Tim Melvin

RealMoney.com Contributor
Tim Melvin is a writer from Stevensville, Maryland. In addition to writing about the markets, he manages accounts for family and friends. He has written serveral articles and collaborated on several investment books. Prior to striking out on his own he spent 20 years a stockbroker, the last 15 as a Vice President of Investments with a regional firm in the Mid Atlantic area. He specializes in deep value investing as well as special situations and activist stocks, and is the author of the Junior Chamber Course on Value Investing, as well as numerous articles in various publications on the subject of value investing, the stock market and the world around us.
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Unisys Will Deliver for Shareholders (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

Activists have identified this foundering IT company as a well of untapped value.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis | Technology

08:28PM 10/08/08

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Retail Disaster Reveals Opportunities for Aggressive

By Tim Melvin

The retail sector has been completely decimated, but for value investors with a long-term view, there is something to be said for identifying the survivors.

03:56PM 10/08/08

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Four Drilling Stocks for Value Investors

By Tim Melvin

The drop in oil prices has hit oil-service stocks, and this is creating value opportunities.

Related Topics: Stock-Picking Training | Energy | Energy/Commodities

03:48PM 10/08/08

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Even Value Investors Must Stay Flexible (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

The winning players are using options, rethinking their metrics and going both long and short.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis

11:57AM 10/08/08

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The Free Markets Are Working (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

They're punishing those who take on undue risk -- and they're creating some terrific bargains in the process.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis | Market Commentary

10:30AM 10/07/08

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Chemical Stocks Could Produce a Positive Reaction (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

If you apply the basics of value investing, some big names in this group start to shine.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis

06:53AM 10/06/08

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Cleveland-Cliffs Offers Steep Upside (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

However the proxy fight shakes out, investors could be the real winners.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis | Industrials | Metals and Mining

08:30PM 10/01/08

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Bad Data Makes a Tough Environment Tougher (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

Almost all of the data being released is bad, but that doesn't mean there aren't plays to be made.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis

03:06PM 10/01/08

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Combo Trades: Three Banks for Aggressive Investors

By Tim Melvin

Combination trades offer exposure to banks that got unfairly battered in the stock crash.

Related Topics: Stock-Picking Training | Personal Finance Basics | Options/Futures Basics | Strategy | Options/Futures | Banks

12:58PM 10/01/08

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A Banking Trade for Aggressive Chickens (RealMoney.com $)

By Tim Melvin

Combination trades offer exposure to banks that got unfairly battered in the stock crash.

Related Topics: Fundamental Analysis

12:14PM 09/30/08

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