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The Great Subscriber Giveaway at TMWTFS

September 10th, 2008

6 Comments

In support of my fellow blogger and member of The Div-Net, Nurseb911 from Triaging My Way To Financial Success is hosting a giveaway to a lucky subscriber. The prize is a hardcover copy of the new Warren Buffett book, The Snowball: Warren Buffett And The Business Of Life, by Alice Schroeder, due out September 29th, 2008.

The conditions are very simple so don’t miss out.

  • Must be an RSS subscriber or Join in the next 14 days
  • Contact me with your name, location & self-created 4-digit PIN
  • The winner will be randomly drawn from the list of contestants
  • First name or alias announced in a Look Who Won post
  • Be contacted via email for their mailing address details.
  • Contest closes September 21st, 2008

The blog content is informative and well thought out so you have the opportunity for a double whammy!

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6 Comments

  1. - Nurseb911

    Thanks for the mention Jae!!

    But you do realize that the more people you help to sign up just lowers your odds of winning right?

    Haha.

  2. - Jae Jun

    The thought of winning in a hotly contested competition is more exciting :)

    Besides, I could always buy the book myself hahaha
    My very wise fiancee told me I shouldn’t skimp on books.

  3. - Nurseb911

    My soon to be fiancee is trying to convince me to let “her” read the book before I send it off to the winner!

  4. - Luis

    Hey Jae,

    I saw your comment on Google chat on UTX. Interested to hear your analysis….. I established a position at $59 range and think its a great company. Very well diversified conglomerate with business’ with in it that have good moats. Interested to see what you come up with.

    Best regards.

  5. - Jae Jun

    The last time I looked at it I didn’t fully understand the entire business so I passed. But looking at the numbers, here’s my quick opinion on the quantitative aspect.

    Great performing company with a good predictable growth in earnings and cash.

    PLENTY of cash on hand but I’ll have to dig into the 8billion and growing debt.

    ROE consistently above > 20% is excellent although it has dropped from 30% 10 years ago.

    Good steady margins convey that the company is not in an industry involved in price wars and the methods/processes UTX employs is effective.

    Using a 9% discount rate because of its performance of steady earnings and cash, the company seems to worth around the 90’s. Unfortunately, it’s not at a big enough discount for me but it is on my watch list for further study and monitoring.

  6. - Dividend Growth Investor

    Yeah UTX is a solid performer. Pretty much most of the stocks in Dow Jones Industrials average are solid companies..

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