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Vol.6 #268 Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:7PM EDT

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Market Stance: BULLISH (since July 17, 2008)

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Bought VisionChina Media Inc. (VISN)
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Performance

Deen Capital S&P 500
Year-to-date as of August 20, 2008 -11.2% * -12.7%
12 months (Aug 20, 2007 to Aug 20, 2008) +3.0% * -10.7%

* An average of managed accounts, net after all commissions and fees.

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Bought VisionChina Media Inc. (VISN)

Initial percent of portfolio (approx.)4.0%
Net buy price in managed accounts*$19.22
Most recent close (Aug 20)$19.91
Net change (based on net buy price)-0.69
Today's volume as of 4:00pm ET 750,119 ($14.4 million)
Average daily volume816,200 ($15.7 million)
This year's earnings-per-share$0.63 (est)
Next year's earnings-per-share$0.93 (est)
P/E using next year's earnings20.7 (est)
Earnings growth rate, next 5 years45% per year (est)
Corporate HeadquartersShenzhen, China
Web sitewww.visionchina.cn

* Buy prices shown are net after commissions and fees.

Today, Thursday, August 21, 2008, I bought VISN, first for client accounts, then for my personal accounts.

VisionChina Media Inc delivers content and advertising on mass transportation systems in China. number of displays.

This stock is a component of the IBD New America Index. ("IBD" = "Investor's Business Daily")

Here's why I bought this stock:

+ Technical: After a huge price/volume spike on July 25, fueled by an earnings surprise, the stock has been trading generally lower. However, the three heaviest volume days from July 25 to now have been up days. One of these was August 15, when the stock was up 12% on 3.5 times average volume. This came one day after the stock closed at a post-July-25 low of $17.29. It is my suspicion that August 15 marks a turning point, a resumption of the stock's long-term uptrend. If I'm correct about that, then today is an excellent entry point. We are buying at a price still within the intraday range of August 15.

+ Explosive recent sales growth. Here are the quarterly year-to-year sales growth rates from the last four quarters, in chronological order: +995%, +495%, +304%, and, most recently, for the quarter ended June 30, +333% to $20.3 million.

+ Excellent recent earnings-per-share growth. Here are the quarterly EPS figures for the last eight quarters:

Sep 07 vs Sep 06:  5c vs (2c)
Dec 07 vs Dec 06:  8c vs (3c)
Mar 08 vs Mar 07:  8c vs (1c)
Jun 08 vs Jun 07: 12c vs  1c

+ Strong and rising earnings-per-share estimates: According to recent data from First Call, the consensus earnings estimate for 2008 is 63c, revised upward from 58c 90 days ago (and up from 2007 actual earnings of 14c); and the consensus estimate for 2009 is 93c, revised upward from 80c 90 days ago.

+ Valuation: At 21 times next year's estimated earnings and a projected 5-year annualized earnings growth rate of 45%, the stock is attractively priced.

+ History of earnings surprises: This company has reported earnings-per-share at least 2c above estimates in each of the past three quarters. Most recently, for the quarter ended June 30, they "beat the Street" by 3c.

+ The company's industry group ("Comml Svcs - Advertising") is ranked #171 for relative strength out of 197 industry groups tracked by Investor's Business Daily. This ranking changes daily, and it has been generally rising over recent weeks and months.

+ The stock's 200-day moving average is rising, indicating a long-term uptrend.

-KD, Thursday, August 21, 2008

Open Positions

Model Portfolio

Company Name Stock
Symbol
Buy
Date
NetBuy
Price*
Current
Price**
Weeks
Held
% of
Portfolio
Gain
(Loss)
VisionChina Media Inc. VISN 08/21/08 $19.22 $19.33 0.0 4.0% +0.6%
SunPower Corp. SPWR 08/18/08 $89.00 $94.45 0.4 5.3% +6.1%
Estee Lauder Cos Inc. EL 08/18/08 $51.31 $50.06 0.4 4.9% -2.4%
Ebix Inc. EBIX 08/14/08 $105.10 $104.00 1.0 5.0% -1.0%
PAREXEL International Corp. PRXL 08/07/08 $32.62 $31.27 2.0 4.9% -4.1%
Thoratec Corp. THOR 08/05/08 $23.18 $24.40 2.3 6.3% +5.3%
II-VI, Inc. IIVI 08/05/08 $39.98 $44.58 2.3 5.6% +11.5%
Covidien, Ltd. COV 08/05/08 $52.60 $53.97 2.3 6.1% +2.6%
Varian Medical Systems VAR 07/24/08 $59.79 $64.13 4.0 6.6% +7.3%
Woodward Governor WGOV 07/22/08 $44.19 $45.30 4.3 5.3% +2.5%
Cash 46.1%  
Total 100%  

* Buy prices shown are net after commissions and fees.

** Current prices are at least 20 minutes old.

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