Saturday, December 29, 2007

Stocks for 31 Dec 2007

I will continue my postings to blogspot. Here are the stocks from the weekly list that passed at least three filters.


SymbolBB Zacks PEG SuppDem VLIBD Stock checkup
AAPL1 211A+
ESRX111 1A+
FLS111 1A+
NOK111 1A+
NOV111 1A+
PCLN1 111A+
RIMM1 111A+
WFR111 1A+
AMTD111 A+
AMZN1 1 1A+
BOOM1 2 1A+
CF1 11 A+
CNH1 1 1A+
DE1 1 1A+
DECK1 11A+
GOOG1 2 1A+
ISRG1 11A+
JASO112 A+
MOS1 1 1A+
NDAQ1 1 1A+
ORCL1 1 1A+
OTEX111 A+
PCP1 1 1A+
SPWR1 1 1A+
VIP111 A+
VMI1 1 1A+
ACO1 1 1A
AG1 1 1A
BGC111 A
CLB1 1 1A
EBAY 11 1A
FTI111 A
GRMN11 1A
LIFC1 2 1A
MATK111 A-


There is one new stock on the core list, Amazon (AMZN). In case you haven't heard, they sell books, electronics, and music using the Internet. (But you still can't find a Wii.) I value it with a P/E/G of 0.57 this year and 1.31 next year. (I have a cutoff of a P/E/G less than 1.7, and the smaller the P/E/G the more company you get for the money.) It has a book value per share of 1.4 cents (tiny!). I will be watching this one with interest. I personally like the company, and have found them to have excellent customer service. But I'm not buying the customer service, I'm buying the stock.

Core list (with n of 10 weeks passing):

SymbolPassing weeks Earnings
AAPL10
ESRX10
LIFC10
MOS10Earn 9-Jan
PCLN10
PCP10
GOOG10
ISRG10
NOK10
NOV10
VIP10
SLB9
BOOM9
NDAQ9
GME8
SYNA8
CLB8
CNH8
RIMM8
SPWR8
VMI8
KCI7
PSEM7
SXE7
BGC7
FLS7
OTEX7
DO6
LOGI6Earn 17-Jan
ACO6
FTI6
NVDA5
ICLR5
SIGM5
TISI5
AMZN5Earn 30-Jan


Some of the core stocks that I am long now are BOOM, CLB, KCI, and SYNA. My employer is requiring that I hold these (and any other stocks) for at least 30 days. In order to lay off some of the risk of having to hold the stock, I am also selling calls that when they have at least 30 days before expiration. Several of these have fallen, but the covered call is providing some downside protection. For example, SYNA has fallen sharply, 8%, while the Jan 45 calls on it have also fallen sharply, cushioning my loss. (In an ideal world, I would have offset my loss completely, but that's not how the world works.)

Core Labs (CLB) is doing better, overall. If it hits the top Bollinger band, then I will sell some calls on it as well. Have a Happy New Year and trade well during this shortened week.

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