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7/23/2008 4:01 PM

Aluminum Corp. of China Limited (ADR) (ACH)

CAPS Rating:
*****

A joint stock limited company, with its subsidiaries is engaged in bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminum smelting. Principal products are alumina and primary aluminum.

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Avatar floridabuilder (99.96) Submitted: 4/17/08 10:49 PM : Outperform Start Price: $39.38 ACH Score: -22.53

Industry (192 industry groups) – Buy strong stocks on pullbacks in strong industries

ACH is part of the Metal Producers – Pipe / Fab / Misc industry group. This industry group has been in the top 10 industry groups for only 1 time over the past 52 weeks (week ending May 11, 2007). Currently, the industry group is ranked #23. Amazingly the industry actually stays in the top 40 industry groups consistently (top 20%); however, it just can’t break into the top 10. When you break into the top 10 industries it means a lot of powerful Wall Street money is backing your industry group. It is very bullish once you hit the top 10 multiple times. Will the next few weeks prove to finally be the breakout into the top 10?

ACH is the largest market cap stock in this industry group. It is followed in market cap by PCP and GNA. PCP is a stock I would consider buying on a strong pullback.

Fools – Top 100 fools outperform the rest of the pack

This is amazing. 32 of the top 100 fools’ green thumb this stock and 2 top 100 fools red thumb it. Although this is only my second week doing my daily pick, this level of scrutiny by the best performing fools blows away all my previous picks. However, we need to look at the second indicator. In the last 90 days 6 top 100 fools green thumbed vs. 1 red thumb. In other words, this wasn’t a bad pick that top 100 fools got trapped in and refuse to close, but still more top 100 fools are piling in at the discounted price. This is very bullish.

Technical – In a bear market buy the best companies most oversold, in a bull market buy strong stocks on pullbacks

ACH is about 57% off its 52 week high which I get concerned about. In a bear market I prefer a 25% to 35% pullback from the 52 week; this concerns me that there is more to this drop. If it weren’t for the high level of top 100 fools this could be a deal killer for me. There is significant support at 35 a share and the stock now sits at 40 a share. The stock seems to be trending sideways and could be consolidating for another move up. However, this is a 5 year hold so technical’s has its place, but fundamentals are more important. I find the chart slightly bullish

Sales / Earnings Growth – If it isn’t growing then neither is your portfolio

Normally I have a write up for this section, but I find it disturbing that different media sources have significantly different growth rates on this stock…. I hate the Chinese

Fundamentals – Its fun to be mental. However, it is more fun to make money doing quality research

Again, normally on my daily picks I have a write up on the stock, but again I can’t find any financial statements or 10Qs, 10Ks to review. I really don’t like the idea of investing in a stock where I can’t review financials in a timely manner… have I mentioned I hate the Chinese? In any event, this is a high risk stock… remember…. This is China you are talking about…

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Avatar bullshiite (98.45) Submitted: 6/21/08 2:07 PM

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FB,
As of 6/20/08, I have some concern that rising electricity costs in China are going to significantly impact the profit margin of ACH. In a Market Watch Article, 'Aluminum prices jump as power costs cut output,' it stated "Chalco, to say Friday that its first-half profits will fall more than 50% compared to the year-earlier period." Ouch! Is a 6-month stock chart of ACH going to look similiar to the performance of oil refineries? For my real I am in at $36 and intend to hold because I know these things are cyclical and the demand for aluminum is strong; I just hope I don't have to double down at $20.

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Avatar Hero4All (76.09) Submitted: 6/25/08 2:12 PM

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From a recent 6-K filing -

Net profit for the six months from 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008 is estimated to decrease by over 50% as compared to the same period last year.

Severe weather and heavy snowstorms in most of the southern, northwestern and southwestern parts of China resulted in power supply shortages, which temporarily caused complete production stoppages of certain enterprises of the Company and affected our production operations. Price hikes of raw materials and energy supplies such as fuel also increased our production costs significantly as compared with the same period last year, leading to a decrease in profits.

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Avatar bullshiite (98.45) Submitted: 6/27/08 6:47 PM

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Hopefully ACH has a new support level at $28.75. Perhaps it will trade in the $29-$36 range until better earnings news is released.

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