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The Departure of Dallas McPherson
MLB.com reports that the Angels chose not to offer Dallas McPherson a new contract, making him a free agent.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported a week ago that Dallas was encouraged by his trial in fall instructional league and was willing to take any job, even in the minors, to get back into the game.
This morning's Los Angeles Times reports Dallas was offered a contract but it was withdrawn:
McPherson, 27, said the Angels offered him a one-year contract but backed off before a deal could be finalized.
"We were close to an agreement on a contract," he said. "For whatever reason, they decided to pull the offer off the table. I wanted to be an Angel.
"They've been loyal to me. My biggest regret [is that] I can't return that loyalty, the investment the Angels made in me."
I don't expect Dallas to give up and go home. He'll sign somewhere. And maybe in a couple years the Angels will regret withdrawing that contract.
Thanks for the memories, Dallas. You're a class act.
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I thought for sure when Tejada went to the Astros DMac was going to get a shot.
I mean Rolen and Crede both are injury risks and a lot more expensive.
I guess the positive out of this is the club must have confidence in a new direction or Woods progress at the corner.
So long Dallas, I wish you well!
I'm very sorry to hear this. I really hope that a guy with Dallas' character does well, we are forced to sit through too many Albert Belle's and Milton Bradley's in sports.
Good luck, Dallas!
Didn't Bootcheck have this done to him last year? Basically, D-Mac is now off of the 40-man roster and is a free agent. He could still sign a *minor* league contract w/ the Angels, still be invited to Spring Training, and still, possibly, play somewhere in the Angels' organization.
Well, let's see. The current biggest need is at third base. This third baseman's upside is HUGE, if healthy. He claims to be pain-free for the first time in years. This 27-year-old, dedicated, hard-working, class act of a ballplayer publically declares his undying loyalty to the Angels and his utmost desire to be a productive member of this organization at virtually any level.
Yes, I can fully understand why McPherson would not even merit a Spring Training invitation as a minor leaguer. I mean, who would want this kind of player working his behind off in camp? And all this while we lament the unsuccessful attempt to trade several top prospects for a human tattoo exhibit with a reported weight problem, attitude issues, mediocre defensive skills and questionable work ethic.
Maybe the Angel medical staff decided Dallas' back couldn't possibly hold up to the rigors of a long season. Uh, that might be the same medical staff that figured Bobby Jenks' arm would never hold up under stress. Or maybe it was part of the ongoing personnel retention wizardry of our new GM. (Warner Madrigal, anyone?)
Please excuse my sarcasm, but I'm just not seeing the big picture here, at all.
If Dallas steps up to the plate at Anaheim Stadium in an opposing team's uniform, I'll be among the thousands of red shirts that will stand and applaud loudly.
email@example.com asked about Chris Bootcheck. I did some research. Chris was designated for assignment, which meant he could take his release or accept a minor league contract if he passed through waivers. No one claimed him, and Chris elected to go on the Triple-A roster rather than take free agency. In Dallas' case, the Angels simply didn't offer him a new contract, making him a free agent. The Angels never released Chris from his contract, but he had that option if he wanted it. So there was a difference.
But you are right in that Dallas could theoretically sign a minor league contract with the Angels if he wished.
firstname.lastname@example.com wrote, "Uh, that might be the same medical staff that figured Bobby Jenks' arm would never hold up under stress." That wasn't the issue with Jenks. Yes, he had pins in his arm, but the disciplinary actions also played a large role. And keep in mind the Angels did not release Jenks. They were trying to move him off the 40-man roster onto the Triple-A roster, but he was claimed on waivers by the White Sox. So the Angels didn't release him or non-tender him. Had he cleared waivers, he would have still been Angels property.
Yes, I remember the problems they had with Jenks. They knew he was a project from the time they signed him. He was touted by scouts and others as a rising star, provided they could get him to focus on his profession. And, despite his personal problems, the Angels deemed him worthy of a place on their 40-man roster.
It was when his exceptionally live arm began to falter that they became less tolerant of his immature behavior and weight problem. If memory serves me, when he had arm surgery, the reports were that it was major, reconstructive and possibly career-ending. He was said to be facing a long and uncertain recovery. That's when they tried to move him off the 40-man list. They were fully aware, as all teams are, of the risks of exposing him to waivers.
And not long thereafter we got to see him not only become a dominant closer, but we also got to repeatedly hear how the Angels had given up on him and the White Sox had astutely snatched him up for a song, helped him straighten up and rode him into the World Series.
But that's water under the bridge. My dissatisfaction stems from the possibility that they may have just done it again, with McPherson. I see Dallas as having Jenks' potential without the baggage. And, by his own account, feeling better than he has in a long time. What's the risk?
I hope someone has an Ace up their sleeve.
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"If memory serves me, when he had arm surgery, the reports were that it was major, reconstructive and possibly career-ending. He was said to be facing a long and uncertain recovery. That's when they tried to move him off the 40-man list."
Um, well, I don't remember any of that. I was there when Bobby got hurt; in fact, the video footage is in the FutureAngels.com Video Gallery.
Bobby suffered a "stress reaction" in his elbow in 2003 and was shut down for two months during the summer. A stress reaction is not quite as bad as a stress fracture; it didn't break but it was close. The Angels sent him off to Arizona Fall League, followed by a winter ball stint in the Caribbean that ran into January. I was concerned at the time because I knew he'd be going into major league camp in mid-February and felt he wasn't getting enough rest for the elbow, especially considering he wouldn't get any off time until next October. I wrote on the MLB.com Angels board at the time I thought winter ball was a mistake for that reason.
What happened on April 19, 2004 was that the stress reaction returned. To quote the 2005 Baseball America Prospect Handbook, "He was shut down for the third time in two seasons because of a stress reaction in his right elbow and eventually had surgery in August. While he was rehabbing at the Angels' base in Mesa, Ariz., he was involved in an altercation with a teammate, suspended and sent home. When Anaheim needed to find room on its 40-man roster for Cuban defector Kendry Morales in December, it designated Jenks for assignment and lost him on waivers to the White Sox."
