Five stocks on my watch list broke out to new highs last week (the most bullish thing a stock can do is hit new highs) and today I want to tell you about one of them.
It’s OpenTable (OPEN), a California company that provides the world’s leading computerized restaurant reservation service.  Started in San Francisco in [...]

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As I mentioned yesterday, I applied the Net Current Asset Value formula to my database of stocks and found a few stocks selling below their NCAV values. One stock stands out, because the company is in an industry with great potential.
HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries (HQS) is a leader in the aquaculture industry in China. Aquaculture [...]

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I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Independence Day holiday.  The highlight for me was having all three of my kids back home and feeding 32 family and friends in my back yard, featuring lobsters caught by my brother-in-law!  But today it’s back to work, and I begin this issue with some concerns expressed by readers [...]

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I recently came across Forbes’ list of female billionaires and was particularly interested in the feature on the world’s richest self-made women. Forbes reported that worldwide, 14 women have amassed personal wealth of $1 billion or more, accounting for 2% of all self-made billionaires.
The thing that interested me the most about this was that out [...]

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So what is the market saying today?
In my opinion, it’s saying that the downward market phase that began six weeks ago with worries about Greece, and that accelerated as the BP oil spill worsened, is over.  The bad news has done its job, raising the level of fear in the market while correcting numerous overbought [...]

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