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Stocks Under Rocks: How to Uncover Overlooked, Profitable Market Opportunities
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Stocks Under Rocks: How to Uncover Overlooked, Profitable Market Opportunities

by Peter F. Ricchiuti
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
160 pages
3h 10m
English
Pearson
Content preview from Stocks Under Rocks: How to Uncover Overlooked, Profitable Market Opportunities

9. The Best Company You’ve Never Heard Of

Good stock ideas can come from an unlimited number of sources, and I would much rather get a stock idea from Main Street than Wall Street.

About a dozen years ago, I had a student whose family friend operated an oilfield service company, and thought it might make a good company for Burkenroad to follow. The student made the connection, and the CEO was very impressed by our methods of finding and researching solid, lesser-known stocks.

The CEO turned out to be Charles Fabrikant, founder and largest individual shareholder of SEACOR Holdings (CKH), then called SEACOR SMIT. When I called the company, they agreed to meet with me and my students. Although the company is somewhat famous for not spending much ...

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