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The weekend is almost over.  Earlier today I had this entry almost completely finished and if you can believe it (it is true) I started closing windows looking for a chart I had downloaded on my desktop, and as you would figure, I closed the rough draft before I had published it....so let's start from scratch on this one once again. Come on guys, when I tell you I am an amateur, well you ought to believe it!  

If you are new to the blog, well, make yourself at home and look around.  What I like to do on the blog is pick stocks (what else did you think?) and as a matter of honesty, and straight-forwardness (is that a word?), I like to take some time each weekend and look back a year and find out how those particular stocks turned out.  This analysis assumes a "buy and hold" approach to investing with equal dollar amounts being purchased of the stocks discussed.  In reality, I practice and advocate a disciplined portfolio management that directs me to sell losing stocks quickly on small losses and to sell gaining stocks slowly and partially at targeted appreciation levels.

Let's take a look at the stocks I discussed during the week of September 12, 2005, and find out how they would have turned out if they were indeed purchased!

On September 12, 2005, I posted Oakley (OO) on Stock Picks Bob's Advice at a price of $18.16.  Oakley closed at $22.75 on January 19, 2007, for an effective stock pick gain of $4.59 or 25.3%.

On October 19, 2006, Oakley reported 3rd quarter 2006 results.  For the quarter ended September 30, 2006, net sales increased 21.2% to $210.2 million, up from $173.4 million in the same quarter last year.  Net income came in at $17.3 million or $.25/diluted share, up from $16.1 million or $.23/diluted share the prior year same period.

Oakley (OO) beat expectations of $.22/share earnings on revenue of $192 million.  In addition, the company raised guidance for revenue growth to 15 to 17% from prior guidance of an increase of 13%.  Thus, the company showed strong revenue growth, earnings growth, beat expectations, and raised guidance.  Everything contributing to what I call a "trifecta-plus" in earnings reports!

Here is the chart showing recent price activity and identifying my "pick" point:

On September 16, 2005, I posted Marine Products (MPX) on Stock Picks Bob's Advice when it was trading at $12.10.  MPX closed at $9.58 on January 19, 2007, for a loss of $(2.52) or (20.8)% since posting.

On October 25, 2006, Marine Products announced 3rd quarter 2006 results.   For the quarter ended September 30, 2006, Marine Products reported net sales of $64.0 million a 1.6% decrease compared to the $65.0 million in the same quarter last year.  Net income was $4.6 million a 37.2% decrease from the $7.3 million reported in the same period last year.

If we look at the chart on Marine Products from StockCharts.com, and my point of entry, you can see that I did pick the stock when it was already showing some technical weakness.  Clearly I need to look closer at these charts as I present stocks.  Perhaps this one could have been avoided (?).

Well how did I do in that week in September, 2005, with these two 'picks'.  Basically it was a wash with one stock moving higher and the other lower.  In fact, the average performance of these two stocks was a gain of 2.25%.

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Have a great week trading everyone!

Bob