At that point, Jenks had very little value. He was a very high risk — bad elbow, bad attitude and no inclination to take care of himself. The Angels had a lot more talent to protect than the White Sox, so Chicago could afford to absorb the risk. Remember, the Sox sent him to Double-A (a demotion) to start 2005 as a reliever. So it's not like he was lightning in a bottle, more like a reclamation project that paid off.
I don't recall anyone with the Angels ever saying Jenks at that stage was in a career-threatening condition. All they did was put a pin in his elbow, which suggests fragility but not "career-threatening." There are people drifting around on fan boards who make things up or exaggerate or just say things that are flat wrong. The only threat to his career at that point was himself. Perhaps being acquired by another organization was a wakeup call. Good for him and his family; quite frankly, I was worried about his wife and two little children, because if he permanently self-destructed they would be the ones who suffered.
My only complaint with the Angels was their sending him to winter ball after 2003, because I felt he should have taken off the winter in preparation of a full 2004 season. That, I believe, was the mistake.
As for Dallas, my assumption is that the Angels looked at his medical evaluation after fall ball and came to the conclusion he wasn't going to make it back to the point he'd make much of a difference. As with Jenks, right now he has no trade value because he's come off major surgery on top of another major surgery and no one has seen him at peak performance in three years. From Dallas' perspective, this allows him to find a job with 29 other organizations, so it's a win for him. They probably felt this reclamation project would block the development of Brandon Wood, Matt Brown and Sean Rodriguez, so they let him go.
Do I wish he were still here? Sure. Do I hope he gets another chance? Sure. But I'm not going to get angry about it. This is the way the baseball system works. They have rules like waivers and 40-man rosters and six-year minor league free agency and whatnot to force organizations deep in talent not to bury their players forever. It gives those guys a chance to play elsewhere and maybe make the big leagues with someone else. That's how the Angels got guys like David Eckstein and Brendan Donnelly, back in the years when the system was still thin and they could afford to take on reclamation projects. We're not thin anymore.
Stephen, if I'm out of line and not welcome here, please let me know. For someone who claims to not be angry, you had a lot to say about very little. I did say I was disappointed about the way some things have unfolded for the team this winter. But, trust me, I don't lose sleep over this stuff.
I have neither the time, nor the inclination, that you apparently have to research and provide quotes and references to support my opinion. So my opinion is based on my best recollection of how things occured and, since memory does fade with time, I may be off by a little or by a lot. Nevertheless, with all my limitations, it's the only opinion I own and it's what I come here to express and share as long as I'm welcome to do so.
"There are people drifting around on fan boards who make things up or exaggerate or just say things that are flat wrong." Wow…I hope that's not your opinion of those who post their views on your site.
We either mirror your view or we're hampered by inferior knowledge?
"I was there when Bobby got hurt; in fact, the video footage is in the FutureAngels.com Video Gallery."
I don't think you know if I was there also, or not. But why is it worth mentioning? The issue was the prognosis, not the diagnosis.
"Bobby suffered a "stress reaction" in his elbow in 2003 and was shut down for two months during the summer. A stress reaction is not quite as bad as a stress fracture; it didn't break but it was close." Were you there for the medical diagnosis? Are you a physician or physical therapist? Did you speak with the team trainers? Have teams ever been known to "spin" or downplay the truth about injuries?
"As for Dallas, my assumption is that the Angels looked at his medical evaluation after fall ball and came to the conclusion he wasn't going to make it back to the point he'd make much of a difference. As with Jenks, right now he has no trade value because he's come off major surgery on top of another major surgery and no one has seen him at peak performance in three years."
Obviously. But then, we hear this: " McPherson, 27, said the Angels offered him a one-year contract but backed off before a deal could be finalized. "We were close to an agreement on a contract," he said. "For whatever reason, they decided to pull the offer off the table. I wanted to be an Angel." Why would they even discuss contract if their mind was made up?
By the way, I agree that "we're not thin any more". But we all know that the reason we chased M.Cabrera so hard (to the point of Artie's frustration) is that although Figgins is adequate at 3B, he's not the ultimate answer. Wood or Rodriguez would really have to come on fast to break camp on the major league roster. Brown was a darkhorse last year and is still just that, although he, too, could surprise. And despite this, they discussed a contract with Dallas, then abruptly pulled it and sent him packing.
Are we not entitled to some sort of statement or clarification of what really transpired? Nothing proprietary, just a brief statement. Or are we paying customers on a "need-to-know basis"?
Did I jusr read correctly that Scott Boras was McPherson's agent? If he were borderline maybe that was the tipping point. I could certainly see that happening.
I did a little Googling and came up with this in today's San Jose Mercury-News:
"The Giants have spoken to agent Scott Boras about infielder Dallas McPherson, who became a free agent when the Los Angeles Angels did not tender him a contract. McPherson is coming off back surgery but he is a former top prospect with home run potential and could play first or third base."
The Miami Herald reported this past weekend that the Marlins are also interested in DMac.
I'm sure he'll find a job, but by his own account, he's still a ways away. I'm thinking the Angels decided by the time he was ready they would already have filled that need.
Time will tell if that was the right decision or not by the Angels, but I think it was good one for Dallas.


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I'm not sure that your initial comment fairly or accurately reflected the "mood of the thread" - it seemed to be a response to another thread altogether. I don't know of anyone who would disagree with your last sentence.
The mood of this thread is generally positive (with the odd exception) but, for some of us, tinged with disappointment that one English Super League club on its uppers is not to be catered for by the advert in question. This disappointment is compounded by the fact that this is a World Cup year too and that there's a 90000 seater stadium to fill at semi-final time.
That's all.
I hope there will be announcements of adverts going nationwide regarding the staging of the World Cup.
I understand that in life you can't always get what you want - but why should I and others pretend to be wholly satisfied by something that, maybe for different or even inadequate reasons (as you might see them), concerns us? It doesn't have to be that kind of forum, does it?
