October 2007 Peak Stock Pick (Acquired by Home Depot)

With the Markets Reaching 5 year highs I circled back today to find out what I said in October 2007.

In October 2007 I was able to find an undervalued stock at the market highs that I picked in my weekly newsletter. US HOMES Systems would get acquired in less than 4 years by Home Depot for an 80% return while the S&P 500 index declined 7.8% over  the same period.

October 23,2007 Pick :U.S.Home Systems $6.93
October 12,2012 USHS Acquired by Home Depot for $12.50 cash

Equities Research Archives USHS



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top 2012 Warnings:

Chipotle Mexican Grill decline 47%

Included in link below is a link to CNBC TV video of +Herb Greenberg
April 20,2012 Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG ) Warning $430 

October 22,2012 low $236
click here to Read an article by Herb Greenberg discussing the importance of Cash Flow with legendary investor Bob Olstein

Under Armour decline 14%

June 11,2012 Under Armour (UA) Warning $52.50

July 11,2012 low $45.27

APPLE 24% decline 3 months

November 5,2012 Apple (AAPL) Warning @ $582

January 25,2013 low $440

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55 Stockdiagnostics Upgrades acquired in 2012 

9 Upgrades Acquired in December

55 Stockdiagnostics Upgrades Acquired in 55 weeks

Company	ticker	Acquirer	date	$Upgrade	$close	time	%return	vs. S&P
NYSE Euronext	NYX	Internat Exchge	12/20/2012	$26.00	$32.03	13m	23%	13.15%
Westway Group	WWAY	EQT InfraS'ture	12/20/2012	$4.37	$6.70	33m	53%	23.45%
Roma Financials	ROMA	Investors Bcorp	12/19/2012	$10.47	$15.17	21m	45%	9.59%
Arbitron Inc.	ARB	Nielson Holdings	12/18/2012	$25.51	$48.00	28m	88%	32.80%
Caribou Coffee Co.	CBOU	J.A. Benckiser	1217/2012	$13.45	$16.00	13m	19%	14.27%
Epoch Investment	EPHC	TD Bank Group	12/6/2012	$8.15	$28.00	37m	244%	27.46%
Plains Exp & Prod	PXP	Freeport-McR	12/5/2012	$24.75	$46.31	31m	87%	21.93%
McMoRan Explr	MMR	Freeport-McR	12/5/2012	$13.40	$14.75	9m	10%	4.91%
Young Innovations	YDNT	Linden Capital	12/4/2012	$19.89	$39.50	10ys	99%	49.55%
Ralcorp Holdings	RAH	ConAgra Food	11/27/2012	$52.41	$90.00	40m	72%	54%
Zhongpin	HOGS	CEO Xianfu Zhu	11/26/2012	$11.69	$13.50	30m	15%	33.08%
Outdoor Channel	OUTD	InterMedia Out	11/16/2012	$4.78	$8.00	27m	67%	24.47%
Jefferies Group	JEF	Leucadia Nat.	11/12/2012	$17.63	$19.04	7m	8%	-0.16%
DUSA Pharmaceut	DUSA	Sun Pharmacl	11/8/2012	$3.40	$8.00	12m	135%	15.47%
Metropolitan Health	MDF	Humana	11/5/2012	$3.45	$11.25	27m	226%	31.32%
Williams Control	WMCO	Curtis-Wright	11/1/2012	$10.37	$15.42	15m	49%	27.06%
JDA Software Grp	JDAS	RedPrairie	11/1/2012	$25.83	$45.00	15m	74%	18.52%
