Purchased at around $3.75ish. I've read some warnings about the company but I've also read the company sacrificed some 07 numbers to make 08 really strong and that seems to be the case.

Chinese medical stock play that has slowly crept up with a little roller coaster adventure to it. The technicals were very strong when I bought it and they are involved with the earthquake relief efforts for the gov't.

I wanted to add a technical stock and was considering HIMX as well but went with this one. The company had increasing sales against a negative income, which means that eventually this will likely turn to a profitable play.

ABP has been a consistent good stock for me and with oil only going up, I don't see a correction even 'correcting' the future oil prices that much. IVAN purchased a similar size competitor which may affect the true numbers short-term but really will set the company up for a good run.

This a real-estate holding firm that acquires hotels, then renovates them to sell to other chains. I've always liked this one and wanted to replace a loser dividend stock with a better one. In recessionary times, vacation budgets are stretched but the hotel chains will be positioning to offer more for less during this time so the immediate future is a little volative for now, but shows promise. In May and June, they sold a few hotels which will increase revenue but they may be dumping some of these just to address cash flow issues. But the dividend is very attractive, at a current rate of 15%.

Even in recessionary times, this dry goods shipper will still have products to deliver - even if it happens to be more staple products than luxury. This stock has a very attractive future and dividend.