I don't disagree with any of that mate!

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I'm always interested in how people become fans of teams that didn't exist when they were young, and therefore what team they grew up rooting for before their current team existed. So maybe you could tell us that about yourself. I've read a lot of your blog but not all, so I apologize if you've already tackled this subject. Also, I vote for more quizzes!
JERE80-Interesting…I have not tackled that subject..Thank you for your suggestion…D
D — how about earliest memory about baseball. That "ah -ha!" moment when you knew you were hooked!
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Which do you think is more detrimental to a team, paying certain players enormous salaries or trading players around like playing cards.
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The chilly weather felt over southern Wisconsin this Mother's Day weekend was just another reminder of this year's late spring.
The weather has also been wet, and the sogginess has knocked farmers off their planting schedule.
What does the wet weather mean to area farmers?
While fifth-generation farmer Doug Rebout said 60 percent of the field corn crop he's raising this year has already been planted by mid-May, crop farmers nationwide are having trouble planting due to the soggy weather.
Only about four percent of corn fields in Wisconsin have been planted. That's according to the National Agriculture Statistics service.
That's well behind the normal pace of about 26 percent by Mother's Day.
"There's a short window and you want to get the seed in the ground," said Doug Rebout. "We love rain, you're never going to hear me say, 'I don't want it to rain,' because the time they say that is the time that it does stop and you get the drought you did last year."
Rebout said some of his soil is just too moist for planting. The dampness of the ground could wreak havoc on his equipment and negatively impact the growth of his seeds.
"When you plant it, you want the seed to be in some dry loose soil," said Rebout. "So that way it's got room to germinate and the seeds can start growing and coming out."
With more than 800 animals to feed, Rebout is anxious to get all of his seeds in the ground.
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"We are behind what a normal year is, but when we're able to go, we're putting in longer hours," revealed Rebout. "We're still getting it in, in a decent time."
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In short: My first marathon - loved it! Totally flat over varied terrain with some great views.Date of review: December 19, 2011
In short: Great friendly race Date of review: December 19, 2011
In short: Fantastic Race only in it's second yearIn full: Very well organized race, plenty of water stations with bananas, energy gels, sweets and biscuits available. Varied terrain and fantastic views it felt like a very personal race. Some of the trail parts of the race required single file but this helps you keep a steady pace with enough places to overtake other runners. Highly recommended race for the future.Date of review: December 19, 2011
In short: Second year I have done this and I'll be back again next year !!Date of review: December 19, 2011
In short: Brrr - if only the wind was there to push you alongIn full: Yes it was cold (it is December) - made worst by the wind - especially the last 2 miles.Flat race - east route to follow, some nice views of the harbour and the Isle of Wight.Nice goodie bag - wasn't expecting a T-shirt - gels and bananas at most water stations - all well stocked.Nice end to the year - be back again next year - hopefully quickerDate of review: December 18, 2011
In short: No hills, but plenty of wind.In full: Interesting mix of terrain. Was icey for the first half. The challenge of the wind more than made up for the lack of hills. I used the race to experiment with pacing. Avoided the wall completely and made the last mile my fastest even into a headwind. Great day out.Date of review: December 18, 2011
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In short: Weather or NotIn full: Could be a great race , but at this time of year the weather will get you and it did.OK race,but was knee capped by the weatherDate of review: March 11, 2011
In short: Told probably the worst conditions I could get for my first race but loved the challenge.Date of review: March 3, 2011
In short: Great course and friendly race.In full: Loved the course with a mix of terrains and on a day with less wind/rain could probably get a pb. Great support from marshalls and plenty of them along the course. 5 mile marker seemed a bit early but that aside, very well organised.Date of review: February 21, 2011
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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
We need to continue to open our doors to scientists, engineers, and innovators around the world to define the challenges, test our ideas, and scale the solutions. We need to measure success differently. Mentor local organizations and companies. Build sustainable markets. And we need to work every day to ensure that our efforts will be replaced by those of strong institutions, vibrant private sectors, and thriving civil societies. We look to you to serve as champions of this new way of working. Your partnership is essential to building enduring progress in the world's most vulnerable communities. As you do, you'll be creating opportunities abroad in the markets of the future—even as you help build the pathways out of poverty for millions of people around the world.
The USAID TB CARE I project has been one of the key parts of our assistance in improving the tuberculosis service in Kyrgyzstan.
USAID recognizes the vibrant work of women leaders throughout the region. We know your exchanges over the next few days will offer many fruitful opportunities for you to learn and benefit from one another's experiences. The theme of the workshop is exploring the way forward. Although the workshop will last only a few days, I hope that each of you will listen carefully, participate fully, and be inspired. Learn from your neighbors. Take back a new approach to make a meaningful change when you return home.
Our mission is to end extreme poverty around the world, to promote rights and democracy, sometimes in tough settings. And that attracts a special kind of employee to our organization; and the more we can discuss, dialogue, and build the right culture, the more we know we are actually espousing in our day-to-day work the values we hold so dear so that everyone has rights and opportunity.
And to take this forward today, we're taking these efforts to another level by announcing a Joint Communique on LGBTI Human Rights. To be signed by more than 20 countries, the communique will enable us to share best practices, improve international coordination, and advance a sustainable, community-based approach to our work.
The U.S. government, through President Obama's global food security initiative known as "Feed the Future," strives to increase agricultural production, incomes, nutrition, and the resiliency of rural households. I am very pleased to inform you all that Cambodia was one of nineteen countries in the world selected to participate in this initiative.
I am honored to join you today for this Advocacy meeting on Accelerating the Attainment of Millennium Development Goal 5 in Kenya. Now, "Millennium Development Goal 5" is a pretty dry name. So let me put it another way. We are here today about the health of mothers. We are here about the health of families. We are here because Kenyans do not want their country to be one of the 10 most dangerous countries in the world for mothers to give birth. We are here about our shared future.
