
So I moved my normal administrative day from Wednesday to Thursday today on account of the annual predicted "
White Death" as predicted by our local meteorological geniuses.
Looking out my window at 10:30 am today on North Ft. Thomas, I'm pretty sure we all would've been fine with our normal routine.
Anyway, here are a few links for those of you who decided to:
A) Stay home with the kids (even though Ft. Thomas Independent Schools were open).
B) Stay home with a cold today.
C) Stay home and tell your boss you couldn't get out of the Ft. Thomas hills today. Slackers.
- The Highlands football squad moved on in
USA Today's version of March Madness in their virtual tournament.
- The Ft. Thomas Fire Dept. is in the process of replacing their ambulance with a state of the art newer version.
How sweet would the older model be as a tailgating bus?- After a recent trip to KMart last night in Newport, I'd like to formally declare I'm in prayer mode for the Newport Pavilion to land Target.
Seriously KMart, you are terrible.

Target
> Kmart
- Ok, now that I have that off my chest, I have been following Target (
TGT) since news has come that they had been delaying their open date. I have to say, there's been nothing but good news. In the last year,
the stock price has stabilized around $50 per share (currently $50.10) up from $25 per share a year ago. - Target said that sales at stores opened at least a year
rose 1.8 percent, better than the 0.2 percent decline that analysts had expected. It said that it expects its fourth-quarter earnigns to "meet or exceed" analysts expectations of $1.11 per share.
- I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to finance. You could look at a million different factors when it comes to rating a stock and trying to predict the health of a company. Two factors like I particularly look at are
the amount of "insiders" buying the stock and whether or not the company has
raised the dividend they pay to holders.- Below are some companies compiled by Capital IQ, which show companies that are following those 2 criteria.
Company | Net Insider Buys (Past 12 Months) | Net Value of Shares Bought by Insiders (Past 12 Months, in Millions) | Date of Dividend Increase (Past 12 Months) |
Chevron (NYSE: CVX) | 21 | $5.85 | 7/29/09 |
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) | 32 | $1.33 | 9/3/09 |
Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) | 12 | $0.02 | 9/15/09 |
Target (NYSE: TGT) | 14 | $6.68 | 6/11/09 |
EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) | 63 | $9.54 | 2/4/09 |
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) | 17 | $7.68 | 6/2/09 |
Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO) | 8 | $0.91 | 1/29/09 |
Data from Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
- Is anyone going to the Freezer Bowl 2010 this Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium? I have tickets, but haven't decided if I'm crazy enough to brave the frigid temps. Perhaps instead of wishing and hoping for Target, I should be thinking and praying about someone offering to buy my tickets and get me out of this!