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Stock investment tips.

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2012-12-16 16:13

So certain events have occurred and I've decided to be a millionaire instead of a nurse, mainly to avoid any misunderstandings, since any misunderstandings would be big misunderstandings.

Anyway, I have my flaws, people misunderstand me, which I believe I have mentioned, perhaps I also am impatient and prefer to go my own way when learning things and end up out of the loop, not using the right terms and lingo, however on the plus side I have often been called a good judge of people/character and I believe I am quite competent and intelligent when I am committed.

What would be the absolute raw basics of investment then? I believe that I have the potential to become exceptional if I apply my finely honed reasoning skills to this task. I shall have my million in no time.

Name: The Raven 2013-01-30 3:46

Livermore.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-30 10:17

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-19 11:20

>>41
i like that guy

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-19 11:21

>>41
I also get the edgar allen poe reference.

Name: Edgar Allan Poe 2013-02-19 12:42

>>44
Who is this edgar allen poe fellow? Is he plagiarizing my work?

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-24 18:29

>>45
I meant Edgar Allan Poe.

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-24 18:51

This was posted by idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM on the imageboard politically incorrect.

He seems to have vastly more experience than I.

http://boards.4chan.org/pol/res/10602954#p10604222

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This is my number one pick for first quarter of 2013

CNAM

Long story short the Chinese govt was on their ass, cutting their power, and cock blocking the company to get westerners out of the stock. Now that the company has become majority Chinese owned, the Chinese govt has just given their business the green light and tax breaks.

The company has a book value of over 34m dollars, but a market capitalization of only 7-8 million

It is foretasted to make 125-150 million in revenue in 2013, and gross profits of about 25 million. Net profit of about 15 million.

They also have 3 million in stock in Apollo minerals an Australian mining company.
The reason the price is low now is because everyone has given hope up on this company due to poor performance that was due to PRC intervention.

However the PRC officials in the area just took a large stock purchase offering in the company. There are a few people who got shares at .33 that were locked down who are now shorting them for instant profit at .40 cents. Even though this is not supposed to happen it does. There are about 200k shares left to short, so the stock will probably be under pressure until those share consolidate.

Late march they will report their year end results and due to skyrocketing iron ore and scrap steel prices they are forecast to report about .10 cents earning pershare in 4q 2012 report on march 26th

This stock is too small for institutional investors to notice yet. The price will be over 1.00 by end of april and probably over 3.00 by end of 2013. This is an extreme value growth company that got hit hard by govt intervention and now is free to make money. This is my easiest sure 5 bagger for 2013.

I will caution you to invest too quickly here. I predict the share price may stay under pressure for a few weeks or so. not below .30 though.

The thing that will propel this stock up is their year end report at end of march and their first quarterly report.

Use tdameritrade, it's easy

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-24 19:03

>>47
I believe he used an image from finance.yahoo.com

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=CNAM+Interactive#symbol=CNAM;range=5y

Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-02-25 18:14

Ohh i see you copied my post.

I have another stock to keep an eye on for Wednesday, which is more of a short term momentum play than CNAM. (which I consider a medium term hold at this point in time).

ANIK
Anika Therapeutics Inc.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ANIK&ql=1

Here is the deal with this company.

It is a small cap about ~150 million

Has about 40 million in cash.

Book value 1.38, so very value priced for a biotech company.

Primary product is an FDA approved drug ORTHOVISC, used for osteoarthritis, joints cartilage regeneration ect. They have a long lineup of other drugs and products as well, but the first one is their biggest cash cow. Their joint pain drug is the industry leader with no competition on the market yet, and doctors love it becasue it is expensive and has a big markup for them so they love to prescribe it.

The company earns about .74 cents a year in profit after all taxes and expense. Also has an acceptable peg ration ~.5 good earnings growth.

