ryanhegs.com - Investing, Business, and More ryanhegs.com - Investing, Business, and More This blog is perfect for anyone with a few hundred or a few thousand dollars to invest. This blog uses arbitage opportunities in small companies to make huge profits with very little risk. Articles
Chapter 2: Flattener #6
2007-11-09 06:16:00 The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century- Thomas L. Friedman Chapter 2: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World Flattener #6 Offshoring: Running with Gazelles, Eating with Lions First the difference between Outsourcing and Offshoring: Outsourcing means taking some specific, but limited, function that your company was doing in-house?such as research, call centers, or accounts receivable?and ... More About: Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Flattener #5
2007-11-09 05:54:00 The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century- Thomas L. Friedman Chapter 2: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World Flattener #5 Outsourcing Back in 1951 India setup its first of seven Indian Institutes of Technology. These IIT?s produce highly skilled workers; however, for years these workers had to leave India to become professionals. It wasn?t ... More About: Chapter 2
50% + Profit in Orion Healthcorp (ONH)
2007-11-09 05:09:00 Orion Heal thcorp (ONH) is proposing a 1:2,500 reverse/forward split. It the split happens as written, all fractional shares will be bought for $0.23/share. Orion is currently trading at $0.15/share. So there is a possibility of an 8 cent profit per share on a 15 cent per share investment. Not too shabby. The only problem that ... More About: Profit , Investing , Arbitrage , Orion
Companies I am Interested In (Value)
2007-11-07 06:15:00 A recent issue of Forbes Magazine featured “Americas 200 Best Small Companies ”. I used their list of 200 companies and the data included to search for stocks that I think would be good investments. I first went through the list and read the short description of each company. Any time I came across a company ... More About: Investing , Value , Eres
A quick $300+ with CB Financial (CBFJ)
2007-11-06 05:00:00 Looks like CB Financial is planning to vote on a 1:132 reverse split in the near future. If the vote is in favor of CB Financial going private, all shareholders holding less than 132 shares will have their shares bought for $20/share. Currently CBFJ is trading at $17.50/share. 131 shares x $2.50 (the difference) = ... More About: Investing , Quick , Arbitrage
Bought 249 Shares of Citizen?s Financial (CNFL)
2007-10-30 16:05:00 In a previous post I outlined the arbitrage opportunity present in Citizen ’s Financial (CNFL). Today I purchased my 249 shares for $6.66/share. I started my offer at $6.50 and as the date of the going private transaction neared a slowly increased my limit offer until it was taken. So now I will wait for the ... More About: Investing , Shares , Arbitrage
Sold Half of China (CHN)
2007-10-30 15:51:00 I purchased The China Fund Inc. (CHN) for $28.56 on 3/28/06 (read rationale). In the following year and a half the ETF has done extremely well. Due to my concerns that China may be experiencing a bubble with overvalued companies I put in a limit order to sell half of my shares when the price ... More About: Investing , Sold , Half
Sold All Shares of Microsoft Today (MSFT)
2007-10-27 05:35:00 I purchased shares of Microsoft (MSFT) at $27.02 on 3/29/06 (read rationale). A year and a half later, with competition from Apple and web-based software applications as well as a lack-luster Vista and Zune release, I had my doubts about whether this was a stock I wanted to hold for the long run. To give ... More About: Today , Investing , Shares , Value
First Time: Stock Sold at a Loss (ERGN)
2007-10-17 15:55:00 Today I sold my first stock at a loss. I purchased 199 shares of ERGO, now ERGN, on January 8, 2007 for $0.88 per share. This was an arbitrage play that should have netted a $240 profit; however, my timing was off by a day or two so I missed the split (get the details ... More About: Time , Investing , Stock , Loss , First Time
Two Arbitrage Opportunities (CNFL & MEDRF)
2007-10-13 06:31:00 The first thing on my recent “to-do list” was to pick up my hunt for decent arbitrage opportunities. After sifting through the last 2-3 weeks of SEC Filings (I’ll discuss my method at a later date) I only came up with two that were intriguing. The first is Medaire Inc. (MEDRF). In a recent PRE 14C ... More About: Investing , Opportunities , Arbitrage , Unit
Note to Self
2007-10-04 05:53:00 Well, life has been a little too hectic lately to keep this updated. Here are a few notes to myself, or a “to-do list”, to keep me accountable. 1. Research SEC records from the last 2-3 weeks to find arbitrage opportunities. 2. Research ABX (Barrick Gold Corp.) and other ways of investing in Gold. 3. Reserach ATHN (Athena ... More About: General , Note , Note to Self
Rate Cut Paying Off for KRE
