Direct General Corp. (DRCT) is a nonstandard private passenger auto insurer. They’ve been around since ‘93, but they’ve only been public for a few years, and they are headquartered in the home of the Grand Ol’ Opry, Nashville TN.
What is nonstandard auto? Nonstandard auto customers have violations and accidents on their records, or have kids […]
The U.S. has a history of granting under-the-table deals to foreign “governments” in order to procure favors or support. Examples include the military support that Pakistan has gotten over the last several years, the deal “Rappin’ Ronnie” made with Iran in 1980 regarding the hostages, etc. Most don’t get exposed to the light […]
The EPCR model is still in the 1st decile, which is not encouraging for short-term returns. The mood of the market as expressed by those buying equity options is not only fairly bullish over the past month, but over the past 5 months or so. The plain old S&P 500 index chart is […]
First person to post a comment with the meaning of the reference, I’ll email them my (current) value long screener criteria!
On January 9, 2005 I posted about Asbury Automotive Group, ABG. On February 9, 2005 I said ABG was motoring. That was a Thursday - I bought some on Friday the 10th. […]
First, the slowdown was due to the fact that I have been spending a lot of time (too much in fact) backtesting TA indicators to screen for stocks with good chances of monthly appreciation (or depreciation for my TA short fund). I’m participating in a Marketocracy forum where I have set up two long and […]
