The First Marblehead Corp (FMD)

TMFPlatoish (97.78) Submitted: 10/08/06 7:05 PM : Start Price: $29.21 FMD Score: -64.89

A banking services company that seems to be putting a hammerlock on the securitization and now marketing of privately financed student loans. Their financials are convoluted to my unindoctrinated thinking, but the Fool message board community has bee...

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defelix7 (< 20) Submitted: 3/17/08 5:30 PM : Start Price: $7.91 FMD Score: -49.93

Okay.


I had to make a purchase here. It's FMD at a bargain price.





this is First Marblehead, the company I worked for back in Boston.





I’ve taken such a loss on this stock – from $53 a yea...

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halbhh (< 20) Submitted: 3/24/08 9:28 AM : Start Price: $7.73 FMD Score: -48.15

I warned folks at $18 it was extremely risky and recommended sell. Now at under $8, I'm putting it into a risky buy category.





The community here didn't seem to get the idea of a credit bubble and fallout, really, months ago....

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007Kevin (37.68) Submitted: 4/02/08 9:30 PM : Start Price: $7.53 FMD Score: -46.35

This is my kind of stock, one which has taken a un-fair beating. Any one who has taken out a student loan knows they are like death and taxes, you can't get away from them. The price of education is outragous and only getting more expensive. If you ...

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TheAsterion (92.65) Submitted: 11/14/07 2:39 PM : Start Price: $30.54 FMD Score: -55.80

Check out the fundamentals here. Huge moat/profit margins. great RoE. best of all its cheap beyond all reason with a high growth and net earnings at 10% of market cap (translating to an insane 0.15 PEG ratio) and a fat divvy.

On the macro scale...

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Oldfalls (< 20) Submitted: 2/06/08 8:45 PM : Start Price: $14.49 FMD Score: -57.42

Short term, we should see a substantial change after Moody's completes its review. If FMD and TERI make it through the rating process looking good, securitizations should pick right back up and the future will be bright. The stock could double on t...

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brihew (53.24) Submitted: 4/27/08 11:03 PM : Start Price: $3.50 FMD Score: -23.01

Classic contrarian play. Student loans aren't going away. Goldman infused in December. Well managed and good financials the past several years (very low Debt/Equity). We'll see if I caught this falling knife on the dull edge.

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BUgeo (< 20) Submitted: 6/27/08 3:27 AM : Start Price: $3.19 FMD Score: -24.72

If I'm right and FMD has weathered the worst, fall is right around the corner. Recessions usually put people back to school for re-training and if FMD survives should have a multi-bagger here.

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TheGarcipian (98.67) Submitted: 10/11/06 9:08 PM : Start Price: $44.29 FMD Score: -62.11

Bill Mann's right on this stock choice. The proprietary models this company uses gives them a huge moat with which to protect and grow their business. This company won't make it to 5Y growth because they'll be gobbled up by a larger firm. But in the ...

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garyrealtime (30.65) Submitted: 2/21/08 6:31 PM : Start Price: $12.60 FMD Score: -54.38

Today the market did a slide down the hill, and First Marblehead Corp. Has gotten hit a lot harder then it deserves over the last two months. This makes it a great time to pick up a good long term stock at a discount price (not to say it might go low...

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