Speculative Options Plays

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CHK TINY FCX TEX
(Insider Purchases 3/23/2007)

CHK - Chesapeake Energy Corp
Last: $31.01
Float: 407.21M
Company Background
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Chesapeake) is an independent producer of natural gas in the United States, and owns interests in approximately 34,600 producing oil and natural gas wells that are producing approximately 1.7 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe) per day, 92% of which is natural gas. The Company�s operations are located in the Mid-Continent region, which includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, southwestern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle; the Forth Worth Basin in north-central Texas; the Appalachian Basin, principally in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Ohio and southern New York; the Permian and Delaware Basins of West Texas and eastern New Mexico; the Ark-La-Tex area of East Texas and northern Louisiana; and the South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast regions.




TINY - Harris & Harris Group Inc
Last: $13.01
Float: 19.54M
Company Background
Harris & Harris Group, Inc. is a venture capital company specializing in tiny technology that operates as a non-diversified business development company (BDC). The Company's investment focuses to achieve capital appreciation by making venture capital investments in early stage companies. As a venture capital company, the Company invests in and provides managerial assistance to its portfolio companies that have potential for growth. Harris & Harris Group makes initial venture capital investments exclusively in tiny technology, which it defines as microsystems, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology




FCX - Freeport-mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc
Last: $64.70
Float: 193.65M
Company Overview
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., through its majority-owned subsidiary, PT Freeport Indonesia, is engaged in copper, gold and silver mining and production operations. The Company owns approximately 90.64% of PT Freeport Indonesia, and the Government of Indonesia owns the remaining approximate 9.36%. PT Freeport Indonesia mines, processes and explores for ore containing copper, gold and silver. It operates in the remote highlands of the Sudirman Mountain Range in the province of Papua, Indonesia, which is on the western half of the island of New Guinea. The Company's principal asset is the Grasberg minerals district. During the year ended December 31, 2006, PT Freeport Indonesia�s share of proven and probable recoverable reserves totaled 38.8 billion pounds of copper and 41.1 million ounces of gold, all of which are located in Block A.





TEX - Terex Corp
Last: $72.20
Float: 98.72M
Company Background
Terex Corporation (Terex) is a global manufacturer of capital equipment focused on delivering, customer relevant solutions for the construction, infrastructure, quarrying, mining, shipping, transportation, refining and utility industries. The Company operates in five segments: Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Terex Construction, Terex Cranes, Terex Materials Processing & Mining and Terex Roadbuilding, Utility Products and Other. On January 24, 2006, Terex acquired Halco Holdings Limited and its affiliates (Halco). On March 9, 2006, Terex's Unit Rig mining truck business entered into a joint venture with North Hauler Joint Stock Company Limited to produce high-capacity surface mining trucks in China. On April 4, 2006, Terex acquired Power Legend International Limited (Power Legend) and its affiliates, including a 50% ownership interest in Sichuan Changjiang Engineering Crane Co., Ltd., which designs, manufactures, sells and repairs cranes and other construction equipment and components.