Archive for April, 2006

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Hot off the presses: This week’s Barron’s has a fascinating blurb on Amy Sue Cooper, Playboy’s Cybergirl 2005. It turns out that Ms. Cooper happens to have quite a penchant for the stock market. She is [...]

CVF Technologies Corp. trading — a balance sheet play

CVF Technologies Corp. (CNVT.OB) is a holding company with a majority interest in prvately-held Ecoval, a manufacturer of environmentally-friendly pesticides and herbicides, a 27% stake in Biorem (TSX: BRM), a publicly traded biofilter manufacturer, and a small stake in a company called Petrozyme.
Here’s where it gets interesting: at its current market cap. of $.37, CVF [...]

Graduation day for KSW

KSW, Inc. (KSWW.OB) (articles), the very first stock profiled in this blog, today announced that it is graduating to the American Stock Exchange.
Starting May 3, the stock will trade under the symbol…you guessed it…KSW. The market sure liked the news, sending shares up $.46 to close at a new all-time high [...]

Strategy Lab: taking profits

I have received a number of emails about whether to take profits in Advocat, Inc. (AVCA.OB) (articles).
The stock is up almost 200% since reader Phil G. brought it to my attention 6-7 months ago. That’s great.
But determining when and how to take profits deserves more thought than just noticing a big gain. Microcap [...]