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Lululemon Tanks Despite Forecast
2007-12-03 18:48:00 What a crazy day today for Lululemon Athletica. The stock has dropped more than 11% today. Why? This comes after they just raised guidance and announced that their third-quarter profit more than tripled. They reported a third-quarter profit of $7.6 million, compared with $1.7 million in the prior-year quarter!!! Analysts even upgraded the stock and their price targets. RBC Capital Markets analyst Howard Tubin raised his 2007 earnings estimate to 44 cents per share from 40 cents per share, and his price target to $47 from $41. "We conti More About: Consumer Goods , Forecast
Investing guru, Eddie Lampert fires back.
2007-12-03 18:48:00 Yesterday, Sears Holdings announced our results for the third quarter of 2007. While we were not pleased with these results, much of the commentary in the media and on Wall Street following the results ignores the strength of our company and the progress that we have made. In fact, over the past several years, we are one of the few retail companies that have actually reduced our overall debt levels, while at the same time investing over $1 billion on capital expenditures, making investments in inventory for our customers, contributing signific More About: Investment Ideas , Investing , Back , Fires , Eddie
I Like Short Selling Struggling Retailers
2007-12-03 17:16:00 Why I really enjoy short selling struggling retailers, one of which is Ashworth (Nasdaq: ASHW), an apparel maker. This company has decreasing revenues and margins and increasing losses and debt. Not a good combo going into tax loss selling season and an economy that looks to roll over. More About: Selling , Basic Materials , Short Selling , Short , Retailers
SIV Problem looming behind Citigroup-ADIA deal
2007-12-03 17:10:00 For ADIA, the $7.5 billion deal represents a value investment. For Citi and other banks affected by the housing crisis, it is a temporary respite from the bad news. What remains hidden from public view is the off-the-books $83 billion liability from SIVs that Citi may have to deal with soon.. More About: Financial , Citigroup , Deal , Problem , Adia
Staples Barely Beats Estimates
2007-12-03 16:57:00 It is astounding, Staples ' third-quarter profit declined 5.3% on a litigation charge and a weak retail environment in North America and the company still anticipates flat to slightly negative same-store sales in North American retail, yet the stock soared 11%, to $22. Why? Because they beat analysts estimates by $0.02.Excluding a $24 million charge from the settlement of a class-action lawsuit, earnings per share rose 17% to 42 cents. Analysts, on average, expected earnings of 40 cents a share on this basis, according to Thomson Financial. More About: Consumer Goods , Beats , Barely , Estimates
ARM Resets to Hit the Fan in 2008
2007-12-02 22:48:00 I hate to say it, but I have been talking about this for almost a year now. According to the Wall Street Journal, in 2008 $362 billion worth of adjustable-rate subprime mortgages [ARMs] will be reset, "a scenario that could significantly worsen the already serious subprime crisis", according to a report in Saturday's Wall Street Journal. The "real crest of the reset wave" has yet to take place, which "promises more pain for borrowers, lenders and Wall Street." "The initial wave was largely driven by a higher frequency of fraudulent
A Few Ways to Invest in Pepsi
2007-12-02 22:48:00 I just found an interesting article over on StockerBlog.com. He wrote an article earlier about seven different Coca Cola stocks and has followed up with 3 different Pepsi Cola stocks, all of which pay a dividend. There is Pepsico, Inc. (PEP), Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (PBG), and PepsiAmericas Inc. (PAS). They have a dividend yield of 2%, 1.4%, and 1.6%, respectively. More About: Consumer Goods , Invest
Eddie Lampert lastest investing portfolio
2007-12-02 22:47:00 Eddie Lampert's lastest investing portfolio. He bought some C and AN stock. More About: Portfolio , Investment Ideas , Investing , Eddie , Pert
Citi Secures $7.5B in Capital
2007-12-02 05:10:00 Wall Street rebounded modestly Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority said it will invest $7.5 billion in Citi group Inc. -- a vote of confidence for the nation's largest bank, which has suffered severe losses amid the ongoing crisis in the mortgage market. Major financial institutions, including Citi and its competitors, have had to book some $80 billion of writedowns on those holdings -- a trend that has left the markets nervous about the full extent of the damage. Investors were relieved that Citi was able to secure an injec More About: Financial , Capital
Hopes that Fed will cut rates lead to world stock market surge
2007-12-02 05:09:00 Shares leapt on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday after market hopes that the Federal Reserve will try to calm credit conditions with further interest rate cuts were boosted by soothing comments from the US central bank's vice-chairman. More About: Hopes , World , Stock Market , Market , Stock
Wolseley: More jobs cuts
