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July 15, 2010 52-Week Low Wrap-Up: Century Casinos, Navigant Consulting, SWS Group

July 15, 2010 | About:
Patrick Goldin

Patrick Goldin

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Today, 24 companies’ share price reached a new 52-week low. Of these companies, these are the ones that may present an opportunity at the current price:

Century Casinos (CNTY)

Century Casinos owns and operates casinos in Colorado and South Africa, as well as runs casino operations for the Millennium Casino in the Czech Republic. The company's original casino, the Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado, is the company's core operation. Century Casinos also has long-term agreements with three global cruise ship companies to operate multiple casinos aboard their cruise ships.

Navigant Consulting (NCI)

Navigant is a specialty consulting firm providing litigation, financial, and investigations consulting services to law firms, large corporations, and government agencies. Navigant focuses on industries undergoing substantial regulatory or structural change. It employs about 1,800 consultants operating in 37 cities around the world.

SWS Group (SWS)

SWS Group provides securities transaction processing and other related services and operates Southwest Securities, a full-service brokerage, investment banking, and asset management firm. Its primary business is delivering securities transaction-processing services to broker-dealers, including commercial banks. Transaction processing services include integrated trade execution, clearing, client account processing, and other customized services. The company also operates a savings bank in Texas.

Disclosure: No positions in any of the companies mentioned.

About the author:

Patrick Goldin is the General Partner of the Alain Value Fund LP, a limited partnership exercising a value-focused and bottom-up securities approach. In addition to his duties as general partner, he is a student in high school. He can be reached at patrick.goldin@alainvaluefund.com

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What Worked in the Stock Market for Long-Term Investors?

Extensive research has found that the companies with predictable revenues and earnings outperform the market average; they also suffer lower probability of loss. As a matter of fact, this kind of companies are exactly what Warren Buffett wants to buy and hold forever. Please read the research about what worked in the stock market:

Part I: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Predictability Rank
Part II: Role of Valuations
Part III: Intrinsic Value, Discounted Cash Flow and Margin of Safety


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