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Good Morning 6/10/2013

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:31:00 +0000

--> Good Morning everyone! It's Monday for sure & the markets are showing it! Hope everyone has a great day & Happy Trading!

Saving Money: Tips & Tricks

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:45:00 +0000

I have read SEVERAL books regarding this topic. It is VERY IMPORTANT to understand that there are also a couple of things you need to know first. It is about the amount of money & items that you have, not what you don't have! Richness is measured by value & equity that you have, not necessarily what you have or what it looks like!

If you are looking for a "magic formula" then all I have to say is Good Luck! You are going to have to focus and discipline yourself to make this work!

THIS TAKES STRICT DISCIPLINE!

The best to advise you of are the following short & simple tips:

1) Divide your finances into 3 sections!

   - One third for expenses
   - One third for savings and investments
   - One third for enjoyment
If you apply this, you should never have money problems.You may have to "tweak" this module a bit at first but get it to were your finances finally get to equal thirds!

2) Spend Less money

- Yes this is the hardest of them all, but possible. Get out of debt of all possible. Interest rates kill people and some of them don't even know it!

3) Your Home

- Again, interest rates really kill people and they either don't know it or don't care about it. For a lot of people, a house is the biggest thing you will ever purchase! No one adds in the extra costs of maintaining their home. Try this: when possible, pay an extra $25 - $100+ more on your house payment. It will save you, especially in interest, in the long run!

4) Credit Cards

- Credit cards are BAD! Trust me, been there and done that! Why else do you think America is in the crisis that it's in now?! We went through a HUGE credit spending boom several years ago and we are still paying for it. Don't bye with your eyes but your mind. Remember, interest will kill you! Interest charges on top of interest charges only get bigger. Next thing you know, your paying for ONLY interest!

5)Lights & Electric Bills
Buy the new LED lights. They use way less electricity, last longer and will save you in the long run.
Cut cost on your electric bill! SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS IN THE ROOMS OF YOUR HOUSE THAT YOUR NOT USING! Something so simple as that, yet I walk into people's houses and they still are doing it. All I see when I look at that is dollar bills falling from the ceiling.

6) Hot Water Heater

If you go on vacation or out for a holiday, turn it off! Ideally get a timer installed, as it doesn't have to be on 24/7 to work. You could save up to 30% on your electrical bill also. A solar geyser or water heater will pay for itself within a few years.

7) Cut food costs

If you impulse buy, you will spend more! Plan meals for the week and make a shopping list so that you only buy what you need. You will be amazed at how this cuts down your food bill. Stop the ready microwave meals. Rather buy the ingredients fresh and learn to become creative in the kitchen.

8) Sell your junk

If you haven't used it in the last 6 months, odds are you won't use it again. Sell it in a garage sale. What don't sell in the garage sale, then sell online. So what if it only brings in a couple of dollars, that is still more than what you started with.

9) Buy used

Many are as good as new for half price! If you really want to save money, you need to look at all options. Shop & look around! Go down to your local thrifty store, who cares what people think and don't worry about what people are going to think about you, YOU ARE SAVING MONEY!!

10) Do it yourself

With the internet these days there are so many videos on Youtube, on DVD, on anywhere that will teach you everything you need to know about home maintenance or anything that you have to fix. Enhance your own skills and learn from these materials. If you feel you have no talent, such as myself, find something you are good at and offer this as a trade off to a friend who needs what you have, and get him to do the practical stuff for you. For example, my brother & I do this all the time! We know that each other are good at certain things the other one is not good at, so we trade! STOP competing, rather work together and it saves you money in the long run!

11) Convenience Stations/Gas Stations

They are called convenient stores for a reason. You pay for the convenience and therefore are more expensive. Shop at your local supermarket instead. Over a period of a year this is quite a savings.

12) Learn to say, "NO"

Especially Mothers, tell your children NO! It's not hard. Let me say this, I have been told NO all my life and I am still living! So it won't kill them if they don't have it.

13) Shop for value

Shop for value and not what's "in"!

14) Impulse Shopping

BE AWARE, there are people that try to get your to shop this way. It's so you will buy their product. Been there & done that also. It was, at one point in time, a job of mine to get people to buy on impulse. If you don't need it, don't buy it! If you are in doubt, use the '4 day rule'. Wait 4 days and do price comparisons, odds are after 4 days you may not want the item anymore. USE COUPONS! Extreme coupons is a great way to save money, also sometimes you can get an item or two for free!

15) Use your lunch hour

An hour a day equals 7 hours per week. Do you waste your lunchtime to do stuff you would normally do in your spare time? Use this time to study, research, sell stuff on the internet!
USE YOUR TIME WISELY & PRACTICE TIME MANAGEMENT!

16) Medicines/Medications

If have to buy medications MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE GENERIC MEDICINES. They work just as good as the name brand, your just not paying for the name! Ideally go to the herbal store. It is not so invasive, doesn't usually have side effects and is surprisingly inexpensive in comparison to the name brand medications.

17) Eat Healthy and watch what you know you eat

Prevention is better than a cure. If you eat right and prevent medical visits & procedures then it will save you huge unnecessary medical cost in the future!

18) Take and make money out of a hobby

I know people who have made a career out of their hobbies. They started with something small and identified a need in the industry, and off they went with their idea.

19) Shop Online

This is one of my favorite things to talk about! I will say this real fast, I just recently bought an item with a much needed accessory and if I would have went into the store and bought everything I need it would have cost me about $900 and I walked away with what I needed also being able to get it personalized and the NEWEST item (instead of what they had on the store shelf) all for under $717 (which was my budget). Shop online and compare prices. Look for discount coupons for the item you are buying on the internet. Also known as promo codes! They are worth it! Shop online for the things that you have to absolutely have to have new!

20) Save Money

If anything, your main plan must be to put money aside regularly. Just put a minimum amount away in a savings account, so it can obtain interest rates, every week! You will be surprised at how quickly it adds up. Create it into, or make, it "appear" as another bill you have. Figure in your savings account as a bill and add to it every week or every other week from each paycheck! BUT STICK TO IT!

21) Spending Money

Remember to only buy what you need! Buy only things that will benefit you in the long run. Example of that is solar energy. There are many things you can purchase that will help you save money and allow you to put more money away. Also research the best places to invest your money. NO, I am not saying the stock market but look around and check into savings accounts and their interest rates. My bank provides a list of account types and interest rates that they have at that time. Go in and talk with a member of your bank and see what they can do for you!

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY THAT YOU HAVE IN SAVINGS!

Remember, it has nothing to do with how much you earn, but with hoe much you save after you have paid your expenses. Also, make your focus on disciplining your self to make your priorities on a 'need to have' items, rather than 'nice to have' items.

