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There is a very small (micro-cap) insurance company in Florida called Homeowners Choice, Inc. (HCII) that I included among my stock picks for 2011. My suggestion was made with some reservations, not because of it’s growth potential, but because I was concerned that the write-up itself might impact the stock.
Yesterday, March 8, HCII reported it’s 13th straight quarter of profitability with Q4 earnings of 27 cents per share versus anticipated earnings of 14 cents.
At the time of the initial post HCII was $8.08. It was $8.50 at today’s opening and has been hovering around that mark most of the trading day. That equates to a 19.23% gain in 9 weeks (111.15% annualized).
Continue reading Chasing Value: Homeowners Choice Earnings, Another Great Quarter
Chasing Value: Homeowners Choice Earnings, Another Great Quarter originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.







We are only one month into the new year and there have not been many dull moments. Games are going on in the Middle East and they are not the friendly kind. In Egypt
This is the fifth year that I am posting my stock picks for the year. There is a lot of foolishness in doing so because each year that I have made such suggestions, including 2009 when I owned all of the picks, it is assumed that I would hold all of the positions without responding to market conditions, or changes in the specific company. No adding to, or cutting a position. This is not the real world.
The list of stocks has been whittled down to four. Chevron Corporation (
