If I was going to put 10k to work how would you split it up between say 3,4 or 5 stocks.
Shady and
DEAC are right on. The price ranges may have increased slightly, but I think we're setting up for a quick pull-back in the market over the near-term ... I'm just not sure how greatly this will affect the small-caps. The last one was nasty, but i dont anticipate this one to be as significant because fundamentals are starting to matter to the market and this will become (in a sense), a
Stock Picker's market.
For now, what I would classify as
must-owns are:
BSPM, CCME, CGDI, CKGT, LPIH, NEWN
I'd wait on
BSPM as it's already up significantly off it's lows ... I'm looking at
$3.60 as an initial buy-in point, then add a little more at
$3.45, and so on every .15 -- if it goes that far, lol. I dont see it setting new lows even if the market pulls back from here.
I cant even express my optimism for
CCME ... I probably have already been obnoxious enough about it, lol. As its presence becomes known on Wall St (and it will -- after earnings), it will receive the same PE as VISN and FMCN (which trade around a PE of 19, but had a PE of 22 before the pull-back). It wont happen instantly, but it will grind its way higher and higher until it gets closer to a fair PE.
CGDI, anything less than
.40 is
half of book value. As fundamentals become more important to the market (and they are starting to), these are the stocks value investors will flock to. I think this has the potential to be $2+ in 2011.
CKGT is tougher because it's been trading sideways, so quick pops (or flops) could occur on any given day, but it should continue it's sideways/slightly up-trending pattern into earnings (end of March). I'd look to get into CKGT
sub-$2.35, but it might be difficult to get in cheaper as this company has one of the cleanest balance sheets in town. It is also looking (technically) like it wants to break-out. I actually added another 1K earlier at $2.35 because I think it might break-out.
LPIH is heading to double-digits in late 2011 or early 2012. Huge potential, cant go wrong with this stock over the long-term.
NEWN I still like (a lot) ... it just depends on how the market will react to Q4 financials as they wont be anything special YoY. I'm hoping for a quick pull-back after earnings to load up on trading shares. Anything less than $8 is a steal, $8-$10 is a good deal.
Regardless, these are trading at ridiculously
low PEs (most are < 5), so they're sound long-term investments that offer tremendous ROI potential -- Even at today's prices.
SKBI, TSTC, YONG, and YUII all offer significant up-side as well ... but the ones listed above offer the most up-side. At the current prices, this is mostly how I've re-structured my account,
so I'm most heavily weighted in the stocks that offer the most up-side.
But to simply answer your question erwin, I'd recommend a mix of:
BSPM (15%)
CCME (25%)
CGDI (10%)
CKGT (20%)
LPIH (10%)
NEWN (10%) -- but only add 5% now in case there's a sell-off on earnings
I'd use the other
10% and spread it out amongst
CSGH,
SKBI, and
TSTC (if you can get it under $18).
... but this could change on any pull-back. I calculate everything based off potential ROI and move my money around as things get cheaper.
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