Ah Bricks, we seem fated to disagree on practically everything. I don't experience such antipathy with many people - other than your good self, "The King" was the last poster with whom I could all but guarantee dissent.

Here is a chart of ALF. Now, I know that this doesn't predict the future, but it does show that ALF is currently in a steady downtrend with no sign of any reversal - in fact, it made a new 12 month low just this week. It is not good to hold stocks that are in downtrends like this.

As a "longterm hold" this stock has been a washout - the current price is still about what it was 4 years ago!

ALF is too illiquid to rate as a good trading stock, though I do understand that you are more of a long-term holder.