Loss Narrows..Buy Citigroup?So <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSN1845332220080719">Citigroup Q2 loss was narrower than forecast.</a> Their net loss was 54 cents per share. Compare that to a year earlier profit of $1.24 per share, and you would think that things were bleak. However this was widely expected as Citigroup is part of the mortgage meltdown and this was bound to happen. Now, I'm not saying anyone should run out and buy Citigroup, but they aren't going anywhere. And at these prices, I think that in a few years a lot of people are going to kick themselves for not buying shares below $20 a share.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-49550728691852666932008-07-17T23:13:00.000-05:002008-07-17T23:13:46.281-05:0010 Banks that Could Go UnderFrom Consumerist comes a list of banks of bad loans. Their ratio is higher than 1oo, which is come up by dividing the bank's bad loans by the sum of its tangible equity capital and loan loss reserves or "Texas-ratio." Any bank with a ratio higher than 100 means they have more bad loans on the books than money to pay for them. The good news is that all the banks are FDIC-insured.<br /><br /><img src="http://cache.consumerist.com/assets/images/consumerist/2008/07/10bankscouldgounder.jpg" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-74585786598982413482008-07-11T09:59:00.002-05:002008-07-11T10:50:35.641-05:00A Perfect StormUnless you have been living in a cave, you know how expensive oil and in turn gas has been. Just read the news today and see <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/markets/oil/?postversion=2008070912">how worse</a> it might get. I think it's more important then ever to look at non-traditional ways of getting oil, and the energy stocks that are on the leading edge. Specifically the <span style="font-weight:bold;">oil sands stocks</span>. If there is any kind of military action against Iran, oil will shoot up and up and up. I think there is going to be even more interest in the oil sands stocks than there is now.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-7607774863937457712008-07-08T09:45:00.000-05:002008-07-08T09:45:38.399-05:00General Electric: Is it a bargain?Over at <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/08/general-electric-ge-blue-chip-bargain/">BloggingStocks</a>, Steven Halpern believes that GE is a bargain at these multi-years lows. And I agree, because of the diversity of GE's business. The fear among investors is that their financial division is going be bad for the company. I can see that, but they have a wide range of other products and services. And they are trying to expand into China. For the long term investor GE is where it's at.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-49527774008152558282008-07-07T09:54:00.000-05:002008-07-07T09:54:14.302-05:00Alberta Oil Sands on CNNAs I was getting ready for work this morning I overheard their financial analyst talking about <a href="http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OilSands/oilsands.asp">Alberta Oil Sands</a>. It proves that people are thinking about oil sands as an alternative to pumping it out of the ground. And with oil prices the way they are, I would say that oil sands is going to be worth the money to process it. This is good news for oil sands stock owners.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-68232114676162202282008-07-01T10:27:00.001-05:002008-07-01T10:28:49.381-05:00TechnoratiI've added my blog to Technorati, for those wanting to check it out, here is my <a href="http://technorati.com/claim/8viuhasa68" rel="me">Technorati Profile</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-89815195631034556182008-07-01T10:09:00.000-05:002008-07-01T10:09:34.166-05:00Oil Sands Quest Looking UpOil Sands Quest<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ig&q=BQI">(BQI)</a>, has been gaining ground as the high price of oil is leading to costlier ways of extracting oil. With $100 a barrel oil looking cheap these days, I see no reason why <span style="font-weight: bold;">BQI </span>won't continue to show promise, as <a href="http://paulstocks.blogspot.com/2007/02/oil-sands-stock.html">I've stated earlier</a>. Right now, they have started the initial drilling of two projects in Northern Saskatchewan in Canada and has bought rights to more propery. Top talent has been added to management and operations. Time will tell how things pan out, but BQI has moved between a low around $2 and a high today near $7 in the last year. Keep an eye out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-58560990647596651552008-03-26T09:56:00.000-05:002008-03-26T09:56:43.425-05:00Motorola to Split Itself in TwoWell, it looks like <a href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/motorola-to-split-itself-in-two/?ref=business">Motorola</a> is finally going to split itself in two following more bad news about it's cell phone business. They just can't get a handle on a successful follow-up to the Razr. The good news is that their set top business and two way radio business is doing very well. Overall I would say this is good for investors who already own the stock. I won't be buying however.