2007-11-30 21:50:00 Wolseley, the building materials supplier, said today that it is poised to cut a further 1,300 jobs after revealing that the US sub-prime crisis helped wipe 30 per cent from its American profits. More About: Services , Jobs , Cuts
Steeling Ideas from Steel Inventories
2007-11-30 17:07:00 The U.S. manufacturing industries seem to be bracing for a significant slowdown or recession by the looks of their steel inventories: "End-users have no excess inventories and service center inventories were cut to only 2.6 months supply at the start of November." ~Purchasing.com, Analysts see sheet steel prices inflating 13% in 2008 11/20/07 However, if whatever the Fed does between now and February does stabilize the economy, keeping it swimming above a recession, the steel stocks might be a good place to run to. With steel inv More About: Ideas , Basic Materials , Steel
Why I Learned More From Losing $700k Than I Did From Making $2 Million
2007-11-30 17:07:00 I think the title says it all--people are too focused on their gains and they ignore their losses, which is ironic considering Ii've learned more from my losses than my gains! More About: Investment Ideas , Million , Learned
Bidz.com, Citron Research Soap Opera Continues
2007-11-29 22:54:00 Citron Research issues a scathing report on Bidz.com (BIDZ) and the stock drops more than 50%. The battle has just begun. More About: Technology , Opera , Soap , Citron
Odds Now Favor a 2008 Recession
2007-11-29 22:15:00 Paul Kedrosky summarized a recent article by Larry Summers. He argued in the FT that the odds now favor a 2008 recession in the U.S. Further, he argues that without "stronger policy responses" than have been seen by now, the impact will be felt "for the rest of this decade and beyond". "In such an environment, economic policy needs to be governed by the clear and public recognition that restoring the normal functioning of the financial system and containing any damage its breakdown may do the real economy is the central macro-econo More About: Odds , Recession , Favor
NASDAQ Summation Index Nearing a 3-Year Low
2007-11-29 22:15:00 Here's a 3-year chart of the NASDAQ Summation Index . Based on the market we've seen over the last 3 years, we should be nearing a bottom. But if we break through and set a new low over the next few days, watch out! More About: Nasdaq , Year
The BIDZ Saga, Better Than the PRXI and The Godfather Sagas
2007-11-29 22:15:00 The latest in strange yet entertaining smallcaps. Bidz.com exemplifies everything that makes smallcaps great, hype, momentum, a perfect story, all to be cast in a negative light by one investigative report. The stock is in freefall, the second part of the report is due tomorrow! More About: Basic Materials , Sagas , Saga , The Go , The G
Benfield rises on talk of interest from Aon
2007-11-29 18:01:00 Benfield, the reinsurance broker, rose 2ūp after the information that ABN Amro is interested in becoming the largest broker in the world. Fund managers have been buying Benfield for a few months. More About: Basic Materials , Talk , Interest , Eres
Short Bear Ratio Spread
2007-11-29 18:01:00 Read about how to execute the Short Bear Ratio Spread Option Trading Strategy now where you get to make unlimited profits to downside and lose almost nothing if it doesn't work! More About: Investment Ideas
Hoku Scientific Jumps 40 Pct on $306 mln polysilicon deal
2007-11-29 01:04:00 Hoku Scientific signed a $306 million, eight-year polysilicon supply contract with SolarfunPower Hong Kong. Hoku will deliver predetermined volumes of polysilicon each year at set prices with the first shipment beginning in the second half of 2009. Solarfun will make an initial payment of $10 million to Hoku by Dec. 28. It will then pay $45 million in three installments, from Sept. 30, 2008, through March 31, 2010. Cowen & Co. analyst Rob Stone said Monday that buyers are gaining confidence in Hoku, which is already planning to expand t More About: Technology , Deal
$100 oil will hit gas and airfare
2007-11-29 01:03:00 Oil is hovering near $100 a barrel and gasoline prices could soon top their all-time record from last May of $3.22 a gallon. "There's no doubt, gasoline prices are rocketing higher," said Stephen Schork, publisher of the industry newsletter the Schork Report. "By Christmas, we could be paying more for gas than we were during the start of the summer driving season." At the same time, supplies of gas could get tight as many U.S. refiners are undergoing maintenance, according to Schork. "You're that much closer to $4" a gallon ga More About: Basic Materials , Airfare
Top Five Stocks for a Green Christmas
2007-11-28 21:14:00 Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks .com has compiled a list of 5 stocks that you can buy for your kids in a sustainable company that's working to make the place they live a better place to be. He looks at three main criteria: ~Stability: We should probably stay away from companies aren't likely to be in business when the kids grow up. ~Green ness: As I noted last week, investing in green companies, like buying presents is often a compromise between greenness and practicality. ~Educational: Most people give stocks to kids hoping to teach t More About: Christmas , Investment Ideas
Bill Miller thinks Countrywide is worth $40.