Warnaco Group	WRC	PVH Corp	10/31/2012	$34.75	$71.73	59m	106%	-4.25%
PSS World Medical	PSSI	McKesson	10/25/2012	$21.04	$29.00	32m	38%	27.39%
Annapolis Bancorp	ANNB	F.N.B. Corp	10/23/2012	$4.25	$12.04	28m	183%	34.52%
Ancestry.com Inc.	ACOM	Permira Advisr	10/22/2012	$19.59	$32.00	29m	63%	22.37%
Cymer Inc.	CYMI	ASML Holding	10/17/2012	$32.54	$92.99	40m	186%	46.92%
Cybex International	CYBI	UM Holdings	10/17/2012	$0.75	$2.55	14m	240%	24.59%
Alliance Financial	ALNC	NBT Bancorp	10/8/2012	$30.87	$43.12	19m	40%	11.12%
Sealy Corporation	ZZ	Tempur-Pedic	9/27/2012	$2.02	$2.20	6m	9%	2.75%
West Coast Bancp	WCBO	Columbia Bank	9/26/2012	$12.97	$21.11	37m	63%	47%
Mediware information	MEDW	Thom Bravo	9/12/2012	$8.18	$21.86	64m	167%	-4.60%
KSW, Inc.	KSW	Related Cos.	9/11/2012	$2.78	$4.97	24m	79%	33.56%
Kenexa Corp.	KNXA	IBM Corp	8/27/2012	$22.19	$46.00	12m	109%	19.27%
Dollar Thrifty Auto Grp	DTG	HERTZ	8/28/2012	$54.06	$87.08	17m	61%	7.19%
Micronetics Inc.	NOIZ	Mercury	6/11/2012	$7.02	$14.80	8m	111%	19.27%
U.S. Home Systems	USHS	Home Depot	8/7/2012	$4.91	$12.50	12m	155%	27.59%
Authen Tec, Inc.	AUTH	APPLE Comp	7/28/2012	$3.02	$8.42	8m	179%	3.43%
Rail America	RA	Genesee Wy	7/23/2012	$10.37	$27.25	22m	163%	29.79%
Amerigroup Corp.	AGP	WellPoint	7/9/2012	$38.96	$92.00	23m	136%	19.92%
Amylin Pharmaceutica	AMLN	Bristol-Myer	6/29/2012	$12.51	$31.00	13m	145%	1.50%
Integramed America	INMD	SCP, L.P.	6/11/2012	$10.30	$13.68	15m	32%	0.81%
Edgar Online, Inc.	EDGR	R.R.Donnell	5/23/2011	$0.76	$1.08	9m	42%	10.47%
Aribe Inc.	ARBA	SAP	5/22/2011	$7.34	$45.00	72m	513%	-6.81%
Golfsmith It'l Hold,Inc	GOLF	Golf Town	5/14/2012	$4.15	$6.10	14m	47%	2.15%
GTSI Corporation	GTSI	UniCom	5/14/2012	$5.00	$7.71	12m	54%	1.68%
Cost Plus, Inc.	CPWM	BBBY	5/10/2012	$4.58	$22.00	24m	380%	28.64%
Easy Link Service Int	ESIC	Open Text	5/3/2012	$1.80	$7.16	29m	302%	26.97%
Charming Shoppes	CHRS	Ascena R	5/2/2012	$4.18	$7.35	13m	75%	5.57%
Ardea Biosciences Inc	RDEA	AstraZen	4/24/2012	$3.35	$32.00	72m	855%	6.02%
Knology Inc.	KNOL	WOW, Int	4/18/2012	$9.91	$19.75	72m	99%	6.76%
X-Rite, Incorporated	XRIT	Danaher	4/11/2012	$1.97	$5.54	36m	181%	51.49%
Transcend Services	TRCR	Nuance	3/8/2012	$14.64	$29.18	60m	100%	-9.28%
CH Energy Group,Inc	CHG	Fortis	3/6/2012	$50.67	$66.60	9m	31%	4.22%
Sera Care Life Science	SRLS	Linden CP	3/6/2012	$0.90	$3.97	36m	342%	51.98%
Taleo Corporation	TLEO	Oracle	2/10/2012	$8.00	$45.00	36m	469%	54.28%
Pep Boys-Many,Moe,J	PBY	Gores	1/31/2012	$9.58	$15.00	5m	56%	12.92%
Novellus Systems Inc	NVLS	Lam Resear	12/15/2011	$26.00	$44.00	16m	70%	55.95%
Demand Tec, Inc.	DMAN	IBM Corp	12/9/2012	$5.45	$13.20	5m	70%	8.45%
Success Factors, Inc.	SFSF	SAP of GMY	12/4/2011	$7.75	$40.00	36m	416%	-4.10%