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-56023534610555465122008-03-25T09:49:00.003-05:002008-03-25T09:55:00.238-05:00Mastercard Rallying<span style="font-weight: bold;">MasterCard </span><a href="http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com/symbol/MA">(MA)</a> opened at 222.30. So far today, the stock has hit a low of 222.00 and a high of 230.00. MA is now trading at 226.38, up 6.00 (2.70%). The stock hit its 52 week high of 228.93 today and set its 52 week low of 105.75 in March.<br /><br />MA has been on fire over the past year, and like other stocks has been rising as investors continue to be excited by the news that JPMorgan Chase <a href="http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com/symbol/JPM">(JPM)</a> is in talks to boost its offer for Bear Stearns <a href="http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com/symbol/BSC">(BSC)</a> to $10 a share from $2.<br /><br />Also encouraging is the strong housing report and excitement over the Visa IPO. I remain bullish on this stock, but it is getting pricey, so I would wait for a fall back.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-35096010767673875902008-03-01T22:35:00.000-06:002008-03-01T22:35:48.065-06:00Blue Gatr<a href="http://fuzzybloglist.blogspot.com/2007/08/bluesblues-rock.html">Blue Gatr</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-14457629628708893742008-02-08T09:04:00.000-06:002008-02-08T09:04:04.132-06:00Thompson Creek Metals Company a BuyI've been looking to jump into a gold mining company of late because I don't feel the party is over quite. However during my research, I found <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:TC">Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc.</a> Thompson Creek is the second-largest publicly traded producer of molybdenum, which increases the corrosion resistance of stainless steel in industrial processes and keeps oil and natural-gas pipelines from fracturing in super cold temperatures. It is also used in catalysts that lower the sulfur levels of fuel. <br /><br />Australia's Macquarie Research projects molybdenum prices will climb about $2 a pound, or 6.5%, in 2008. and Thompson Creek is lowering costs. In 2006, the company spent about $6 to produce a pound of molybdenum. It cost them more than $7 in 2005.<br /><br />The stock currently trades around $15, way off of both it's 52 week high and low.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-19452642086175630262008-01-24T13:50:00.000-06:002008-01-24T13:50:07.699-06:00Coach: Time to Buy?I wonder if now would be a good time to buy Coach(<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=COH">COH</a>). It's far from it's 52 week high, and has been climbing as of late. Take into account that government rebate checks are coming, which like it or not, people are going to be using to buy luxury goods. Also Spring is right around the corner, which means it is time for a new handbag for many women out there. I see upside for Coach, how about you?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-6501866516809588562008-01-22T23:19:00.000-06:002008-01-22T23:21:55.576-06:00Don't PanicThings are looking tough right now in the market, but I think if you are in it for the long term, many years to retirement, it may be time to buy. If you are close to retirement, I mean very close, you should probably have a lot in bonds and CD's, but if not, you may want to look at them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-54845765244169248542007-12-19T22:17:00.000-06:002007-12-19T22:19:22.488-06:00Starbucks a Buy?If you are a contrarian, then you may want to look at Starbucks, who in my opinion, will see a comeback next year if the economy improves. I believe it will, how about you?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-16701371713884419982007-09-10T19:32:00.000-05:002007-09-10T19:32:34.139-05:00Auto Wholesale Stock PickBob, over at <a href="http://bobsadviceforstocks.tripod.com/bobsadviceforstocks/">Stock Picks Bob's Advice </a>likes <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=LKQX">LKQ CORP</a> a maker of wholesale auto parts. He thinks that they have had a good quarter that beat the streets, and its p/e and PEG is better than most. I think one of the most important aspects is that there are a lot of shares out short. He assumes that there will be buying demand down the road, and I have to agree. The stock is worth taking a good look at.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-65126330824330444612007-09-06T11:32:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:32:45.444-05:00Acusphere - Good micro cap play?<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:ACUS">ACUS:Acusphere, Inc.