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Magic Formula Investing Weekly Roundup 8/19/2012

Aug. 19, 2012 7:38 AM ETBDSI, CACI, DLX, FRX-OLD, MAXY, YTEN, NUS, UI, SPOK, BKE, CHE, CSGS, GTIV, PBI, RPXC, XLS, ICON, KRO, MYGN, PDLI, CNVR, WNR, BR, DECK, EME, IPG, LMT, LO, MRVL, WDC, ACN, TRW, AMD, GCI, HLF
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Magic Formula Investing (MFI), as described by hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt in The Little Book that Beats the Market, consists of ranking stocks by earnings yield (cheap) and return on capital (quality), adding the rankings together, and buying from the resulting lists. Below are stocks that have moved into, and dropped out of, 3 of the MFI screens used by MagicDiligence:

Entering the 50 over 50 million screen:

BioDelivery Sciences International Inc (BDSI)
CACI International Inc. (CACI)
Deluxe Corp (DLX)
Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX)

Maxygen Inc (MAXY)
Metabolix Inc (MBLX)
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NUS)
Ubiquiti Networks Inc (UBNT)
USA Mobility Inc (USMO)

Dropping out of the 50 over 50 million screen:

Buckle Inc. (The) (BKE)
Chemed Corp (CHE)

CSG Systems International Inc. (CSGS)
Gentiva Health Services Inc (GTIV)
Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI)
RPX Corp (RPXC)
Towers Watson & Co (TW)
Travelzoo Inc (TZOO)
Exelis Inc (XLS)

Entering the 50 over 1 billion screen:

Deluxe Corp (DLX)
Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX)

Iconix Brand Group Inc (ICON)
Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO)
Myriad Genetics Inc (MYGN)
Protein Design Labs Inc (PDLI)
ValueClick Inc (VCLK)
Western Refining Inc (WNR)

Dropping out of the 50 over 1 billion screen:

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (BR)

Deckers Outdoor Corp (DECK)
EMCOR Group Inc. (EME)
Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The) (IPG)
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT)
Lorillard Inc (LO)
Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL)
Western Digital Corp (WDC)

Entering the 30 over 3 billion screen:

Accenture, Ltd. (ACN)
Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX)

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp (TRW)
Western Refining Inc (WNR)

Dropping out of the 30 over 3 billion screen:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

Gannett Co Inc. (GCI)
Herbalife Ltd (HLF)
Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL)

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