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Friday’s 52 Week Low’s


STI SunTrust Banks, Inc 63.53
SRZ Sunrise Assisted Livi … 29.12
SPOR Sport-Haley Inc 2.05
SBUX Starbucks Corp 21.33
S Sprint Nextel Corporation 14.17
PIR Pier 1 Imports, Inc 3.30
MYE Myers Industries, Inc 14.59
MRVL Marvell Technology Gr … 14.20
MRT Mortons Restaurant Gr … 10.24
MAR Marriott Intl Inc New 31.86
LXK Lexmark International … 33.34
HMX Hartmarx Corporation 3.36
HELE Helen of Troy Ltd 16.76
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc 36.40
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 12.78
DFS Discover Finl Svcs 15.65
BDK THE Black & Decker Co … 74.49
AN AutoNation Inc 15.36

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Lampert Still Adding to AutoNation (AN) Stake

In another SEC filings Thursday night Sears Holdings (SHLD) Chairman Eddie Lampert again added to his AutoNation (AN) stake.

Lampert acquired an additional 573,200 shares of the company at prices between $15.74 and $16.32 a share on 12/12. This brings the total number of shares under his control to 58.5 million or just over 32% of the total.

Shares are held by the following entities controlled by Lampert:

*Shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), of AutoNation, Inc. (the “Issuer”) are held by ESL Partners, L.P. (“Partners”).
*Shares are held by ESL Institutional Partners, L.P. (“Institutional”).
*Shares are held in an account established by the investment member of ESL Investors, L.L.C. (“Investors”).
*Shares are held by CBL Partners, L.P. (“CBL”).
*Shares are held by ESL Investment Management, L.P. (“ESLIM”).
*Shares are held by RBS Partners, L.P. (“RBS”).
*Shares are held by Edward S. Lampert.

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Lampert Adds to AutoNation Stake

In SEC filings tonight Sears Holdings (SHLD) Chairman Eddie Lampert added to his AutoNation (AN) stake today.

Lampert acquired an additional 534,500 shares of the company at prices between $16.79 and $17.32 a share on 12/10 and 12/11. This brings the total number of shares under his control to 58 million or just over 32% of the total.

Shares are held by the following entities controlled by Lampert:

*Shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), of AutoNation, Inc. (the “Issuer”) are held by ESL Partners, L.P. (“Partners”).
*Shares are held by ESL Institutional Partners, L.P. (“Institutional”).
*Shares are held in an account established by the investment member of ESL Investors, L.L.C. (“Investors”).
*Shares are held by CBL Partners, L.P. (“CBL”).
*Shares are held by ESL Investment Management, L.P. (“ESLIM”).
*Shares are held by RBS Partners, L.P. (“RBS”).
*Shares are held by Edward S. Lampert.

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Lampert Adds to Autonation Stake

In a late filing Tuesday, Eddie Lampert purchased an additional 467,609 shares of AutoNation (AN).

The shares were purchased between $16.11 and $16.50 a share today. This brings his RBS Partners stake to over 39,300,000 shares. Lampert controls an additional 17,000,000 shares through other entities. They are:

1. Shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), of AutoNation, Inc. (the “Issuer”) are held by ESL Partners, L.P. (“Partners”).
2. Shares are held by ESL Institutional Partners, L.P. (“Institutional”).
3. Shares are held in an account established by the investment member of ESL Investors, L.L.C. (“Investors”).
4. Shares are held by CBL Partners, L.P. (“CBL”).
5. Shares are held by ESL Investment Management, L.P. (“ESLIM”).
6. Shares are held by RBS Partners, L.P. (“RBS”).
7. Shares are held by Edward S. Lampert.

The Form 4 was filed on behalf of Mr. Lampert, ESL Investments, Inc. (“Investments”), RBS and Partners. RBS is the general partner of Partners and the managing member of Investors. RBS Investment Management, LLC (“RBSIM”) is the general partner of Institutional. Investments is the general partner of RBS and CBL and the manager of RBSIM. Mr. Lampert is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Investments and the managing member of the general partner of ESLIM.

The good thing about sentiment being against Lampert now? You can easily copy him and get in a very good prices.

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Lampert Adds to Citigroup Stake

We added to our Citigroup (C) holdings recently and we found out today that we had Sears Holdings (SHLD) Eddie Lampert as a fellow buyer.

According to his filing with the SEC, Lampert’s ESL Investments held 27.8 million Citigroup shares at the end of September up from 24.8 at the end of Q2 and 15 million in Q1. This makes Citi ESL’s third largest holdings behind Sears and AutoNation (AN).

Also during the quarter he sold his 625,000 shares of wireless handset maker Motorola (MOT) during the quarter and bought 16.7 million shares of Home Depot (HD).

Value investor like Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.A) Warren Buffett, Bill Miller and Lampert have been buying shares lately and that means two things, there are mis-priced stocks out there and the financial sector seems to be a favorite. Buffet recently bought Bank of America (BAC) Miller is buying Countrywide (CFC) and admittedly is buying others now (although the exact companies he did not disclose) and now Lampert is busy buying Citi.

