Checking in With the Pig Farmer By Tim Melvin About this article: I decided yesterday afternoon to check on my old friend Mr. Womack. As introduced decades ago by financial journalist John Train, Mr. Womack is a pig farmer who waits for market panics, drives into town and buys stocks that have fallen under $10 and pay dividends. After a period of a few years when the next bubble hit Wall Street he would drive to town and sell them. I have written about him twice and suggested stocks he might be a buyer of using his system. I introduced him in late October of last year and last paid a visit in January. He is having a pretty good year. If he purchased a 1,000 shares of the three stocks suggested in October, he is up about 8%, not including dividends. Given the rally since March, that may seem anemic but sine the day the column appeared, the S&P... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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