L.B. Foster Company (FSTR)

Patrick6k (< 20) Submitted: 4/03/07 10:07 AM : Start Price: $21.38 FSTR Score: 83.27

L.B. Foster is a prototypical company for Peter Lynch here. They make railroad ties, angle bars, rail joints, bearing pilings, bridge delkjding..............ZZZZZZZ.......WAKE UP PATRICK!!! YOU'RE NOT DONE READING THE BUSINESS DESCRIPTION YET!!!

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salvows (< 20) Submitted: 12/31/07 11:08 AM : Start Price: $51.43 FSTR Score: -14.15

Warren Buffet just bought 60% of a privately owned infrastructure company and plans to buy the rest based on earnings over the next few years. This tells me that it makes sense to get into the infrastructure industry now and LB Foster is an up and co...

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CoachDan300 (82.60) Submitted: 3/14/08 12:05 AM : Start Price: $40.21 FSTR Score: 3.31

Just a hunch

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reddingrunner (86.04) Submitted: 9/18/07 3:28 PM : Start Price: $44.21 FSTR Score: 0.28

Buffet's big on trains, FSTR provides the infrastructure the trains need to keep tracking. Not much competition and increased rail use means increased maintenance and upgrading of tracks.

They are also into construction, energy and util...

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bluedome (< 20) Submitted: 6/12/08 12:38 PM : Start Price: $35.38 FSTR Score: 10.86

one time gain last year makes p/e wrong - more like 7 but still this co is growing fast enough to deserve higher

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Jivy2008 (71.60) Submitted: 5/05/08 9:01 PM : Start Price: $30.91 FSTR Score: 28.79

Purchase on dip, hopefully it doesn't continue to dip!

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FishlessCookie (< 20) Submitted: 5/02/08 10:54 AM : Start Price: $32.84 FSTR Score: -22.71

Looks like a "head and shoulders" formation on the chart. That usually means DOWN.

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cold5starstocks (92.12) Submitted: 5/01/08 6:31 PM : Start Price: $33.77 FSTR Score: 19.54

Experiment time... I will pick whatever stocks that are on the cold 5 star list on the last trading day of each month. There is no research involved other what is on the cold 5 star list at the end of each month. Each pick will be for one year. Lets ...

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capsterok (84.75) Submitted: 4/24/08 6:09 PM : Start Price: $44.20 FSTR Score: -10.97

Testing out a portfolio of smallish-cap 5-star stocks found using the CAPS screener. All picks have at least 50 allstars backing them, which should be enough to minimize star rating fluctuations. It's only been about a week, and I expect a LOT of vol...

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Cardenwar (< 20) Submitted: 4/03/08 9:26 PM : Start Price: $46.57 FSTR Score: -12.24

L.B. Foster is one to watch, they have a good track record and seem to be able to get out of slumps.

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