yep, a phoenix rising there, like SYY as divi play, national campaign rollout coming on, should be good medium range play, appears as nice base right around here/$31

RYQG acting real positive after name change.

USXP looking pretty good today, Arch. :) eom

I've found the action on AURC to be interesting. I wouldn't invest in it, but the action is interesting.

Peace,

mostly divi plays, though this board could spark my interest again....anybody got some skinny on USXP....is this a phoenix rising....lol

I'm still hanging out on the same board.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=865

Just changed the name to protect the guilty, lol.

Focusing on smallcaps now

Would love to have you bring some of your Michigan plays over

Hey Tim....how are you doing ??? Been a long time !!

WOW ~~~ that's a blast from the past ----- guess the best
response is: "not sure anything from 2002 is relevant" !!

Where are you hanging out now ie. on iHUB ??

EZ2, this still relevent?

Posted by: EZ2
In reply to: None Date:3/9/2002 9:30:57 AM
Post #of 29467

00:43 BARRON'S: Anticipation Act: When Inside Sellers Lead Buyers, 3:1, Beware
By Allison Krampf
Good times have returned to Wall Street as fears of terrorism fade and hopes
for an economic recovery grow.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 27% from its September 2001 low, while
the Standard & Poor's 500 has risen 19% and the Nasdaq Composite index has
gained 31%.
But as stocks have rallied, their valuations have gotten richer, too. And many
corporate insiders -- executives and members of boards of directors, who
presumably know their businesses best -- have quietly unloaded lots of shares
and locked in their profits while other investors hopped aboard for the ride.
In the first two months of the year, insider selling by corporate executives
and directors outpaced buying by 3 to 1, according to Vickers Weekly Insider
Report. "Trading activity indicates that insiders continue to sell stock at a
seemingly relentless pace," the newsletter wrote last week.
That's vastly different from last October, when insiders bought while many
stocks plunged to 52-week lows. "October was the first bullish month since
November 1999," says Jonathan Moreland, director of research at
InsiderInsights.com, a weekly newsletter and Website detailing insider trading
activity.
Moreland notes that more often than not, heavy insider selling means that
stocks have had a big run. "A lot of the big-name technology stocks that have
bounced back solidly after September 11 are experiencing a large degree of
selling," Moreland adds.
Insiders sell for many reasons, from mandatory exercising of options to buying
a house or boat. "It is similar to cashing a paycheck," says Vickers editor
David Coleman.
Besides the blue-chip tech names, stocks that have shown an increase in
insider sales are often those that have rallied ahead of an economic recovery,
such as newspapers and restaurants.
Applebee's International is another highflying company where some insiders
have headed for the exits. The Overland Park, Kansas-based restaurant chain,
which operates casual-dining restaurants under the name Applebee's Neighborhood
Grill & Bar, has risen 77%, outperforming the Dow Jones Restaurant Industry
Group by about 65 percentage points over the last year.
But in the past six months, 18 insiders have sold 812,000 Applebee shares,
worth some $26 million, says ThomsonFN.com. Lloyd L. Hill, chief executive
officer and chief operating officer, sold roughly 37,400 shares worth more than
$1.5 million.
Carol DiRaimo, Applebee's director of investor relations, says that stock
options are part of the company's compensation strategy and "as the stock
appreciates, officers want to take advantage of it."
Late last week, the stock was selling at 36.66, about 4% off its 52-week high
of 38.11, hit at the end of January.
Applebee's earnings are expected to grow by 17% this year, to $2.11 a share,
and by 14% next year, to $2.41 a share, according to First Call.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps, which operates both newspapers and
television networks, has had a nice run along with many of its peers.
Anticipation of a rebound in advertising plus speculation about more
consolidation among media companies has pushed E.W. Scripps, which has a $6
billion market capitalization, to new highs.
Over the past year, the stock has gained 18%, outperforming the Dow Jones
Publishing and Printing Industry Group index by 11 percentage points, according
to Thomson Financial/Baseline.
But seven Scripps insiders have sold shares in the past six months, including
Chief Executive Officer Kenneth W. Lowe, who sold roughly 31,000 shares worth
$2.07 million.
Insiders sold almost 164,000 Scripps shares altogether, for a total of almost
$6.6 million, reports Thomson FN.com Financial Network. Tim Stautberg, Scripps'
vice president of communications and investor relations, says the executives
sold to diversify their personal holdings.
The stock looks pricey, however. Last week it changed hands at 76.07, near its
all-time high.
Scripps' earnings are expected to grow by 34% this year, to $2.41 a share and
by 14% next year, to $2.75 a share, according to Thomson Financial/First Call.
It is currently trading at 31.7 times this year's earnings estimates, more than
double its 13% projected long-term annual earnings growth rate.
It also is selling at a hefty premium to its median P/E of 24.8 times forward
earnings for the last five years, according to Baseline.
Vickers' Coleman points out that recent data indicate that insider selling may
be slowing.
That could mean that insiders are confident again -- or they've done all the
selling they wanted.
Whatever -- but all these sales have got to raise caution flags for investors
who are just getting ready to jump into the water again.
---
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online at http://www.barronsmag.com/reader.html.
(END) DOW JONES NEWS 03-09-02
12:43 AM- - 12 43 AM EST 03-09-02

