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Leucadia National Corp. (LUK)

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Comments on LUK

  • Seaboard: Watching the Stocks that Nobody Watches [View article]
    The nice thing about LUk is that they will pay big dividends when they can't find investments. Several years ago they paid out a $12.50... More »
    Comment by bookie71
    Nov 18 11:30 am |
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  • Seaboard: Watching the Stocks that Nobody Watches [View article]
    I deeply regreet not buying LUK - I think it was formerly Talcott Factoring - years ago when I parted ways with Ian Cumming. Instead,... More »
    Comment by swaps
    Nov 18 10:54 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Seaboard: Watching the Stocks that Nobody Watches [View article]
    So where's the next one? A 300 bagger on even a small investment would make a substantial difference to my retirement.
    Comment by robert99
    Nov 17 21:00 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Seaboard: Watching the Stocks that Nobody Watches [View article]
    > The thing I don’t get is why Seaboard pays a quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share. At the current price, that’s less than 0.2% a... More »
    Comment by igggy
    Nov 17 18:32 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Can Leucadia Profit from Capmark's Bankruptcy? [View article]
    Point well taken. I did not mean to imply that they intended to flip the business right away. Leucadia and Berkshire are not known for... More »
    Comment by Arohan
    Oct 26 16:48 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Can Leucadia Profit from Capmark's Bankruptcy? [View article]
    Ummmm, if the business is worth 1/2 of $1 billion, then the equity will be wiped out and the Berkshire debt will be impaired. The... More »
    Comment by DHM
    Oct 26 15:35 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    The biggest mystery to me is how AONE got on the list, unless it was pure hype and hope. They are not even close to making money, they... More »
    Comment by Windsun33
    Oct 21 21:47 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    Lol - nice - but other the Wal-Mart I wouldn't put my money in any of the mentioned stocks.
    Comment by Mistrofan
    Oct 21 19:03 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    I lthink you missed a major factor of your survey. How many people submitted a choice. Was it 200, 2000, 20000, what? This is very... More »
    Comment by TJA
    Oct 21 11:47 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    Agree w/ the comments about WMT. It's simply a victim of sector rotation i.e. taking on more risk. The economic recovery will be bumpy... More »
    Comment by warrejt
    Oct 21 10:06 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    I would consider adding POT, and SLW to the mix to be considered on the list. POT is an extremely well run and dominant company with... More »
    Comment by E.D. Hart
    Oct 20 20:11 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    I agree with 'Road Runner' I Think that walmart is just out of favor right now. walmart I think is also an international growth play in... More »
    Comment by Benny D.
    Oct 20 12:17 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    Mr. Roadrunner, while providing valuable information about the future batteries also gets into some circular logic. Letting sprawl mart... More »
    Comment by bynd2009
    Oct 19 23:43 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    TheHague, Don't lose faith in Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart hasn't performed this year simply because it is considered a "defensive stock”, a... More »
    Comment by Road Runner
    Oct 18 22:40 pm |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Readers Pick the Top 20 5-Year Horizon Stocks [View article]
    I'm impressed by the quality of this list, and how it reached down into some stocks that I didn't think were in the minds of the general... More »
    Comment by Road Runner
    Oct 18 22:14 pm |
    Rating: +3 -1