$KGC Kinross Gold Stock Update

Kinross Gold, along with most other miners (besides Agnico-Eagle who beat estimates), fell this month. The stock is now values almost 20% below book value and its dividend is climbing upwards to almost 2%. Not much has been made public regarding news but earnings are coming up this week and the annual...

$EXAS Stock Update

EXAS is back to roughly where it was last month after retreating following posting a larger loss than expected (-.19 vs -.18). According to management the clinical trial for Cologuard remains on track and the company remains focused on the 2012 priorities of making the FDA submission, and continuing the...

$FAST Fastenal Update

Fastenal has been on a slow decline following its .01 miss in early April. While the miss is important, and they haven’t had one since 2009, the management attributes it to ‘taking their eye off the ball’ this quarter versus any systemic problem with their model. FAST is very happy with...

$CHRS Stock Update

Charming Shoppes had an interesting month, reporting earnings on a wider than expected loss (by a 4 cent margin) caused the stock to drop significantly. However, Charming Shoppes made quick gains and jumped right back up after and even continued up until it reached a 52 week high. They had beat their...

$HEK Stock Update

Heckmann has taken a tumble for us after we picked up this stock at $4.59. Some major news that came out with Heckmann that caused this drop was recently missing quarterly revenue and earnings and acquisition of Thermofluids, Inc (a used motor oil recycling company). I believe that Heckmann is just becoming...

$BIDU Sold!

Our Baidu, Inc. position sold today after a nice jump up to the limit we had set for $149. Baidu, Inc. had a great run for us, we bought the position at a commission adjusted price of $127.73 on 1/25, selling at a commission adjusted price of $147.26. EP recognizes a 15.2% gain on this stock in almost...