It's not difficult, it just takes discipline!

Turn your house into a billboard, get free mortgage

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:53:00 +0000

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Startup advertising firm Adzookie has latched on to a high-profile way to publicize itself: by turning homes into massive billboards.

In exchange, Adzookie says it will pay the house owner's mortgage every month for as long as the home stays painted.

Adzookie launched the offer on its website Tuesday -- and by late afternoon, the company had already received more than 1,000 applications, according to Adzookie CEO Romeo Mendoza. One even came from a church.

"It really blew my mind," Mendoza said. "I knew the economy was tough, but it's sad to see how many homeowners are really struggling."

Adzookie intends to paint its logo and social media icons onto participating homes. Houses must remain painted for at least three months, and the agreement may be extended up to one year.
Painting is expected to begin in a few weeks. The above photo, which is included on the program's site, is a digital mockup. (No actual homes have yet been painted.)

Mendoza hopes buzz about the program -- plus, of course, the house-sized ads -- will publicize the fledging Adzookie. Mendoza started the Anaheim, Calif., company 16 months ago and has been running it on his own funds.

Adzookie is mobile ad network that places local businesses' ads for free if they, in exchange, allow ads to be placed on their own mobile sites. Alternatively, ads can be purchased for about $1 a day.
The company currently employs just eight people, but Mendoza said he is looking to raise venture capital and expand.

The home billboard scheme could raise the company's profile -- but don't expect too many homes to score the subsidized deal. Mendoza's budget for the entire program is $100,000, and he expects to spend about $8,000 per house on the painting alone.

At the end of the agreement, Adzookie will paint the house back to its original colors. Leases and rentals aren't allowed, nor are homes in cities with bylaws that would prohibit the bright painting.

From CNN

Stocks to Stalk

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:48:00 +0000

Here are some stocks that you may want to stalk:

ALME - Alamo Energy Corp $1.56

EXTR - Extreme Networks Inc. $3.70

CPMCF - Coastal Pacific Mining... $0.05

HHWW - Horiyoshi Worldwide Inc. $1.13

KNKT - Kunekt Corporation $1.83

UCPC - UniCapital Corporation $0.001

The above symbols are stocks that have been moved to our "watching" portfolio.

Happy Trading!

3 Small Stocks That Could Make Investors Rich

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Despite economic challenges, the United States remains as a compelling hotbed of innovation. So many items in everyday use -- especially in the field of medicine -- got their start here. [In fact, Andy Obermueller recently revealed his favorite game-changing medical picks in the latest issue of Game-Changing Stocks]
The quest is always on to develop devices, drugs and services that help save money and boost the user's experience. And investors who get in early can be richly rewarded.

Of course, the path from idea to large-scale revenue can be excruciatingly slow at times. And up until now, these three companies were better known for consuming capital. But each of them has hit upon novel, potentially game-changing technologies that may eventually shower investors with riches.

BioLase Technologies (Nasdaq: BLTI)
Nobody likes going to the dentist. Memories of a metal drill boring into our gums linger long, and it's often a reason why people don't go to the dentist as often as they should. But Biolase has an alternative: Lasers that can cut dental tissue in a very precise fashion. As you know, the use of a drill usually requires that a patient be injected with Novocain since drilling and grinding can be quite painful. Lasers cause no pain and require no anesthetic. This shortens the amount of time a patient is in the dental chair, allowing dentists to see more patients in any given day. It also leads to much happier patients, making them more likely to maintain regular dental visits.

Yet the set-up can be expensive for dentists, which explains why only a minority have gone the laser route. In the first half of the past decade, sales grew sharply, hitting $67 million by 2007. Sales have since cooled and most recently outright plunged as the company was unable to see its products gain traction with key dental distributors such as Henry Schein (Nasdaq: HSIN). Shares of Biolase, which hit $18 in 2004, have lost 90% of their value.

Despite appearances, laser-based dentistry wasn't a bust. Instead, the company has been forced to re-think designs, remove costs from the manufacturing process, and alter sales incentive programs with distributors. The outlook for 2011 is perking up, setting the stage for the first year of sales growth since 2006.

Among the positive recent developments: Biolase has recently signed a second major U.S. distributor, Benco, that augments an existing relationship with Henry Schein. In addition, the company is rolling out new portable devices such as the iLase, which is off to an impressive start. The company is also now expanding into Asia.
Needham's Dalton Chandler sees 2011 sales rebounding more than 50% to $40 million, but even more modest sales growth at half that rate would likely put like put this former hot stock back on investors' radars. Shares of this microcap trade for around $1.50, but Needham predicts they'll double in 2011.

Research Frontiers (Nasdaq: REFR)
This company has led many investors to chuckle. Most of its press releases involve yet another round of capital-raising. The company has cracked the $1 million sales mark just once and has never come close to making a profit. But Research Frontiers may have the last laugh in 2011. The company's specialized glass technology, which automatically adjusts to filter out sunlight at times of high air-conditioning loads, has caught the attention of major construction firms, some of which are expected to use the glass in 2011.

But it's the auto market that has captured a great deal of recent buzz, pushing shares from $4 to $7 in the last three months. Mercedes apparently intends to use Research Technology's "Smart Glass" in an upcoming line of cars. Some suggest the technology will be adopted for the whole car line, and the company's most bullish supporters expect other auto makers to make similar moves in 2011 as well.

The rising stock price implies those rumors may have merit. But the company's history should give you pause. Research Frontiers has been oh-so-close to success many times before but thus far has been unable to capitalize on the opportunity. How big an opportunity does the company face? The automotive glass industry likely tops $5 billion and the architectural glass biz is similarly-sized. If only a small portion of auto makers and architects utilized the technology and Research Frontiers was able to secure a small percent of royalties, then the company may be looking at tens of millions in revenue, most of which would flow to the bottom line. Not bad for a company valued at just $122 million.

Sooner than later, we'll know if the Mercedes rumors are true. Several months from now, shares will either be well higher than current levels or they'll fall all the way back toward the $4 mark.

BSD Medical (Nasdaq: BSDM)
BSD's systems are used to treat certain tumors with heat (hyperthermia) while increasing the effectiveness of other therapies such as radiation therapy. Cancer cells can be killed at just 108 degrees, a lower temperature than other cells. As the body senses the heat in the treated area, it also moves to generate other benefits such as increased blood flow, which raises oxygen levels, which raises the effectiveness of radiation therapy. The clinical data in support of BSD's devices have been quite strong.

This is another company that has been long on promise but short on results. Sales cracked $5 million in 2008, but have been falling since. Shares, which hit $7 in late 2007, fell all the way to $1 this past summer before a recent rebound back to almost $5. The rebound comes from rising hopes that BSD's novel cancer treatment, which has proven to be effective, could soon win more converts as the company signs up a growing roster of distributors.

