TOP Tankers, Inc. (TOPS)

top 20 stocks to sell (10/6/08 LN)

OK what the secret here. Befor I read the comments I becuase of that am foolishly making this pick. Caps helped me find two of my best stocks ever. HOS,FRO both shown me well over 10% in a very short time. Love the boats historicly great div. that puts FRO up around 12% more. this pick is purely sector. lets see.

I gave this stock a thumbs down previously (and did well), but this stock is due some upside.

Definitely risky, at the same time George Economou recently increased his position. To me this one is an outperform.

market forces postive for this stock

I had an outperform on this company with its old ticker sign (TOPD) from late 2007 onwards.

Picking this company up again.

I think the international shipping business will have picked up significantly by a year from now (late 2008), especially in terms of transporting petroleum products. After all, China, India, and South America are industrializing at a rapid pace generally, and will continue to have an strongly growing thirst for oil and gas.

However, in the short run, I expect to see the shipping business take some more hard knocks in the next 3-6 months, and probably longer. And when the recovery does come, I expect companies like EXM and DRYS to do much better than TOPT. So I'm shorting this one with some confidence -- the moreso since they are issuing more stock to raise money. Not a good sign at all.

Underperform!

I cant stand the shipping sector outside of Top Tankers which seems like the only undervalued company in the sector. Using their assets alone the company is trading well below book valuation and they have all the looks like they will return to profitability in 2008. I expect them to reinstitute a healthy dividend and solidify their growth at 15% per year. I think they have solid technical support in the $5s and look like a solid buy here.

Nero

Sagetrade

Take a position and just wait...

Transportion and oil. You can do bad. Through in growth and you have a great candidate

Trading under book value in a business that is expected to see increased demands. Fleet is in good shape to meet future demand and international safety requirements (double hull, etc).

Bandwagon stock. Will rise, then fall.

contracted with price escalators buit-in, need for tankers, beter mgmt of company

the petential is $20.00, the fundamentals are good, it will be back on top to about 19 - 20 dillars.

We have to keep the oil flowing!

Acquire more tankers

underbought...

undervalued tanker play

In debt, losing money, I don't really see this stock going anywhere any time soon.