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Hi,
Can someone advise where to find FTCO insider selling reports?
Interesting, ok thx
Hi American Dream,
From one perspective, BV represents the investment to create earnings
If I observed year over year net positive earnings, then I’d say a good investment was made and BV meant something worthy. Else too much spent making an asset unable to reliably generate profits.
Might be a poorly structured agreement with the past supplier that kept this asset non-performing. If that simple, then could be a great return from here.
-Lisg
Thx for the reply. Couple thoughts:
This refinery is in Valero’s backyard. They have acquired a lot of refineries, but not this one.
Why be dependent on one supplier?
Times have been pretty good and this asset can’t make money.
Any value here to support price appreciation?
Great work teomax and thx for the summary!
Curious if Researcher59, KnowledgeisKing, Hweb, Bobwins, Zenlunatic, Skillz, 10bagger and the more frequent posters I am forgetting would be open to sharing If you beat the S&P in 2013?
It would be interesting to understand the performance of a value micro cap strategy in a strong market.
Very personal question, so I apologize if bothered by the inquiry.
2013 portfolio returns?
I know there are solid stock pickers on this board and would be curious, if you don't mind sharing, what your portfolios returned in 2013.
I underperformed the market in a big way. Don't have a number, but it is near nil. Way too conservative plus I lost my modest gains learning how options (don't) work.
Thx in advance,
-lisg
Month old article about Marcus Fraiser putting down a deposit to buy two Teslas.
FrasierInWSJ
Nice find jainshul. Echo Live article is helpful. Provides insight on history of DatPiff, why they went public, demands of being a public company, possible future plans and more.
EchoLiveDatPiffArticle
<<Wouldn't that then put me in possession of inside information that limits my ability to buy?>>
Likely yes until material information is publicly announced by the company. My thought is maximize the value of what is already invested. Keep close tabs on the accounting in lieu of committing more funds with no financial transparency.
<<Nor would it be clear whether I could distribute that information.>>
Yes, this is a real challenge I see too. I have not thought it through yet, but there should be a way to organize the effort with all parties interests and possible liabilities protected.
The first question to answer: is there currently enough shares in this community to get to 15% of the outstanding? If not, how far off are we?
Wadi,
I think you might have an idea of how many shares followers on this board own. Any chance you think it is at least 15% of the outstanding shares of IDLM?
-Lisg
NRS 78.257 Right of stockholders to inspect, copy and audit financial records; exceptions; civil and criminal liability; penalty.
1. Any person who has been a stockholder of record of any corporation and owns not less than 15 percent of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the stock of such corporation or has been authorized in writing by the holders of at least 15 percent of all its issued and outstanding shares, upon at least 5 days’ written demand, is entitled to inspect in person or by agent or attorney, during normal business hours, the books of account and all financial records of the corporation, to make copies of records, and to conduct an audit of such records. Holders of voting trust certificates representing 15 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the corporation are regarded as stockholders for the purpose of this subsection. The right of stockholders to inspect the corporate records may not be limited in the articles or bylaws of any corporation.
2. All costs for making copies of records or conducting an audit must be borne by the person exercising the rights set forth in subsection 1.
3. The rights authorized by subsection 1 may be denied to any stockholder upon the stockholder’s refusal to furnish the corporation an affidavit that such inspection, copies or audit is not desired for any purpose not related to his or her interest in the corporation as a stockholder. Any stockholder or other person, exercising rights set forth in subsection 1, who uses or attempts to use information, records or other data obtained from the corporation, for any purpose not related to the stockholder’s interest in the corporation as a stockholder, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
4. If any officer or agent of any corporation keeping records in this State willfully neglects or refuses to permit an inspection of the books of account and financial records upon demand by a person entitled to inspect them, or refuses to permit an audit to be conducted, as provided in subsection 1, the corporation shall forfeit to the State the sum of $100 for every day of such neglect or refusal, and the corporation, officer or agent thereof is jointly and severally liable to the person injured for all damages resulting to the person.