2007-09-20 06:36:00 Thanks to the rate cuts I hoped for, my play on KBW Regional Banking (KRE) has been successful. I purchased the stock for 45.25 on August 23 (rationale for the purchase). The price dropped nearly a dollar and was trading under 44.5 prior to the Fed’s announcement. In the hours following the announcement of the ... More About: Investing , Rate
Chapter 2: Flattener #4
2007-09-16 06:34:00 The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century- Thomas L. Friedman Chapter 2: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World Flattener #4 Uploading: Harnessing the Power of Communities Friedman points to the ability of individuals to upload content to the internet as the fourth flattener in his book. The ability to upload content ?is fundamentally reshaping ... More About: Chapter 2
KRE - Will Rate Cuts Help?
2007-09-16 05:43:00 My post KRE with Help from Bernake explained my decision to put some money into KBW Regional Banking. It seems that the rate cuts I was hoping for may be coming, as the Fed is scheduled to meet this Tuesday (and the general feeling is that interest rates may be cut by as much as ... More About: Investing , Rate , Cuts
Simple Weather Badge
2007-09-11 04:31:00 You can get a free weather badge on your blog from blogskinny.com. While there are numerous weather badges available on the internet, bloskinny’s badge is simple and has no strings attached (Correction, no strings attached except for the Shopping link that appears below the badge - they don’t show you that when you get the ... More About: Technology , Weather , Simple , Badge
Don’t miss a thing when you Blinkx
2007-09-08 05:19:00 An article in Business 2.0 titled “The Next Disruptors” began by introducing Blink x , a video search engine. Video is the fastest growing segment of online searches and Blinkx seems to have it all. Blinkx indexes over 14 million hours of video and they use some very sophisticated technology to do it. blinkx uses a unique combination of patented conceptual search, speech recognition and video analysis software to efficiently, automatically and accurately find and qualify online video. Not only does Blinkx index more video than any other website, it presents it in a fresh entertaining way by using a video wall. The video wall is composed of dozens of thumbnail videos - all playing clips at the same time. See something interesting? Click on it and it will take you to the full video! Searching for your favorite Friends episode? Rather than searching through text to find it why not just glance at a video wall and quickly spot what you are looking for! Even cooler…you ca... More About: Miss , Thing
FeedJit: Real-Time Blog Traffic Feeds
2007-09-07 06:20:00 A few days ago I came across a cool app called FeedJit that you can easily add to your website or blog. It is so simple - you don’t even need to register or provide information. It only takes a few easy steps: 1. Customize your feed to match your websites look and feel. 2. Copy the ... More About: Blog Traffic , Technology , Traffic , Time , Blog
Applebee?s Anyone? No Thanks. (APPB)
2007-09-07 05:36:00 Applebee’s and IHOP may be merging! Interesting combination! This poses a small arbitrage situation similar to the opportunity with Monarch that I wrote about on September 3. At this time it isn’t a good enough deal for me to jump in, but since it’s a company most everyone has heard of, and since I don’t ... More About: Investing , Arbitrage , Hank
Some Potential in Monarch (MCBF)
2007-09-03 07:37:00 On October 9, 2007 stockholders of Monarch Community Bancorp (MCBF) will vote on whether to approve the merger of MCBF into Monarch (MCBF is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monarch). According to a DEF14A filed on August 30, 2007, if the vote is in favor of the merger those with fewer than 1,000 shares will ... More About: Investing , Arbitrage , Narc , Tent , Some
Free Link from John Chow
2007-09-03 06:47:00 Here’s a great opportunity to increase your page rank. Write a review of John Chow ’s blog and include a link to his home page as well as a link to this article and he will link back to your blog. Read the instructions carefully. John Chow is a dot com mogul who can help you ... More About: Marketing , Free , Link
Chapter 2: Flattener #3
2007-09-03 06:04:00 The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Thomas L. Friedman Chapter 2: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World Flattener #3 Work Flow Software …the rise and integration of work flow software was a quiet revolution that most people had no clue was happening. It crystallized in the mid-to late 1990s and, when it ... More About: Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Flattener #2
2007-09-03 05:39:00 The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Thomas L. Friedman Chapter 2: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World Flattener #2 8/9/95 - The New Age of Connectivity: When the Web Went Around and Netscape Went Public The advent of the World Wide Web and the release of Netscape provided a breakthrough in connectivity. ... More About: Chapter 2
Tutor Vista - The World IS Flat!
