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Tower Wars: A Battle for Global Dominance

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May 20, 2013

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With cells phones rapidly proliferating throughout the world and the technology used by those phones advancing at the rate of Moore’s Law, the tower industry stands to greatly benefit.  In fact, it already has and it’s not done yet. The three main publicly traded tower companies are American Tower (AMT), SBA Communications (SBAC) and Crown Castle (CCI).  All three stocks have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the past four years (roughly from the market bottom in 2009). What a more long-term view?  Below is a ten-year chart that shows all [...]


10 Stocks for 2013 – 5 Losers

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May 2, 2013

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We started the year by building a diversified portfolio of 10 Stocks for 2013.  The goal of the 10 Stocks for 2013 is to provide you with a portfolio of ten great stocks for: Diversification across industries and market caps Growth in some of the hottest themes and industries Sufficient stability and dividends to offset potential market losses Thus far, the results unfortunately haven’t been all that stellar.  But I’m hopeful that things will pick-up relative to the S&P 500 later in the year.  Our 2012 portfolio started out with a [...]


10 Stocks for 2013 – 5 Winners

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May 1, 2013

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We started the year by building a diversified portfolio of 10 Stocks for 2013.  The goal of the 10 Stocks for 2013 is to provide you with a portfolio of ten great stocks for: Diversification across industries and market caps Growth in some of the hottest themes and industries Sufficient stability and dividends to offset potential market losses Thus far, the results unfortunately haven’t been all that stellar.  But I’m hopeful that things will pick-up relative to the S&P 500 later in the year.  Our 2012 portfolio started out with a [...]


Intel’s Not Dead Yet

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May 1, 2013

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If you haven’t been paying attention to Intel (INTC) stock lately, you’ve missed quite a run higher.  The stock that had been beaten down below $20 has risen up to almost $24 in a short time, driven by their most recent earnings results on April 16.  What did the company say?  ‘I’m not dead yet’. Intel met the estimates.  No surprising upside.  No disappointments.  Many questions still remain, but Intel was able to put a floor under their stock for the time being by showing the bears that things aren’t as bad as they [...]

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