Investment Idea Sharing June 15, 2014

For Week Ending – June 15, 2014: 

On Wednesday June 11, I sold a Cash Secured PUT Option on CLF, see details below.

Check out my article on how to use PUTs and CALLs: 

http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/putcallarticle.html

As a fundamental value investor, I routinely check on the holdings of Warren Buffett to see if I should be buying something that he has already bought.  Here is a link to the current holdings of Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway:  http://www.stockpickr.com/pro/portfolio/warren-buffett/

Here is the link to a Stock Evaluator comparison of Buffett’s holdings:  http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/stockevaluator_buffett_holdings.xls

I marked each of his companies in Col. A of Stock Evaluator, then ran the Control-T sort to bring them to the top for easy comparison.  Several of his holdings have only 4 Red cells, but none of his holdings are within 5% of their 52 Week Lows.  I like to buy within 5% of 52 Week Low and prefer only 4 Red cells.  That means he owns several companies that I would want to do more research on if they go down in price to be within 5% of their 52 Week Low.

So, Warren I got my eye on you!

Last week, the world market indices were mixed with minor Up/Down movements.  The Dow Jones 30 Industrials and S&P 500 did not hit new highs this week.  Here is an article discussing how the defense sector may react to the prospects of renewed U.S. military presence in Iraq.: http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-conflict-brings-defense-stocks-focus-000323255--finance.html

Summary Table of Worldwide Market Index Closing values for this week:

 http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/weekly_index_summary.GIF

Next Monthly Meeting 2^nd Tuesday of Each Month:

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 7:30 PM at my house. 

Here are my Stock BUYs for This Week:

Stock Symbol:

Buy Date: 

Buy Price:  

Target Sell Price:

Here are my Stock SELLs for This Week:

Stock Symbol:

Sell Date: 

Sell Price:

Buy Price:

Buy Date:

Here are my Mutual Fund BUYs for This Week:

Fund Symbol:

Buy Date: 

Buy Price: 

Target Sell Price:

Here are my Option (CALL or PUT) Sells/Buys for This Week:

Option: Sell PUT  

Stock Symbol: CLF

Sell to Open Date: June 11, 2014

Expiration Date:  Jan. 17, 2015

Strike Price: $14

Option Price: $2.43

CLF is down to their 5 year low due to low iron ore prices.  Their fundamental values on Stock Evaluator look good to me.  They only have 3 Red Cells. 

Here is a link to a Stock Evaluator comparison of CLF v.s. their main competitors:  BHP, VALE, RIO, AAUKY   http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/stockevaluator_clf.xls

Here are two articles about the problems at CLF:

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/06/12/can-cliffs-natural-resources-survive-long-enough-f.aspx

http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2014/06/12/cliffs-natural-resources-what-else-could-go-wrong/?mod=yahoobarrons&ru=yahoo

  

Visit www.ultimatestockfinder.com to download our Stock Evaluator and Mutual Fund Evaluator spreadsheets, read training articles and check out all our web links for investing information.

StockEvaluator ‘Short List’

Download ‘Short List’ here: http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/stockevaluator_short_list.xls

‘Short List’ screens using 12 fundamental value limits that I want to see in a stock before considering it as a possible buy. 

View our training video that shows how to enter your preferred values for each of these ‘Short List’ screening limits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAwU48oEkJU

View the Stock Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here: http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/short_list_12_criteria.JPG

Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’

Download ‘Short List’ here: http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/mutualfundevaluator_short_list.xls

View the Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here:

http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/mutualfund_short_list_criteria.JPG

Please remember to send me any other investing ideas, information or questions that you want to share with the group.

Thanks,

John D.

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