Why the stock is down now: One of their follow up drugs got FDA denied, their CFO stepped down, reason unknown, claimed personal. Last quarter earnings was a big disappointment came in at .12 cents instead of .17 expected.

The reason for the miss however was becasue they had to expand their facility to handle increased demand for their drugs, the expansion interrupted the orders in process. Company states all missed orders form q3 will be shipped q4. Company recently reiterated that they will beat or meet their guidance. Analysts expect .24 cents a share earnings. And they should get imo .23-.30. However these earnings are masking a lot of costs they are absorbing, and in fact this quarter will be a record breaking revenue and gross profit for them.

market is scared about their fda miss and earnings miss. On Wednesday they will put to doubt their earnings issues. And they are retrying to get back though the fda, their new drug was already approved in europe and asia.

The same thing happened in q1 after a miss the stock declined and after their next earnings report q2 where they beat, the stock rose over 3 dollars.

Stock trades around 10.50-10.70 now. Buying it around 10.50 would be ideal if you can get it that cheap. I am looking for a minimum 1 dollar rise in pps rise on Thursday. Range 11.50-13 in the days following the earnings report on Wednesday. I see almost no further downside risk beyond short term possible price pullback due to overall market conditions imo

Always do your own dd make your own decisions on what you can afford to risk.. good luck

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Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-02-26 17:16

Tomorrow is the last day to get into ANIK, before what I believe is a rally.

Earnings report will be released after market close wed. And conference call is scheduled at 9:00 thursday morning.

http://postimage.org/image/9dcy61swb/6d135818/

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Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-02-27 17:03

Hope you got in this baby is gonna run.. still not too late to buy tomm morning

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-28 4:33

>>49
>>51
>>56
I have a tdameritrade account that I never use and I suppose I could make some token trades, what I am really interested in is developing a clear and full understanding of the economy, learning how successful investors conduct their research, making predictions of my own and observing how they play out.

Armco and Anika are both in sectors you would expect to be expanding. China's economic development was held back by tyranny and the state let go of the reigns in the late 80s allowing it to follow a text book sigmoid curve growth pattern, which we are apparently in the center of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_function

Technology is continuing to develop rapidly, most notably computing but also cellular biology, nanotechnology and materials science, pharmaceuticals and certain niche industries are going to benefit.

I think I mentioned graphene in the imageboard thread, there have been some very interesting developments recently that are worth repeating.

Graphene batteries.
http://www.wimp.com/supersupercapacitor/

Graphene solar power.
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/graphene-breakthrough-one-photon-can-be-converted-into-multiple-electrons/

' They also have 3 million in stock in Apollo minerals an Australian mining company.

I've heard of Australia's booming trade in minerals with the ever hungry China, that is probably good to see.

I am confident in my broader view of the economy, I am able to hone in on areas of growth but need to step up my game if I intend to find specific companies like Armco and Anika. The only way I could imagine doing so would be to pour over dozens of stock reports looking for businesses that might be undervalued and investigating further hoping I stumble across on. How did you come across these companies?

We discussed market capitalization ratios, you also looked at other indicators, revenue, profits, cash in hand and book value. As you mentioned, even though microsoft has a low market-capitalization/enterprise-value it is a large business that dominates its sector and pays dividends and may be a good investment. I am now wondering what other factors might change how someone should interpret these indicators. I am guessing the simplest way would be to compare the business to its competitors.

I gather that the 2 most important factors for future growth are the products of the business and the behavior of investors, both of which seem to dominate your analysis of these 2 companies. The actual practical activities of the business and the products or services it sells are fundamental of course, why you went to such lengths as flying over the China to check up on Armco, if more investors did this there would be far less bubbles and ponzi schemes destabilizing the economy and costing people jobs. The financial aspects are a major factor anchored to the practical elements of a business.

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-02-28 4:34

>>49
>>51
>>56
' >Primary product is an FDA approved drug ORTHOVISC, used for osteoarthritis, joints cartilage regeneration ect. They have a long lineup of other drugs and products as well, but the first one is their biggest cash cow.