Our Agency works in more than 70 countries around the world. But no matter where we work, we believe that investing in LGBT persons is a critical part of our mission to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies.
Over the past decade, TB morbidity and mortality indicators in the region have significantly improved, with fewer cases and even fewer deaths attributed to TB. According to the 2012 WHO Global TB Report, estimated cases of TB (incidence) in Kyrgyz Republic fell from 249 (per 100,000) to 128 between 2000 and 2011; similarly, the estimated mortality rate (per 100,000) fell from 24 to 12 from 2000 to 2011. However, rates of MDR-TB are increasing in Central Asian region as a whole, as well as in the Kyrgyz Republic.
It is widely known that Ethiopia is the birthplace of Arabica coffee and exports some of the highest quality coffee in the world, including many specialty coffees such as Yirgacheffe, Harar and Sidama. Despite this long history and unique coffee culture, the Ethiopian coffee value chain has yet to realize its full potential for increased growth especially for the benefit of smallholder farmers.
Good morning. It is a great pleasure for me to be here today and to extend a warm welcome to everyone in this Regional Policy Dialogue. I wish to thank the ASEAN SME Working Group as well as the US-ASEAN Business Council for their support in organizing this meeting. I would also like to thank the speakers and resource persons from the public and private sectors and from international organizations for their participation today. They are giving their valuable time to share their rich experiences, good practices, and successes in the area of women's economic empowerment to help us recommend a strong agenda for ASEAN in the future.
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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that federal law may prohibit someone from buying a gun for another person — whether or not the other person is legally allowed to purchase a gun. The narrow decision maintains the status quo on "straw" purchases of guns.
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Disgruntled fans who continue to be angry with the creative direction BioWare took at the end of Mass Effect 3 are now being told to bring their complaints to the Federal Trade Commission. The push is being ushered along by BioWare forums user El_Spiko, who directs fellow angry fans to lodge their own complaints at FTC.gov.
El_Spiko writes: "After reading through the list of promises about the ending of the game they made in their advertising campaign and PR interviews, it was clear that the product we got did not live up to any of those claims." The post goes on from there, but that's the core of the argument.
I hesitate to come out and call anyone crazy... but I don't know how to finish that sentence. It is absolutely the right of any human to take issue with the creative direction a work of mass entertainment goes in. We are opinionated creatures by our very natures, and so the back-and-forth discussion so far over the end of Mass Effect 3 is par for the course, even if it's got a bit of that "beaten dead horse" feeling to it.
Lodging that dissatisfaction with a government organization that handles consumer products though... I'm sorry, but that's nuts. We've fought hard as a community -- and continue to fight even now -- to earn a measure of respect for video games as something more than mere entertainment products. And it's working! Increasingly, you see the "games as art" debate dismissed as a non-factor.
Filing complaints with the FTC is a backwards step. Games are once again rendered as products in the hands of the FTC, and all because it's convenient to a presumably small contingent of angry fans. Star Wars fans don't take their issues with George Lucas to a consumer organization; instead, they write impassioned blog posts like this one. And that's totally fine. It adds to the conversation without forgetting the fact that we're talking about a creative work.
So bring on your blogs posts. Rant all you want about how much you hate BioWare for destroying however many hours you put into the trilogy. Point out pre-release interviews that you feel painted a different picture for the trilogy's endgame than the reality of what it was. That's fine. Just remember to treat Mass Effect 3 as it ought to be: a creative work of interactive fiction. This isn't a toy we're talking about, it's an experience.
Read about this FTC news. Respond to it. But if you have any respect for how much ground the medium of video games has gained in the public consciousness, please, for the love of Shepard, don't join in on this asinine complaint campaign. Instead, go ahead and read what ME3 director Casey Hudson had to say to fans over the weekend about the game's ending.
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Monetarily speaking, L.J. Jenkins really didn't need to participate at the Pioneer Days rodeo on Thursday night, even if bull riding is his chosen vocation.
The Texico youngster, ranked fifth on the Professional Bull Riders circuit, celebrated one of his sporadic homecomings by competing at the opening night of the PRCA event.
It was his first time at a locally-staged competition since he left high school early to join the PBR three years ago. He finished second in bull riding with a score of 87.
According to Jenkins, getting in an extra ride only makes sense — no matter where he has to go to do it.
"Just cause I don't have nothing else to do on a Thursday night. I figure I'd go get on a bull somewhere," Jenkins reasoned. "While I'm still young, I'm going to get on as many bulls as I can."
Though Jenkins, 20, had been at his family's Texico house since Monday, things were about to get hectic again for him. Today, he's scheduled to participate in a PBR event today in Orlando, Fla.
Next week, using the vehicle he just purchased, Jenkins plans on driving from home to Cortez, Colo., for another PRCA event.
In fact, he'll also hit a PRCA rodeo in Flagstaff and one in Oregon before joining the PBR riders back in Dallas on June 21.
Jenkins, who has earned $775,000 in his three years on the PBR tour, said doing extra events in far-off locales is all about maintaining a competitive edge.
"Me and a buddy of mine, Clayton Foltin, decided to go on these a little bit and we've actually been going pretty hard at these PRCAs," Jenkins said. "This year's a really good year. I'm starting to slack off and not ride so good right now through the middle of the season and I need to pick that back up.
"The more you get on bulls, the more you're going to stay. It's just like any other athlete. If someone out there is playing basketball every day, they're going to be better than if they take two weeks off," he added. "As long as you can stay healthy, why not?"
Jenkins enjoyed a week of relative leisure and the chance to mend minor nicks and bruises that's the norm for most in his profession.
"It's nice. Just sit back and relax and not do nothin.' I like that," Jenkins said. "Laid on the couch, that's it. I've bucked some heifers two days ago at my house, but that's all we've done."
Jenkins mother, Sandy Bowers, said prior to Thursday night's competition at the Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena she felt her son wanted to perform well in front of family and friends in Clovis.