2007-11-28 21:14:00 Bill Miller thinks Countrywide is worth $40. Currently trading at $9. More About: Investment Ideas , Worth , Bill
Central banks act to prevent Christmas cash squeeze
2007-11-28 19:10:00 Amid growing fears of a new and painful bout of credit market turmoil as banks stockpile capital to allay their worries over balance sheet strains, the Fed and the ECB sought to promote calm with a pledge to inject extra funds into money markets. More About: Christmas , Banks , Basic Materials , Cash , Central
The Best Time to Trade Iron Condors, Part 1
2007-11-28 17:47:00 It's pretty common for people to approach us with questions about the right time to trade iron condors, and one of the most common assumptions they make is that it's better to trade condors in low volatility, non-trending environments. This is an understandable assumption, but it's totally false. The best time to trade condors is in high volatility environments, regardless of the trend. So there are actually two points to be made here... More About: Investment Ideas , Time , Trade , Part , Iron
Three buyouts/mergers will happen in the next few months if not sooner
2007-11-28 17:47:00 I believe three buyouts/mergers will happen in the next few months if not sooner Pfizer buys Genzyme very soon Merck buys Schering They need all the Vytorin/Zetia sales plus new Clarinex/singular pill will be huge Teva buys Protalix All of Protalix employees came from Teva , Stock is down 90% with same or ,more potential , Protalix is moving along More About: Basic Materials , Mergers , Months , Mont
Rate Cut Isnt a Sure Thing
2007-11-28 17:46:00 Though last month's decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower official interest rates was a "close call," officials were worried enough about the chances of a severe housing-induced downturn to act, according to the minutes of that meeting released Tuesday. The minutes dwelled extensively on the economy's vulnerabilities, suggesting that while officials adopted a neutral view of economic and inflation risks last month, they probably see the potential downside from weak growth as the bigger worry. "Many members noted that this po More About: Thing , Rate
The Real Winner Of Cyber Monday Is...
2007-11-27 21:35:00 With all the talk of retailers having to cut prices and lowering their margins, shouldn't we be focusing on the bigger picture here? The mighty Google is the one directing a ton of traffic to all these different sites this holiday season. Not only that, but a smarter consumer that is looking for bargains is going to be more inclined to click on an ad or two while looking for the perfect price on a product. The more people that search for all these high tech gadgets and anything else they are looking for on the net the better... More traffi More About: Investment Ideas , Cyber , Real , Winner , Monday
Looking for cheap Indian stocks
2007-11-27 19:08:00 With the growth in China, India is being overlooked. Three companies that do outsourcing for IT are hitting their 52 lows, Infosys (INFY), Witpro (WIT), and Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SAY). A possible cut back in IT spending by corporations with the slowdown of the US Economy and with Indian rupee gaining 12% against the greenback in the year, nearly hitting a 10-year high and wage increases in India...that doesn't bold well for offshore firms that have mounted a competitive threat in recent years with low-cost, high-quality software se More About: Stocks , Investment Ideas , Cheap
Will XM and Sirius Merge?
More articles from this author:2007-11-27 18:11:00 Rick Aristotle Munarriz of Motley Fool breaks down the Pro's and Con's of the proposed merger that has been looming for over 9 months. Cons 1. The deal argue that the merger would transform a duopoly into a monopoly 2. If one company is watching over both brands, consumers may be denied lower prices, enhanced programming, and responsive customer service and other elements that are the logical byproducts of a competitive landscape Pros 1. The Billions in realized synergies will be passed on to subscribers 2. XM and Sirius have alre More About: Services , Merge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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