Oh where, oh where did Archie go? Hmmmm

Prospecting for Mining's Winners

If Gold Prices Maintain Heights,
Even Less-Efficient Small Firms
May Offer Benefits to Investors
By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
January 27, 2006; Page C1

With gold prices near 25-year highs, more investors are searching for stocks that could benefit if the surge continues, such as shares of small and midsize gold producers that haven't advanced as much as those of larger gold companies.

Many of these smaller mining companies are known as risky bets, because of high production costs and, in some cases, challenging pasts. That makes it a more difficult game for investors, though one with a potential big upside if gold stays at these high levels.

As gold prices have climbed, to $559.70 an ounce yesterday, investors have flocked to shares of the largest producers, such as Newmont Mining Corp., up 40% in the past year, and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., which has soared 75%. Focusing on these companies has made sense: They sport the lowest cost of production, so every time gold jumps a dollar, these producers see added profits.

STRIKING IT RICH



Track the price of gold from 1981 to present.Some investors and analysts say gold is now expensive enough to enable even less-efficient producers to benefit. Some of these investors have been focusing on Bema Gold Corp., a Vancouver miner with a $1.7 billon market value, whose stock price has risen 29% in the past 12 months. Those with even greater risk tolerance are looking at Hecla Mining Co., a Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, gold and silver producer with a market value of $600 million that has fallen more than 14% in the past year. Yesterday, Bema closed at $3.70, up 0.82%, on the American Stock Exchange. Hecla shares closed up 14% at $5.02 in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

On the heels of the recent acquisition of Placer Dome Inc., by Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp., some analysts have pointed to Bema and other midsize players such as Eldorado Gold Corp., and Yamana Gold Inc., as possible takeover candidates.

"There's consolidation going on in the industry," says Bema Chairman and Chief Executive Clive Johnson. "The big companies aren't making major discoveries, and if the bull market continues you'll see more of it."

Some hedge funds that are focusing on these smaller companies note that there often is a delay between the rise of a commodity -- and an accompanying climb in the price of shares of the largest producers -- and the catch-up rally that follows among the smaller companies with more challenges. That is why small oil and gas exploration-and-production companies have rallied only in recent months, well after oil prices and the biggest companies soared.

Others are bullish on smaller gold players in part because new money, including that from central banks, investors from Persian Gulf states and individual investors, increasingly is looking for plays on gold. Meanwhile, demand for jewelry from emerging markets is on the rise and some worry about whether global gold production can keep up.

"There is significant positive momentum behind gold, with new investment funds reported to be investing across the board," says John Meyer, an analyst at London securities firm Numis Securities Ltd., who is a fan of a number of smaller gold producers.

The enthusiasm for gold could ebb if fears of inflation subside. And the smaller miners aren't exactly closing in on windfall profits. Hecla is using profit from higher gold and silver prices to fund increased spending on exploration. It had 12 years of losses end in 2002, a rough period for the business in which Hecla's former CEO, Art Brown, said the company was "close to bankruptcy."

Perhaps most important, high production costs make it difficult for many of the smaller players to record big profits. It costs Bema about $300 to extract one ounce of gold, according to Parvathy Krishnan, a stock analyst at Morningtar Inc. That is somewhat above the industry's average. Bema has gold mines and development projects in Russia, Chile and South Africa. It reported a loss in the first nine months of 2005, despite the rise in gold prices.

For the first nine months of 2005, Hecla's average cash cost to mine gold was $315 an ounce. By contrast, it costs GoldCorp Inc., one of the giants in the business, less than $100 to extract an ounce of gold, according to Ms. Krishnan. Bema says its production is expensive because it has big operations in South Africa, and the strengthening of the South African rand has pushed up production costs in dollar terms.

