Showing posts with label PLA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PLA. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A little busy

Quicksilver is golden right now; the past 7 days have been nice up days.  Tomorrow is their earnings report which could be big, and I'm already up about 25% on this position.  It HAS pushed through my upper resitance line, I believe that this security may very well soar higher as I've said in my previous posts. 

ZQK

Wheat is also moving slightly down since my post on the threat of India lifting their export ban; I have not seen any updates on this.

/ZW (wheat futures)



Playboy hasn't done too much, but it is still up about 3% since I picked it up; I think its somethign good to hold on too.

Been a little busy, I'll try to get some charts up soon

- Krames


- Krames

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Excuse me while I buy some Playboy.

I mean their securities, not their publications.

Playboy has taken a beating, but truth be told I just don't see them disappearing.  Lets face it; if they made it all the way to now (and I mean through the recession) I think it's safe to say that they will still be around for a bit.  Besides that, this magazine is read by everyone from husbands to their children who come across them, and I don't think consumers nor investors will let them die. 

So could this be a great deal right now?  Maybe, let's look into it just a bit.

  • Playboy (PLA)
    • They're restructuring right now.  Since the beginning of 2008 Playboy has been surprising earnings... to the down side.  February 18, 2010 alone was -0.83 vs. the estimate of only -0.01; wowzers.  This is necessary.
      • What's interesting is that while they have been reporting horrendous earnings the price of a share of stock in PLA has risen over 200%. (I told you consumers and investors won't let them go)
    • Robert Campbell was recently designated as being the company's new "Principal Financial Officer" (CFO).    He's been with Playboy since 1992 so he is bound to know what needs to be changed to get back to the good.
    • They're open to selling.  This means a premium paid on the stock if it were to happen in the future and a nice gap up.  Now (or soon) would be the time for an outside investor to snag it up while its trading at 3.44 a share for a total Market Cap of $115 million; they already missed its low of 1.03.
Well, I'm buying them.  In centerfolds I trust.

- Krames