Benj Gallander Bank of Commerce Holdings (CA) BOCH-Q TOP PICK Sep 26, 2013

(A Top Pick Aug 25/11. Up 27.21%.) California-based bank, so some people don’t like it. Capitalization ratios are excellent. Pays a $.03 a quarter dividend so he is getting about 3%. Make money every year in the recession. He has a target price of better than $10.

Still holds it, likes it and it is a buy. 3% dividend, made money every single year during the recession. Happy to hold it.

(A Top Pick Dec 6/11. Up 38.39%.) Very small California bank. Made money every year in the recession. Good capitalization ratios. Likes that they pay a $.03 quarterly dividend. He can see this stock in double digits and has a target price of $11.49. Insiders own about 6%.

Clean, clean balance sheet. He can see it doing better than a double from here. Can see the dividend going up, which would bode well for the bank.

His target price on this is better than $10. One thing he liked about this small California bank was that they always made money during the recession on an annual basis. Have a huge inside ownership position. Insiders continue to buy the company.

A California bank and he doesn’t see how oil prices are going to affect it one way or the other for the most part. They pay a nice 2% dividend yield and never lost money during the recession. Great capitalization ratios.

A small California bank. This had been a big success. Had paid $4.01 in 2011, and sold it in June at $11.65, and there was a dividend all the way through. If he held it now, he would continue to hold it at the current price.