Gold futures yesterday fell $2.50, to $559.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Production costs also are rising because of climbing energy and steel prices. That makes it more difficult for many producers to see windfall profits. And it is somewhat harder to get environmental approvals to mine for gold.

"Gold prices will have to be very, very high for some of the companies to benefit," Ms. Krishnan says.

Bulls acknowledge the production challenges but say that gold is getting to the point that even some of the less-efficient producers will be able to make more money.

Companies like Bema that are expected to step up their gold production in the next two years may be able to spread out some of their production costs, potentially sending profits higher. Bema says it will produce almost 400,000 ounces of gold in 2006, but it expects production to increase to almost one million ounces in 2008, thanks to more gold coming from its Kupol mine in Russia, a low-cost mine. If it can boost production, but Bema's costs don't rise as quickly, earnings will jump, bulls say. The company says it locks in the price of about 10% to 15% of its gold reserves and resources, as a hedge as it builds new mines, but the remainder is enough to allow Bema to benefit if gold prices stay high.

"Production costs are rising in U.S.-dollar terms for many U.S. and non-U.S.-based companies," Numis's Mr. Meyer says. "But gold prices have risen far faster and further than costs."



Write to Gregory Zuckerman at gregory.zuckerman@wsj.com

Merry Christmas Arch!

BLRV,,,,,check the news...looks like it's worth while.

Here's another interesting looking chart. . .

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=0&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&am...

Will watch, Has. Thanks! eom

BLRV (gold) had news after the bell today and may be a mover.

NGS (nat gas) is not a penny but there's a buyout rumor at 35 bucks.........closed today at 22.65.

GCHC-company says 17.5M shares will be returned and the time for the news & 8K filing is waiting on attorneys. Current OS is approx. 30M to 34M and this reduction should make the shares worth 40% more without any other news to prop the price. Stay tuned!

GLE (Gold), ATUX (Natural Gas), and DRGO (gold) all looking very interesting on the charts.

Gold should continue working its way upward. . .although, I think it's a little ahead of the curve right now. Nonetheless, interest rates will continue to rise and the Federal Deficit is breaking records on a daily basis.

I bought a good chunk of gold when it was under 370 an ounce. Good returns in the past couple years. Just wish I would have bought ALL gold in 2000 at the 25 year low. Now, we are at a 25 year high ( I believe?) and it could go to an all time high within the next couple of years.

Go GWB! ~~

Peace,

HEDGE!

HDVY..........involved with CLRT.

SFE owns about 60% of CLRT so you may want to partner them.

Where is everbody????

HAPPY TURKEY WEEK!!!

CLRT..deal with eli lilly today recently signed pfizer.....insiders buying big time.

AVNA movin on volume.

AVNA.OB.......Owlstone Nanotech and Advance Nanotech Announce Intention to Declare Stock Dividend to Advance Nanotech Shareholders
Monday November 7, 8:45 am ET


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2005--Advance Nanotech (OTCBB: AVNA - News), a leading provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology discoveries, today announced that it intends to dividend to its stockholders approximately 6,000,000 shares of common stock of its subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, a pioneer in the commercialization of nanotechnology-based chemical detection products in a registered distribution under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The record date for Advance Nanotech shareholders to be eligible for the stock dividend shall be announced prior to the effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a registration statement relating to the distribution of such securities. Owlstone Nanotech and Advance Nanotech anticipate that such dividend shall be completed during the fourth calendar quarter of 2005.
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Prospectuses relating to this dividend are available from Advance Nanotech, 600 Lexington, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10022, (212) 583-0080.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This (communication) shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State.

This document contains forward-looking statements by Advance Nanotech regarding its expectations as to its business, and involves risks and uncertainties and may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements.

Factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, problems and risks associated with developments in the nanotechnology industry in general and in Advance Nanotech's products under development in particular; the potential failure of Advance Nanotech's products under development to prove safe and effective in application; uncertainties inherent in the early stage of Advance Nanotech's products under development; failure to successfully implement or complete research programmes; failure to receive marketing clearance from regulatory agencies for our products under development; acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, licenses or strategic initiatives that change Advance Nanotech's business, structure or projections; the development of competing products; uncertainties related to Advance Nanotech's dependence on third parties and partners; and those risks described Advance Nanotech's filings with the SEC. Advance Nanotech disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Further information about these and other relevant risks and uncertainties may be found in the Advance Nanotech's findings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which are available from the Commission as well as other sources.

Put GLIF on your radar...