At this point, BSD must figure out ways to get the many customers that have been testing the system to make a purchase. Or the company needs to partner with -- or sell to -- a larger medical device firm that is better-equipped to tackle this "missionary" type sales effort. There's lot of promise here, but investors will need to see better sales traction in 2011.

Action to Take --> These stocks should never constitute core holdings in a portfolio. But if you have some discretionary funds that can be tapped to swing for the fences, these stocks may turn out to be tidy additions. I like the basket approach: A small position in several speculative plays. One home run can more than offset losers elsewhere.

Source:

David Sterman
Contributor, SmallStocks.com

An Undervalued Small Cap with a 12% Yield

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Although you have probably never heard of this company, chances are you use its technology every single day.

Do you watch television, or use a computer? Have you bought an iPad or iPhone? Do you use a cell phone, digital camera or a GPS navigation system in your car? If so, then you're most likely using what this company makes.

Yet, despite the wide-ranging use of this company's products and the continuing proliferation of new devices that use them, this company's stock price has been stuck in the doldrums. But that could change soon...
Taiwan-based semiconductor company Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) is one of the world's primary makers of chips used in flat-panel display monitors. These chips are critical components used for large screens like TVs and computers as well as small screens such as those used for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone, digital cameras and GPS navigation systems.
Himax sells its chips to the biggest and best in the business. Clients include Taiwan-based Chimei Innolux, the world's largest manufacturer of LCD monitors. Also among major clients for large and medium screens is Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF.PK), the world's largest flat-panel TV manufacturer, and TPV Technology, the world's largest LCD TV maker. Clients that make small screens include Wintek, Apple's touch-screen manufacturer for the iPad and iPhone.

One would think that business should be booming as the recovery is gaining steam, but that hasn't been the case. Revenue in the first nine months of the year is actually lower than the year ago period by 2%, totaling $501 million. Earnings per share (EPS) have fallen from $0.15 per share in the same period last year to $0.12. In the third quarter, revenue has plunged 32% from the year ago quarter. As a result, the stock is down 28% in the past year, compared with a 15% gain for the S&P 500.
What's going on?
The reason is simple. Demand for flat screen TVs is decreasing. It's decreasing because people in the United States and Europe have passed the rapid growth stage of upgrading to HD flat-screen digital TVs -- just about everyone has one already. The demand explosion that took place earlier this decade has run its course.
People are still buying TVs, but at a slower rate. In the first three quarters of 2010, global TV shipment growth slowed to 17%, from 26% in the year ago period. In the third quarter, sales of large panel display drivers at Himax fell 48% from the year ago quarter.
But here's the good news: the stock price already reflects the recent disappointing sales and there are still several strong catalysts for growth going forward...
The Chinese market
In addition to a growing middle class and increasing domestic consumption in China, the country will move to a digital TV standard by 2015. In the United States, the move to digital helped created a boom in the HD TV market. Currently only about 17% of Chinese homes with cable use digital, so there is potential growth of hundreds of millions of consumers in this market.

3D
Himax recently launched a 2D-to-3D conversion solution used in large screens that the company says has been widely praised as offering the best 3D effect in the marketplace. While 3D TVs have not taken off yet, they could see strong growth in the years ahead.

Small screens
Global proliferation of handsets with display screens is increasing demand for the chip used in small and medium-sized display screens. This segment of the company's revenue grew 11.8% in the third quarter and now contributes more than one quarter of revenue.

In addition, Himax is in stellar financial shape, with just $44 million in debt and $392 million in shareholder's equity and $80 million in cash as of its most recent filing (Sept. 30). The company is well-prepared to service increasing demand going forward through expansions and acquisitions.

And then there's the dividend. Despite the fact that Himax is an emerging-market technology company, it steps out of character by using its superior financial condition to pay a fat dividend. Dividends are paid once a year, and the company's 2010 payment of $0.25 per share gives the stock a whopping trailing yield of about 12%.

Action to Take --> The strong growth trends in Himax's business may take several quarters or more to come to fruition. However, given the current low price and the fact that the stock pays a double digit yield while you wait, it is a good buy at the current price.

Source:
Tom Hutchinson
Contributor, SmallStocks.com

3 Small Caps with 9%-Plus Yields

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:39:00 +0000

Are you an income investor or a growth investor? It's pretty much been accepted as common knowledge that a stock either offers great dividends, or great potential for price appreciation, but not both. If you look hard enough though -- and far enough down the market cap scale -- every now and then you'll find a double-barreled name that serves up the best of both worlds.
In fact, there are three such ideas I've found worth considering today.

Small cap yield # 1: 9%
Though categorized as a credit services stock, that's not actually what Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NYSE: FSC) is. It's mostly a business development company, or BDC, offering conventional and bridge financing to smaller but established business. Many of the loans, however, include an equity component… which is where the growth opportunity is packed in for Fifth Street's shareholders.
Whether you define it as a fund, a BDC, or just a conglomerate, one thing is undisputable -- Fifth Street Finance knows how to drive consistent income, the bulk of which is passed along to shareholders.
While 2010 was a bit of an off year, with the company only earning $0.95 a share, 2011's earnings are expected to reach $1.17 a share.
Astute investors will notice that the trailing dividend yield of about 10% is slightly greater than the recently-projected earnings yield of 9.3%... a scenario that seemingly can't last indefinitely. Don't sweat it. The financier closed more than $270 million worth of new loans in the yet-to-be reported quarter ending at the end of December. That was by leaps and bounds the busiest quarter the company had seen all year, pointing to one key theme: business is picking up. The dividend rate should be easy to cover by mid-year at the current pace of business.

Small cap yield #2: 10%
With a dividend yield around 10% and a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 9, Israeli telecom Partner Communications Co. (Nasdaq: PTNR) may well be one of the market's best-kept secrets.
In fact, Partner Communications is on pace to turn in its best year ever on the revenue and income fronts: analysts are looking for $6.5 billion in revenue and earnings per share (EPS) of $7.97. That's 6.9% and 8.1% higher than 2009's respective numbers, a feat underscored by five straight annual EPS increases and revenue increases in four out of the past five years. Yet, the market continues to overlook the stock. Big mistake.
Partner Communications has not only upped its bottom line in the past few years, but it's also increased its dividend payout accordingly. For perspective, shareholders received a total of $1.33 a share in dividends in 2006, but owners took in $2.09 a share in regular dividends in 2010.
The point is, the dividend is well protected, and growing with the company.

