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I have a 40 year background in accounting and finance at a number of public and private companies in increasingly responsible positions and have been a CFO for the last 20 years. My background in preparing financial statements, reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission and having been involved in a number of company sales and purchases are invaluable tools in reading and understanding public company financial statements and their valuations.

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Another week

I ended up for the year so far, but that can disappear in a minute.

ACH continues upward.

IRIX looks interesting at $1. They were non-GAAP profitable in Q4. This may be the first time ever. They also signed a deal with a 1,800 customer purchasing group. Way undervalued IMO, but it has been for the last several years. Worth a shot I think.

CARS has been doing well also. Expecting $2 EPS this year and trading at just under $10.

Crazy market

Some days it looks like the long awaited market PE revaluation is finally happening, but then the next day it doesn’t. I still have not seen any days where the market breath is 9,10,11 to 1, losers over gainers. It has been years now that we have not seen a capitulation.

I am still sitting with some of my old dogs, IRIX, ARAY, CTRM. I never sold them (I am stubborn and hate to take losses). ZIM (shipping company) got a healthy take-over offer this year, but it seems nothing can move CTRM due to it’s greedy and inept CEO. Small medical and even big medical device company are still being shunned. I still have some hope for IRIX as they seem to have stopped the cash burn and may even make a profit. I am holding ARAY because it is worth almost nothing at this point.

PERI and NEXN are doing just fine financially. Both are still very CHEAP IMO.

ACH is a 1-2 year hold, unless something bad happens.

EDAP had a great revenue Q4 (if they ever report the final results) but the cash burn is still a concern.

I am still holding 50% of my VNDA. Advertising spend is a concern but they still have a ton of cash.

ANGI looks very CHEAP to me.

I am still up for the year, but only by about 2%, mostly due to my trades in DHX and VNDA.

Hanging on

I dumped PLTK for a 4% loss after they eliminated their dividend for nebulous reasons.

I sold another 25% of VNDA for a 94% gain.

I bought more PERI at $8.18. It was trading at $.53 over its cash value and at about .5X earnings net of their cash.

ACH just can’t get going. Trading at about 3X earnings. Thinking about buying more if the weakness continues.