Robert Olstein Buys Halliburton Co., Denny's Corp., Countrywide Financial Corp., Sells Adaptec Inc., Chesapeake Energy Corp., Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

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May 19, 2007
Accountant turned money manager Robert Olstein does not talk to executives, he looks at the numbers instead. He has achieved a ten year annualized return of more than 15%. These are his buys and sells during the first quarter. Robert Olstein owns 88 stocks with a total value of $1.8 billion.


Robert Olstein buys Halliburton Co., Denny's Corp., Countrywide Financial Corp., Johnson & Johnson, International Business Machine, Charlesschwab Corp., Watts Water Technologies Inc., Nyse Group, Inc. Common Stock, Davita Inc., Whirlpool Corp., Home Depot Inc., Wms Industries Inc., Dell Inc., Tjx Companies Inc., Pentair Inc., Sears, Flanders Corp., Barrett Business Services Inc., sells Adaptec Inc., Chesapeake Energy Corp., Cleveland-cliffs Inc., 3com Corporation, Friedman Billings Ramsey Group during the 3-months ended 03/31/2007, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Olstein Financial Alert Fund. Robert Olstein owns 88 stocks with a total value of $1.8 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.





New Purchases: BBSI, CFC, DELL, DENN, DVA, FLDR, HAL, HD, IBM, JNJ, NYX, PNR, SCHW, SHLD, TJX, WHR, WMS, WTS,


Added Positions: AXP, C, COWN, CRI, DRIV, DXYN, FFEX, GNW, HEW, HPQ, LNY, LUB, MER, MS, NATH, SIGM, ZQK,


Reduced Positions: BAC, BLT, CKR, CLE, CTV, DLM, ENER, FD, FL, JAS, JNS, JNY, LOW, NP, PWR, PYX, ROST, RSH, TAP, WMB, XL, XRX, XTO,


Sold Out: ADPT, CHK, CLF, COMS, FBR,