Jim's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price that
day

Full Company Name & Jim's Comments:

WEN

4.28

Wendy's Arby's Group (WEN)

Jim:   I struggled... wanted to recommend Wendy's... by the way, Cracker Barrel (CBRL), you know one of my faves, reported a good number... and I can't get behind Wendy's.  It's tough enough to be behind Carl's Jr. (i.e., CKE Restaurants Inc. (CKR), believe me...  But Wendy's... although the Biggie Fries and the make-your-own salad is excellent.  That is not enough to make me want to pull the trigger... I think this is, along with Burger King (BKC), worst-of-stock, even though, best-of-tasting!

BKC

na

Burger King Corporation (BKC)

See WEN comments above for:
BKC

FNFG

12.14

First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (FNFG)

Jim:   You buy more!  You buy more!  Buy, buy, buy!... This is the company, along with Glacier (GBCI), along with New Alliance (NAL), along with FirstMerit Corp. (FMER)... and I think that FNFG is the best in show!

GBCI

15.89

Glacier Bancorp Inc. (GBCI)

See FNFG comments above for:
GBCI

NAL

12.56

New Alliance Bancshares Inc. (NAL)

See FNFG comments above for:
NAL

FMER

17.32

FirstMerit Corp. (FMER)

See FNFG comments above for:
FMER

IBM

104.69

IBM (IBM)

Jim:   I do not want you to sell IBM stock.  It is hot as a pistol and it is going higher!  Find something else to sell in order to get some Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED), which is the 6% yielder.  By the way, I do like Dominion Resources Inc. (D)... more in your geographical area... which is wet, rainy and not so nice...

ED

35.41

Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED)

See IBM comments above for:
ED

D

31.18

Dominion Resources Inc. (D)

See IBM comments above for:
D

MGM

7.14

MGM Mirage (MGM)

Jim:   C'mon man, we're not casino people... Sell, sell, sell!...  We're going to get rid of that one right now.

BX

11.21

The Blackstone Group (BX)

Jim:   It's a spec... it's an interesting spec play (i.e., speculative play)...  The stock's had a good run.  I certainly like it more than Fortress Investment Group (FIG), which I don't give a "fig" for.  I think Blackstone's okay.   I do wish we had recommended it at the $6-7 level but, then again, I'm not clairvoyant.

FIG

4.28

Fortress Investment Group (FIG)

See BX comments above for:
FIG

DUK

14.03

Duke Energy (DUK)

Jim:   No... Duke's too hard.  I feel like the whole deck is stacked against them at this point.  I mean, Mr. Rodgers, he's the CEO.  He's good and he doesn't wear a cardigan.  But I've got to tell you something... I just feel like that is... that's just a coal play...

WMI

27.65

Waste Management (WMI)

Jim:   I am a huge believer in Mr. Steiner... buy, buy, buy!... I am a buyer of Waste Management.... accidental high-yielder...and the fact that this stock is at $27 is a travesty.  I think there's much more to come!

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