Huge conference/event starting Nov 7th-9th 05. GLIF will attend along side the giants of the industry.

http://www.rodmanandrenshaw.com/rodman.asp?link=Conferences7/uspresenterlist&bgcolor=wht


do some dd on it... might be moving big in a short time.

Penny flipper. . .natural gas sector. . .

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=0&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&am...

Peace,

Market picking up, snowbirds looking for food and stocks lol.

Arch-GCHC is about to reduce the OS by about 17 million shares from their current 34M. Plans to have their 10Q' & 10K for 2004 public by mid Nov or sooner. No volume yet as Co.stays "clean" without printing press PR's-just factual ones.

Arch,

Natural gas prices are expected to double, and potentially triple in price this winter. It's going to be a tough ride for people that are already economically stretched. Keep watching those gas plays. :o)

Peace,

Mark,that sector is picking up........as is the natural gas plays.....CHK,nice move, ATO & DUK to have similar moves afoot.....GET THE GAS....lmao

Interesting trend lines. . .

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=0&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&am...

Peace,

ATUX looking pretty good too, arch. eom

OMOG....I think you're going to want to own some of this for the coming month or two....lol....good luck traders!

Might try watching VLXC as it reports EPS soon.

Javeed Matin Chairman of the Veltex Group commented, “ We are delighted with the result. Synergies between the companies have also allowed us to reduce operating costs in Canada and maintain sales volumes. Clearly Explorer is a mature company with excellent penetration in the Canadian Promotional Marketplace” he added, “ the addition of a Fall line in Canada should further improve profitability as sales will be increased with little additional overhead costs”

Commenting from Canada, Benji Falkenstein, Vice- President and a twenty year industry stalwart said “the new fall collection represents outstanding quality and value and has already been extremely well received by our major customers”

The collection which includes twill shirts, fleece and denim jackets will be marketed under existing brands.

Falkenstein added “Traditionally we have only marketed Spring and Summer offerings and the addition of the Fall product should increase sales significantly”.

Veltex currently has approximately ten million shares outstanding and forecasts that 2005 total revenues will exceed $60 million with net earnings easily surpassing $1.00 per share.

http://www.veltexcorporation.com/press062905.html

Another interesting stock to watch:

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&...

Peace,

This one wants to move upward, and has a history of moving quickly. Keep a close eye on it:

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=0&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&am...

Peace,

QOIL moving nicely this month. Looks like money is running into some of these smaller oil stocks. ATUX will get their chance. IGPG is also looking pretty interesting.

Peace,

Now if QEE would come out of its base, that would be nice. Just so many doggon shares O/S. Then again, BGO has approximately the same number. BGO is not a second-rate outfit, however.

Peace,

Also looking VERY interesting. . .

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=0&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&am...

Peace,

Looking pretty interesting. . .

http://139.142.147.19/StockChart_ImageOnly.dll?cus=0&co=ask&i_chart=0&inm=5&ind=2&am...

Peace,

Agreed...Things have been hoping big time...

Markets dead? I beg to differ, there's been plenty of action in NASDAQ and OTCBB's, been seeing huge gains in plenty of stocks...

Yupp. But not this summer on the blue chip index. eom

Markets dead in the summer!

Not Quite Dead...Lots of specialty boards for penny and micro penny players...

I can see by the activity on this thread that penny stocks are dead. From the looks of the market, however, I don't think they'll be dead for long. Strange for the market to be strong in the summer.

Peace,

CMKM Diamonds. . .

http://www.sec.gov/litigation/aljdec/id291bpm.pdf

Sub-penny traders. Ouch.

