Asta Funding – Buying Debt for Cents on the Dollar
Asta Funding, Inc. (ASFI:US) Mkt Price: $7.65 Mkt Cap: $112.0 mio P/E: 10.8 P/C: 1.02 P/B: 0.65 Asta Funding’s a NJ based company which purchases, services and collects on charged-off,...
View Article2011 Stock Recommendations & Performance
I’m sure you’ve noticed I’m not shy about setting Fair Value Price Targets for recommended stocks. I don’t see a lot of people out there doing this – pretty obvious why…I’m sure someone will be sure to...
View ArticleHappy New Year! – A (Baker’s) Dozen for 2012
Philip O’Sullivan kicked us all off here with his list of picks for 2012, and so far I’ve seen John Kingham and Mark Carter join in with their contributions here. Note John can only win half of the...
View ArticleCorrelation…Schmorrelation!
Monday, I re-posted my appeal for your fave stock ideas, which was originally prompted by the dog days of summer. Those months when trading volume & news slows down, and you’re off for a relaxing...
View ArticleXmas Trimmings, etc.
Asta Funding (ASFI:US) $9.37: I’ve marginally trimmed my stake from 3.8% to 3.6% – consider this to be purely risk ‘house-keeping‘. This realizes a +22% gain vs. my write-up price on this small...
View ArticleHeading Into 2013…
There was a gratifyingly large surge of page views yesterday checking in on my 2012 Portfolio Performance! I’m suitably humbled by the attention – gulp, makes me wonder what challenges 2013 will throw...
View ArticleHitting The Century (X – Distressed)
Continued from here. Remember this series? Yep, I’m spending an unconscionable amount of time getting through it. FFS, I started last June, promising a closer look at my portfolio construction,...
View Article2013 – A Game of Two Halves
Yup, it’s that time of year again… [For reference, here's my mid-year 2013 performance report, plus my FY-2012 report]. Right off the bat, I have to admit assessing annual performance isn’t my most...
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