How is that for company if you are buying financials…

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Tuesday’s 52 Week Low’s


SYNL Synalloy Corporation 17.00
SYMM Symmetricom Inc 4.07
SUAI Specialty Underwriter … 6.64
SRSL SRS Labs Inc 6.00
SPSX Superior Essex Inc 27.30
SHJ Symmetry Hldgs Inc 6.94
SFST Southern First Bancsh … 17.00
SCVL Shoe Carnival Inc 14.19
SCSS Select Comfort Corp 10.73
SCHS School Specialty Inc 32.29
PNRA Panera Bread Co 37.18
PETM PETsMART Inc 27.52
PERY Ellis Perry Intl Inc 20.82
PER Perot Sys Corp 13.85
PBH Prestige Brands Hldgs Inc 8.80
MWA Mueller Wtr Prods Inc 9.99
MV Metavante Technologie … 23.82
MS Morgan Stanley 54.15
MRT Mortons Restaurant Gr … 12.71
MAR Marriott Intl Inc New 38.18
DITC Ditech Networks Inc 3.40
DEEP Superior Offshore Int … 8.63
DBD Diebold, Incorporated 38.75
CVC Cablevision Systems C … 26.82
CC Circuit City Stores, … 7.34
CAR Avis Budget Group 18.71
CALC California Coastal Cm … 7.89
CAB Cabelas Inc 18.08
C Citigroup, Inc 34.97
BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond Inc 31.44
ATBC Atlantic Bancgroup Inc 28.01
ASHW Ashworth Inc 4.67
AN AutoNation Inc 16.42

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Today’s 52 Week Low’s

WERN Werner Enterprises Inc 17.09
WCC Wesco Intl Inc 39.64
UFPI Universal Forest Products 31.79
TUES Tuesday Morning Corp 9.36
TMS Thomson 14.76
SPLS Staples Inc 21.57
SPF Standard Pacific Corp 6.30
SHLD Sears Hldgs Corp 125.12
RAIL Freightcar Amer Inc 38.34
PTRY Pantry Inc 28.70

PEIX Pacific Ethanol Inc 8.71
MSSR Mccormick & Schmicks … 19.30
MNI McClatchy Newspapers, Inc 19.94
LAMR Lamar Advertising Com … 48.13
KND Kindred Healthcare Inc 17.77

DHI D.R. Horton, Inc 13.37
DF Dean Foods Co New 25.03
ISCA International Speedwa … 45.69
IMN Imation Corp 24.06
IIIN Insteel Industries, Inc 15.27
HZO Marinemax Inc 15.02
HVTA Haverty Furniture Inc 9.85
HTLD Heartland Express Inc 14.21
CC Circuit City Stores, … 7.93
CAO Csk Auto Corp 10.90
CALC California Coastal Cm … 12.68
CAKE The Cheesecake Factor … 22.96
BSET Bassett Furniture Ind … 10.94
BOW Bowater Incorporated 14.34
AVR Aventine Renewable Energy 10.28
AN AutoNation Inc 17.39

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Today’s Upgrades / Downgrades

Here are today’s early calls

UPGRADES

Building Materials BLG DA Davidson Neutral » Buy
Natl Instruments NATI Sanders Morris Harris Neutral » Buy
Precision Drilling PDS BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform
Universal Truckload Services UACL Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform » Outperform
Rackable Systems RACK Caris & Company Below Average » Average
AU Optronics AUO HSBC Securities Neutral » Overweight
FMC Corp FMC Longbow Neutral » Buy
Foundry Ntwks FDRY CE Unterberg Towbin Market Perform » Buy
Dime Community DCOM FTN Midwest Sell » Neutral
AutoZone AZO Kevin Dann Sell » Hold
Foundry Ntwks FDRY Sanders Morris Harris Hold » Buy
Columbia Sportswear COLM Caris & Company Below Average » Average
Oplink Comms OPLK Needham & Co Hold » Buy
Cymer CYMI Needham & Co Hold » Buy
Flow FLOW McAdams,Wright,Ragen Hold » Buy
Aeropostale ARO Citigroup Sell » Hold
McAfee MFE WR Hambrecht Hold » Buy
Grant Prideco GRP Calyon Securities Neutral » Buy
Universal Truckload Services UACL Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy
National City NCC Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Hold
Bankunited Fin BKUNA Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy
Embarq EQ RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform
Snap-On SNA Matrix Research Hold » Buy
Convergys CVG BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform
Genesis Microchip GNSS Roth Capital Sell » Hold
Cash America CSH Roth Capital Hold » Buy
Microtune TUNE Roth Capital
Nordstrom JWN Citigroup Hold » Buy
SPX Corp SPW Citigroup Hold » Buy
Gap Inc GPS Citigroup Hold » Buy
Brunswick BC Rochdale Securities Sell » Hold
Old Dominion ODFL Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform $34
Alaska Air ALK JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight
Penn Natl Gaming PENN Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy
Rightnow Tech RNOW Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy

DOWNGRADES

RadiSys RSYS Merriman Curhan Ford Buy » Neutral
3M MMM Hilliard Lyons Buy » Long-term Buy
QLogic QLGC Caris & Company Above Average » Average
Sierra Wireless SWIR Piper Jaffray Outperform » Market Perform
CTC Media CTCM UBS Neutral » Reduce
Volcom VLCM Piper Jaffray Outperform » Market Perform
Taiwan Semi TSM HSBC Securities Overweight » Neutral
Isilon Systems ISLN AG Edwards Buy » Hold
Cutera CUTR Lazard Capital Buy » Hold
Riverbed Technology RVBD Janco Partners Buy » Mkt Perform
Diomed DIO Roth Capital Buy » Hold
Marvell MRVL Matrix Research Hold » Strong Sell
Darden Restaurants DRI Matrix Research Buy » Hold
AutoNation AN Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform