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January 23, 2015

Wither MFC Industrial(MIL)?

Anyone in Gumshoe land have a clue about why MIL has been taking ye olde nose dive lately? The company released this statement 2 days ago- NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MFC Industrial Ltd. ( MIL ) (”MFC” or the ”Company”) announces that it is not aware of any material adverse developments relating […]

January 19, 2015

Biotech bubble?

very interesting article in today’s NY Times…. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/technology/riding-high-biotech-firms-remain-wary.html?ref=business

April 17, 2014

buying MIL?

I bought some MFC Industrial (MIL) a while ago at around $8 , & I’m tempted to pick up some more now that it’s down to about $7.50. But I’m getting a bit spooked because virtually every analyst opinion I read is either sell or strong sell. Any irregular thoughts on whether this is a […]

July 26, 2013

Foreign settlement fees?

I’m a fairly new irregular & have a question. STTYF was down to $1.63 today,& I decided to jump in. When I went to purchase shares through my Fidelity account, I was surprised to see they were tacking on an estimated $50 ”foreign settlement fee”. I have bought SAND several times through them & never […]

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