The Little Tigers' Stock Den

[Gwhiz]

FALCONS STEELERS

Did he watch the big game?

[mrmarket]

Steven says, "Did you watch the big game?"

[mrmarket]

If you're really interested in the renewables, the way to go is Biodiesel. These plants have HUGE returns and the by products of the processes from soybeans can be used as feed. Even more interesting is the use of algae for Biodiesel as algae has an extremely high convertible BTU content per pound of algae.

[Gwhiz]

has buffet ever written a book?
bought graham and dodds securty analysis last week, hasn't arrived yet

Park,
I wonder how Buffett's evaluation of Sanborn Map compared to what it cost to acquire . He said it would cost 10's of millions to duplicate their data.

Well, Buffett's letter states that Sanborn Map shares were selling at $110/sh in 1938 but only $45/sh in 1958, when Buffett was setting up his "control operations." He perceived that the market was undervaluing both the company's own portfolio holdings and the latent value of the company's map business if that business would only be brought more technologically up to date by action from a revamped Board of Directors. Buffett also wrote that Sanborn Map had been de facto controlled by the insurance companies that were its customers and who, therefore, wanted Sanborn to keep their prices for map subscriptions low.

[billyjoe]

Read Buffett's chronicle of his operations with Sanford Map Co. Consider that he was no more than 28 years old when he arrived ( 1958 ) on the company's Board of Directors and was negotiating with the company's prior controlling family!

http://www.ticonline.com/buffett.par...1961.01.30.pdf

Park,
I wonder how Buffett's evaluation of Sanborn Map compared to what it cost to acquire . He said it would cost 10's of millions to duplicate their data.


-------------billyjoe

http://www.ticonline.com/buffett.partner.letters.html

here is some great (required) reading for those just starting out in the market.

enjoy, guys and gals!

Read Buffett's chronicle of his operations with Sanford Map Co. Consider that he was no more than 28 years old when he arrived ( 1958 ) on the company's Board of Directors and was negotiating with the company's prior controlling family! I would love to have overheard THOSE conversations!

http://www.ticonline.com/buffett.partner.letters/1961.01.30.pdf

[IIC]

question:
what are the black and red horizontal bars on the left side of some of the charts from stockcharts.com that skiracer and NEWborn post?

It is Price by Volume...Here is what it means:

http://stockcharts.com/education/IndicatorAnalysis/indic_PBV.htm

[peanuts]

alternative energy

Gwhiz,

You seem to be interested in alternative energy and Uranium stocks. You should look at USU. In my opinion, it has the best potential to appreciate rapidly. The recent trend in uranium miners is very bullish

[Gwhiz]

question:
what are the black and red horizontal bars on the left side of some of the charts from stockcharts.com that skiracer and NEWborn post?

[jiesen]

stock tips

http://www.ticonline.com/buffett.partner.letters.html

here is some great (required) reading for those just starting out in the market.

enjoy, guys and gals!

[Websman]

Hey Konrad.... I read your Blog and I think it's good.... But you are too focused on Alternative energy sources to replace petroleum. There are other alternative energy plays worth your due diligence.

Solar power is a pretty huge sector and other smaller electric generating companies are also worth looking into as investment ideas in Alternative energy.

A member here who goes by the handle DMK112 introduced me to a cool stock (ticker) CPST earlier this year. This is a great little company with a superb product. Check out their website and read some case studies of real life applications where their generators are in use. The stock has retraced pretty much fully right now (trades for about $1.50 per share).... It has filled the gap from 07/05/2005 and volume has really picked up in the last week.... I think it moves upward from here. MY target price is $5.... Check it out.

Excellent stock. I'm liking CPST long myself. All indicators show that it's hit the bottom and is bouncing back. I may buy some if it pulls back to $1.51, which is a little above the 21 day MA at 1.45.

[Lyehopper]

Cpst....

Hey Konrad.... I read your Blog and I think it's good.... But you are too focused on Alternative energy sources to replace petroleum. There are other alternative energy plays worth your due diligence.

Solar power is a pretty huge sector and other smaller electric generating companies are also worth looking into as investment ideas in Alternative energy.

A member here who goes by the handle DMK112 introduced me to a cool stock (ticker) CPST earlier this year. This is a great little company with a superb product. Check out their website and read some case studies of real life applications where their generators are in use. The stock has retraced pretty much fully right now (trades for about $1.50 per share).... It has filled the gap from 07/05/2005 and volume has really picked up in the last week.... I think it moves upward from here. MY target price is $5.... Check it out.

[Websman]

Konrad,
I bought a new Datsun (now Nissan) in 1979 and got 45 mpg. Got a '90 Ford Taurus that got over 30mpg. on the highway. The modern cars except for hybrids don't get as good mileage. It is not in someone's best interest to continue to improve gas mileage. I wonder why?

---------billyjoe

My BMW gets 24 MPG as long as you use premium fuel. Now that I think about it, my old 73 Ford Pinto got much better mileage and it ran off of regular, plus it cost about $30,000 less.

[Lyehopper]

Hey,

My name is Konrad and I'm a Junior at PHS. I'm also participating in the "stock portfolio challenge" as I'm currently in second place. Majority of my position is in PEIX (the stock which Morgan unsuccessfully tried to short). I got in @ $13.80 right after they announced the completion of their first plant, which is very optimistic news. I also have a small position in AKAM. I run an alternative energy blog, http://www.GoG2G.com, which focuses on socially responsible stocks and the future of alternative fuels.

Do an advanced search using "Alternative Energy" and you'll find that Alternative Energy is one of my favorite sectors to short sell.... DSTI and ESLR have been super short trades since the spring....