Small cap yield #3: 9%
And finally, Triangle Capital Corp. (NYSE: TCAP) is another one of those off-the-radar ways to score some nice income on your investments while waiting for capital appreciation.
Like Fifth Street Finance, Triangle Capital is predominantly a business development company. And, like Fifth Street, Triangle Capital has gotten strangely good at driving consistent income. Like Partner Communications, however, Triangle Capital has clearly paired bigger bottom lines with better dividend payouts.
As of the last tally, the forecasted earnings per share for 2011 is $1.67. That's actually a little more than enough to cover the $1.65 worth of dividends -- a yield of about 9% -- paid out in 2010. Considering we're starting to see more earnings beats than misses from Triangle, however, don't be surprised if both figures inch higher this year.

Things to consider
But two small cap business development companies in the same portfolio -- each of which specializes in small company financing? Isn't that a tad concentrated, like owning two mutual funds from the same style box?
In some regards yes, but in most regards, no.
One of the advantages a BDC has that investors can't find anywhere else is a BDC's ability and willingness to invest in small, growing companies that are investment-worthy, but not always publicly-traded. These are the stocks that are most like the Amgens and Microsofts from 20 and 30 years ago, when each was a great idea practically nobody had heard of at the time (even if they were publicly traded then). But, each BDC has very unique investment opportunities presented to it that rarely make their way in front of other business development companies.
So, the industry actually offers a lot of built-in diversity, and more importantly, it offers the one-two punch of income as well as growth.

Action to Take --> It's tough to find the best of both worlds, but not impossible. Clearly though, you have to look at the smaller end of the stock size scale to find a decent selection of names with both good growth and income potential. And, you generally have to move quickly when you see such an opportunity, simply because other investors are looking for the same assets and can bid them up before you step in. Any of these three names mentioned are good options for investors.

Source:

James Brumley
Contributor, StreetAuthority.com

10 American Companies That Will Disappear in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:41:00 +0000

Companies disappear all the time. Sure, it may be news when large corporations with well-known brands go belly-up. But think about it: Businesses like Circuit City, Northwest Airlines and Countrywide are gone now.

24/7 Wall St. recently looked at a number of large American companies, some of which are owned by foreign companies, to see which will disappear in 2011. A vanishing firm may go bankrupt and its assets sold off, it may be closed after being bought by another company or it may cease to exist due to a merger.

The website looked at a variety of companies: those that are in deep trouble, the merger and acquisitions targets, firms in industries that have too many competitors for any to become highly profitable or corporations that Wall Street believes are worth more in parts than as a whole. The 19 companies below were picked from this universe, because odds they are they won't exist a year from now:

Saab USA
Saab has tried to create a renaissance of sorts. The company was sold to Netherlands specialty carmaker Spyker last year. Spyker took an awful risk, particularly in the U.S. -- because Saab is one of the few car firms that did recover when the U.S. car market expanded last year. The total number of cars and light vehicles sold in America in 2010 was up 11% to 11.6 million.

Sales of some niche brands surged. Porsche sales in the U.S. were up 29% to over 29,000. Audi sales rose 22% to over 101,000. But Saab sales collapsed -- falling 37% to 5,445. American car companies have also created new lines of vehicles that have begun to sell well, particularly in the middle market where Saab operates. The Japanese still control the lower-price, high-quality portion of the market. And Korea's Hyundai took share from nearly everyone else last year, as its sales rose over 24% to just above 538,000. There's no room in the American market for tiny operator like Saab.

Office Depot
The company is running third in a three-horse race with Office Max and Staples. Office Depot also has to compete with small business centers in Sam's Clubs and Costcos. The firm operates on razor-thin margins, while managing 1,150 locations -- which are very costly due to employee and real estate expenses. Office Depot is a strong candidate to be taken over by one of its rivals or a broader retail chain like Target.

The market is too competitive for Office Depot to stand on its own. A consolidation in the sector would allow a merged operation to cut thousands of people and close hundreds of locations. Operating margins, then, would not be so modest.

Dean Foods
The maker of dairy products like Land O'Lakes and Silk has struggled as much as any other large public company this year. The costs of raw milk, butterfat, soybeans and sugar have risen sharply. Dean Foods has also been crippled by debt. The firm's shares were down as much as 60% at one point during the last 12 months.

Despite all the bad news, hedge fund investor David Tepper bought a 7.35% stake in the company. Dean Foods shares rose 9% after the announcement. Dean has already sold its yogurt business to Schreiber Foods. And Tepper, one of the cleverest investors on Wall Street, has probably bet the balance of Dean Foods will be sold off in parts. Probably the Fresh Dairy Direct-Morningstar and WhiteWave/Alpro business units would draw the most bidders. Watch for Dean to be broken up, to satisfy debtholders and arge investors.

Frontier Airlines
The carrier is owned by Republic Airways Holdings and was bankrupt when Republic bought it in 2009. Republic recently merged another of its holdings, Midwest Air, into Frontier. Denver-based Frontier is simply too small to compete in the domestic carrier market -- which has become increasingly dominated by large airlines that are growing due to mergers.

Wall Street has also become increasingly worried about Republic's future. Its shares are down 13% over the last quarter, while shares in rival JetBlue are up 9% during the same time frame. Frontier's Milwaukee hub, which serves the East and Midwest, and its Denver hub, which serves the West, the South, and Mexico, would be valuable to a larger carrier. Airline mergers and buyouts like the Continental/United deal and Delta's takeover of Northwest are popular in the industry because they allow for personnel reductions and route cuts -- as well as trimming the number of aircraft that have to be maintained. Two airlines together can have a better margin than separately. Frontier is a buyout target; its brand is not.

Sara Lee
The company that makes Ball Park hot dogs and Jimmy Dean breakfast foods is already being circled by corporations in similar businesses and by private equity firms -- groups interested in breaking Sara Lee up. Apollo Global Management has recently considered a bid. JBS, the Brazilian meat processor, made an offer that was turned down.

Media reports say Sara Lee is in the midst of a plan to separate its coffee and meat businesses. If that happens, the new companies may be named Hillshire Farm and Pickwick Tea. A deal to sell off pieces of the firm will probably happen before midyear.

Borders
The large bookstore chain is almost gone already. The only question remaining is whether it will be dissolved or sold to a related retailer like Barnes & Noble. It appears Borders has little choice other than to go bankrupt, given its debt and cash-flow situation. Two ominous signs for the bookseller: It says it's unable to pay some of its largest publishers for their books.

Border's stock also dropped under $1 a share, a warning sign that the shares could eventually be delisted -- that is, if Borders lasts long enough. The company's 500 locations may have value to a buyer, but its name does not, being associated with little more than failure.

Gateway
Gateway was bought by Taiwanese PC giant Acer in 2007. Acer is currently the No. 3 PC company in the world after Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The buyout was not unlike the one that China-based Lenovo made of the IBM PC division. Lenovo found the IBM brand was useful for marketing in the U.S., but dropped the name in favor of its own. Lenovo saw no reason to support two brands any longer and wanted to be recognized by its corporate name in the U.S. market.

