John Keeley Buys Colfax Corp., FairPoint Communications Inc., Atlas Energy Resources LLC, Sells AFC Enterprises Inc., North Valley Bancorp, Novartis AG

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Aug 12, 2008
While a lot of value investors are struggling, John Keeley's Small Cap Value Fund made money for its shareholders. Manager John Keeley likes to buy small cap companies in special situations like spin-off or mergers. These are his buys and sells during the second quarter.


John Keeley buys COLFAX Corp., FairPoint Communications Inc., Atlas Energy Resources LLC, Global Industries Ltd., Stone Energy Corp., Graco Inc., Western Refining Inc., IBERIABANK Corp., HILL ROM HOLDINGS INC, ArvinMeritor Inc., Quanex Corp., PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, Otter Tail Corp., PharMerica Corp., Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Dorchester Minerals L.P. Common Units Lt, Tootsie Roll Industries Inc., Covidien Ltd., Leggett & Platt Inc., Dana Holding Corp., Cathay General Bancorp, INTREPID POTASH INC, United States Natural Gas Fund LP, Rowan Companies Inc., PATRIOT COAL CORP, R.H. Donnelley Corp., IDEX Corp., Orion Marine Group Inc Common, TELMEX INTERNACIONAL SAB DE CV, Brigham Exploration Company, Flotek Industries Inc, TMX GROUP INC/GROUPE TMX INC, VESTA WIND SYSTEMS ORD, BT Group plc, Penson Worldwide Inc., Baytex Energy Trust Trust units, NESTLE SA REG SHRS S, NuStar Energy L.P., Fortress Investment Group LLC, First Keystone Corp., Titan Machinery Inc., sells AFC Enterprises Inc., North Valley Bancorp, Novartis AG, Newell Rubbermaid Inc., PEMBINA PIPELINE INCOME TRUST UNITS, Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc., Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce, REX Stores Corp., Retail Ventures Inc., Rayonier Inc., Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company L, The Steak n Shake Company, SunTimes Media Group Inc., Suez, UCBH Holdings Inc., Domtar Corp., National Fuel Gas Company, Nasdaq, Meredith Corp., Apache Corp., The BlackRock California Insured Municip, Cincinnati Bell Inc. Depositary Shares (Each repre, CADBURY PLC, Crown Holdings Inc., Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp., Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc., Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The, IBERDROLA SA S/ADR, The Korea Fund Inc., LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., LKQ Corp., Las Vegas Sands Corp., Lloyds TSB Group plc, United Technologies Corp. during the 3-months ended 06/30/2008, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Keeley Fund Management. John Keeley owns 392 stocks with a total value of $11 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.





New Purchases: ARM, ATN, BEXP, BT, BTE, CATY, CFX, COV, DAN, DMLP, DPS, FIG, FKYS.OB, FRP, FTK, GGG, GLBL, HRC, IBKC, IEX, IPI, LEG, NS, NSRGY.PK, NX, OMGI, OTTR, PCX, PMC, PNSN, PZN, RDC, RHD, SGY, TII, TITN, TR, UNG, WNR,


Added Positions: AAWW, ARJ, BNCL, BRKL, CF, CPE, CQB, DBA, DNBK, FFNW, FNFG, FOR, FRM, GFG, HAYN, HCBK, HE, KALU, KAMN, MCF, MGM, MI, NCR, NYX, PFS, PHH, PQ, RBN, SD, SDS, SHS, SNV, SWSI, SXT, TIN, TXI, USO, VTI, WTFC, ZEP, ZLC,


Reduced Positions: ABD, ATI, AXP, BPFH, CCJ, CHK, CMS, ECA, FO, FTI, GE, GY, HIG, JPM, KMP, MET, ORCL, OSK, OXY, PPG, QCOM, ROK, SMHG, TMX, TXT, WLT, XOM, PZN,


Sold Out: AFCE, APA, BFC, CBB-PB, CBY, CCK, DFR, EBHI, EPD, GS, KF, LFG, LKQX, LVS, LYG, MDP, NDAQ, NFG, NOVB, NVS, NWL, PRAA, RIO, RSC, RVI, RYN, SHI, SNS, UCBH, UFS, UTX,





For the details of John Keeley's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=John+Keeley