I guess most of that information is from their SEC filings but a few searches reveals that orthovisc has a few competitors. How did you find out that doctors receive a "mark up" for prescribing it?

Their SPO profile says this.

http://access.edgar-online.com/ipo.aspx?colleft=613ecf6a-b2a7-4b42-a0c8-809161372aec&colright=76baaeb6-2549-44f5-8e1d-cd700701e704&cikid=217&tabindex=2&coname=anika%20therapeutics%20inc&fnid=9608&ipo=0

' >The Company believes its expertise and proprietary know-how in the development and manufacture of ultra-pure, high molecular weight HA products are difficult to replicate and provide it with a competitive advantage.

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/displayfilinginfo.aspx?FilingID=8903875-56504-101153&type=sect&dcn=0001157523-12-005906

Averaging $10 million every quarter, they also have variants of the product so they must use the same technological "competitive advantage" to dominate these markets, apparently they have a dermal range but that isn't as useful as different kinds of medicine. I estimate their advantage accounts for around $13 million per quarter.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=ANIK+Key+Statistics
Revenue (ttm):    67.20M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):    10.18M
10.18/67.2= around 15% of their revenue is kept as income after expenses, tax, interest, etc..

So a rough estimate of their lowest after-tax annual income is $7.9 million, this is a worst case scenario, it is far more likely to be higher. Last year when their share price hovered around 14.5 they were making similar amounts of money before their debaucle with the delayed orthovisc orders and later FDA rejection.

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/displayfilinginfo.aspx?FilingID=8755528-10359-14346&type=sect&dcn=0001157523-12-004339
Three Months Ended June 30
Net income $3,736,868
Comprehensive income $2,136,664

I guess that confirms they were undervalued somewhat and the stock market will timidly come back to Anika.

Their report is in with record quarterly earnings and we will see how the stock market reacts now.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/anika-therapeutics-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2012-financial-results-20130227-01483#.US8iPTveIus

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 10:36

>>58
What's wrong, Sambo?

Can't quote in the textboard style?

Back to /pol/, please!

Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-02-28 12:47

>>57
>>58
I like your math based approach. That can be a great complimentary tool, or even be a tool in of itself to use in the marketplace. However remember that markets are over saturated with quants, and human emotions are more powerful than an mathematical model that cannot quantify human emotions.

As newton was quoted as saying when asked about the price rise in the South Seas trading company.

"I can calculate the movements of the stars and heavens, but I cannot calculate human madness".. or something to that affect more or less, that's how I remember it.



I am also very bullish on graphene technology, and I would be interested in any stocks you can recommend to leverage the sector.

One stock I am very bullish on for the long term in graphene is CVV. However I am not going to issue any buy recommendations on the stock because I have not completed my research into it fully, even though I have been studying it for months. I also have many worries about short term price action in the stock. However the VERY long term fundamentals look solid if they continue to execute the next two quarters.

yes i completely agree the fundamental products and services the company is involved in are key to driving the price, and you must inspect all aspects of the operation / sector demand going forward, as well as competitor threats.

And yes many investors are very very lazy. I would go as far as saying anyone who invests into a stock without reading at least the last 4 quarterly reports and listening too the last two conference calls is a complete fool. And yet, the vast majority of investors do not even execute this MINIMAL effort.

I pride myself in becoming an expert in a select group of stocks and companies, and beating analysts forecasts. Part of the reason i can beat analysts is because i narrow my focus. And do not over diversify. Over diversifying draws your returns to a mean much like rolling a dice. Eventually you hit the mean of 3.5 and lower your potential return. It's much more profitable to focus on less rolls each with a higher probability of success.

Also I follow the mantra of Paul tudor Jones, you can read his basic philosophy on wikipedia.