"I think he's a little bit nervous, because it's his first time in front of the folks here," Bowers said. "But it's exciting for all of us for him to finally be here and ride in front of everybody that's asked about him and been supportive of him."
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Not diminishing Irving's performance ...... but scoring 40 is alot easier playing for a bad team as a PG where you don't have to set up other teammates for shots, etc since they suck and your the best scoring option.....
Regardless, he obviously is a talented player and someone that would attract potential free agents. Still though, I don't see Lebron going anywhere, especially back to Cleveland, no matter what he says/implies/tweets/whatever.
In the end there will always be a team in the Knicks way to a finals.....but as good as Miami is, they aren't on the level of the 90s Bulls and probably will never be (or any other competition for that matter).
Just my opinion....there will always be a team in the way, the Knicks just need to go through them for a title. I believe we have the pieces to potentially do it this year, but it will be extremely tough and will take all the Knicks have to do it.....we will see.
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Snow delaying opening of Lumberyard at Copeland Park
Baseball fans are gearing up for opening day in less than a week, but it may be tougher for our high school and college teams to take the field.
The Lumberyard at Copeland Park has not been able to get the attention it needs. That's because of the snow cover and the frozen ground that lies underneath, which means crews haven't been able to get the fields ready.
If you remember last year at this time, it was a completely different story.
La Crosse Loggers General Manager Chris Goodell says they were hosting a game in March for the first time in 10 years. "The field was already starting to turn green, I think at this time by then we were starting to go into April a year ago, completely different picture, we were way ahead of schedule; this year we'll be scrambling just to get going," said Goodell.
The games scheduled for early April could be in jeopardy of being postponed, Goodell said. Luckily for the Loggers, the team's home opener isn't until June 2.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an air quality alert for eastern and south-central Wisconsin.
The alert issued Sunday cites particle pollution. As the alert is rated orange, the air quality could be unhealthy for people in sensitive groups. It's scheduled to expire at noon Monday.
The alert affects an area from Green Bay south to Kenosha County. The counties affected include Brown, Calumet, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac Jefferson, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Winnebago.
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Tusten 2.0: Pedestrian friendly, energy efficient
April 9, 2014 —
NARROWSBURG, NY — At a public hearing at the Tusten Town Hall on April 7, the Narrowsburg Master Plan was presented. The plan is comprehensive and long range, intended to guide growth and development in Narrowsburg. The Town of Tusten invited architect Buck Moorhead to assist the town with a conceptual development and redevelopment design plan for the hamlet of Narrowsburg. For the past year and a half, Moorehead and a committee worked to conceptualize the master plan, which they say is a "long-term vision" for Narrowsburg. Below are highlights from the plan. To view the entire plan, go to www.tusten.org and click on "Hamlet of Narrowsburg Master Plan."
New Observation Deck, enhancement of Tusten Veterans' Memorial Park and pedestrian link along Delaware River
Former bus garage
The property owner has created a garden behind her property and has proposed the possibility of creating a pedestrian trail connecting that garden to the community garden behind the library.
Municipal parking
The municipal parking area is one of the few public parking areas currently located within the hamlet. The intention, long term, is to negotiate easements with adjacent property owners in an effort to maximize the parking capacity of the hamlet, especially when Main Street is closed for events.
Library/Town Hall
Opportunity to create a civic center/town square. Use the space behind the library for additional parking, as well as put a rooftop garden on the library.
Town of Tusten to encourage potential future uses including multi-purpose business incubator center, hotel, or senior housing. Town to negotiate municipal use of parking facility. Encourage use of building that is a positive contribution to the local economy.
Downtown business expansion
Development of this area provides an opportunity to reinforce a pedestrian link between the two existing business areas of the town: Main Street and the Peck's shopping area.
DeMauro pedestrian link
Create a safe, enhanced pedestrian path connecting Main Street to campground area as well as a safe path from the campground to Bridge Street and Main Street.
Firemen's Field
Proposed actions include maintain ballfield to south, use the field for large-event parking with a shuttle and install solar power.
Vision for Narrowsburg
1. Create an atmosphere and physical environment that encourages and reinforces pedestrian activity within the hamlet area, with the understanding that this high quality pedestrian experience will improve the quality of life for Tusten residents, as well visitors to the town, thereby creating potential economic benefits and economic growth within the town.
2. Develop greater parking capacity within the hamlet area
3. Develop more locations for potential commercial and light manufacturing/industrial development to occur
4. Define and develop the town center, incorporating municipal, civic and cultural functions.
5. Develop renewable energy strategies for the hamlet area
6. Integrate the hamlet and town within larger scale regional movement systems, including mass transportation and hiking trails.
7. Integrate the hamlet and town within larger scale regional ecological and economic systems, including flood mitigation, climate- change mitigation and adaptation, and economic strategies that reinforce agriculture and tourism related to the region's natural resources.


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we're gonna win this one
Yes the knicks will win the kings do not have no athletic people on their team all they have are shooters and they also dont play defense
peach u might want to change that record up top for us
and the game time is 9:00 on Sunday
yea i made this thread last night during the warriors game last night, so i wouldnt have to wake up early
if we dont win this game, our first win is right around the corner...even though we're 0-5 now the knicks are finally starting to play together...last night against golden state i saw a completely different team from the one last week...the kings have a pretty sick roster though itll be a tough game.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEAM????it seemed like de ja vu all over again
I think we will take this one. Although we lost on Friday I think we matured as a team. We played really well down the stretch until the final possesion. The free throw shooting improved as well as rebounding, If we can just down the turnovers, we will be fine.
"One Team, One New York"
But we didnt commit that many TO's againist GoldenState....
First win of the season is gonna be tonight!!!
