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Endangered species update: The extinct, the survivors, and the new watch list

Posted in About, Activist Investors, Catalysts, Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Stocks, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In March I highlighted an investment strategy I first read about in a Spring 1999 research report called Wall Street’s Endangered Species by Daniel J. Donoghue, Michael R. Murphy and Mark Buckley, then at Piper Jaffray and now at Discovery Group, a firm founded by Donoghue and Murphy (see also Performance of Darwin’s Darlings). The premise, simply stated, is [...]

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Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC) update; Greenbackd exits

Posted in Activist Investors, Aldebran Capital, Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Greenbackd Portfolio, Stocks, tagged , , , on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC) has filed its 10K for the period ended December 31, 2008. We initiated the position in CRC in December last year (see the post archive here) because it was trading at a substantial discount to its liquidation value and a substantial stockholder had called for its sale or orderly liquidation. Aldebaran Capital, [...]

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Greenbackd Portfolio Q1 performance and update

Posted in ARC Wireless Solutions (NASDAQ:ARCW), About, Arrhythmia Research Technology Inc (AMEX:HRT), Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ:VOXX), Autobytel (NASDAQ:ABTL), Avigen (NASDAQ:AVGN), Axcelis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ACLS), Barnwell Industries (AMEX:BRN), Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Cobra Electronics Corporation (NASDAQ:COBR), CuraGen Corporation (NASDAQ:CRGN), Ditech Networks Inc (NASDAQ:DITC), Greenbackd, Greenbackd Portfolio, Ikanos Communications Inc (NASDAQ:IKAN), InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS), Kona Grill Inc (NASDAQ:KONA), MathStar Inc (OTC:MATH), Multimedia Games Inc (NASDAQ:MGAM), Network Engines Inc (NASDAQ:NENG), Neurobiological Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NTII), Northstar Neuroscience Inc (NASDAQ:NSTR), OrthoLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:CAPS), Soapstone Networks Inc (NASDAQ:SOAP), Stocks, ValueVision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »

March 1, 2009 marked the end of Greenbackd’s first quarter, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to update you on the performance of the Greenbackd Portfolio and the positions in the portfolio, discuss some changes in our valuation methodology since our first post and outline the future direction of Greenbackd.com. First quarter performance of [...]

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Welcome back for 2009 and update on Greenbackd Portfolio holdings

Posted in About, Autobytel (NASDAQ:ABTL), Avigen (NASDAQ:AVGN), Barnwell Industries (AMEX:BRN), Borders Group (NYSE:BGP), Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Greenbackd, Greenbackd Portfolio, InFocus Corporation (NASDAQ:INFS), Kona Grill Inc (NASDAQ:KONA), MathStar Inc (OTC:MATH), Stocks, ValueVision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), Zale Corporation (NYSE:ZLC), tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Welcome back to Greenbackd and happy new year for 2009. We hope that you had a good break. There have been a number of positive developments in the companies we discussed last year. Set out below is an update on those positions we had open in the Greenbackd Portfolio at the close of 2008: Trilogy [...]

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Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC)

Posted in Activist Investors, Aldebran Capital, Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC), Net Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, Stocks, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Chromcraft Revington (AMEX:CRC) is a tiny, AMEX-listed net-net stock with a substantial stockholder calling for its sale or orderly liquidation. CRC has a market capitalization of only $2.8M, but the company’s written-down net current asset value is much higher at around $15M. The only problem? The company is in a liquidity crisis and risks entering [...]

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