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From Michael to You
First, let me start by welcoming you to OnlineFinancialSector.com. I am introducing this Sector to you for the purpose of broadcasting to the Investment Community a, heretofore unrecognized, segment of the Stock Market. The Online Financial Sector has been an unheard of high growth, high value and relatively secure investment opportunity for sometime. The Online Financial Sector’s obscurity is about to change Let me explain why.
The stock market crash of 2008 has dramatically changed the demographics for the Online Financial Sector. Over 100 million U.S. investors including 92 million mutual fund holders lost money in their investment portfolios during 2008. The losses that millions have suffered have caused two changes; the first is that many no longer trust their brokers and advisors. The second change is that there is a growing trend to “do it yourself” investing. The following are recent articles that support my thesis; “Burned investors take do-it-yourself route”, “Stock Website Visits Increase 19% in February”, “Market Misery Sends Investors Online” and “Blue Chips”.
Of the 216 Industries and Sectors that I follow the Online Financial Sector, is the only one that is a direct beneficiary of the Global Financial Crisis and recession. Many investors no longer trust their financial advisors and are seeking alternative solutions that will benefit a majority of the companies, which reside in the Online Financial Sector.
Another huge advantage that all industries and companies in the Online Financial Sector have is great CASH FLOW dynamics or metrics. Most of the companies in this sector do not carry inventory and nor do they carry receivables. They also have significantly higher gross profit margins and economy of scale business models. For these reasons its very rare for a company in this sector to go out of business. To have a better understanding of why the sector provides the highest reward and lowest investment risk, I suggest a review of my article "Cyber Gains", which was published in the March 2008 issue of Equities Magazine.
My goal is to provide access to information, updates and alerts on the Online Financial Sector and the companies within it that I am recommending. I believe that investors will be able to outperform the major stock market indices such as the Dow 30 and S&P 500 by simply buying and holding the companies that I continue to recommend in the Online Financial Sector.
Regards,
Michael Markowski
OFS Recommendations by Markowski 2002-2009 |
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Name |
Symbol |
Date Rec. |
Price Rec. |
Price 05/01/09 |
Change |
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Bankrate |
RATE |
10/28/02 |
$2.44 |
$24.96 |
+922% |
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Multex** |
MLTX |
02/10/03 |
$4.75 |
$7.35 |
+55% |
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Marketwatch* |
MKTW |
03/31/03 |
$7.44 |
$18.03 |
+142% |
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Think or Swim |
SWIM |
11/10/03 |
$1.14 |
$9.63 |
+653% |
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Thestreet.com |
TSCM |
12/01/03 |
$4.53 |
$2.04 |
-55% |
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Morningstar |
MORN |
09/01/07 |
$63.82 |
$43.86 |
-19% |
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Interactive Data |
IDC |
09/01/07 |
$27.93 |
$21.98 |
-21.3% |
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Options Express |
OXPS |
03/03/08 |
$23.00 |
$16.12 |
-30% |
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Global Investor Services |
GISV |
03/03/08 |
$0.18 |
$0.05 |
-72% |
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Ameritrade |
AMTD |
01/08/09 |
$13.40 |
$16.04 |
+19% |
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Trade Station |
TRAD |
02/11/09 |
$5.90 |
$8.28 |
+40% |
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China Fin. Online |
JRCC |
03/09/09 |
$7.85 |
$11.63 |
+48% |
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Interactive Brokers |
IBKR |
03/09/09 |
$12.89 |
$14.19 |
+10% |
*Acquired by Dow Jones, **Acquired by Reuters |
Disclosure: Michael Markowski, the founder of OnlineFinancialSector.com currently holds shares in the public companies recommended on the OnlineFinancialSector.com website and may buy or sell shares without notice.
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