5. A stockholder who brings an action or proceeding to enforce any right set forth in this section or to recover damages resulting from its denial:
(a) Is entitled to costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, if the stockholder prevails; or
(b) Is liable for such costs and fees, if the stockholder does not prevail,
Ê in the action or proceeding.
6. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions of this section do not apply to any corporation that furnishes to its stockholders a detailed, annual financial statement or any corporation that has filed during the preceding 12 months all reports required to be filed pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A person who owns, or is authorized in writing by the owners of, at least 15 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the stock of a corporation that has elected to be governed by subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code and whose shares are not listed or traded on any recognized stock exchange is entitled to inspect the books of the corporation pursuant to subsection 1 and has the rights, duties and liabilities provided in subsections 2 to 5, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 863; A 1977, 659; 1997, 3092; 2001, 1368, 3199; 2003, 3092)
Link To Nevada Law
My rights as a shareholder of a public company is something I have been meaning to research. It appears rights differ depending on the state of incorporation. Some of what I found through internet searches mentioned access to minutes of board meetings and accounting records. Not sure if it matters what exchange the shares are traded. If you or anyone else has more specific insight, I would be interested in knowing.
I found the following link from the state of Nevada, where IDLM is incorporated. Though, it seems to be focused on the selling of securities.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-090.html
Lack of transperancy is concerning.
Even though we are minority shareholders, I am fairly certain we have legal rights.
Has anyone dug through the SEC filings to find if the Articles of Incorporation and/or Bylaws are available?
Could help understand what procedures are to be followed.
It looks like maybe he or someone else sold a few since the merger.
Per 01/13/2011 10-K
Subsequent to the Cancellation, Mr. Sawarynski held 6,000,000 shares of common stock of NGLF.
The Exchange Agreement resulted in a change in control of NGLF, with LLC owning 40,000,000 shares of common stock of NGLF, out of a total of 58,483,250 issued and outstanding shares, after giving effect to the Exchange and Cancellation.
Originally 46,000,000 between Sawarynski and Idle Media.
46,000,000 - 45,425,000 = 575,000 added to the float.
I think this might define selling restrictions:
Per 5/19/2010 8-K
Shares Available Under Rule 144
As of May 19, 2010, we had 58,483,250 shares of common stock outstanding, In general, under the recently amended Rule 144 which became effective on February 15, 2008 a person, or persons whose shares are aggregated, who owns shares that were purchased from us, or any affiliate, at least six months (subject only to the Rule 144(c) public information requirement until the securities have been held for one year), previously, including a person who may be deemed our affiliate, is entitled to sell within any three month period, a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:
1. 1% of the then outstanding shares of our common stock; or
2. The average weekly trading volume of our common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which notice of the sale is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to manner of sale provisions, notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us. Any person who is not deemed to have been our affiliate at any time during the 90 days preceding a sale, and who owns shares within the definition of “restricted securities” under Rule 144 under the Securities Act that were purchased from us, or any affiliate, at least one year previously, is entitled to sell such shares under Rule 144(k) without regard to the volume limitations, manner of sale provisions, public information requirements or notice requirements.
So, what this tells me is Sawarynski is able to sell already. But, he hasn't because the float number from the Transfer Agent would be higher.
Sound right??
Does anyone know when Bryan Sawarynski shares become free trading?
I think he had 5,425,000 post merger.
It would be interesting to estimate when the original float has been bought and when additional supply might appear.
Nsomniyak Challenge:
Here are my picks. As of right now, I only own MOSH.OB. Looking hard at LNY and FFH.
LNY: Restaurant buy out for $21/share. Should close before 12/31/08. They have properties in the path of IKE. Don't know if any damage, but I bet yes. May 'muddy' up the closing. Hopefully IKE just creates a buying opportunity and that is all.
FFH: Insurance company trading at 80% of book. Cream of the crop capital allocators. Company positioned itself in Credit Default Swaps early to profit greatly from the demise of the major financial institutions. Shareholder minded and likely buying back shares. Caveat here is the shorts love this stock.
AUY: Looking for a bounce from the extreme sell-off.
PAL: Looking for a bounce from the extreme sell-off.
