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Brian Kyser is managing director of Meyers-Grade Investments, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisory firm based in Texas and California. He also writes stock market commentary on his blogsite, Dollars to Doughnuts (http://dollars-to-doughnuts.blogspot.com/).
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  • News on Loan Defaults, Comic Book Heros Sailing Off into the Sunset 0 comments
    Aug 31, 2009 11:47 AM | about stocks: MVL, DIS
    Recent data is showing that newer loans (utilizing supposed "tighter lending standards") are showing higher default / foreclosure rates than older loans.  Market pundits have put the blinders on regarding the sad fact that unemployment is still in no position to support a meaningful rebound in the eocnomy, and the loan default data is a direct result of that.  The bulk of mortgage resets are scheduled to occur in mid-2010, and with more and more people out of work, next year is not looking as rosy as "recovery" theorists would have you believe.  
     
    Marvel Enterprises (ticker: MVL) is sailing off into the sunset with Disney (ticker: DIS).  Obviously the smart folks over at Mickey Land saw the value in the super hero portfolio and snapped it up for $50/share, a nice 30% premium over Friday's close.  Aside from the nostalgic connection to my youth, I have been a fan of Marvel the "company" for many years, and earlier this year recommended clients take a look at it when the stock was down on its knees (~$24).  More recently, in this very column, we highlighted the all-time break-out (around $38-40).  Today's buy-out at $50/share is a nice jump, and investors should never look a gift horse in the mouth.  I cannot help but feel a tiny bit disappointed to see the company go away as a tradeable commodity.   I still feel Marvel (as a movie studio) has its peak years ahead of it (and obviously so does Disney).  Nonetheless, using the rear view mirror as our guide, it's obvious that the post-March run-up was largely pricing in the outcome of this growth and perhaps even some in-the-know speculation on the news we saw this morning.  Congratulations and bon voyage to Marvel shareholders.
    Stocks: MVL, DIS
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