Common Cents Investment Group

I read the CC and pleasantly surprised by the candid nature of the CEO, Joe Massoud, and his company. It really seems like they care about the shareholders. CAD (cash available for distribution) was $0.35 vs $0.34 distribution. For 2008, CAD was $1.60 vs. $1.32 distribution. One large negative of th...

Everything's good with me...I was elected treasurer of the Evans Scholars house and this responsibilty requires me to attend Executive Board meetings on Mondays at 7:30. We also have house meetings every other week at 9:00, so I will be able to attend any of the meetings this year if they are on Mon...

I am still very interested in MAM and actually bought some shares at $33. I have another limit order in at $27 (i'm hoping to scoop them up for cheap), but I'm thinking about raising that limit just to acquire more shares before they announce something significant like a dividend or a buyout. The pr...

I hope no one here owned Lehman...they filed for bankrupty. Also, Merrill Lynch was bought out by Bank of America today. Some have specualted that investment banks will be a thing of the past, but Goldman Sachs has shown the ability the make money through the crisis. I actually that all of this is g...

A few things I noticed about DSX. My dad currently owns it and I have had it on my watchlist for a few months. 1. They are listed as a cyclical transportation company and have been very volatile in the past (up dramatically in 2007), which means that they can tank anytime. They must have fuel prices...

I know what preferred stocks are, but I've always wondered what special circumstances surround them. Do they trade the same as common stock (i.e. $7 trade)? Can anyone own them? Are they regulated? Do they trade at a premium based higher capital structure location?

The thing is that Cameco is not actually involved in building the nuclear plants. They own massive uranium deposits (accounting for something like 25% of U sold last year) and they recently signed a partnership with GE for refining the fuel. One interisting fact is that China, Japan, India, and many...

know that the alternative energy idea has been way overplayed recently, but I believe the nuclear sector will be a very solid long term investment. I currently own the Cameco (CCJ), the world's largest integrated uranium company. A riskier way to play this sector would be to invest in a small U star...

I put a $30 limit order in on friday. At this price, I see very little downside (mainly because of the 4.13% yield) and the low P/E (14). GE has historically traded with a PE of in the 17-20 range. I guess investors are afraid of the finance segment, but financial services is only a small part (15%)...

I had MAM on my watchlist and I saw that it was dropping steadily from around $32. The way I found out about the 50,000 market order sell was on the Yahoo message board. The information there is not always reliable, but on small stocks there are some serious discussions that take place. I recommend ...