MOSH.OB: Nsominyak already provided a great summary. If you didn't read it yet, here are my Cliff Notes: $1.2 billion lawsuit play. Three deep pocket defendants (JPM, PXD and WPL.ax). Trial scheduled for December '08. If a settlement happens, then this should pay handsomely.
CASH
-lisg
Mr WB,
I 4x traded for about a week. Treated my account like it was real money. Lost on about 80% of my trades. Began trading with the Vegas Tunnel method. Kept getting stopped out. Started to include trend line trades looking for bounces at areas of resistance. Would make a few good trades, but usually stopped out. All in all, I lost about 1.5% based on the $ amount I had at risk in the market.
Here are my takeaways:
I don't have the TA or fundamental skills to find favorable setups.
I am not comfortable with the amount of leverage used in 4x. Seems like a six sigma event would come along eventually and my stop loss wouldn't matter. Oanda had some verbiage in one of their new account documents that didn't make me feel real comfortable.
How to handle tax reporting is not clear.
Bottom line:
I am going to take a break from 4x. Won't be too hard, cause I'll be out of the country with very limited internet access. When I get back, I may be around. Really depends on if I want to tackle understanding this part of the market.
Regardless, thanks for being friendly about learning the 4x markets.
-lisg
Mr WB,
Sounds good. I have been reading 4x messages and going through the babypips website. My head is spinning from reading. If I stay on this track, I won't be trading anytime soon. It would be much more interesting to try out a system and see if I can make it work. It sounds like the Tunnel Method is a good one to try and master. I saw this post: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=31771249 and am in the process of digesting it.
So, in short, I am going to try and get my arms around the Tunnel Method. I'll touch base when I start trading it and let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
lisg
Hello Mr WB,
I like contests and would like to join in. 4x is mostly new to me and TA is too.
Followed the link and setup a demo account on Onada. Looks like they gave me $100k.
If the invitation to join along is still open, can you advise on how I can be added to the Sep. competition?
Thanks,
lisg
My SNS might get a little attention today. Sardar Biglari put out a letter this morning outlining how he will realize value:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080123/new051.html?.v=32
My first entry into a PSL contest. Been a lurker of the VMC board and would like to get involved. Here's my response to the Nsomniyak challenge. Caveat Emptor...
AACC: Don't own it. It's a play on the collections industry. It keeps going down, so possibly not at a bottom. Maybe they paid too much for the current portfolios.
PEC: Don't own it. They are electric powerline installation and repair contractors. Its a play on an earnings pop. Ice storm in Oklahoma a few weeks ago and supposedly these guys were seen everywhere.
POOL: Don't own it. Beaten down housing play. Value investor newsletter I read once liked a lot of things about this company at much higher prices. Maybe it starts heading in the right direction in the Spring.
SNS: Currently, my largest position. Unfortunately, that is changing fast and not because I have been selling. Two potential catalysts to unlock value. One catalyst is they recently hired Merril Lynch as a strategic adviser. The optimist in me is hoping for a buyout. Second catalyst is an active investor trying to get two seats on the board. I expect some action in this stock in the next couple weeks. Annual meeting and board of director election should be in February. Here's the case for value: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/12/27/a-special-situation-at-steak-n-shake.aspx and here's the active investor, Sardar Biglari, at work www.enhancesteakandshake.com
STRZ: Don't own it. Followed value investor Paul Sonkin to this idea. CEO keeps buying on the open market. I think he now owns over 50%. Brutal market, but this one jumps pretty quick and might deliver a few %.
Note, I would have picked one stock (SNS) for the contest, but the rules require at least five selections. Good luck and let me know if there are any questions.
-Lisg
Quick question:
Do you have to pick six stocks or can you pick one or two and put cash in the remaining slots?
12/03/07 @ 11:05 AM
5/26/07 10:05PM
lisg
I bought BWLRF.OB today on this news:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ft/20050906/bs_ft/fto090620051517568600
If I missed a reason why Breakwater won't capitalize on the higher Zinc prices, then please do share.
Thanks.