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10-K comments for the year ended September 30, 2012:
In February 2009, the Company purchased shares of common stock of two Fortune 200 companies and certain bonds of a third, and during the second and the third quarters of fiscal 2011, the Company bought shares of common stock of two foreign manufacturing companies.  During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company bought shares of common stock of another Fortune 200 company.  During the third and the fourth quarters of fiscal 2012, the Company purchased additional shares of common stock of one of the foreign manufacturing companies in which it had previously invested.  The investments in marketable securities, which cost approximately $49,692,000 and had a market value of about $102,156,000 at September 30, 2012, generated approximately $1,967,000 in dividends and interest income, which lowers the effective income tax rate because of the dividends received deduction.  As of September 30, 2012, there were unrealized pretax gains of $52,464,000 as compared to $24,532,000 at September 30, 2011.  Most of the unrealized gains were in the common stocks.  During the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company borrowed $14 million to purchase all of the outstanding stock of New Dawn and pledged its marketable securities to obtain favorable financing.
10-Q comments for the quarter ended June 30, 2013:
During the nine months ended June 30, 2013, the Company's cash and cash equivalents, and marketable security positions increased by $30,763,000. Cash and cash equivalents were used primarily for the purchase of capital assets of $258,000 (mostly computer software and office equipment). During the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company borrowed $14 million from its investment margin account to purchase all of the outstanding stock of New Dawn and pledged its marketable securities to obtain favorable financing. During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company bought shares of common stock of a Fortune 200 company, and during the third quarter of fiscal 2012, it bought additional shares of common stock of one of the foreign manufacturing companies in which it had previously invested. There have been no additional purchases in fiscal 2013. The investments in marketable securities, which cost approximately $49,694,000 and had a market value of about $128,421,000 at June 30, 2013, generated approximately $1,832,000 in dividends and interest income, which lowers the effective income tax rate because of the dividends received deduction. As of June 30, 2013, there were unrealized pretax gains of $78,727,000 as compared to $52,464,000 at September 30, 2012. Most of the unrealized gains were in the common stocks.
Holdings from a newly-released 13-F (Note: Foreign stocks purchased that are not owned through an ADR will not be listed here…maybe there’s also some BYD in the portfolio?):
NAME OF ISSUER: Value 
Bank of America Corp: $35,811,000
Posco ADR: $5,038,800  
US Bancorp: $5,656,000  
Wells Fargo & Co: $72,267,720

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