Where there is hope, there can be faith
Where there is faith, miracles can occur
dont let the recent misfortunes of the kings fool you. when you have a lineup of Miller, Abdur Rahim, Stoyakovic, Wells and Bibby you are always in any game...are bench beats the hell out of their bench and thats where we could take advantage of this..Miller is a shifty dude so Currys gonna have to watch out for those Pf's
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
Well there is 7:56 left in the 2nd and right now the knicks lead 40-26. Basically Eddy Curry is an absolute beast, Brad Miller cannot stop him. Stephon Marbury is playing beastly too, showing tons of hustle. Also Channing Frye is well, and needs to start over Davis. Matt Barnes is a pile of crap compared to Ariza, who also needs to start. Q rich played nice early... lets hope we can do it this time.. please


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Adjusting the Benjamin Graham Enterprising Investor Screen
by John Bajkowski
Since 1934, the works of Benjamin Graham have helped to guide individual and professional investors in their quest to make good investment decisions.
Graham's intrinsic value approach grew out of the lessons learned from the stock market crash of 1929. Rather than trying to beat the market by seeking the best companies in the hottest industries, Graham argued that it is safer to build a portfolio of undervalued stocks that are being ignored or discriminated against by the market. Graham's approach focused on the concept of an intrinsic value that is justified by a firm's assets, earnings, dividends and financial strength.
Graham's philosophy continues to flourish through two primary books: "Security Analysis," co-authored with David Dodd, and "The Intelligent Investor." "Security Analysis" was first released as a college investment textbook back in 1934 and was most recently revised in 2008 (sixth edition, McGraw-Hill). "Security Analysis" presents the investment process by covering the analysis of the economy, sectors and industries, financial statements, and bonds and stocks. "Security Analysis" is still used as a textbook at Columbia Business School.
"The Intelligent Investor" was first released in 1949 and is geared toward the individual investor. Graham periodically updated the book until his death in 1976. "The Intelligent Investor" has been revised a number of times since, with additions by Warren Buffett and Jason Zweig, most recently in 2003 (revised edition, Collins Business). The book presents Graham's basic philosophy of holding a mix of bonds and stocks and selecting stocks for both the "defensive investor" and the "enterprising investor."
Graham's contrarian view dictates that stocks will appear most attractive when they are relatively unpopular with the market. The selection process takes great conviction and discipline because the momentum of the market will seemingly be against the investor and there may be no clear indication as to when the market will come around and agree with you. However, the possibility of extraordinary gains only exists when the investor disagrees with the market.
We developed a series of stock screening filters based on Graham's investing philosophy in Stock Investor Pro, AAII's fundamental stock screening and research database program, in 1995 and we have been tracking the performance of these strategies on AAII.com. "The Intelligent Investor" lays out specific sets of rules to follow when selecting stocks for both the conservative, or defensive, investor and the more aggressive, or enterprising, investor. These two groups are distinguished not by the amount of risk they are willing to take, but rather by the amount of "intelligent effort" they are "willing and able to bring to bear on the task." The defensive, or passive, investor is one who does not have or is not willing to spend a great deal of time to analyze or track individual stocks. In contrast, the enterprising investor has greater market experience, as well as additional time to devote to portfolio management.
For the defensive investor, Graham recommends purchasing shares of important companies that have histories of long-term profitability and strong financial positions. To Graham, important companies are those of substantial size, based on annual sales, with a leading position in a leading industry.
Enterprising investors, Graham felt, could expand their universe substantially, but purchases should be attractively priced as established by intelligent analysis. He also suggests that aggressive investors avoid new issues.
Our interpretations of the approaches have performed well, outpacing the market on an absolute and risk-adjusted basis.
However, the enterprising approach has suffered from a small universe of passing stocks. Consider these statistics: the average number of monthly holdings is four; and since the beginning of 1998, the screen has had 27 months where no companies met the screen criteria. On paper, the enterprising investor's selection strategy looks like a winner, but it is hardly an investable strategy in the real world. Graham recommended that investors build a diversified portfolio with a minimum of 10 stocks. For this article, we loosened the criteria used in AAII's Stock Investor Pro to see if we could create a more investable strategy using Graham's enterprising investing philosophy.
The Enterprising Investor Screen
Graham had a number of recommendations for how the enterprising investor could hope to profit in the market. Since it requires no effort to just buy an index, Graham felt that investors should beat the market averages if they were going to try. His approach in the "The Intelligent Investor" was geared toward the individual investor and he used the tools available at the time.
Graham's last revision of the "The Intelligent Investor" was written in late 1971 through early 1972, just before the personal computer facilitated stock screening for the individual investor. Graham used the S&P Stock Guide to illustrate how an investor could perform a manual screen with the monthly booklet that provided basic fundamental data on around 4,500 stocks. Part of the simplicity of Graham's enterprising investor screen stems from the limited data set in the S&P Stock Guide and revolves around how an investor can page through the guide to find a list of candidates.
Price-Earnings Ratio
The primary valuation filter employed by Graham's enterprising investor screen involves the price-earnings ratio—share price divided by earnings per share. Graham felt that one of the keys to selecting stocks is to purchase them at a significant discount. Graham's first screen for the enterprising investor was to look for companies trading with price-earnings ratios below nine or 10 times trailing earnings. As Graham thumbed through the S&P Stock Guide, he thought about one in 10 stocks would pass such a filter in late 1971. We took this cue to establish a filter that required a company's price-earnings ratio to be among the lower 10% of all stocks.
While this criterion was not overly restrictive for the first three years that we ran the screen, it has proved to be too restrictive since 2001 when combined with the other criteria of the Enterprising Investor screen.
Our preference was to keep the filter as percentage rank, which automatically adjusts the actual maximum as market valuation fluctuates. Stock Investor Pro currently tracks 9,847 companies. To calculate a valid price-earnings ratio, a company must have positive trailing earnings over the year. Currently, only around 4,200 have a meaningful price-earnings ratio. To have a price-earnings ratio among the lowest 10% of valid ratios, a company's price-earnings ratio would need to be lower than 5.0.
We made a simple adjustment to allow companies with price-earnings ratios in the lowest 25% of stocks to pass the Graham Enterprising Investor screen. In today's market, that translates to a price-earnings ratio of less 10.0.
