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Tim Murray Highlights the Following Stocks: Felcor Lodging Trust, Blue Rhino, and Stewart.


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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2003

Tim Murray Timothy P. Murray (born 1968), better known as Tim Murray, is the current Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, U.S.. Prior to his service as Lieutenant Governor, Murray served as Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.  says that April is going to be a very volatile month, but you can keep your portfolio on level ground and headed toward profit by using this expert's market analysis and stock recommendations. Learn about Felcor Lodging Trust (NYSE NYSE

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), Blue Rhino Blue Rhino was cofounded in 1994 by Billy Prim and Andrew Filipowski, both North Carolina businessmen, with the goal of building a national brand of propane tank exchange that would capitalize on the growth in gas grill sales and year-round grilling.  (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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:RINO), and Stewart (NASDAQ:STEI). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://featuredexpert2bw.zacks.com/

Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column:

Monday was one of those days that you need to look at an intraday chart to get the graphic picture of what took place. Frankly, nothing about Monday's session makes any sense. The opening was not on that much volume, there was really no spectacular economic news, and a military victory in Iraq was already a given. An April snowstorm in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 was also a slight negative. As was said in the April Technical Letter, this month is likely to have a lot of ups and downs ups and downs  
pl.n.
Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits.


ups and downs
Noun, pl

alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits
. The idea as always is to buy on the downs and sell on the ups.

The chart of Felcor Lodging Trust (NYSE:FCH) is strikingly attractive; a move above $7.00 would complete a two-month-old bottoming formation and leave the way open for a move back up to $10.00. Fundamentally, the news is still weak in the hotel business but Murray continues to think that this stock is very cheap.

Blue Rhino (NASDAQ:RINO) got a tout from a large broker Monday and took off. Murray is canceling the limit order to buy for now, but will be looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 a place to buy the stock.

Here is the first of the reports from last Friday's Burkenroad Conference. It is from Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
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  • Billy Gibbons, guitarist for ZZ Top
  • Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), American art director
  • Christopher Gibbons (1615 - 1676), English composer, son of Orlando
 Burke, the editor of Markethistory.com.

Stewart Enterprises - Outperforming Death, the Ultimate Bogey

Stewart (NASDAQ:STEI) pioneered a business model in the funeral home "industry" of building funeral homes in or proximate proximate /prox·i·mate/ (prok´si-mit) immediate or nearest.

prox·i·mate
adj.
Closely related in space, time, or order; very near; proximal.



proximate

immediate; nearest.
 to cemeteries they own. This allows the cemetery to "feed" the funeral home with business. The company operates over 150 cemeteries around the country, and they have recently undertaken to centralize much of the back-office and administrative operations into a centralized location, which should allow Stewart to reduce their cost structure.

Stewart cited a statistic that estimated the size of the funeral market at $12 billion, and that just 20% of that had been "consolidated". This makes for a ready market for acquisition, and Stewart clearly seems aimed to grow this business by bringing these economies of scale to bear in what has largely been a Mom and Pop Mom and Pop

An adjective denoting a small-scale and family-like atmosphere, often used to describe these types of businesses and investors.

Notes:
A mom-and-pop business is typically a small family-run business.
 business. The company reports they are able to maintain a strong cash flow, but one of their goals is to reduce their debt load down to $500 million.

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