Next Meeting – Wednesday, January 18

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 18, at the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, (703) 790-8088‎.  We will start promptly at 7:00 pm and end by 9:00 pm.

All are welcome.  You don’t have to be a member of BetterInvesting or the model club to attend.  There is no charge.  The agenda can be found on http://bivio.com/micnova. Look in the public folders.

PERT and Trend Reports

Here are PERT and Trend Reports for our portfolio for January.

MicNOVA PERT Report (2012-01-18)

fMicNOVA TREND Report (2012-01-18)

Sources of Revenue — MSFT vs. AAPL

These two charts compare the primary sources of revenue for Apple and Microsoft.  MicNOVA holds both companies in its portfolio.

Note the large amount Apple’s revenue from the iPad and iPhone. In contrast, Microsoft’s sources of revenue are more evenly divided.

Source:  Asymco

“Two Gals Talk Chick Stocks” at BINC 2011

Kim Butcher and Mary Enright gave an excellent presentation at BINC 2011 which they called “Two Gals Talk Chick Stocks.” They identified a number of stocks worthy of further study. Their list was made in June 2011. A copy of their presentation can be found here.

Stock Ideas:
JNJ – Johnson and Johnson
TEVA – Teva
BRLI – Bio-Reference Labs
MD – Mednax Inc.
QSII – Quality Systems
ESRX – Express Scripts
SYK – Stryker
ISRG – Intuitive Surgical
NEOG – Neogen Corp

More Stock Ideas:
NVO – Novo Nordisk A/S
LHCG – LHC Group
WTW – Weight Watchers
LULU – Lululemon Athletica
HANS – Hanson Natural
PNRA – Panera Bread

Cash Generating Companies:
WU – Western Union
TSS – Total System Services
BRK.B – Berkshire Hathaway
DHR Danaher Corp.

Biggest Free Cash Flow Generators (3 June 2011)

Entertainment:
DLB – Dolby
NFLX – Netflix

Retail:
TIF – Tiffany
COH – Coach
BKE – The Buckle
ARO – Aeropostale
LULU – Lululemon Athletica

Pets:
WOOF – VCA
PETS – Pet Meds
PETM – Pet Smart

Selections from the “Let’s Talk Stocks” Panel Discussion at BINC 2011

Some interesting stocks were identified at the “Let’s Talk Stocks” panel discussion at BINC 2011. Kim Butcher, Ann Cuneaz, Ken Kavula, Hugh McManus, and Mark Robertson each suggested three stocks for further study.

Hugh
* Phizer – PFE
* Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) – AMRN
* InterMune Inc. – ITMN

Kim
* Western Union – WU
* Asia Pacific Wire – APWC
* Teva Pharma – TEVA

Ken
* Oracle – ORCL
* CACI International – CACI
* Citrix System – CTXS

Ann
* Darden Restaurant’s – DRI
* Cognizant Technology – CTSH
* Lululemon – LULU

Mark
* AFLAC – AFL
* Solar Wind – SWI
* T. Rowe Price Technology Fund – PRACX

Amarin Corporation is an Irish stock. InterMune Inc. is special situation and does represent a typical BetterInvesting stock. Do your own research!

Watchlist

We keep a watchlist of the stocks we have studied but not purchased.  You can find the watchlist here.

“Triple Play Strategy” from BINC 2011

A number of presentations at the recent BetterInvesting National Conference (BINC 2011) provided ideas for stocks to study. Here are some stocks from Mark Robertson of Manifest Investing. Mark screened for a “triple play” — stocks with (1) depressed stock prices, (2) likely P/E expansion and (3) the potential for higher profitability. Here is a list of those stocks.

The current Manifest Investing dashboard can be found here. Subscribers to Manifest Investing can find Mark’s slides and more information about his triple play strategy here