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• Fast Growing, Dividend Paying Small Caps

  By Anthony Parsons - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: BBSI, SCBT, UBNK

  It is difficult to find companies that are growing fast and that already pay a dividend in the small cap universe. I screened for and found three companies that could prove to be great bargains and that have these qualities.

  How to find these stocks

  The screen had the following criteria:

  • Component of the NYSE, NASDAQ, or AMEX
  • Market cap qualifying them as a small cap
  • Earnings per share growth more »

• Redmond Asset Management’s 5 Biggest First Quarter Bets

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: MMM, BBSI, GE, MKL, PRAA

  Redmond Asset Management, founded by Scott Redmond, is located in Richmond, Virginia. The fund’s investment team has made a few small changes to their top five equity holdings, as noted by their first quarter 13F filing.

  See the Q1 13F here. It's important to track hedge fund sentiment because it has been found that for investors who know where to look, it has been possible to beat the more »

• Temporary Staffing is Entering the "Bermuda Triangle" of Margin Pressures (Part 2 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: BBSI, KELYA, MAN, RHI, TBI

  In part one of this series, we discussed a "Triangle" of likely economic concerns that are due to contract the margins of temporary staffing providers.

  To re-cap, they are:

  1). Increased volatility (good or bad) in the unemployment rate

  2). Increase workers compensation rates, particularly if unemployment drops

  3). Increased gas prices

  To be clear, while I feel that the temporary staffing market is due for a hiccup, I don more »

• 5 Small Cap Stocks That Are Undervalued Today

  By Brian Shaw - February 18, 2013 | Tickers: AMED, BBSI, EBIX, SAFT

  With the market at five-year highs, investors are beginning to wonder if there are any good deals left in the market. As is always the case, the answer is "yes," although it might take a little bit of digging. One popular approach to finding undervalued companies is stock screening, which helps filter the thousands of public companies down to a few that fit a set of particular criteria. With the more »

• Employment, Mr. Market and The Hard Road to Big Gains

  By Adem Tahiri - December 4, 2012 | Tickers: BBSI, DHX, NSP, KELYA, MAN, RHI

  "In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable." - Robert Arnott

  Peter Lynch called the edge to find stocks that the market misunderstands the “power of common knowledge;” it’s essential for small investors to beat the market. Today, I’m going to let you in on a group of stocks so misunderstood they’re certain to “make” your 2013.

  The staffing industry is too often associated with employment numbers. That more »

• Can This Small Cap Keep Defying the Experts? (pt. 2 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - October 31, 2012 | Tickers: BBSI, NSP, KELYA, MAN, RHI |

  Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) is an international workforce solutions provider, headquartered in Troy, Mi. Kelly's shares have bounced wildly from $11.26-$18.09 this year mostly on good or bad employment headlines. However, the stock has outperformed regardless of employment numbers as its beaten analysts expectations the past 11 consecutive quarters; most recently it beat quarterly estimates by 16%! Kelly is set to report earnings again in just more »

• Can This Small Cap Keep Defying the Experts? (pt. 1 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - October 31, 2012 | Tickers: BBSI, NSP, KELYA, MAN, RHI |

  Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) is an international workforce solutions provider, headquartered in Troy, Mi. Kelly's shares have bounced wildly from $11.26-$18.09 this year mostly on good or bad employment headlines. However, the stock has outperformed regardless of employment numbers as its beaten analysts expectations the past 11 consecutive quarters; most recently it beat quarterly estimates by 16%!

  As I’ve previously stated, Kelly Services is one more »