The Deen's ListTM
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Vol.6 #277 Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:51PM EDT

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Weekly Status Report: Contents

Performance
Market Commentary
Open Positions
Stocks Sold Over Past 13 Weeks
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Performance

Deen Capital S&P 500
Year-to-date as of August 29, 2008 -10.1% * -11.4%
12 months (Aug 29, 2007 to Aug 29, 2008) +2.3% * -10.6%

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

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Market Commentary

Market Stance: BULLISH (since July 17, 2008)

Ah, now this is more like it.

Though August was a down month, things are looking up, in my opinion. Last week, Deen Capital accounts gained 0.5%, in contrast to the S&P, which fell 0.7%. Also, my three primary technical indicators are now unanimously bullish. My single most important indicator, the one which tracks the performance of my recent stock picks, turned bullish on Thursday.

The market has been responding well lately to bad news. I think it is looking for an excuse to go up. We are just starting to see, here and there, some upbeat pieces of economic news, and this may provide that excuse. I'm thinking specifically of two items which came out last week: a solid July durable goods orders report (+1.3% month-over-month) and a strong revised second quarter GDP (+3.3%). Both numbers were better than expected.

I'm more bullish now than I was a week ago, and I'm increasing our exposure to stocks accordingly.

My Three Primary Technical Indicators:

                                       Prior week             Now
                                       ----------           -------
NASDAQ Timing Model (Ver.10q):           BULLISH            BULLISH (1)
Last signal:  BULLISH on Jul 17, 2008

Performance of Recent Stock Picks:  +3.3 NEUTRAL       +6.0 BULLISH (2)

Market Internals:                    51% BULLISH        59% BULLISH (3)

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Market's Overall Technical Rating:       BULLISH            BULLISH

Stocks:Cash ratio (average):              64:36              83:17

(1) A proprietary computer model based on technical analysis of the NASDAQ Composite.

(2) This number (from -10 to +10) is based on the performance of ALL my recent stock picks (I actually buy only some of these). A positive number means my recent stock picks are generally rising; a negative number means they are generally falling. Even so, I consider a reading below +3.1 to be bearish. I require a reading of +5.6 or better to call this indicator bullish.

(3) This is the percentage of stocks ($8 and up) which are trading above their 50-day moving average. The rating of this percentage (bullish, bearish or neutral) is based on which way it's been moving recently -- up, down or sideways.

-KD, Saturday, August 30, 2008

Open Positions

Model Portfolio

Company Name Stock
Symbol
Buy
Date
NetBuy
Price*
Current
Price
Weeks
Held
% of
Portfolio
Gain
(Loss)
Solera Holdings Inc. SLH 08/28/08 $30.01 $30.83 0.3 5.1% +2.7%
Kendle International Inc. KNDL 08/28/08 $50.63 $49.45 0.3 4.8% -2.3%
Sapient Corp. SAPE 08/27/08 $9.25 $9.28 0.4 4.9% +0.3%
LDK Solar Co. Ltd. LDK 08/26/08 $48.65 $51.26 0.6 5.1% +5.4%
SkillSoft PLC SKIL 08/22/08 $10.67 $10.89 1.1 5.0% +2.1%
VisionChina Media Inc. VISN 08/21/08 $19.22 $18.90 1.3 3.8% -1.7%
SunPower Corp. SPWR 08/18/08 $89.00 $97.55 1.7 5.4% +9.6%
Estee Lauder Cos Inc. EL 08/18/08 $51.31 $49.77 1.7 4.8% -3.0%
Ebix Inc. EBIX 08/14/08 $105.10 $109.56 2.3 5.2% +4.2%
PAREXEL International Corp. PRXL 08/07/08 $32.62 $31.77 3.3 4.9% -2.6%
Thoratec Corp. THOR 08/05/08 $23.18 $26.64 3.6 6.8% +14.9%
II-VI, Inc. IIVI 08/05/08 $39.98 $43.91 3.6 5.4% +9.8%
Covidien, Ltd. COV 08/05/08 $52.60 $54.07 3.6 6.0% +2.8%
Varian Medical Systems VAR 07/24/08 $59.79 $63.16 5.3 6.4% +5.6%
Woodward Governor WGOV 07/22/08 $44.19 $46.33 5.6 5.4% +4.8%
Cash 20.9%  
Total 100%  

* Buy prices shown are net after commissions and fees.

