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| PAST TOP PICK | 2.310 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick Oct 22/09. Down 47.7%.) Sold some in January at a 239% profit and then they got into all kinds of problems. Just turned a profit. | 2010-11-11 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 2.400 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick Oct 22/09. down 47%.) Consolidated 1 to 5. Had put a lot of faith in the new CEO who did a lot of cutting and was looking for higher margins, which did not come. Company continues to lose money. Sold his holdings in February at $2.91. | 2010-09-17 | |
| DON'T BUY | 0.400 | Ben Stadelmann | He bought it twice and did not do well. This was a turnaround play. Brought in new management to do the turn-around. This company is just not doing well. Stocks don’t usually do well until a year after a consolidation. | 2010-03-03 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.860 | Benj Gallander | They have been backed into a corner because they had very little cash. They were in a market that was in decline. He likes the management. They’ve made a lot of changes. They’ve cut costs and sold off some of their divisions. Now talking expansion and new revenues. They just got a line of credit of $15 Million. | 2009-10-22 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.750 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick July 4/08. Down 48.53%.) New management continues to make changes. Tried to eliminate low margin businesses and the economy revenues took a haircut of about 50%. Continuing to lose money. Credit limit was cut from $45 million to $15 million with a higher interest rate. No debt. Hired 6 new sales reps and are looking to increase revenues for the first time in 1.5 years. Still on his Buy list. | 2009-08-07 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.730 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick July 4/08. Down 50.74%.) Computer services. CEO has made a number of changes and is known for doing a turnaround and then having the company taken over. Running at about break even. Very little debt. Still on his Buy list. | 2009-06-12 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.610 | Benj Gallander | (Top Pick Mar 25/08 Down 58.74%) Could go up along way. Turned down a take out but. Still a buy. | 2009-05-01 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.350 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick March 25/08. Down 81.1%.) Supply temps for jobs especially in the IT industry. Under normal conditions they would be doing much better. CEO is known for going into companies and doing turnarounds. Because of economic difficulties, this is taking more time. No debt but very little cash and are losing about $1 million a quarter. | 2009-03-12 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 1.250 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick Oct 18/07. Down 27%.) New management, which typically turns companies around and then sells. Have been consolidating operations. Virtually no debt but very little cash. | 2008-09-15 | |
| TOP PICK | 1.360 | Benj Gallander | Staffing industry primarily for IT. Been wrong on this one for the last 2 years but new CEO has a good record of consolidation and selling companies at a premium. Appears to be doing the same thing here. Caveat: A lot of people are being laid off in the US and there is a question how many people companies will be taking on. | 2008-07-04 | |
| TOP PICK | 1.480 | Benj Gallander | Have a new CEO. Have takeover offer on the table at $1.75. Have refused the takeover offer. They’re downsizing. Have a target of over $10, long-term. | 2008-03-25 | |
| TOP PICK | 1.660 | Benj Gallander | This company is located in the U.S. It has been losing money but very little. They have a new management team who have cut costs and the company has no debt. Believes the stock has the potential to go above $10. | 2007-10-18 | |
| TOP PICK | 1.800 | Benj Gallander | In IT consulting. He averaged down on this one and now has an average purchase price of $2.62. This is a sector that has been beaten up. | 2007-05-18 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 2.010 | Benj Gallander | (A Top Pick June 7/05. Down 40%.) In the IT staffing industry. Revenues of about $350 million. Beautiful balance sheet. Expects profits in the not too distant future. | 2006-10-06 | |
| HOLD | 2.170 | Benj Gallander | They are verging on profitability. Balance sheet looks very good. Still likes. | 2006-09-14 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 3.240 | Ben Stadelmann | (A Top Pick June 7. Down 10%.) Got hit because it was merging with Computer Horizons (CHRZ-Q) which was not a bad deal, but the shareholders of the other company killed the deal. | 2005-09-06 | |
| TOP PICK | 3.400 | Benj Gallander | Paid $2.82 in Dec/03. In the IT field, do a lot of staffing with about $300 million in sales. Basically in a break even mode. In the midst of a merger or takeover with Computer Horizons (CHRZ-Q) which does about $250/280 million sales. Both companies have pristine balance sheets with virtually no debt. Will probably lose money because of the merger costs. Longer term they have a chance to be bigger players in the industry. A long term play. | 2005-06-07 | |
| TOP PICK | 3.740 | Ben Stadelmann | Consultants software programming helping companies' outsourcing. Got hit by the collapse of the tech bubble and outsourcing to places like India. Now appears to have turned the corner. Have made money the last 3 quarters. Made an acquisition that will give them some presence in the voice over IP. Good relationship with Cisco. | 2005-01-12 | |
| TOP PICK | 3.350 | Ben Stadelmann | The industry was very hard hit by the outsourcing phenomena. Over $300 million in sales. Very modest market cap. No debt. Have now made a bit of money. | 2004-09-16 | |
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| TOP PICK | 3.300 | Benj Gallander | Clean balance sheet. No long-term debt. | 2004-07-21 |
