Wednesday, August 20, 2008  

Maine Securities Corporation is an investment broker/dealer specializing in Maine's publicly traded companies and municipal securities.





Since 1999, Maine-based companies have outperformed all of the popular stock market indices, as illustrated on the chart below.

(NOTE: Details available upon request from Maine Securities Corporation. Please keep in mind that past results are not necessarily indicative of future returns.)




Chart: Maine Securities Corporation @2005
Data available upon request

[Note: The above chart reflects $100,000 invested equally into Maine's most actively traded common stocks for the five years representing years 2000 through 2005. It assumes equal rebalancing into each year's most actively traded Maine-headquartered companies at the beginning of each year and assumes that those positions were held throughout the year. Trading costs are not reflected. As of 12/31/2005, the original investment would have grown to $218,758, exclusive of trading costs and dividends. Other lines on the graph reflect the same money invested into indices representing the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the NASDAQ. Each of these indices is copyrighted and trademarked by the respective entities and none has any association with Maine Securities Corporation.]

Whether your interest is in owning shares of Maine's public companies, reducing your income taxes by investing in Maine tax free bonds, or other investment opportunities in Maine, when you think of investments in Maine, think Maine Securities! Since 1986, that's been our specialty...the only investment firm anywhere that is here to help you own a piece of Maine.

Want to learn more about how you can own Maine public companies in your portfolio? Then, please give us a call (207.775.0800)or shoot us an email!
We can help you position more of your assets close to home.

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Welcome to Maine Securities on-line!

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Visit the Maine Stocks page. Learn about Maine's publicly traded companies.

Come to the www.MaineSec.com site for the latest news on Maine's publicly traded companies.

You are invited to post a comment on local stocks at the Financial Forum. Or Ask the Experts for questions that you have about investment-related topics. If we don't know the answer, we can probably find someone who does.

If you already have an account with us, you can access your account at the Member Log-in section, which appears at the top right on this page. Your holdings, money market fund balances, account activity, and much more are all here on line for your viewing convenience. 24 hours a day/7 days a week. You can even trade on line with rapid fire executions. If you haven't already got a password, contact us and we'll get you set up AND up to speed in no time.

Read about some of the most inexpensive term life insurance your money can buy. Or, look into our new Money Back Term, the term insurance that gives you your money back at the end of the term.

Get a no-obligation quote on Critical Illness Insurance. That's the new insurance that provides lump sum financial benefits in the event of any of several catastrophic illnesses such as cancer, heart dissease, stroke, and much more.

Get great rates on CDs, government, corporate, and municipal bonds at our Fixed Income page.

It's all here at www.MaineSEC.com, the way life should be...





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PRESS RELEASES:
Camden National Joins the Russell 3000  (7/1/2008) Read more
Fairchild Q2 Conference Call 7/17  (7/1/2008) Read more
PSC staff gives tepid support for Iberdrola's bid for Energy East  (7/1/2008) Read more
First Bancorp Added to Russell 3000  (6/30/2008) Read more
Camden National to Repurchase up to 750,0000 shares of Common Stock.  (6/26/2008) Read more
First Bancorp Increases Dividend  (6/19/2008) Read more
Maine & Maritimes Turnaround Continues in Q1  (5/12/2008) Read more
Energy East Q1 Earnings Drop  (5/1/2008) Read more
Wright Express Q1 Results  (4/30/2008) Read more
Bar Harbor Bankshares Q1 Earnings Up 42%  (4/30/2008) Read more
Northeast Bancorp Announces Higher Q3 Earnings  (4/21/2008) Read more
Fairchild Releases Q1 Results  (4/17/2008) Read more
ImmuCell Signs Cross Licensing Agreement  (3/12/2008) Read more
Energy East 2007 Earnings See 9% Decline  (2/28/2008) Read more
Bar Harbor Bankshares Q4 Net Interest Income Up 13%  (1/31/2008) Read more
Camden National Reports 13.3% Q4 Gain  (1/29/2008) Read more
IDEXX Raises 2008 Revenue Forecast  (1/25/2008) Read more
IDEXX Labs Reports 1% Q4 Profit Increase--Raises 2008 Revenues Guidance  (1/25/2008) Read more
Fairchild Announces Q4 and Full Year 2007 Results  (1/24/2008) Read more
Fairchild Stock Rises Along with Q4 Profits...  (1/24/2008) Read more
First National Lincoln Q4 Earnings up 7.2%  (1/23/2008) Read more
Bar Harbor Bankshares Raises Dividend  (1/22/2008) Read more
Camden National and Union Bankshares Complete Merger  (1/3/2008) Read more
Nyer Medical Reports Net Loss  (11/15/2007) Read more
Business Continuity Plan  (9/1/2007) Read more
Maine's Merrill Merchants Bancshares Agrees to Be Acquired by Chittenden  (1/19/2007) Read more
Lewiston's Elmet Technologies to be Acquired by Harbor Acquisition (HAC) of Boston  (10/17/2006) Read more
Camden National Listed in Russell Indices  (7/6/2006) Read more

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Maine Securities...in the news
Maine Securities' associates are frequently quoted in the media and also appear on television and radio as the experts on Maine's publicly traded companies. Read More


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Catch the Maine Securities team on the air, too!
Listen to Steve Hirshon and Brad McCurtain every business day on WMTW's News Radio.


You can tune in Newsradio WMTW every market day for our daily stock market updates on local securities at 11:53 AM, and again at 4:13 PM.

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Maine Stock Trends
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Are you a conservative investor paying more taxes on your interest income than you should? In Maine, it's Maine Securities if you are looking for municipal bonds.
As the name suggests, Maine Securities is the source for all of your Maine municipal bond needs. Municipal bonds, also known as “munis” or “tax exempt bonds” are bonds from which the interest is exempt from both federal and State of Maine income taxes. Read More


 

 

   

 

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Maine Securities Corporation
15 Monument Square,
Portland, Maine 04101

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