Acer, meanwhile, has become an established brand in the U.S. over the last two years, particularly for its netbooks and notebooks -- while the Gateway brand has faded. Gateway is still a stand-alone corporation but will likely disappear this year.

DollarThrifty
Dollar Thrifty has a tentative deal to be bought by Avis Budget -- but the FTC has not given the transaction final approval. If the buyout closes, then the Avis, Budget, Dollar and Thrifty car rental businesses will all be under one roof. Dollar Thrifty has lost any momentum in its efforts to expand. The company said in December that it would add 31 new franchises in the U.S. It has 1,550 locations in 81 countries worldwide.

Ironically, Dollar Thrifty is itself the result of a merger of two companies. Thrifty was owned by Chrysler and combined with Dollar in 1990. Avis should close its takeover by mid-2011

Answers Corp.
The online search firm's stock is down 40% in five years. Google, in comparison was up nearly 40% during that period. The smaller company had third-quarter revenue of only $4.5 million, which means it barely has a reason to be a public company. Operating income for the quarter was only $379,000, and its total average page views daily are about 14 million.

Answers will likely be sold to a company that could use its technology platform and unique visitor traffic. This might include one of the portals or large online content companies like News Corp. The company's market value is only $65 million, which is pocket change for a really large Web company.

E*Trade
There are too many big discount brokers in the U.S. There have been persistent rumors that E*Trade will be bought by one of its larger competitors --Charles Schwab or TDAmeritrade. The rumors even caused a large move in E*Trade's options early last month. Broker Collins Stewart downgraded E*Trade shares recently, pointing to problems with loan portfolio growth on the banking side of the online brokerage's business.

Wall Street's view of the other two discounters is much more positive. The brokerage business has been ideal for consolidation for years. Full-service brokers went through a large number of mergers and acquisitions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The reason for the rollups were compelling then as they are now for E*Trade. There are a number of expensive duplicate functions among these companies -- which include marketing costs, trading platforms and administration. Either Schwab or TDAmeritrade will use those economies of scale to buy E*Trade, the weakest member of the sector.

By DOUGLAS MCINTYRE
See full article from DailyFinance:

Nine Tax Deductions You Shouldn't Even Think About Claiming

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:49:00 +0000

If you opt to itemize your deductions on your federal income tax return, you'll see a lot of emphasis on saving taxes by not overlooking common deductions. This makes sense because, as a taxpayer, you absolutely have the right to reduce your taxable income by using your available deductions. However, be smart. Make sure you claim those deductions for which you're entitled and steer clear of bogus deductions. To help you out, following is a list of nine deductions that you shouldn't even think about claiming on your tax return:

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1.) Reimbursed Job Expenses. It's true that you can deduct business expenses on your federal income tax return so long as they are paid or incurred during your tax year; used for carrying on your trade or business of being an employee; and ordinary and necessary. However, the expenses must also be unreimbursed -- to the extent that your employer pays you back for any of those costs, those portions of the expenses are not deductible.

2.) Diets and Health Club Dues. Most diets and health club dues aren't deductible even if your doctor has recommended that you lose some weight in order to improve your health. While you can deduct medical expenses for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, including the costs of doctors and medications, you cannot deduct the cost of expenses that are merely beneficial to your health -- this includes most diets and health club dues. To be deductible, the diet or exercise plan must be specifically prescribed by a doctor for a diagnosed medical condition, not as preventative care and not just so that you look and feel better. Some limited exceptions apply.

3.) Primary Telephone Landlines. The IRS will allow you to deduct the cost of a second telephone landline or a cell phone to be used in business but you may not deduct the cost of your home telephone line -- even if you use it for business. The IRS considers a primary telephone line routinely personal and thus, not deductible. You may not pro rate the cost of the phone even if you can prove non-personal use. You can, however, deduct long distance and other related charges if you can prove business use.

4.) Home Improvements. At some point, almost every homeowner spends money for some kind of improvements to their home. For the most part, while those improvements may make your home more comfortable (and may increase the cost basis and fair market value of your home), they are generally not deductible. You may still be entitled to a tax break, however: Under current law, you can get a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain energy-efficient improvements.

5.) Campaign Expenses. Thinking of running for office? To the extent that you have to pay for campaign expenses out of pocket, you're going to have to chalk that up to the cost of public service. Expenses incurred as part of your election campaign aren't deductible on your federal income tax return.

6.) Commuting Costs. While it's true that you can deduct certain travel expenses related to your job (such as traveling from one workplace to another in the course of your job or business; visiting clients, vendors or customers; and going to a business meeting away from your workplace), you can't deduct the costs of commuting to and from work. This is true even if you travel long distances to work (say, from Philadelphia to New York City every day) or if the method of getting to work is expensive (for example, you take a cab).

7.) Charitable Services. While you can deduct the cost of goods and cash that you donate to qualified organizations, you may not deduct the cost of services that you donate to charity, even if you can easily measure the value of those services. You can, however, deduct out of pocket costs that you incur while performing those services.

8.) Pet Care. If you're like me, you may consider your pet a member of your family. However, as much as you may adore your furry (or scaly) addition to the family, he or she does not count as a dependent. You may not deduct the cost of taking care of your pet even if your pet incurs significant medical expenses. An exception applies with respect to guide dogs and service animals -- you can include the costs of buying, training and maintaining those animals as part of your deductible medical expenses.

9.) Attorney's Fees. Attorney's fees may be deductible for businesses, but as a general rule, individual taxpayers cannot deduct most legal fees. This includes attorney's fees related to divorces, disputes over property boundaries and personal injury cases. Those legal disputes are considered personal in nature, which means the IRS won't allow you to take a deduction for them. However, you can deduct personal legal fees that you paid to determine, contest, pay or claim a refund of any tax (including tax advice) as well as those legal fees related to producing or collecting taxable income.

Hope this helps some of you out on your taxes!