2007-09-01 00:00:00 Lately I’ve been reading “The World Is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman. I have not made it far as we have moved twice in the last few months (one move being over a thousand miles). However, you can pick up the basic premise of the book in just the first few chapters - that technological ... More About: Business , Technology , Vista , Innovation
KRE with Help from Bernanke
2007-08-28 06:10:00 So, the Fed cut interest rates Friday the 17th. I’m no expert, but I believe that this will help the markets in the short-term; however it is up in the air as to how long it will prolong the current bull market. Jim Cramer (8/20/07) was very positive about this move. On the other hand, ... More About: Investing , Bernanke
15% per share up to $1,800 (MCBF)
2007-08-09 06:15:00 A PRER 14A dated 8/3/07 by Monarch Community Bancorp Inc. reads: A special meeting of stockholders of Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc. will be held at ________ [a.m./p.m.] on _____________, 2007, at Monarch Community Bank?s Main Office at 375 North Willowbrook Road, Coldwater, Michigan 49036, for the following purposes: (1) To consider and act upon a proposal ... More About: Investing , Share
I made 25% in under a month?you could too.
2007-08-09 05:38:00 In a post on July 12 I pointed out an arbitrage opportunity with KTEL. I purchased 4,999 shares at $0.077 per share. Those shares were then bought back at $0.095 per share soon after I made the purchase…Making me an easy $90+ in under a month by doing absolutely nothing. The cash was just delivered ... More About: Investing , Made , Arbitrage , Month , Mont
An Easy $250 from Diasense Inc. (DSNS)
2007-08-01 02:26:00 Well, here I am up at midnight writing another post about making easy money by doing next to nothing. This time the plan is to purchase 12,499 shares of Diasense Inc. at $0.03 per share (a meager $375 investment). As stated in DSNS’s PRER 14C, the company will do a 1:12,500 reverse split around August ... More About: Investing , Easy , Arbitrage
Chapter 2: Flattener #1
2007-07-30 06:59:00 The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Thomas L. Friedman Chapter 2: The Ten Forces That Flattened the World Flattener #1 11/9/89 - The New Age of Creativity: When the Walls Came Down and the Windows Went Up The fall of the Berlin Wall had a world-wide impact. The fall of the wall abolished ... More About: Chapter 2
Chapter 1: While I was Sleeping
2007-07-20 06:59:00 The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Thomas L. Friedman It is now possible for more people than ever to collaborate and compete in real time with more other people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal footing than at ... More About: Sleeping , Chapter 1 , Chapter
Huge Potential in Hybrid Dynamics (HYBY)
More articles from this author:2007-07-20 06:37:00 Here is another potential opportunity for a great return on a very small investment. This situation is similar to the Point Acquisition situation which I wrote about in the post “My best move yet?46,000% profit.” A DEF 14C dated July 19,2007 from Hybrid Dynamic s stated: On July 6, 2007, the Board and the Consenting Stockholders adopted a ... More About: Huge , Arbitrage 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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