Peace,

watch the USGA today....really acted bullish on Friday

TOP TRADED OTC'S TODAY.
Symbol Last Trades Share volume % chg
TPLM 3.37 1,325 3,370,420 -12.24
MRKL 0.0959 956 16,660,624 12.82
FNGC 0.58 822 3,702,226 -9.38
BRVO 1.045 739 2,112,622 -1.88
EDNE 3.33 730 1,417,535 5.71
LLLI 1.4 666 1,162,008 17.65
TRLG 14.16 611 375,748 5.36
CYTGF 0.29 586 3,129,224 26.09
EPYH 0.031 570 15,987,686 -2.52
CBAI 0.6 553 1,757,104 -13.04
CHID 1.1 498 669,001 -21.43
HIET 0.73 452 1,164,341 8.96
IFDG 0.049 443 6,972,074 -30.0
TCOW 1.06 443 2,098,678 6.0
IMDS 0.31 434 2,592,730 16.98
CYBL 0.087 418 10,810,722 -14.71
BIPH 2.59 383 578,347 -3.36
ESNR 1.03 357 864,937 6.19
WHAI 3.45 340 1,764,189 -0.86
SLPH 2.97 325 507,531 8.0
CPTCQ 1.95 321 619,370 2.63
NEOM 0.408 313 2,572,183 -4.45
TREN 2.55 310 439,123 11.84
CDGT 4.19 306 189,784 -14.31
MOBL 0.34 305 3,060,694 0.59
TYRIA 0.019 304 10,318,002 46.15
CYOS 0.037 304 12,429,948 8.19
JSDA 5.39 293 258,520 -2.0
ICDT 0.0054 281 40,330,959 -5.26
XPNG 0.8 275 675,577 -8.05
ABTG 0.265 268 2,290,139 15.72
TLPE 0.395 265 1,787,547 -1.25
UALAQ 1.5 264 500,467 -2.28
LENF 2.5 246 221,956 13.64
MSSI 0.037 246 6,325,264 -15.91
CVBT 9.7 229 149,685 14.12
CWIR 0.0013 219 90,845,320 44.44
IBAS 2.77 214 412,664 0.73
COVD 1.32 214 468,366 -1.86
ACUP 0.176 192 4,709,511 1.73
OWENQ 3.25 191 334,892 6.56
DNAP 0.0086 185 14,224,587 -3.37
SVSE 0.565 183 865,573 -5.83
QOILE 0.34 183 1,096,928 -5.56
SGLS 0.051 176 2,460,366 -3.77
BLYC 0.0036 172 26,568,270 -14.29
AMRE 0.0431 172 4,128,717 0.23
ACKHQ 2.6 170 246,365 10.64
FCCN 0.012 167 5,713,724 -14.29
UCHB 0.3 166 1,228,226 25.0
ERHE 0.41 166 1,149,791 -2.38
IFLB 0.1 162 2,053,389 -3.85
SMTR 0.129 158 1,874,384 -0.77
TKER 3.48 152 227,155 4.5
RSTG 19.9 151 80,426 0.0
EKCS 1.65 149 156,316 10.0
DYMTF 0.555 147 678,912 -6.09
FDMLQ 0.84 146 651,864 5.0
VSUS 1.04 140 144,590 -21.21
TIDE 1.32 134 293,020 -2.22
GRXI 0.013 131 5,686,551 52.94
MVOG 1.66 131 212,646 -2.35
AOOR 0.545 131 321,346 -4.39
IBZTE 7.0E-4 128 94,460,639 -12.5
AOBO 1.8 127 374,486 -0.55
BWDI 0.0155 124 7,609,597 -8.82
VIVI 0.18 121 1,332,250 2.86
COPY 0.5 120 370,059 11.11
MSEP 0.0102 117 7,302,914 2.0
PTSC 0.135 116 1,490,023 -3.57
SDRT 0.15 115 2,150,719 0.0
MIVT 0.65 114 667,677 6.56
STTC 0.22 113 1,018,450 -4.76
XSNX 0.169 111 855,576 -6.11
AMEP 0.0164 106 5,493,549 0.0
SPSC 1.29 104 131,450 4.03
GEECF 0.77 101 196,116 5.48
DJTE 14.4 100 425,663 2.2
LUTHW 0.735 99 216,277 -0.68
ILGN 3.77 98 79,599 0.0
CCEL 3.38 98 68,547 -6.11
ACDI 2.24 96 210,069 0.0
EEGC 0.3 96 593,733 15.38
MBAH 0.0375 95 1,540,575 -6.25
UGHO 1.14 94 133,365 2.7
ADOT 6.0E-4 91 74,747,710 0.0
POPT 0.022 90 2,389,033 -8.33
CICI 0.53 89 324,849 -5.36
GZFX 0.0059 89 17,095,057 -6.35
RWNW 0.0032 88 8,641,852 -15.79
MFIC 2.65 86 88,037 15.72
CWTD 2.25 84 56,323 -6.25
GMTH 0.037 84 906,900 5.71
NMKT 0.475 83 298,867 0.0
COGL 6.5 82 54,952 4.84
VJET 0.05 82 1,107,445 -23.08
KLUCQ 0.0399 80 1,780,212 24.69
WLSF 0.61 80 239,581 -8.27
GLNC 2.0 79 70,674 -10.71
SELA 1.46 79 133,701 -0.68

Somethings to ponder

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=6892614

PSUY showing a little life...could there be more?

PMED had news today....may be a mover after some consolidation.....http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050602/25551.html?.v=1