Article Author: Kelly Phillips Erb

Proximity Marketing - The next wave of the future for technology

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:55:00 +0000

Proximity marketing has two major components. Traditional proximity marketing is marketing to the radius of your particular store or service. However, over time it has come to mean distribution of localized wireless advertising content associated with your business or product. Consumers pick up the transmission with their cell phones, Internet-abled devices or Bluetooth or Wi-Fi devices. Follow the steps to learn how to do proximity marketing.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

- 1
  Install proximity broadcast stations at malls and specialty stores, wherever your product is sold. Location based marketing should reach your target audience. Make sure to show signs telling to customers to turn Bluetooth devices on to receive free messages.
- 2
  Broadcast coupons to phones and devices, giving instant savings or free items. For example, if you have an ice cream shop outside a high-traffic walking path, giving a buy-one-get-one-free coupon may slow customers enough to stop and act on that impulse.
- 3
  Use contextual advertising--ads appearing as content on the consumers' cell phone, selected based on the user's displayed content. If the consumer walks through a mall, he/she may welcome a free advertisement to hear about sales and promotions as well as new products or services.
- 4
  Give localized information, such as maps and information related to your area. For example, a theater could give movie listings and show times for that particular location.
- 5
  Display gaming and music content. Consumers who love these forms of entertainment would also love receiving free screenshots of a new game or song from a new album. This is especially important for electronics and music stores, as it could bring interested consumers, impressed at your level of technology and knowledge, into your store.
- 6
  Show content on demand. Give access to ads, information and discounts as the consumer wants it, allowing them choice.

Gold American Mining Corp. Guadalupe Drilling Update

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:10:00 +0000

RENO, NV, Nov 10, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Gold American Mining Corp. /quotes/comstock/11k!sila (SILA 0.69, -0.03, -3.52%) ("Gold American" and/or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update on its drilling campaign at its Guadalupe Property located in Zacatecas State, Mexico.
As of November 8, 2010, five drill holes had been completed and a total of 1,767.1 meters had been drilled. The rig was mobilized to the location for drill hole No. 6 on November 9, 2010 and drilling is expected to resume this morning. The planned target depth for drill hole No. 6 is 350 meters and we expect to reach it within the next 10 days. The company is still waiting for the first set of assay results to come back from Steward Labs in Canada.

"I am very satisfied with the progress of the drilling campaign to date. We have successfully drilled the first five drill holes at an average drilling rate of approximately 55 meters per day and without any incidents," commented Mr. Johannes Petersen, Gold American's CEO. "I look forward with anticipation to the assay results, which I understand have been delayed because of the industry's higher level of drilling activity and higher laboratory services' demand," added Mr. Petersen.
As previously announced, the primary goal of this 2,500-meters drill program is to test the down dip extensions of the at least 6 veins that have been identified to date on the property. We will continue to provide regular updates on our drilling operations as new information becomes available. Please refer to Projects Section on our website at www.gold-american.com for further information on our drilling program and for recent photographs of the operations.

THE GUADALUPE PROPERTY The Guadalupe property contains two historically significant mines and is located in one of Mexico's oldest mining districts, roughly 5 miles north of the Fresnillo (Proano) Mine, the world's richest underground silver mine, operated by Fresnillo plc. Roughly 6.8 miles to the southwest of Silver America's Guadalupe Property is the Juanicipio Joint Venture (JV) between MAG Silver Corp. (MAG) and Fresnillo plc, which is known as one of the world's highest grade undeveloped silver resources.
The Property contains greater than 20 known workings as well as two historic mines - Santa Rita and San Antonio. Historic records containing references to the Santa Rita and San Antonio mines suggest that both mines were important and reached their height of production between 1910 and 1920 but were last in production in the 1980s. The property is completely surrounded by land controlled by Penoles (either through Fresnillo or other subsidiaries and partners).

Highlight results from previous results include:

--  1.00 g/t Au and 946.9 g/t Ag over 1.1m (including 1.83 g/t Au and
    1,800.0 g/t Ag over 0.5 m)
--  0.30 g/t Au and 622.0 g/t Ag from a mineralized dump
--  0.59 g/t Au and 330.0 g/t Ag over 0.7 m
--  5.35 g/t Au and 1,189.0 g/t Ag from a mineralized dump

ABOUT GOLD AMERICAN MINING CORP. Gold American Mining Corp. is a publicly traded /quotes/comstock/11k!sila (SILA 0.69, -0.03, -3.52%) precious metals exploration company focused on the aggressive, ongoing acquisition and exploration of holdings with rich gold and silver production potential. Based in Reno, Nevada, Gold American has developed a promising portfolio of international properties in regions marked by stable politics, sound economies and friendly business relations. For more information the Company and its projects, visit Gold American's website at www.gold-american.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Johannes Petersen, President
Forward-Looking Statements The statements by our officers, and other statements regarding optimism related to the business, expanding exploration and development activities and other statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, sees, estimates and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results could vary materially from the description contained herein due to many risk factors that affect the industry the Company operates in and other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings under "risk factors" and elsewhere. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

Investor Relations Information:
Gold American Mining Corp.
Toll Free: 1-800-274-3710
E-mail: Email Contact

SOURCE: Gold American Mining Corp.

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=C2730755331ACB6E

Spectrum Announces Possibility of High Grade Gold Deposits

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:08:00 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 13, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spectrum Acquisition Holdings, Inc. /quotes/comstock/11i!spah (SPAH 0.00, +0.00, +17.65%) , a growing mining exploration, technology and services organization, announces the possibility of high grade gold deposits on its Graham Gulch Gold Mines.
Spectrum Acquisition Holdings' subsidiary Avalon Perspectives LTD, LCC recently purchased The Graham Gulch Gold Mines in Siskiyou County, California. Since the purchase various evaluations of the land have been made and will continue to be made. The land looks very promising and there seems to be a good possibility of potential high grade deposits.
Spectrum Acquisition Holdings CEO Dale Henry comments, "The Salmon River is one of the richest river systems in America. Quite a bit of mining has been done in this region and still is being done, with enormous success. Lode veins have been mined here till 1940, and have been known to have high grade pockets. World War II put a financial damper on the world, and they stopped mining this region shortly there after. Luckily for us this means little prospecting has been done since the 1940s, leaving untapped veins for us to explore."

About Spectrum Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (SPAH.PK)

Spectrum Acquisition Holdings is executing a three-pronged strategy for growth. The Company is acquiring interests in high quality, low-risk gold projects with past production and sizeable resources. Spectrum is developing technology solutions to enable more sustainable, smaller footprint mineral exploration, production and processing. Spectrum is also pursuing acquisitions of mining sector service companies including operators, mine site service providers, equipment manufacturers, geology firms and technology developers.
This Press Release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. SPAH has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "potential" and similar expressions. These statements reflect SPAH's current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it.
Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the SPAH's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements. SPAH undertakes no obligation to update or advise in the event of any change, addition or alteration to the information catered in this Press Release including such forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: Spectrum Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

Stock Alert TRDX

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:59:00 +0000

Good Morning everyone!

Here is our stock alert today. Keep an eye on this stock. I have not purchased it yet, I want to watch it for a bit longer but I also wanted to let you all know about it!

Our alert for today is off to a strong start.
 
As I type this TRDX is up 30% (9:49 EST)so far.
 
TRDX has already traded well over its average daily volume so
people are starting to take notice.
 
