Amazon (AMZN) reported 3rd quarter results today after the close (Tue Oct 24). In fact, the conference call which you can listen to live on the internet just ended a couple minutes ago. Apparently, the Street liked what it heard…
Netflix reported an excellent quarter after the close yesterday (Monday October 23, 2006) and the shares are popping today – up $4.12 to $27.35 with 8.7 million shares trading hands, according to Money Central (1:48pm EST, quotes 15 min delayed). If…
A very important election looms Tuesday November 7 – just 16 days away. Politics sets the framework within which we live our lives, including our economic lives, and its impact on the economy and therefore stocks and bonds is substantial. In…
The market responded negatively to Yahoo!’s mediocre 3rd quarter – even though everybody knew it was coming! Yahoo’s shares lost $1.16 yesterday to close at $22.99 on volume of almost 112 million shares. The shares have bounced a bit today and…
Since reporting 2nd quarter earnings 3 months ago, on Tuesday July 18, 2006 after the close, Yahoo’s stock (NASDAQ: YHOO) has been absolutely hammered. When it announced 2nd quarter results, it also announced that it will delay the release of…
A little more than three weeks ago (Fri Sept 8th) Standard Pacific Homes (NYSE: SPF), a home builder with substantial exposure to the California market (see pg. 11 of their 2005 annual report which shows all the markets they operate in and…
Its time to take stock of this quarter’s stock picks. 9 of 10 of Top Gun’s picks are up from their recommendation date, and the 10 are up an average of 7.30% compared with a 3.51% average for the S&P…
Well I just closed out my trade in Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ: CHRS). As I wrote, on Tuesday I took a position in the Oct 06 $15 puts at 85 cents per. But the selling by the Mad Money fanatics never…
Tom Dyson, one of my favorite investment writers over at Daily Wealth because of his willingness to get philosophical from time to time, got philosophical this morning: When it comes to investing, people often ask me a similar question….. What’s…
I find Morningstar’s stock and mutual fund analysis useful, which is why I am a premium subscriber, but I am constantly frustrated with their lack of an ability to integrate a macro economic perspective into their analyses. They seem to…