Wendys (WEN)

Now that the stock has corrected I see it as a strong short term buy. The director just picked up 25K worth in an open market buy. I put my money where he puts his. Still love them long term too. I look for $7 a share within a year. Good luck investing. Tony

Happy Thanksgiving

The day is here, of course we are still cleaning and getting the house ready. Haven't started cooking yet but we have a lot of time. Told everyone to come at 4:00. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Tony

Barnes & Noble (BKS)

So far this pick has been spot on. While I still like it for the long term, for a short term trade I would take me profits and run. If you got in around $10 a share take your 80% profit and wait for a pull back to get back in. They will have a great Christmas but I think they have run too far too fast. Good luck investing. Tony

Barnes & Noble (BKS)

Another good week for the company. They have really positioned themselves for the electronic age. Plus they are growing market share in the printed books area. Give them time and they will figure out what to do with their extra retail space. It may be toys and games or another product. The company has a lot of time to figure it out while their investments in the Nook e-reader and now Nook Tablet line bare fruit. I love the company and stock long term. Good luck investing. Tony

Barnes & Noble (BKS)

Wow my picks have been spot on and timely lately. After I wrote about Barnes & Noble last week it had a 30% run up! Investing isn't all about the short run but it always feels good to make a purchase and it go up 30% right away. I still like this one and think it will run to $20 short term. This week I am looking at Hudson City Bank (HDCK) and loving what I see. Short term it's way oversold and long term it's super cheap. Once the dusts clear and things are back to normal this one will be over $20 easily. Plus right now the dividend is over 5.5%, what's not to love. Buy this one and put it away for retirement. Good luck investing. Tony

Barnes and Noble (BKS)

This article makes a good case for their stock. Read below and Good luck investing. Tony

Barnes & Noble Has A Good Retail Niche
by: Adam Gefvert November 8, 2011 | about: BKS
Lots of analysts are forecasting the end for Barnes & Noble (BKS), but I feel that kind of prediction is

short sighted. It's the "paper books will become extinct" argument, therefore since B&N is a bookstore, it's going to go

out of business. I have a different viewpoint, and I think that not only will B&N survive, but it will establish itself

as a necessary store in this new technological era.

While I'm not disagreeing that non-electronic books will eventually become obsolete, we are very far from that point.

Most people who like to read in the U.S., especially the baby boomers, prefer the paper kind. In other countries, hardly

anyone uses e-readers. The phasing out of non-electronic books in the U.S. and the world will take decades. Barnes &

Noble has plenty of time to experiment with their stores to add other items like games, toys and electronic gadgets, to

see which products sell the best.

Barnes & Noble will continue to transform and reinvent itself into a successful retail store in a new tech world. This is

something that Borders and Books-A-Million didn't have the foresight to do. Now, Borders are closing up, and Books-A-

Million has teamed up with B&N to sell Nooks. And since the Nook is in every B&N store, it's a great way to convert die-

hard paper book fans. They can try it out right there in the store, while the Kindle isn't available to experiment with

in bookstores.

People go to a B&N store for a different shopping experience than other stores. At Best Buy (BBY), people go in to

quickly look for what they need to buy and then leave. People go to Starbucks (SBUX) to have a tasty drink and socialize

or read. Barnes & Noble stores are a happy medium between the two. People can go in, browse all kinds of different books

and gadgets, and then sit down for a drink and socialize or read. Now that Borders and Books A Million are downsizing,

Barnes and Noble will dominate this specific retail niche.

Analysts often make the assumption that Barnes & Noble's Nook will be destroyed by Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle Fire. This is

quite a tall assumption. Is there some rule that everyone in the world must conform and everyone only buys the Kindle or

the Nook? Is the market not big enough for both? No, of course it's big enough.

Not only this, but I have also heard from my sources that technology experts say that even though the Kindle Fire has

been getting all the attention and publicity, the Nook is actually much better. Once users realize how much better the

Nook is, it could steal market share from the Kindle.

There are a lot more e-readers being sold than the Nook and Kindle. There's the Kobo, the Sony Reader, the BeBook Neo,

the Pandigital Novel, the ECTACO jetbook, and more being created at this moment. The Nook and Kindle were the first

movers, so they have already established the biggest followings. Techcrunch reported that millions of Nook e-readers have

already been sold.

B&N now has also come out with a Nook Tablet. In my view, B&N only grows in revenues from here. The analysts who think it

won't last keep the stock price low for smart investors. Once the investing world realizes that B&N is here to stay, the

stock should make its way to the high teens.

Redemption

Finally Wendys (WEN) is starting to break out of it's trading range. It closed Friday at $5.50 a share. If it can break through to $5.75 I look for $7.50 within a year. I still love the company long term. They are making the right moves for their future. Also love to eat there! They have the best fast food in the market for their price range. Burger King can't compete with them at all. Happy investing. Tony