This stock will begin to end up on volume scans which will alert
even more investors.
 
This news that came out a few minutes ago (9:45 EST) could drive
the stock up even higher.
 
Here is the news for those that missed it.
 
TRDX Announces Gross Revenues (Unaudited) for the Quarter Ending
June 30, 2010 Which Increased Over 80% From Previous Year
 
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TRDX-Announces-Gross-Revenues-iw-2949228750.html?x=0&.v=1
 
Press Release Source: Trend Exploration, Inc. On Wednesday November
10, 2010, 9:45 am 
 
JERICHO, NY--(Marketwire - 11/10/10) - SciMeDent Health Corp. f/k/a
Trend Exploration, Inc. ("TRDX" or the "Company") (Pinksheets:TRDX
- News) today announces gross revenue (unaudited) for the three
month period ending June 30, 2010 was three hundred sixty two
thousand four hundred and sixty four dollars ($362,464). The gross
revenue (unaudited) for the three month period ending June 30, 2009
was one hundred ninety eight thousand four hundred and fifty eight
dollars ($198,458).
 
Therefore as a comparable of the gross revenue (unaudited) of the
two aforementioned periods there was an (unaudited) increase of one
hundred sixty four thousand and six dollars ($164,006) or a
percentage increase of approximately 82%.
 
All of the reported unaudited TRDX revenues are derived from
Preferred Distribution Inc. ("Preferred"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of TRDX that is a distributor of medical, dental and
health & beauty products. Preferred's dental products division is
marketed through its website, www.preferreddist.com.
 
About SCIMEDENT f/k/a Trend Exploration, Inc. (Pinksheets:TRDX -
News)
 
SciMeDent (www.scimedenthealth.com) is a company focused on being a
leading developer and marketer of products and services for
medicine, dentistry and life sciences. SciMeDent plans to achieve
growth initially through mergers and acquisitions.
 
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
 
A number of statements contained in this press release are
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the
sufficiency of existing capital resources, technological or
industry changes and uncertainties related to the development of
the Company's business model. The actual results the Company may
achieve could differ materially from any forward-looking statements
due to such risks and uncertainties.
 
As always, do your own research, always use stops, and book your
profits when in a position to do so.

Happy Trading!

CPMCF estimates property to hold +1billion in minerals‏

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:55:00 +0000

CPMCF is clearly our best pick ever as it has run from 0.03 to 0.50 producing gains of nearly 2000% for our members who got it early.

Many folks claim to have made $100,000+ so far and we wouldn't be surprised if some members even became millionaires thanks to CPMCF.

Now who's next?

CPMCF just announced for the first time estimates of what could really be hidden underneath the Santa Rita property...

CPMCF estimates Silver, Lead and Zinc reserves in Santa Rita to be worth at least 1billion dollars!

Everyone figured that there was much more than the 350 million the report showed as proven. Even the 43-101 report itself mentioned that it is a MINIMUM of 350million and that there is a much larger vein that could possibly contain much more minerals.

by CPMCF's estimates it's at least close to 3 times more!

The street has been buying CPMCF with a mind set on 350million, but this 1billion estimate could change everthing!

CPMCF has MAJOR short positions in play. We believe they will cover this week which could catapult share price into new heights!

CPMCF rose 2000% this past week. If it adjusts tomorrow to the breaking news of the 1billion mineral estimate it could TRIPLE tomorrow.

CPMCF is set to profit from the rising price of Gold and Silver. Experts say Gold will be hitting $5,000 an ounce in the coming 24 months while Silver could reach $100. Buying stock in a publicly traded company is one of the preferred methods of getting into a ‘rush’ such a ‘minerals rush’. You don’t have to own physical bullion, and you can buy as small or as big of portfolio as you want. It is also very liquid and the profit is bigger as when a company excavates Gold for example it could cost say $300 but the price of gold is $1400 so there is a $1100 profit right off the bat for shareholders. Whereas if you buy gold at $1400 your only upside is when it goes up from there.

CPMCF has caught the attention of wall street. It is the most traded company today on OTC with nearly 10,000 individual trades!

The current PPS of 50 cents if adjusted for the newest estimate could possibly mean that we are looking at 1.50 a share tomorrow!

As you probably all know Barrick Gold is one of the biggest companies in the world in its field with a market cap of nearly 50 billion.

Now, something that is exciting us a lot is that Barrick Gold Corp has a mine in Ontario, Canada with proven Gold reserves of nearly 2billion dollars.

Barrick Gold’s Hemlo Property is located only a few miles away from CPMCF’s Hotstone property.

We have yet to see a 43-101 report from CPMCF regarding the Hotstone project but everyone knows that the area where the property is has already yielded over 200billion worth of gold in the past few decades. All the big players have mines there, and we are lead to believe by default that there could be a significant amount of gold deposits in HotStone.

We think CPMCF is very well positioned on the Gold front with its amazing property’s location.

You can visit Coastal's website at CoastalPacificMiningCorp . com

We still think CPMCF is trading at bargain levels!

We strongly believe there is no reason why it couldn’t run past two bucks in the coming days and almost 8000% since our initial alert!

Up 50% today on discovery of 350million worth of silver‏

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:54:00 +0000

CPMCF is up 50% today on insane volume

CPMCF could be headed to tremendous highs of over 5000%

CPMCF is positioned to profit in a monster fashion from the all-time high prices of gold and silver.

CPMCF is a homerun literaly worth its weight in silver. Enough with the jokes, we were expecting an announcement at some point regarding proven reserves of Gold in Coastal's Canada property, however

it seems like that is being overshadowed right now by today's announcement of the 43101 report that shows at least 350million worth of silver in the Peru property.

Now that's some BIG numbers. This is the kind of stuff we like to see!

When we alerted CPMCF to our members at 0.03 we were alerting it is based on the genuine potential their properties had, and we really thought that it was possibly worth 0.25 a share at the time.

But now it's a whole different ball game. With just the 43-101 technical report on the silver we believe this company could actually be worth 10 bucks a share.

CPMCF is already up 300% but that is insignificant compared to 5000% + we think it should be experiencing in the coming weeks. The value is definitely there and it seems like Wallstreet hasn't quite yet figured out the meaning of the report that came out this morning.

CPMCF released detailed news regarding the property in Peru, and we'll be 'translating' that for our subscribers here today.

CPMCF essentially announced that a 43-101 technical report was done on the property which shows an excess of 1.3million tons of mineralization with possibly a value that would amount to more than 350million based on $500 per ton head grade. Moreover there is potential for a MUCH larger manto underlying the one at the surface (but this one has not been proven yet).

In our opinion and in the opinion of several accomplished geologists there is quite possibly much more silver in there, but we'll stick to the current announcement for now.

