Browsing Category: "Special Situations"
Concord Camera (LENS) released its 2007 10-K yesterday. Last week I calculated the net current asset value of Concord Camera, so I figured I should update my figures in the June 30, 2007 balance sheet. Here’s what I found: Cash and Equivalents: $3,853,000 Restricted Cash: $6,200,000 Short-term Investments: $30,475,000 Accounts Receivable, net: $10,702,000 Inventories: $15,806,000 +Prepaid [...]
July has been a really busy month. I spent most of my time avoiding losing money and that was no easy feat in this market. I closed July out with $12,044.13 in the Special Situations Real Money Port. Back in May, the account was worth $12,239.27. As you can see, I’ve lost a little bit of ground [...]
On June 29th, Tyco International (TYC) spun off Covidien (COV) and Tyco Electronics (TEL). Many investors, including several prominent value investors, had been waiting for this spinoff opportunity for quite some time. But as you can imagine, if everyone was waiting for this opportunity, the likelihood of the market mispricing these stocks was slim to none. Nevertheless, [...]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the market of bulls, it was the market of bears, it was a period of expansion, it was a period of recession, we were awash in liquidity, we were buried in debt. There were tender offers [...]
The Special Situations Real Money Portfolio has had another great month. The April Special Situations Real Money Port was up 7.3% for the year and had an annualized rate of return of 22.7% since inception. The May numbers are even more impressive. The Special Situations Real Money Port is now up 16.4% for the year [...]
It’s hard to believe that the S&P 500 surpassed 1,500 today. I’m starting to question the margin of safety on all my holdings now. Unilever PLC (UL) , my best performing position since I started the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio, was up over 3% today and is now trading about $32. I was having trouble [...]
I added shares of Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) to the Fat Pitch Financials Port earlier this week. Broadridge is the recent spin-off from ADP (ADP). Shareholders of ADP received one share of BR for every 4 shares of ADP they owned. The spinoff was completed May 30th. There was considerable discussion regarding Broadridge on Value Investing [...]
Many of you are probably familiar with spinoffs, especially since I’ve written about a few spinoffs here in the past. However, I bet most of you are not familiar split-offs, a close relative to spinoffs. I discovered my first split-off this past autumn and I’ve made some serious profits with these special situation opportunities since then. What are [...]
Western Sizzlin (WSZL) hit my limit price of $10.00 Wednesday, March 7th as a result of Sardar Biglari’s letter to Friendly Ice Cream (FRN) shareholders and Friendly’s decision to consider selling the company, so my 600 shares were sold. As many of you have probably noticed, Western Sizzlin has been part of the Special Situations Real Money Port since last [...]
It’s time to update you on the current performance of the Special Situations Real Money Port. The Special Situations Real Money Port is actually my son’s Coverdell Education Savings Account. This portfolio focuses on special situation opportunities including: going private transactions, odd lot tender offers, spin-offs, mergers, rights offerings, and other unique opportunities that may arise [...]
