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…
This week (Sept 25-29) is the final week of the 3rd quarter. Institutional money managers are judged, and frequently compensated, based on their quarterly performance and so their is alot of funny business that goes on towards the end of…
I tend to agree with Graham Summer’s Growth Stock Wire missive this morning, “The Correction is Here”: It’s quiet …… too quiet. I don’t mean to rain on everyone’s parade but September has been much too tame so far. There…
Barry Ritholtz had a post Friday morning, “Whither Goldilocks?”, worth reading: Every good adventure – be it an advertising campaign, religious evangelism, political battle, or even a war – requires a memorable phrase, repeated over and over again, as part…
The US consumer is holding up nicely thus far as Bed, Bath and Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), Circuit City (NYSE: CC) and Nike (NYSE: NKE) all reported strong quarters this past week. Bed, Bath and Beyond, owner of 762 Bed, Bath…