Regarding why doctors profit off ORTHOVISC, it's about the multiple injections. They make most of their margins off the visits, more visits more injections = more revenue for them. Their are also practical reasons why multiple injections is in some regards superior to singular injection by spacing out the administration of the treatment. Just like administering any drug, done slower there is less patient risk, the benefits last over a longer period of time, and it affords doctors more time to inspect and judge the efficacy of the treatment and the progress, as well as patient reaction to it. However singular injection is clearly preferred by many patients for practical reasons, and as such each market will maintain it's niche, that is why there is a lot of opportunity for singular injection and multiple injection market to exist side by side.

I also think ANIK is  a potential acquisition target for johnson and johnson. I have reason to believe johnson and joohnson wants to buy them ,and the minimum price they could pay is about 20 dollars a share. So there is a very bullish case to hold this stock long term, but i myself will probably slowly exit my position on the way up to limit risk. I already grew my portfolio by 20% today since I had ALOT of this stock on margin, I am almost at millionaire status, starting with 30k last year, of course I am going to get hit with enormous taxes that I am delaying paying  so far this year and next, to use that capital as long s possible.

Regarding CNAM, the stock is one that is in the exact opposite of a bubble as you describe. It is so undervalued it is actually ridiculous. I expect to make at least a million dollars off of CNAM.

There are signs with CNAM right now that interest is building and consolidation is accelerating right now. I cannot predict the madness of men, and as such the stock may drop some from this point, however the odds of that are decreasing. It may fall down to .33 over the next week or two, however you must wonder how much longer it is worth it to buy into the position now for that 1-3 dollar stock price we are going to realize in late 2013. I always try to execute the lowest buy in price on the largest fundamental disconnects.

Anyway never invest money you cannot afford to loose. And do your dd.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 16:14

>>1-60
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Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-02-28 21:08

Name: 4ct !3lWjo8kf8k 2013-03-01 16:31

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Name: Tripcode is "sage" !ccqXAQxUxI 2013-03-01 20:13

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Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-03-02 2:33

>>60
I am impressed. Anika hit 13, the upper end of your predicted range. You not only found an undervalued company, you also correctly predicted that the earnings report would trigger the market correction allowing you to use your capital elsewhere in the meantime, 23% gains in 2 days is far more valuable than 23% gains in a month, when annualized it comes to 2.6 million trillion % returns which is far greater than my target of 10%, if I could achieve even the tiniest fraction of that success I would gain muh million in no time. And you also took the time to share your thoughts with random people over the internet. I feel guilty for considering the possibility that someone had concocted an elaborate plot to troll me into thinking I had come across an expert investment banker and convince me to put all my money on facebook or something. You are the real deal and I thank you for allowing me to capture a glimpse of my goal.


The "sequester deadline" is here apparently,

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/01/17136205-sequester-deadline-day-is-here-but-the-effects-wont-be-instantaneous?lite

the budget may end up being cut by $42 billion, Obama may succeed in reducing or stopping the cuts, I don't see this directly affecting medicare or our precious orthovisc, the economic ripples might disrupt things a little.


[code]' >I like your math based approach.

My math was pretty ad-hoc, don't take it seriously yet, I am learning though. My objective is to figure out methods of quickly and effectively reviewing businesses so I have enough scope to find opportunities within a reasonable time period. There is a need to break down statistics into something more meaningful, that can be compared to statistics from other companies.

I wanted a conservative forecast of their profits to compare with their assets giving me an estimate of the percentage increase in the value of the business without regard to investor activity, as opposed to the "return on assets" statistic. A previous year's returns are not a reliable way of forecasting future returns. Enterprise value wasn't an accurate indicator, it is essentially just market capitalization + debt - cash, I may have derped some there. I will have to try and keep that to a minimum.