The important part here is the 43-101 technical report which many don't seem to understand

This is why the 43-101 is so important:

It is a national instrument to ensure that misleading, erroneous or fraudulent information relating to mineral properties is not published and promoted to investors.

It basically means that with the fact that this announcement is based on a 43-101 report. It guarantees that the report is accurate and truthful. Meaning that the data showing potentially AT LEAST 350million worth of silver IS RELIABLE and CORRECT.

Based on that alone. We think this could seriously be trading at 10 bucks.

Moreover, CPMCF announced information regarding its Canada Hotstone gold property. The area has already yielded over 208 Billion worth of gold since companies began mining there.

We believe that there could possibly be something big about to happen as well related to the Hotstone gold property.

CPMCF has a website that can be found at CostalPacificMiningCorp . com

The management is solid, the announcements are solid, the locations are breathtaking and the gains the PPS is experiencing is phenomenal.

We invite EVERYONE to keep a very very close eye on CPMCF in the coming days and weeks.

You can still buy it for around 7 cents now, but we don't know how long it will remain this low for

Could CPMCF be our highest gainer of the year? At 5000% it sure as hell WOULD BE!

Portfolio Volume Alert/Update

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:39:00 +0000

A portfolio volume alert/update for the following stocks on 10/26/2010

BGOI 7.71M

HESG 471.54M

SPAH 4.44M

SILA 991,537 - Keeping an eye on this stock!

Keeping an eye on these stocks for major movement.

More all time highs for gold!

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:44:00 +0000

More All-Time Highs for Gold,

More Good News For Junior Miners

Gold prices soaring to new all-time highs has become a regular event these days and we have a gold pick coming this week!

Look at these 3 gold stocks that are currently running!

Coastal Pacific Mining Corp. (CPMCF.OB)
Volume is up and the stock is running...

Gold American Mining Corp. (SILA.OB)
Volume is up and the stock is running...

STAR GOLD CORP (OTC BB: SRGZ.OB)
Volume is up and the stock is running...

With the now eight consecutive years of soaring gold prices, many investors are looking for the next big gold stock and we could have it!

The Best Gold Indicators Around Still Says "Buy Gold"

Keep your eye on the market and watch for our new picks

A Trick I have learned

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:25:00 +0000

Something that I came across that I would like to share with you:

I was reading in an investing book and it stated that the best time to buy stocks are at the beginning of the year and the best time to sell them are at the end of the year!

Thought I would share that with you.

Stocks to keep an eye on

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:13:00 +0000

Here are some stocks that looked interesting as I was glancing through some numbers:

CNLG - Conolog Corp $0.72

- Shares: 6.97M

- MC: 5.01M

- 52-Wk High: $4.72

IDRA - Idera Pharm. Inc. $2.87

- Moderate Buy

- Shares: 23.50M

- MC: 67.44M

- 52-Wk High: $7.49

These stocks have not been purchased into the portfolio,

just a bonus that I have came across and wanted to share!

Best of luck and happy trading!

Portfolio gains for Friday (10-15-10)

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:42:00 +0000

Fridays portfolio gains are the following:

Stock symbol Vol. Gain

BGOI +.06 9.48M

CICS 1.16M

HESG +.31 510.30M

LWLL +.06

SECI 1.09M

SILA +.91 1.87M

SPAH +.04 4.26M

We will be seeing gains starting to rise from of these stocks!

We will be watching over these movements, can't wait to see what they do!

Total portfolio gain of $0.79
(Long-term portfolio)

Stock Portfolio Review

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:54:00 +0000

Look at SILA rise! My portfolio broke even today! Its on the demand!

ACII has also rose 200% since purchased in my portfolio, keep an eye on that one! That was a long term stock that was purchased!

SECI is finally taking off! Keep an eye on that stock as it rises!

BGOI has the highest volume trade in the portfolio! Up in the millions! We will be keeping an eye on that stock also.

Gold American Mining Corp. (SILA) ~ Special Report

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:55:00 +0000

This is a:

SPECIAL URGENT BUY ALERT

Here is a stock I have been talking about for a while now.

Gold American Mining Corp.! (OTCBB:SILA)

This stock is currently trading at $0.86 a share! (09/17/2010) 

The Investment Expert & Mining Guru John Myers has recently announced that the world's 3rd largest producer of gold, NYSE Titan Goldcorp (NYSE:GG, market cap over $30 billion) May soon pay $96.21 a share for SILA - a little-known, Exploration-Stage Company whose stock you can currently buy at under $1.50.

Gold American Mining Corp (OTCBB:SILA) is estimated to be sitting on as much as...

$5.8 billion worth of gold and silver

...in its undeveloped properties!

$10,000 invested in SILA now could explode to $1,069,000!

If Goldcorp makes a serious play for Gold American here's how rich you could be, provided you act now:

$2,500 could grow to $267,250!
$5,000 could balloon to a life-changing $534,500!
$10,000 invested now could grow to $1,069,000!
$20,000 could set you up for a life with $2,138,000!

Stock Symbol: (OTCBB:SILA)

Recent Price: $0.86

Price Target:

6 months or less ..... $6.30

12 - 18 Months ..... $13.85

Long Term ............ $96.21

A Secret for collecting twice as much in dividend payments

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:07:00 +0000

Now here's a secret for collecting twice as much in dividend payments.

The easiest way to do this is simply buy twice the number of shares. A lot of people don't know it, but they can simply double the number of shares they owb by using a margin account.

With a margin account, your broker will lend you the money to buy the additional shares of stock. Of course, he'll charge you interest on the loan, but that expense is tax deductible.

Moreover, you don't have to buy the same stocks you already own. You can buy any stocks you wish. So why not buy stocks that pay higher dividend yields than the ones you already own?

You might even be able to triple your dividend receipts.

Cheapest Mid-Cap Stocks with highest paying dividends

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:55:00 +0000

The cheapest mid-cap stocks with the highest paying dividends are the following:

CIM - Chimera Investment Corp. $4.03 per share with a Div./yield of 0.17/16.89

MFA - MFA Mortgage Investments $7.57 per share with a Div./Yield of 0.19/10.04

FTR - Frontier Communications Corp. $7.66 per share with a Div./Yield of 0.19/9.78

TRU - Torch Energy Royalty Trust $4.01 per share with a Div./Yield of 0.10/10.23

Watch for the next post as I reveal how to collect twice as much in dividend payments.

SILA - Gold American Mining Corp.

noreply@blogger.com (Dustyn) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:37:00 +0000

SILA - Gold American Mining Corp. just spent 0.81M in Research & Development. This is the biggest investment they have made. Their total debt is $0.00. Total Common shares outstanding are only 85.93M.

Their shares are going fast and the stock is on the rise!