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To: Chip McVickar who wrote (11970)	10/1/2010 11:13:59 AM
From: Jack of All Trades	Respond to of 12410

thx, but I'm not sure I will be in the same trade for that long...

To: Chip McVickar who wrote (11970)	10/28/2010 11:41:10 AM
From: robert b furman	1 Recommendation Respond to of 12410

Hi Chip sorry about the delayed response. I wanted to get back to your excellent idea about tech companies with great products,no debt,and high margins. This would be a great place to build a list of applicable stocks. I have not worked through your list,but was thinking that if we established a format of submitting our favorite stocks - it might make selection or portfolio weighting a simpler process. So,I'd like to start the process format - feel free to add or delete. Basic shares outstanding Diluted shares outstanding Per cent of insiders holdings, Insider sales/buys (need a common time frame and source of information) Debt level: Cash and investments per share basic & diluted Margins (need to look short and long ter time frames?) Products (what might be interesting if we could develop a group score on barriers to entry). Just a quick list and perhaps it is too busy. If each person did their Due Diligence on their favorite stock - it could well expand our horizons of dynamic growth stocks. Personally,I ship to the winner who recommends the best percent winner in 2012, a frozen catch of Alaskan Halibut and Rock fish!! What do you think? Bob

To: Chip McVickar who wrote (11970)	11/2/2010 9:49:39 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12410

11/01/10 Update: Current I Bond Earnings Rate is 0.74%, Fixed Rate 0.00% Taken from forbestadvice.com The earnings rate for Series I Savings Bonds is a combination of a fixed rate, which applies for the life of the bond, and the semiannual inflation rate. The 0.74% earnings rate for I bonds bought from November 2010 through April 2011 also will apply for the succeeding six months after the issue date. The earnings rate combines a 0.00% fixed rate of return with the 0.74% annualized rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The CPI-U increased from 217.631 in March 2010 to 218.439 in September 2010, a six-month increase of 0.37%. New I-Bond Composite Rates for Older iBonds at forbestadvice.com