Anika's book value apparently tells a different story from its stock price.

http://ycharts.com/companies/ANIK/book_value_of_equity

Imagine a textile mill, $10 million assets, $1 million annual profit, its initial public offering is $10 million and the average growth rates across the country are 5%, investors will initially buy shares knowing the company is set to increase in value by 10% due to profit alone, as market capitalization (MC) increases, profit per MC (return on equity?) decreases, when MC reaches $20 million, profit per MC has decreased to 5% and most investors will be looking for other investments. If profits fall by $100K, profit per MC changes to 4.5%, if the economy is suffering at the same time and average growth drops to 4%, the "ideal" MC will rise to $22.5 million as people transfer their capital from businesses that are doing worse off until profit per MC is 4% again. This is my current impression of the price mechanism in capital markets, obviously in the real world there is far more uncertainty and irrationality but prices cannot stray too far from the "ideal" before forming a bubble or resulting in shortages/inefficiency. Criticism is welcome, these are not sacred heartfelt beliefs, I intend to amend and improve my ideas.


tl;dr I have a lot to read up on.
Schooling on all these technical details and terms.
Historical bubbles.
The potential applications of graphene and their economic feasibility.
Review sectors of the economy with the goal of finding which areas are worth focusing on.
Paul Tudor Jones
Familiarize myself with quarterly reports and conference calls.


You may have noticed I started this thread in December last year, this thread is long term so if you get busy or bored it will still be here and it shouldn't be hard to find it.

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-03-02 2:34

' >I like your math based approach.

oops, forgot the much needed greentext

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-03-02 2:35

that's not right

' >I like your math based approach.

there we go

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-03-02 2:38

' >implying you can stop me implying things

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 3:16

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Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-03-02 13:33

>>65

Do not feel bad for being suspicious. Actually that is what imo is a key element of my success. I am suspicious of everything I see and hear and look for confirming evidence. Someone who takes others words at face value can easily get into trouble.

Also being suspicious will aid you in your search for good companies, when you are looking for a stock to buy, most average investors look for excuses to buy the company. They try to confirm their beliefs or feelings on a pick or stock.

I do the opposite and look for excuses not to buy the company and as soon as I find one sufficient I walk away and start looking at the next company.

There will never be a shortage of other options to invest in if you find a reason not to buy a particular company, even if you are relatively certain that it will rise, and you miss it because of your concerns, it is nothing at all to be concerned with missing that opportunity. Even though you missed that opportunity it is masking the fact that you also missed that risk, focus as much on the profits you miss as the risks you miss.

By searching until you find a pick, with no rational reason not to buy, you limit your downside risk to the greatest degree and play the best defense, while also being in an offensive position.

IF you predict the market will react in a certain way with a stock and it does not do as you expect. That is a red flag that you are wrong about something, and it is time to exit. Set goals for yourself and if the companies performance is not matching your time stops.. then you gotta get out before Mr. Market really whacks you.

It's easier to gain informational advantages on comapnies the smaller they are.

I think my predictive powers are pretty good, but even I know I will never be able to outguess the market on large caps like AAPL. Not competing against thousands of analysis and quants all making their own predictions and sloshing their money around. I might be able to identify a fair long term value for the company though, if I were prepared to sit long term and wait for a payday. But i am not.

I might also add that i am starting to sell my ANIK now. I am very good at predicting the start of runs, and stock bottoms. However I never really know how far human madness will carry a stock price under positive momentum, so I almost never see the top stock price, I usually get out as the fundamental disconnect i first identified erodes under price appreciation.

I am taking a lot of the money out of ANIK and I bought NOG. NOG is another stock that has reached technical AND fundamental bottom, and that combined with historical data analysis I have conducted, and an overview of their value and management's increasing execution effectiveness, leads me to conclude NOG will rally in the range of 16-18 over the next few weeks. The primary downside risk I see to NOG is the price of oil and natural gas in the US market. Even though I expect NOG to outperform oil and gas by a heavy margin going forward. I will be monitoring these prices carefully and have some oil and natural gas price stops if oil breaks 89.75 dollars a barrel to the downside, I will exit NOG, if not.. I will hold it to my price range with a max time limit of one-two months based on relative performance.

http://postimage.org/image/8hve1wufn/

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Name: idpurpose !eoPD6MpjJM 2013-03-04 2:20

I have been monitoring a series of developments in the international markets.. and i am starting to have serious reservations about the situation.