</a> has been a strange story. . Wall Street doesn't think the company's drug Imagify is going to get approved. Yet, doctors are excited about the drug, and think it will be used as soon as it is approved...In the meantime, cash burn is a concern and management is going to have to figure out how to raise money yet again in 2008. So who's right? The stock is currently under $1.50 a share. Is it time for a speculative play?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-87219767531980053442007-09-04T10:09:00.000-05:002007-09-04T10:09:42.024-05:00Syntax-Brillian Goes Big with a Olevia 65-inch LCoS HDTV<a href="http://www.slipperybrick.com/2007/08/olevia-655h-lcos-hdtv/">Syntax-Brillian(BRLC) </a>is going to be unveiling it's 65″ high-def television next month at the CEDIA Expo in Denver. The LCoS television works similar to DLP except it uses liquid crystals instead of reflective mirrors to produce the picture. This tech will allow for higher resolution images than from LCD or plasma, and at a lower cost to the manufacture.<br /><br />I've been following this company for a while. They are very popular because of the lower prices on LCD's they offer. I think that at current price it may be a good buy. I would wait for somewhere around $6 to pull the trigger however. If this new television takes off, as I think it will, investors will be rewarded.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-26953981190997153642007-02-14T20:41:00.000-06:002007-02-14T20:45:03.699-06:00Oil Sands Stock<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=BQI">BQI</a> has been looking pretty good lately under $4. I'm looking for some more weakness before buying however. I think this company has a lot of potential and worth at least watching.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-18950582355492637672007-01-31T20:46:00.000-06:002007-01-31T21:00:25.028-06:00Palatin Looking UpPalatin Technologies is looking up on news that AstraZeneca (<a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/stocks/Quote.aspx?symbol=AZN.L&WTmodLoc=BusArt-C1-ArticlePage1">AZN</a>) has signed an obesity drug deal with Palatin Technologies (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=PTN">PTN</a>). The deal could earn Palatin up to $300 million. Palatin is also developing an inhaled drug for sexual dysfunction for men and women. I mentioned this company a while back and I still feel strongly about this stock.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-86881566867307422992007-01-21T16:31:00.001-06:002007-01-21T16:31:20.470-06:00Small Oil Sands StockOilsands Quest Inc. (AMEX: <a href="http://studio.financialcontent.com/Engine?Account=iwire&PageName=QUOTE&Ticker=BQI">BQI</a>), has begun drilling in northwest Saskatchewan, right next door to oil sands heavy Alberta. As a matter of fact where they are drilling is on the same extention of the oil bearing sands that are in Alberta. How much oil is there? Time will tell, but company insiders were buying up the stock recently. Remember to do your due diligence. but I would look at buying below $4.75.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-1169051732387501612007-01-17T10:31:00.000-06:002007-01-17T10:35:32.403-06:00Mastercard still going strongMastercard(<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=MA">MA</a>) is still strong after weeks of being above $90 a share. I bought this shortly after ipo at around $45 a share. Speculation among message boards is that it is heading to $150 a share. I have to say that this was a stock pick of mine from 2006 and is a 2007 stock pick as well. Are shares going to split? Time will tell.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-1168354915991650882007-01-09T08:59:00.000-06:002007-01-09T09:01:56.006-06:00Stock Market Correction ComingSo say <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070109.RFABER09/TPStory/Business">Marc Faber</a>, who predicted the U.S. stock market crash in 1987, said global assets are poised for a "severe correction'' and it's time to sell. He goes on to say that investors should sell, buy in a panic and hold onto gold and stocks in Vietnam.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23446701.post-1168271651397951902007-01-08T09:48:00.000-06:002007-01-08T09:54:11.416-06:00How Long will Digg Stay Private?According to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/28/digg-funding-venture-tech-media-cx_df_1228digg.html?partner=links">Forbes</a>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Digg</span> has <span style="font-weight: bold;">raised another $8.5 million</span>, and will use the money to buy companies and hire more staff. <a href="http://www.digg.com">Digg.com</a> is turning into quite the powerhouse in the internet sector, and I believe will be one of the first social networking sites to go public. Although I can't see that happening until at least next year, they are growing extremely popular.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07655836070781657596noreply@blogger.com0