http://benhurinvestments.com We Empower Personal Investment through Group Education Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:55:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is it time to sell Apple? I'm conflicted: "Apple shipped 2,496,000 Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing 41 percent unit growth and 43 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 11,011,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 12 percent unit growth and seven percent revenue growth over the year-ago ... http://benhurinvestments.com/news/appl-to-sell-or-not-to-sell/ It might be hard to swallow, DOW "in the business of change" from their 2007 annual report because they have been around for 110 years.  However think about changing markets and the challenges faced in 110 years and the pieces begin to fit.  Evidence on paper that DOW is up ... http://benhurinvestments.com/hot-stock/dow-chemical-dow/ 2nd quarter results for NETC are coming out July 22nd. There are not many analysts tracking this company in the US, but expect to see much better numbers then 2Q 2007.  Being the leader cable & internet provider in Brazil doesn't have to mean increases of earnings are on the horizon.  ... http://benhurinvestments.com/uncategorized/blue-balls/ Excellent post over at Seeking Alpha right now discussing the rapid acceleration of Apple's iTunes Music Store.  They chart the sales growth nicely for you, but the upshot of it is: first 100 million sales in 2004 broke 1 billion sales in 2006 broke 5 billion sales in 2008 Considering the fact that iTunes ... http://benhurinvestments.com/portfolio-stock/aapl-news-5-billion-songs-sold-via-itunes/ BHP Billiton is a global natural resource giant located in Melbourne, Australia. BHP is a the market leading or almost the market leading supplier of aluminum, energy and metallurgical coal, copper, manganese, iron ore, uranium, nickel, silver and titanium minerals. They also have interests in oil, gas, natural ... http://benhurinvestments.com/portfolio-stock/bhp-bhp-billiton/ WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE! But seriously, Under Armour was started in 1996 by former University of Maryland football player Kevin Plank.  Kevin wanted to design athletic apparel that would improve an athlete's performance by wicking away the sweat from the body keeping the athlete cooler in hot weather.  From that ... http://benhurinvestments.com/portfolio-stock/ua-under-armour/ SBUX We purchased Starbucks back in August of 2007 at $24.42 per share. At the time SBUX had dropped 30% of its price over the previous 18 months. After a long run up during the early to middle 2000s we saw this drop as a correction. We thought that a 30% ... http://benhurinvestments.com/portfolio-stock/starbucks/ AllianceBernstein LP. provides investment research and services globally as well as managing their own family of mutual funds.  In addition, AB is one of the largest global asset management firms in the world with approximately $800M in assets under management.  With over 4.1 million clients worldwide, AB has offices in ... http://benhurinvestments.com/portfolio-stock/ab-alliancebernstein/ Cypress Semiconductors (CY) I did not get a chance to present my stock at the last meeting, but I wanted to provide a brief explanation for my attraction to this company. With oil prices above $120/bbl and gas prices at $4/gal coupled with a presidential election where candidates will be touting greener ... http://benhurinvestments.com/hot-stock/cy-cypress-semiconductors/ Just a taste: GKK - Google Finance Chasing Value 25 Stocks Benjamin Graham would Like Gramercy Capital Corp. is a REIT that has holdings in commercial properties. Over 50% of those are held by the like of BOA and Wachovia. Both are strong banks that are not going anywhere anytime soon. GKK has a 14.68% ... http://benhurinvestments.com/hot-stock/gkk-gramercy-capital-corp/