Stocks Sold Over Past 13 Weeks

Company Name Stock
Symbol
Buy
Date
NetBuy
Price*
Sell
Date
NetSell
Price*
Weeks
Held
Gain
(Loss)*
Amphenol Corp. APH 08/22/08 $48.98 08/25/08 $47.52 0.4 -3.0%
St. Jude Medical STJ 07/16/08 $45.55 08/20/08 $46.03 5.0 +1.0%
Sapient Corp. SAPE 08/08/08 $8.16 08/19/08 $8.70 1.6 +6.7%
Badger Meter Inc. BMI 07/22/08 $55.68 08/18/08 $51.49 3.9 -7.5%
Amphenol Corp. APH 08/06/08 $48.29 08/18/08 $50.15 1.7 +3.8%
Innophos Holdings Inc. IPHS 08/06/08 $34.71 08/15/08 $33.70 1.3 -2.9%
Amedisys Inc. AMED 07/17/08 $59.44 08/12/08 $54.31 3.7 -8.6%
Altera Corp. ALTR 07/18/08 $21.45 08/12/08 $23.71 3.6 +10.5%
IBM IBM 07/21/08 $129.38 08/12/08 $124.71 3.1 -3.6%
EZCORP, Inc. EZPW 07/25/08 $17.71 08/11/08 $15.48 2.4 -12.6%
Titan International Inc. TWI 07/31/08 $46.52 08/11/08 $40.35 1.6 -13.3%
Calgon Carbon Corp. CCC 07/31/08 $19.69 08/11/08 $18.70 1.6 -5.0%
America's Car-Mart, Inc. CRMT 07/03/08 $18.95 08/04/08 $19.34 4.6 +2.0%
Robbins & Myers Inc. RBN 07/16/08 $50.30 08/04/08 $48.98 2.7 -2.6%
Amphenol Corp. APH 07/17/08 $50.73 08/04/08 $46.32 2.6 -8.7%
Northwest Pipe Co. NWPX 07/23/08 $56.53 08/04/08 $52.56 1.7 -7.0%
Tyler Technologies Inc. TYL 07/25/08 $17.15 08/04/08 $15.37 1.4 -10.4%
VisionChina Media Inc. VISN 07/30/08 $23.16 08/04/08 $19.37 0.7 -16.4%
ENGlobal Corp. ENG 07/09/08 $13.92 07/31/08 $12.38 3.1 -11.1%
CIRCOR International Inc. CIR 07/10/08 $62.06 07/31/08 $59.62 3.0 -3.9%
Plexus Corp. PLXS 07/25/08 $30.28 07/30/08 $29.33 0.7 -3.1%
Balchem Corp. BCPC 07/08/08 $25.56 07/29/08 $25.69 3.0 +0.5%
AeroVironment Inc. AVAV 06/25/08 $28.28 07/24/08 $30.19 4.1 +6.7%
Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. FSYS 07/09/08 $31.64 07/24/08 $37.36 2.1 +18.1%
Crown Holdings Inc. CCK 07/18/08 $29.16 07/24/08 $27.65 0.9 -5.2%
Lufkin Industries Inc. LUFK 07/17/08 $91.00 07/18/08 $83.84 0.1 -7.9%
SAIC, Inc. SAI 06/04/08 $20.69 07/16/08 $19.05 6.0 -7.9%
AZZ Inc. AZZ 06/27/08 $39.10 07/14/08 $44.25 2.4 +13.2%
ENGlobal Corp. ENG 06/30/08 $14.31 07/07/08 $13.15 1.0 -8.1%
EnerSys ENS 06/12/08 $34.73 07/02/08 $32.04 2.9 -7.8%
N. American Energy Partners NOA 06/23/08 $22.13 07/02/08 $19.94 1.3 -9.9%
The Western Union Co. WU 06/25/08 $26.01 07/02/08 $23.85 1.0 -8.3%
Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. FSYS 05/13/08 $24.34 06/24/08 $35.29 6.0 +45.0%
Agrium Inc. AGU 06/11/08 $99.96 06/24/08 $107.01 1.9 +7.0%
ReneSola Ltd SOL 06/19/08 $22.01 06/24/08 $19.75 0.7 -10.3%
Gushan Environmental Energy GU 06/19/08 $13.39 06/23/08 $11.90 0.6 -11.2%
IBM IBM 04/29/08 $122.83 06/20/08 $122.50 7.4 -0.3%
Airgas Inc. ARG 05/06/08 $55.94 06/20/08 $62.08 6.4 +11.0%
Activision Inc. ATVI 05/09/08 $31.41 06/20/08 $35.55 6.0 +13.2%
Donaldson Co. Inc. DCI 05/28/08 $49.37 06/20/08 $48.99 3.3 -0.8%
Monolithic Power Systems MPWR 06/05/08 $26.48 06/11/08 $23.99 0.9 -9.4%
Zoll Medical Corp. ZOLL 04/23/08 $31.32 06/09/08 $34.99 6.7 +11.7%
Western Digital Corp. WDC 05/15/08 $33.71 06/09/08 $38.49 3.6 +14.2%
B M C Software BMC 05/20/08 $38.02 06/09/08 $38.76 2.9 +1.9%
Pericom Semiconductor PSEM 05/27/08 $18.31 06/09/08 $17.89 1.9 -2.3%
Himax Technologies HIMX 05/28/08 $5.75 06/09/08 $5.85 1.7 +1.8%
Badger Meter Inc. BMI 04/16/08 $48.23 06/06/08 $49.73 7.3 +3.1%
Wabtec WAB 04/25/08 $41.99 06/06/08 $45.67 6.0 +8.8%
GrafTech International Ltd. GTI 05/01/08 $21.17 06/06/08 $26.73 5.1 +26.3%
Fluor Corp. FLR 05/15/08 $189.37 06/06/08 $183.83 3.1 -2.9%
Woodward Governor WGOV 05/21/08 $39.18 06/06/08 $38.79 2.3 -1.0%
Metalico Inc. MEA 05/14/08 $15.67 06/04/08 $14.72 3.0 -6.1%
Metalico Inc. MEA 05/22/08 $15.61 06/04/08 $14.72 1.9 -5.7%
Syniverse Holdings Inc. SVR 05/07/08 $20.25 06/03/08 $21.61 3.9 +6.7%
Powell Industries Inc. POWL 05/08/08 $47.14 06/02/08 $52.53 3.6 +11.4%
Harris Corp. HRS 05/30/08 $66.20 06/02/08 $55.53 0.4 -16.1%

* Buy and sell prices shown are net after commissions and fees. This means that the gains/losses shown are also net after transaction expenses.

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