$0.73 0.01 (+1.53%)
11/6/2009 3:59 PM

Alesco Financial, Inc. (AFN)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

A specialty finance company formed to invest primarily in certain target asset classes.

Current Price $0.73 Mkt Cap $43.98M
Open $0.75 P/E Ratio 0.23
Prev. Close $0.72 Div. (Yield) 1.00 (109.90%)
Daily Range $0.73 - $0.77 Volume 211,226
52-Wk Range $0.30 - $1.44 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,073,000

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Top AFN Bull/Bear Pitches

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pytheian (98.82)
Submitted May 05, 2008

27% yield on this REIT. Only two questions

1. Can they keep it up (obviously assumes no bankruptcy)?
2. Can they maintain their REIT status (otherwise potential for double taxation)?

Mgmt represents that they've:
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NeroSagetrade (84.75)
Submitted December 13, 2007

Alesco is a financial disaster and we may just be seeing the tip of that iceberg here. AFN was forced to absorb over 500 million in writedowns last quarter and yet they defiantly have decided to pay out their regular quarterly dividend. They have a… More

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Member Avatar bbubbba (< 20) Submitted: 6/8/2008 5:58:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $2.55 AFN Score: -52.37

Way over sold and will correct as sector turns around!

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Member Avatar star60629 (< 20) Submitted: 5/22/2008 4:34:23 PM : Outperform Start Price: $2.22 AFN Score: -47.03

Yielding 40% Will come thru this crisis

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Member Avatar crailey (< 20) Submitted: 5/12/2008 1:07:13 PM : Outperform Start Price: $2.96 AFN Score: -54.68

If mgmnts plan prevails the % of increase from current price wil be larger that that which the S&P will experience

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dwot (99.98) Score: +180.23

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in AFN.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
baisleyde 68.20 3/16/2007 Underperform NS $6.22 -88.25% -18.28% +69.97
ragingbats < 20 2/12/2007 Underperform 3M $7.65 -90.44% -20.82% +69.63
nitroop < 20 6/14/2007 Underperform 3M $7.04 -89.62% -25.81% +63.81 1 Comment
shortemall 98.84 8/20/2007 Underperform 3W $3.95 -81.49% -21.62% +59.87
MCHSkdog 82.01 7/18/2007 Underperform 3Y $5.28 -86.16% -26.55% +59.62
StockCC < 20 3/14/2008 Underperform 1Y $2.93 -75.06% -15.91% +59.15 1 Comment
joshb2025 70.59 8/30/2007 Underperform NS $3.96 -81.56% -22.47% +59.09
ErsatzE 85.68 8/27/2007 Underperform 5Y $4.15 -82.38% -23.45% +58.93
txnavy78027 99.35 8/15/2007 Underperform 5Y $3.55 -79.41% -21.21% +58.19
panitaxx 97.21 1/22/2008 Underperform 1Y $2.47 -70.36% -12.23% +58.13
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 5/8/2008 Underperform NS $3.79 -80.69% -20.53% +60.17
TrackNWQ < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $4.22 -11.37% -6.61% -4.76 5/5/2008 @ $3.74 1 Comment
TrackBearStearns 86.38 1/17/2007 Outperform NS $10.24 -52.27% +8.35% -60.61 9/27/2007 @ $4.89
TrackOppenheimer 26.63 1/12/2007 Outperform NS $7.47 -90.22% -19.99% -70.23
TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 12/4/2006 Outperform NS $9.35 -59.78% +7.82% -67.61 11/2/2007 @ $3.76

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