I bought it two years ago at 32, and it closed at 87 today.  Their business is booming, but is the stock overvalued at this point?
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The first thing you should do is prevent a robbery from cleaning out the register.  You can do that by placing a stop order beneath the current price. IMHO, first support looks like around $80. Your stop should go in a little beneath that, in case the support level doesn't hold the decline. Stop at $78.  That's 12% below today's close.  That's your insurance in case the stock gets pummeled. I was around in '87, '98 and '00, it can happen and here's why.  Using the PEG ratio, the price to book ratio, the price to sales ratio; the stock is overvalued.  On the other hand, there are good things that can be said about being a leader in an expanding industry; an already good and increasing ROE and ROA; zero debt and I am sure there are probably some others, if I took a closer look.  \nBecause of the high PEG, there is a good chance the stock will sell-off systematically in the next market downturn.\nYou could let the stock run up for now, since that is the current trend, and start selling if a subsequent rally attempt fails to make a new high before running out of steam. Remember: "Ride your Winners and Sell your Losers".\nOh, and keep moving your stop up as the stock moves up.
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MCRL looks stronger than the other stock.  As opposed to sideways, this one's in a slow uptrending channel, albeit near the top end.\n\nIf we get above 11.50, then that could be favorable.  Else, if it just bounces down off of the moving average, then the stock can drop a bit, maybe to 10.  So just keep your eyes peeled and be ready to sell and lock it in.\n\nGood luck!
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Best Investment(s): Aquarius Platinum (AQP.L) - bought £5 worth last July via Halifax SHAREBUILDER (franchised from sharebuilder.com for the UK market)..... got as high as about 114% in profit before crashing back down to about 79% in profit.\nWOLFSON Microelectronics (WLF.L) - makes things like the sound chips used in the SONY PSP, XBOX360 + Video iPod. Stuck a tenner on them at the end of November '05. Currently +56.82% in profit, but that's only after they took a couple of big drops on Friday & Monday (28.00 on Monday).\n\nWorst Investment: Goshawk Insurance Holdings (GOS.L) - bought earlier this year as a bit of a dabble in "bottom fishing", appears they have de-listed. Bought 67.253522 in them for £5 (sharebuilder again)\n\nTinsley (Eliza) - TNL.L  Shares suspended since end of january due to company being put in administration (so much for making a huge profit on their low valued shares: 20.95123 for £5.\n\nD1 Oils (DOO.L) - one of my first investments early last year. The first I sold 'cos the value was going up & down like a prostitute's knickers on a good night. Was £5.12 in profit at the time, but only got 12p back after the commission fee was deducted.
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If your worried at all, then take some of the profits of the table. that they are a financially stable company, no bad long term debt, they have mostly financed their increase in Assets through their lines of credit with their suppliers, which is good becasue they aquired an Ohio operation which accounted for their increases in revenues. So as long as business stays good for the companies that CMT provides to, then business for CMT should be good. Mgmt looks like it know what its doing, i would probably buy some more, if i were you.\n\n\ncharts only show you the past, and the Random Walk tells us that the past means diddly about the future or even now. we know that it would take a lot for the company to  go Bankrupt, they have solid financials. and we know that they produce fiberglass and plastic stuff for at least 4 major manufacturers, there is nothing wrong with this stock right now, Technical analysis is like saying it was sunny yesterday, so it will be sunny today.
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It does not look like this is a publicly traded stock.  I just did a symbol lookup on http://finance.yahoo.com and came up with nothing -- is the spelling correct?\n\nIf this is a privately held company then the only time your wife will make money is if the company goes public or they get sold.
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I had long term gains in one of mine, so I took them. I may regret the move, but too many eggs in one basket is not the smartest consideration. I don't think I would sell VLO. It is better than gold. Actually, they all are but our congress is quite capable of doing really stupid things and they are painting big oil as the big boogy man. Keep that in mind, too.
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I've been with Scottrade for about ten years now... and I believe they are the best discount brokerage available.  You'll pay just $7 a trade.  You'll have resources to explore.  You can even get advice from one of their brokers, which will result in a small fee.  Bottom line: Take it from a retired stock broker... if I could invest at a better company, I'd do it!