Additionally oil is approaching 90, we are on a hair trigger alert at this point. Markets may enter a correction or short pullback, as such we are preparing to take on short positions in several companies, and are ready to exit our NOG if oil continues to fall.

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Name: Anonymous 2013-03-04 9:11

>>70
>>75
' >most average investors look for excuses to buy the company. They try to confirm their beliefs or feelings on a pick or stock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

' >I do the opposite and look for excuses not to buy the company

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8xxtygm_xM
http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/ded_ind.html

Deductive reasoning is when you apply a theory, inductive reasoning is when you draw a hypothesis from the facts, though I'm sure a philosophy major would prefer to describe it as "going from the particular to the general" or whatever. We use inductive reasoning in our everyday lives and we are usually right because we have plenty of experience and opportunities to test assumptions like how long it takes to toast bread or how often to vacuum, I suspect that many instinctively resort to inductive reasoning on the stock market. Trying to do the same in a field as unfathomably complex and difficult to observe as the economy will lead to inaccurate conclusions unless you have an opportunity to test your hypothesis, unlike other sciences where you can perform as many experiments in the laboratory as you want, we can only analyze historical data or make predictions and watch how they play out. This means that accurate conclusions on the stock market will be largely based on deductions based on tried and tested theories rather than attempts to draw new hypothesis' from new situations.

That does not mean inductive reasoning is always inaccurate, just that we should first use our more accurate tried and tested theories before performing well researched inductive reasoning, for instance confirming if Orthovisc will continue to gain sales. When you "look for excuses not to buy the company" I think this is what you are doing, you use deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities like Sherlock Holmes, though likewise deductive reasoning isn't always accurate, as you say if the market starts acting unpredictably that means your theories were not sufficient.

http://www.northernoil.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_formation
http://oilshalegas.com/bakkenshale.html

' As of March 31, 2012, Northern Oil controlled approximately 173,000 net acres in the Williston Basin Bakken and Three Forks plays

I have heard of North Dakota's oil boom.

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=NOG
http://ycharts.com/companies/NOG/book_value_of_equity

Asset value was 586 million in december 31st according to ycharts and 586.4 million according to yahoo finance if I take Price/Book divide by share price and multiply by market capitalization. I'm sure I'm missing something in yahoo finance here.. Market capitalization plus debt comes to 1322 million, over double the asset value, not sure if this is normal for the oil industry.

What got investors excited in September 2010? I have been reading various SEC filings, they had acquired land and were completing wells months before the share price spike, doesn't seem significant. Could have been just the usual bizarre investor behavior.

http://ycharts.com/companies/NOG/net_income_ttm

According to this their income rose during 2011 and since September 2011 their net income has remained over 40 million yet stock hasn't risen that much. Could it be because investors feel it is over-saturated?

Obviously gas prices are always on the minds of investors, I hear people talking about gas prices all the time. On one hand panic selling might result in a few undervalued companies once the dust has settled, on the other it might stunt developments like this.

As I was skimming through SEC filings I could see the importance of avoiding confirmation bias when conducting inductive reasoning, I thought to myself the spike in share prices was likely because they had started drilling and this made the news or something, as I was reading through I discovered they had built 40 wells in the quarter ending June 2010 and for a moment assumed I had found the answer yet that theory of mine was conjured up on the spot, it was not a tried and tested theory. I should be reading at least 4 quarterly reports and watching conference calls, absorbing as many facts as possible, before jumping to any conclusions.

Name: Sambo Charles !TzcAECrLis 2013-03-04 9:11

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