Bowser Dividend Stocks debut

The February 2012 edition of The Bowser Database will feature the Bowser Dividend Stocks listing.The new listing includes all of the Bowser stocks currently in the Database that offer a dividend. The issue's name, symbol, dividend amount and yield, annual earnings per share (EPS), most recent payout, and Bowser Rating, along with other information will be featured in the listing.

The complete Bowser Database is available for $20.00. The February edition will be released on Monday, February 13. To order your very own Database, see our Order Now page...

The Bowser Report receives mention from MarketWatch.com

(1/27/12) The Bowser Report received mention from MarketWatch.com yesterday--Thursday, January 26, 2012. The article, written by Peter Brimelow, discusses the passing of R. Max Bowser, as well as the status of the newsletter.

To read the article at MarketWatch.com click here...

Understanding Trailing Stop Orders

(1/25/12) We first discussed trailing stop orders in the December 2010 issue of The Bowser Report. This write-up in the newsletter was followed by a very brief introduction to trailing stops on our website. However, we have recently received a few questions about this stock trading phenomenon. Nonetheless, we are here to make sense of this system.

 

A trailing stop order simplifies the trading process, while protecting profits automatically. Essentially, the investor sets a stop price—either by points or percentage. Most beneficial for Bowser Game Plan traders would be a percentage stop. The Game Plan suggests selling half your holdings when the stock doubles and the other half after the stock drops 25% from its most recent high after doubling. The Game Plan also suggests selling all of you holdings if the price drops 50% before doubling to limit your losses. One may now ask, how can I use this as a Bowser Game Plan trader?

 

Well, here is a scenario using former Company of the Month Accelr8 Technology Corp. Say an investor bought 1,000 shares of AXK when we recommended it at $1.00 a share in January 2011. An initial trailing stop order can be placed at 50%. This way, if the stock drops to $0.50 a share, the sale will take place automatically, cutting your losses.

 

The stock doubled, however, in mid-February, causing that investor to sell 500 shares (this covers his initial investment) at $2.00 a share. At this point, the trailing stop should be changed to 25%. This way, as soon as the price drops 25%, the remaining shares will be sold automatically, protecting the investor’s profit. On March 3, AXK closed at $4.90 and then slid to $2.54 on March 14, a loss of 48%. If a trailing stop would’ve been in place, the investor would have sold his remaining shares at $3.67 a share (around March 9), protecting his profits from the oncoming slide.

 

Essentially, a trailing stop order is a way to automate the selling of a stock in order to protect profits. It is also important to note that the 25% is automatically adjusted from the most recent high, but does not go down. Therefore, if AXK’s price would’ve risen to $7.00 a share before sliding, the 25% would be from $7.00 instead of $4.90.

 

From what we understand, there are many online brokerages that offer trailing stop offers, including TD Ameritrade and Scottrade.

 

Hopefully, this clears the air on trailing stop orders.

R. Max Bowser passes at 95

(01/16/12) It is with real sadness that we must report our editor, R. Max Bowser, passed away on January 3, 2012, at the age of 95, despite having the energy of the Energizer Bunny, all the optimism in the world, and a great desire to live and keep publishing The Bowser Report. Bowser dedicated 35 years of his life to The Bowser Report, which will be continued as his living legacy.

Bowser left an imprint on a lot of people in his life and that certainly includes the many subscribers to the newsletter, or as he called them, Buckaroos. In return, it is impossible to overstate how much Bowser loved working on The Bowser Report and his Buckaroos.

He had a real belief in the profitability of low-priced stocks, and always stood by them. His carefully constructed Game-Plan has proven itself as a way to make money in the microcap market. In a hope to keep his theories on small-caps alive, the newsletter will be continued.

The newsletter, which is published on the second Thursday of each month, will be edited and published by Bowser's daughter, Cindy Bowser, and co-edited by research analyst Thomas Rice. The newsletter will continue to provide vital information on small-caps, while also taking advantage of 21st century technology, beginning with an online version of the newsletter being made available in the coming months.

As Bowser said on the final pages of his book, Will Max Reach 100?:

"Keep looking forward. Remember, headlights illuminate more than tailights...
      May your purse always hold a coin or two.
      May the sun always shine on your windowpane.
      May the hand of a friend always be near you.
      May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you."

R. Max Bowser will be missed.



You Can Be a Winner with Our Penny Stock Plan

(6/17/11) The title of our most recent book, 34 Years Profitable Buying-Selling Penny Stocks, has been replaced with the above title, which reflects how the reader can improve his investing skill and is not just a history of our experience.

What we've created through the years is an automatic way of investing in penny stocks, for even those with limited capital.

What The Bowser Report contributes to the process is the most time consuming part of the investing effort--selecting winning stocks. In other words, we do the research.

On the other hand, as a subscriber to The Bowser Report, it becomes your responsibility to follow the Game Plan--the road map to successful penny stock investing. (The Game Plan is outlined in each edition of The Bowser Report and in this book.)

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission is aiding us by eliminating those stocks that it considers worthless.

Recently, the SEC stopped trading 17 issues that had been hyped by internet providers despite lack of reliable information publicly available about these companies.

Most gurus discourage participating in this category of stocks. Their criticism is invalid because they lump them all together--the good and the bad.

Higher-priced issues are touted as being invincible. The 6/7/11 Wall Street Journal notes that veteran bond manager, Bill Gross, had lost $3.4 billion on Lehman Bros. bonds. In turn, individuals lost through pension funds and 401(k) holdings invested in this fund.