When I reached base, I called my office and sold every small-cap stock I owned, half of my portfolio.
"I was covering first base, and I just felt something grab, " Hughes said.
The constituency has always been my base and I spend four weekends out of five here and most nights per year.
Driving to the far end of the base, I reached an unlovely theatre that Springsteen and Jon Landau, his longtime manager, had rented for the rehearsals.
And so my main message is the same, obviously, to every base that I go to all across -- all around the world, which is, I could not be prouder of what you're doing.
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Howard may have a loyal base but I never believed too many of them would bolt as subscribers because by now they have discovered the plethora of music and sports programming options that SIRI offers, not to mention the Catholic Channel.
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This lesson is often discussed in the context of DNS. The original specifications of DNS created a simple yet extensible base, and I dreamed that many others would build upon that base.
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And every time I visit with them at a base, every time I sit with them at a hospital bed, every time I talk to their kids at a barbeque or a baseball game, I walk away inspired.
Ebix gets strong interest from the model I base on the writings of hedge fund guru Joel Greenblatt.
The model I base on the writings of mutual fund legend Peter Lynch is also high on China Mobile.
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We will, no later than that time, consider factors similar to those on which I base the current recommendations.
Giant Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies gets the highest marks from the strategy I base on the writings of William O'Neil.
In fact, most of the investors upon whom I base my Guru Strategies used a mixture of growth-related variables and valuation-related variables.
But Apple presumably knows its potential customer base better than I do.
We are continuing to develop an evidentiary base upon which I believe we will be able to expand upon the present charges.
Finally, you get the chance to become competitive again. (I base this on SOAS professor Costas Lapavitsas' upcoming document, which he has verbally outlined to me).
Jon Huntsman Jr. is seen as too moderate for the GOP base, but I believe he could pass the authenticity test if voters gave him a chance.
He wanted to invest in financially sound firms, so the model I base on his writings looks for companies with current ratios of 2.0 or higher, a sign of strong liquidity.
"If there would be an issue, it would be with the female base, and I don't think that's where his popularity lies, " said Bill Mechanic, a producer and former chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment.
GameStop, which also trades for just 0.4 times trailing 12-month sales and 1.3 times book value, also gets strong interest from the model I base on the writings of hedge fund guru Joel Greenblatt.
While Buffett is usually thought of as a value investor, the strategy I base on his approach has a big growth component, looking for firms that have decade-long histories of increasing EPS with few annual declines.
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He likes companies that have a lengthy history of steady earnings growth, and, in most cases, the model I base on his philosophy requires companies to have posted increasing earnings per share each year for the past ten years.
There are number of African-American Republicans, be they moderate or conservative with whom I've had contact, you know, sort of in - on my book tour and just sort of touching base with people I met over time who are really struggling with this.
Wells Fargo, the San Francisco-based financial services giant, which has purchased 550 million kilowatt-hours of green power (equal to 42% of its annual electricity use), comes in second on the EPA's list and gets approval from the strategies I base on the writings of Peter Lynch and James O'Shaughnessy.
Wells Fargo (nyse: WFC - news - people ), the San Francisco-based financial services giant, which has purchased 550 million kilowatt-hours of green power (equal to 42% of its annual electricity use), comes in second on the EPA's list and gets approval from the strategies I base on the writings of Peter Lynch and James O'Shaughnessy.
The strategy I base on WarrenBuffettWarren Buffett's approach to investing likes Pacific Sunwear because it has a very strong brand name, strong earnings predictability (EPS rose in nine out of the last 10 years), no debt, 18.2% return on equity over the last 10 years, an 18.1% return on total capital over the last 10 years and a management that has earned shareholders 22.8% on retained earnings.
The strategy I base on Warren Buffett 's approach to investing likes Pacific Sunwear because it has a very strong brand name, strong earnings predictability (EPS rose in nine out of the last 10 years), no debt, 18.2% return on equity over the last 10 years, an 18.1% return on total capital over the last 10 years and a management that has earned shareholders 22.8% on retained earnings.
One of the Series 1 figures I popped open the base and removed the electronics (an idea I got after speaking to I-Wei Huang of Toys For Bob about how his children responded to electronic-less prototypes), effectively removing the toys-to-life aspect of the figure.
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And each time I visit a base or meet with members of our Armed Forces and veterans, I'm struck not just by the extraordinary sacrifices they and their family make to serve our country, but by all they do to help others right here at home in their own communities.
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