One warning that Graham gave of the low price-earnings filter was for cyclical firms with widely fluctuating earnings. These firms often trade at high prices and low price-earnings ratios in good years when they should be sold, and low prices and high or non-existent price-earnings ratios in bad years when they should be considered for purchase. For these firms, Graham recommended constructing a price-earnings ratio using an average of earnings over the last three years. This type of analysis is used for the defensive investor screen.
Financial Condition
As a test of short-term liquidity, Graham specified a current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) of 1.5 or higher.
To measure the use of long-term debt, Graham required that long-term debt not exceed net current assets, or working capital, by 110%. Working capital is defined as current assets minus current liabilities.
Earnings Stability
Graham liked to look at the historical company performance over an extended period of time. He had a preference for companies that avoided losses during recessionary periods. This would point to industries such as utilities, insurance, food processing, medical supply firms and pharmaceuticals.
For the enterprising investor, Graham specified that earnings be positive for each of the last five years. This type of screen can be very restrictive after an economic recession.
Dividend Record
For the enterprising investor, Graham only specified that firms pay some level of current dividends—a simple filter that screens out two-thirds of the firms in Stock Investor Pro when used as a stand-alone criterion. As a rule, only more mature companies past their stage of strong, capital-intensive growth can afford to pay a cash dividend.
This filter will also cut out some stocks with low price-earnings ratios that are troubled and under financial duress.
Earnings Growth
When it came to earnings growth, Graham required only that earnings for the latest year be higher than earnings five years ago. Without such a criterion, a screen looking for companies with low multiples may list companies with poor prospects. This is not the domain of the enterprising investor.
Price-to-Book-Value Ratio
Graham was a believer in using low price-to-book-value ratios to select stocks, and he normally required a ratio below 1.5 for the defensive investor. For the enterprising investor, however, the criterion specified that the current price-to-book-value ratio be less than or equal to 1.2. Since Graham felt that secondary firms that might pass the enterprising filter normally trade at a discount to their intrinsic value, it is not surprising that a tougher filter was specified.
The investor may wish to also consider using a percentile rank to specify the maximum price-to-book-value ratio. This would allow the screen to adjust dynamically to market conditions. We had success in specifying a maximum price-to-book percentile rank of 25—the lowest quarter of companies.
Adequate Size of Enterprise
Graham had a preference for large companies. He felt that large firms have the resources in "capital and brain power" to carry them through adversity and back to a level of satisfactory earnings. This concern came into play for Graham because he looked at stocks of firms that became unpopular due to unsatisfactory developments that were of a temporary nature. Graham also felt that the market responds more quickly with a price increase when an improvement is shown for a large firm than a small firm.
The enterprising investor could invest in "speculative" issues such as small stocks, so he has no requirements for minimum company size. We did, however, add a requirement that a company be listed on an exchange, and we are excluding foreign companies. These requirements help to ensure that audited financial statements are filed on a timely basis and the financials follow generally accepted accounting standards. These filters replace the requirement of a minimum share price of five dollars that avoided "penny stocks."
Managing the Portfolio
Graham was a strong believer in protecting a portfolio against errors in judgment. For that reason, he placed a heavy emphasis on diversification. Graham stressed the need for a broadly diversified portfolio: a minimum of 15 holdings for the enterprising investor, but preferably a larger group consisting of about 30 of the best prospects selling at significant discounts from their intrinsic value.
Stock holdings should be reviewed at least annually, he said, paying attention to dividend returns and the operating results of the company and ignoring share price fluctuations. However, if the holdings were properly valued originally, he felt there would be little need for changes.
Graham felt that as long as the earnings power of the holdings remained satisfactory, the investor should stick with the stock and ignore any market movements, particularly on the downside. On the other hand, investors should take advantage of market fluctuations on the upside, when a stock becomes overvalued (or fairly valued, for stocks that were purchased below their intrinsic value); at these times, investors should sell and replace their holding with one that is more fairly valued or undervalued.
Figure 1 shows selected performance and risk statistics for AAII's original Graham Enterprising Investor screen, our revised screen and market indexes. Year-to-date as of August 31, 2012, the revised screen has bucked the trend of the broader market and generated a price loss of 7.7%. Graham warned investors not to lose patience if selections fail to advance soon after their purchase. By way of contrast, the original screen has a price gain of 12.0% year-to-date, but the screen averaged one single passing company this year, while the revised screen averaged near 10 passing companies. Since the beginning of 1998, the Enterprising Investor Revised screen has had an average annual gain of 23.6%, outperforming the indexes over that period as well as the original enterprising screen.
Note that we are displaying a semi-log performance chart that illustrates the growth of $1,000 investment. The semi-log chart does a better job of illustrating the variability over a long period of time, especially for early-period performance.
Looking at the overall risk of the screens, we see that the risk index is around just over 1.7 for both screens, making them over 70% more riskier than the S&P 500 index since the beginning of 1998. This lowers the risk-adjusted return to 15.4% a year for the revised screen and 12.3% for the original screen, which is still significantly better than the S&P indexes as well as the typical exchange-listed stock.
The bear market returns are generally comparable for all of the screens and indexes; however, the Graham Enterprising Investor Revised screen has really shone during the most recent bull market which was calculated from the end of February 2009 through March 2012. The revised screen has gained an impressive 460.6%, more than doubling the return of the original screen and surpassing the index returns by an even wider margin.
|Portfolio Characteristics (Median)
|Price-earnings ratio (X)
|Price-to-book-value ratio (X)
|Price-to-sales ratio (X)
|Dividend yield (%)
|EPS 5-yr. historical growth rate (%)
|EPS 3-5 yr. estimated growth rate (%)
|Market cap. ($ million)
|Relative strength vs. S&P (%)
|Monthly Observations
|Average no. of passing stocks
|Highest no. of passing stocks
|Lowest no. of passing stocks
|Monthly turnover (%)
|Source: AAII's Stock Investor Pro/Thomson Reuters. Data as of 9/14/2012.
