DOLLARS & SENSE : COMPANY SPOTLIGHT.Name: DCH DCH Department of Community Health DCH Diploma in Child Health DCH Defend Council Housing (UK) DCH Data Channel DCH Dil Chahta Hai (movie) DCH Dhaka Community Hospital Technology Inc. HQ: 27811 Avenue Hopkins, Suite 6, Valencia 91355. Business: Maker of hydrogen sensors, gas detectors A gas detector is a device which detects the presence of various gases within an area, usually as part of a system to warn about gases which might be harmful to humans or animals. Gas detectors can be used to detect combustible, toxic, and oxygen gases. and proton exchange membrane A proton exchange membrane (PEM) is a semipermeable membrane generally made from ionomers and designed to conduct protons while being impermeable to gases such as oxygen or hydrogen. (PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) A standard for secure e-mail on the Internet. It supports encryption, digital signatures and digital certificates as well as both private and public key methods. Not widely used, work on PEM later evolved into S/MIME. See MIME. ) fuel cells. Competition includes German-based Siemens, and Japanese firm Hitachi. The company was founded in 1994 and went public in July. Annual revenue: $215,514 in sales, with a $1 million backlog; started shipping product in late fourth quarter of 1998. Annual income: $4 million loss, due primarily to research and development costs. The company is debt free. Ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors : DCHT. Friday close: $1.0625. Web site: www.dcht.com Company contact: David Haberman, vice president of technology and planning, (661) 775-8120. INVESTOR SPOTLIGHT Name: Donovan Thorington. Residence: Canyon Country. Occupation: Retired jack-of-all-trades. Age: 85. How he got started: Thorington never did well with individual stocks, saying he ``lost my shirt all the time.'' That's when he decided to invest only in mutual funds, which he felt was much safer. He owns shares in five funds: Kaufmann, Munder NetNet, Oakmark, and two Strong funds. He invested savings from a myriad of jobs he's held over the decades, which include time spent as an engineer, mutual fund salesman, technical writer, temporary employee, security guard and ``girl-chaser.'' Best investment: Munder NetNet Class A. He bought into the fund at $11.45 per share in 1998. It closed at $35.61 on Friday. Worst investment: Kaufmann Fund. He bought it for $5 a share and sold at $5.66. Investment philosophy: ``Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; good mutual fund magazines and read up on the good funds. Stay away from (individual) stocks. It's difficult to figure out what's a good company and a bad one.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Donovan Thorington |
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