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US Bancorp: One of the winners, relatively speaking

April 21, 2009 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: USB

US Bancorp tanked yesterday as Bank of America basically reported earnings derived primarily from one time gains. Today, USB has reported real results, and the stock is up 9+%. I'm up nearly 20% since I purchased it a month or so ago - although I was also down 20% at one point.

I've said before that US Bancorp is the real deal. 

Novartis: What's up?

April 16, 2009 – Comments (5) | RELATED TICKERS: NVS

Novartis is a high quality, diversified pharma company. I believe it's nearly on par with Johnson and Johnson. It doesn't have a lot of upcoming patent expirations and also has a strong generics division.   [more]

Enterprise GP Holdings increases cash distribution

April 15, 2009 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: EPE.DL

Enterprise GP Holdings (EPE) increased its cash distribution rate to $0.485 per unit per quarter, a 14% increase from this quarter in 2008.   [more]

Thoughts on the banks

April 10, 2009 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: WFC , USB , BBT

Wells Fargo set off a rally in bank stocks and the broader market when it announced an earning surprise.  [more]

Biogen shares climbing, rumors of possible takeout by Sanofi Aventis

April 08, 2009 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: BIIB , SNY

Biogen's stock is up about 5% at the time of writing and was up about 8% yesterday. There are rumors of a takeover by Sanofi Aventis, as Reuters reports.   [more]

Legacy Reserves LP: cutting my losses

April 06, 2009 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: LGCY

Legacy Reserves LP (LGCY) announced a buyout offer from a private equity firm, Apollo Management, of $14 a share. That's significantly less than I think the stock could be worth. However, Legacy is under pressure from volatile commodity prices. It's one of the more aggressive picks I made - I was essentially betting on continued high commodity prices. I intend to cut my losses.  [more]