The Deen's ListTM
A service of Deen Capital Management, Inc. (www.deencapital.com)
Vol.2 #314 Monday, December 27, 2004 1:54PM ET

Please read carefully our disclaimers at the end of this newsletter.

Market Stance: BULLISH (since December 15, 2004)

  Contents

Year-To-Date Performance
Sold Lennar Corp. Cl A (LEN)
Sold Standard Pacific Corp. (SPF)
Open Positions
Subscription Information
Privacy Policy
Disclaimers

  Year-To-Date Performance

Year-To-Date as of December 23, 2004

Deen Capital+4.3%*
S&P 500+8.8%

* An average of managed accounts, net after commissions and fees. Individual account results may vary. See also www.deencapital.com/perform.htm. For information on managed accounts, see www.deencapital.com/mgdaccts.htm.

  Sold Lennar Corp. Cl A (LEN)

Net sell price in managed accounts* $53.51
Date(s) bought Dec 22 2004
Net buy price in managed accounts* $55.59
Holding period 0.7 weeks
Gain/loss in managed accounts -3.7% (after commissions)

* The net buy (sell) price is the total net cost (proceeds) after commissions for all managed accounts divided by the total number of shares.

I chose to sell our two homebuilding stocks today because:

- We've had two surprisingly downbeat housing reports. The week before last, we learned that November housing starts tumbled 13.1%, the biggest drop in 11 years. Then, last week, we learned that November new-home sales fell by 12% versus October. There is a chance that this could indicate the start of a slowdown in the housing sector.

- Our two housing stocks are now both sporting small losses.

- LEN was trading below my hard "stop-loss" price of $54.10.

-KD, December 27, 2004

  Sold Standard Pacific Corp. (SPF)

Net sell price in managed accounts* $60.76
Date(s) bought Dec 14 2004
Net buy price in managed accounts* $61.81
Holding period 1.9 weeks
Gain/loss in managed accounts -1.7% (after commissions)

* The net buy (sell) price is the total net cost (proceeds) after commissions for all managed accounts divided by the total number of shares.

- We've had two surprisingly downbeat housing reports. The week before last, we learned that November housing starts tumbled 13.1%, the biggest drop in 11 years. Then, last week, we learned that November new-home sales fell by 12% versus October. There is a chance that this could indicate the start of a slowdown in the housing sector.

- Our two housing stocks are now both sporting small losses.

-KD, December 27, 2004

  Open Positions

Company Name Stock
Symbol
Buy
Date
NetBuy
Price*
Current
Price**
Weeks
Held
Gain
(Loss)
Resources Connection, Inc.RECN12/23/04$52.09$53.560.6+2.8%
MPS Group, Inc.MPS12/23/04$12.28$12.080.6-1.6%
Garmin Ltd.GRMN12/23/04$59.98$61.590.6+2.7%
DHB Industries Inc.DHB12/23/04$21.67$20.500.6-5.4%
Insteel Industries Inc.IIIN12/22/04$19.29$19.000.7-1.5%
Nextel Partners Inc.NXTP12/21/04$19.08$19.480.9+2.1%
Infocrossing Inc.IFOX12/21/04$17.45$17.670.9+1.3%
Aleris International Inc.ARS12/20/04$14.69$16.351.0+11.3%
Armor Holdings Inc.AH12/17/04$46.40$47.351.4+2.1%
Sirenza MicrodevicesSMDI12/16/04$5.91$6.401.6+8.3%
Olympic Steel Inc.ZEUS12/15/04$23.95$28.871.7+20.5%
IXYS Corp.SYXI12/15/04$10.15$10.101.7-0.5%
Rofin-Sinar Tech Inc.RSTI12/13/04$38.28$41.022.0+7.2%
Average1.1+3.8%

* Net buy prices shown are the total net purchase cost after commissions for all managed accounts divided by the total number of shares.

** Current prices are at least 20 minutes old.

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  Disclaimers

All stocks discussed in The Deen's ListTM involve a high degree of risk. It should not be assumed that any stock discussed in The Deen's ListTM or purchased by Deen Capital Management, Inc. will be profitable.

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

The information contained herein has been compiled from sources deemed to be reliable; however, we are not responsible for its accuracy or completeness.

 

Ken Deen
Deen Capital Management, Inc.
PO Box 30925
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
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