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The DJIA today closed at 11002.  In June of 2001, five years ago, the DJIA was at the 11000 level.  In other words, in five years, it has delivered zero return.  And in between, it has traded as low as 7200 (nerve wracking!).  There have been some dividends, but also to invest in a DJIA index fund, there would have been some small expenses, leaving you with a net return of maybe 1% per year.  Chump change!\n\nThe S&P500 today closed at 1264.  In June of 2001, five years ago, it was at 1260.  In between 2001 and now, it has traded as low as 775 (again, a gut wrenching ride).  So, same as is the case with the DJIA, the return earned over the past five years has been barely above zero.\n\nThe moral here is relying exclusively on one index fund, or even a combination of index funds that trade within one country (ie. the USA), can leave you with zero growth.  Even an index as large as the S&P500 can be stagnant ... recent history proves that.\n\nMost experts these days are recommending a mix of US-based index funds AND some bond investments AND some international exposure (such as an EAFE index equity fund, an acronym which stands for Europe, Australia and Far East).  Especially with there being some doubts about the US Dollar, some international exposure may be wise.
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good is a very relative term, depends on the individual. Reliable woould really never go with stocks. No stock is guarenteed to maintain value. Generally big comapnies like GE, Boeing, IBM, Catterpillar, ALCOA are generally good. However, if you look at returns, stocks like GOOG, Starbucks, etc are great
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={867CEFA6-22D6-4DB9-AB4B-29D66BC02F39}&siteid=mktw\n\nIt says why they ended it there. I wonder if they'll refund our money...
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It is not wise to invest all your portfolio in just one stock.\n\nI can advise you.
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Big Nooooooo.  He was, not any more.  Check his stock's performance VS. the indices in the last 3 years.  This stock has been spanked by the S&P 500, Russell 2000 and the NASDAQ Composite each and every year for the last 3.\n\nYear           2003       2004        2005   $ 100,000.00\nBRB.B         16.18%      4.29%      0.00%   $ 121,164.12\nNASDAQ        50.01%      8.56%      1.37%   $ 165,081.90\nRussell 2000  45.37%     16.95%      3.32%   $ 175,654.54\nS&P 500       26.38%      8.97%      3.00%   $ 141,847.76\nWhich account would you rather not have, assuming investing $ 100K since beginning of 2003 until the end of 2005?
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Really, this is a judgment call.\n\nIs there a public market for the warrants? If so, check the price you can get for a direct sale--it might be better than the profit from exercising and selling the security.\n\nIf the warrants are about to expire, then obviously this is the right time to cash out. If the warrants have a long time until they expire, and you think the company is good, you might want to hold on to them. If you owned the stock itself, would you sell it?
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If this is a corporation stock, it will indicate which state that it is in. In most cases, you can contact your state's Secretary of State's office to learn if that company is still in business, and what has happened to that company over the years.   \n\nIt might take a bit of work to find any value.  Even if it went BUST a long time ago, the story will go well as a family heirloom.   Write the story and keep it with the stock certificates.
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It could be that either they projected earnings growth to be even higher than they were or the company may have issued a statement regarding next quarter earnings to slow down for some reason.  The latter would seem more likely because, those earnings growth rates were excessively high and would be exceptionally hard to repeat or beat on a continuous basis.  At that rate of growth, the company would soon become larger than microsoft.  \nThis does not mean that this is not an excellent investment.  It is growing rapidly.  Remember the stages of growth of a company?  Rapid growth followed by Slowing growth before it becomes a mature corporation.  I do not follow this particular company, but the market often punishes a corporation that does well.  You often have a large number of speculators who invest for a very short period of time in anticipation of news, including great earnings or poor earnings.  They often sell on the news or shortly before while anticipation pushes the stock up or down depending on their expectations of the company news.  See if your company had rather large volume traded prior to the announcement, if it did, it may just be the speculators getting out of the stock quickly.  This may create a temporary abundance of sell orders.  There may not be as many buyers for those shares creating a temporary situation where supply of shares for sale exceeds the demand to buy the stock, thus causing the stock to fall until all things balance out again.
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Its scary as hell because its a chinese company. But I have it on my watch list and I'm debating throwing some cash at it.
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Googling "Dextra corporation" comes up with a few references.\nYou have to dig deeper into these. \n\nAre the stocks still on paper? In that case chances are the the company went belly-up since long. In that case the paper itself might have value as collector's item, if they are in good shape.