5-Star Stocks on the Upswing

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October 29, 2008 | Comments (2)

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Korea Electric Power Corp (ADR) (NYSE: KEP)

205 of 211

American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ASI)

105 of 107

iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund(ETF) (NYSE: EWY)

282 of 289

Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX)

730 of 770

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  • Report this Comment On October 29, 2008, at 4:00 PM, FraudASI wrote:

    American Safety Insurance ( ASI ) is a poor choice of investments and is overstated in it's value. They are under Investigation and currently facing many Federal and State Lawsuits. There expose to fraud and filing of false financial statements and misleading information is SOP, they have so many legal issues and their surplus lines are in deep trouble. According to several law firms currently suing them and speaking to other who are preparing to file suits they are facing millions in judgments and civil problems and may very well face some criminal indictments as well. If you have been a victim of ASI please post so we can contact you for legal reasons.

  • Report this Comment On November 05, 2008, at 10:09 PM, manatoc5 wrote:

    The above comment made by "FraudASI" is most likely someone who is shorting the stock. ASI was recently rated "A" by Best

    and has consistently kept that rating. The above review is filled with grammatical errors and even their pick of a screen name would lead you to believe that they have their own agenda. The book value of ASI is approximately $21 per share, and consists of cash, securities, bonds and no real estate. Within the last week two directors have purchased 3,600 of ASI stock in the open market.

    The best analyst on this stock is Dean Evans of KBW and he attends the conference calls of ASI on a regular basis. If you contact KBW they can send you a copy of all of his quarterly reviews of ASI, and you can verify this through Yahoo Finance.

    I believe his current target price on the stock is $18.

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