Profile of Passing Companies
The characteristics of the stocks passing the screens as of September 14, 2012, are presented in Table 1. Historically, four companies, on average, have passed the original Enterprising Investor screen each month since the start of 1998. By loosening the price-earnings percentile rank from 10% to 25%, we were able to average a greater number of passing companies. The Graham Enterprising Investor Revised screen averages 10 passing companies. The monthly turnover rate was also reduced from 44.0% per month to 26.5%.
The passing companies are listed in Table 2 in ascending order by current price-earnings ratio.
The Graham screens focus on stocks with low price-earnings and price-to-book-value ratios. Because of the screens' strict value-oriented rules, it is not surprising that the current group of passing companies have lower multiples than the typical exchange-listed stock. The 7.9 price-earnings median of the four stocks currently passing the revised enterprising screen is less than half of the median for all exchange-listed stocks.
|Company (Exchange)
|P/E Ratio
LT Debt
(5 Yr)
($ Mil)
|AMCON Distributing Co. (DIT)
|retail (grocery)
|Mantech International (MANT)
|software & program'g
|Friedman Industries (FRD)
|iron & steel
|Corning Incorporated (GLW)
|Source: AAII's Stock Investor Pro/Thomson Reuters. Data as of 9/14/2012.
Graham thought it was foolish to buy a stock only because its stock price was up and sell a stock if was down. He did feel that one should compare the price to a firm's intrinsic value. It is not surprising that the current holdings of the enterprising screens have underperformed the S&P 500 as well as the typical exchange-listed stock over the last 52 weeks. The Graham enterprising screens tend to pick up stocks that are currently cheap on a price-earnings ratio and price-to-book-value ratio basis because they have shown recent stock price declines.
Graham in Summary
Graham understood that the investor's chief problem, and worst enemy, is oneself. Knowledge of finance, accounting and investment lore does not lead to success if emotions cannot be controlled. An intelligent investor should profit from other people's foolish decisions.
No matter how well a stock screen has performed historically, it is important to remember that stock screening is only the first step in the analysis process. Once you have winnowed the stock universe down to a more manageable set of companies, it is important to perform additional due diligence on the remaining companies to verify their financial strength as well as how well they match your risk tolerances and investment time horizon.
What It Takes: Graham Enterprising Investor Revised Criteria
- The price-earnings ratio is among the lowest 25% of the database (Percent Rank less than or equal to 25)
- The current ratio for the last fiscal quarter (Q1) is greater than or equal to 1.5
- The ratio of long-term debt to working capital for the last fiscal quarter (Q1) is less than 110%
- Earnings per share for each of the last five fiscal years and for the last 12 months have been positive
- The company intends to pay a dividend over the next year (indicated dividend is greater than zero)
- Earnings per share for the last 12 months are greater than the earnings per share from five years ago (Y5)
- Earnings per share for the last fiscal year (Y1) are greater than the earnings per share from five years ago (Y5)
- The price-to-book ratio is less than or equal to 1.2
- The company is domestic and exchange-listed
The AAII Stock Screens
AAII has been developing a wide range of screening strategies over the years, some following the approaches of popular investment professionals, others tied to basic investing principles. Each month over 60 separate screens are performed using AAII's Stock Investor Pro and the companies passing each screen are reported on AAII.com.
The performance of the stocks passing each screen is tracked on a monthly basis. The month-to-month closing price is used to calculate the return, with equal investments in each stock at the beginning of each month assumed. The impact of factors such as commissions, bid-ask spreads, cash dividends, time-slippage and taxes is not considered. This overstates the reported performance, but all approaches are subject to the same conditions and procedures. Higher turnover portfolios would typically benefit more from these simplified rules. Sell rules are the same as the buy rules: The screens are simply reapplied using each subsequent month's data.
Helen Kirkpatrick from MD posted over 4 years ago:
Oscar Botero from FL posted over 4 years ago:
Why dont you hold these 4 stocks in the model
shadow stock portfolio?
Robert Sturgis from TX posted over 4 years ago:
OK, nice update, next lets consider what Ben would have learned from the current "Great Recession" and apply this to your next rev. of the master's work.
Ferdinand Wieland from DE posted over 4 years ago:
How can the Benjamin Graham Enterprise Investor Screen (buy low valuation stocks and bonds) by applied to ETF and Mutual Funds?
John Bajkowski from IL posted over 4 years ago:
The two microcap stocks (DIT & FRD) that passed the Graham Enterprising screen have current price-to-book-value ratios just above the current cut off (p/book of 0.8) for a new stock to be added to the Shadow Stock Portfolio. They are in the hold range for the Shadow Stock portfolio with a p/book between 0.8 and 2.4.
Craig Wallin from WA posted over 4 years ago:
Will these revised criteria be used in the monthly updates of the Graham Enterprising Investor stock screen?
I noticed the stock screens section of the web site still shows the "old" criteria and passing company.
MT Bowling from TX posted over 4 years ago:
Thanks for spending time working on the Graham Enterprising screen. I have a couple of modified versions that I use because of the potential returns. I pay more attention to the Graham screens than any of the others due to the long term performance and simple, clear criteria.
John Schott from FL posted over 4 years ago:
Thanks for your efforts to improve upon and already proven,valuable tool
I praise AAII for its steadfast efforts to provide the small independent investor sound advice.
Gary Stadtmauer from NY posted over 4 years ago:
What concerns me about some of the stock screens, including this one, is that the bid/ask spread is so wide for some stocks. That is not taken into account in the screen performance so the returns are not realistic. Even if you trade in an IRA w/very low cost trading you cannot overcome that problem. Why report these results if they are not reproducible in the real world?
David Thompson from CA posted over 3 years ago:
I get all of the S&A newsletters (updates and issues, and special reports), and I don't see much in the AAII information that can provide more than what I am already getting. I am a lifetime AAII member.
John Somers from GA posted over 2 years ago:
When starting a new approach, what is the suggested initial position size per stock? I noticed a lot of "systems" may only have 0 to 4 passing stocks….. Thanks


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