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Monthly Archives: February 2009

PC Sales Start To Look Like The Car Industry (AAPL)(HPQ)(DELL)(INTC)(MSFT))(NOK)(IBM)

Posted: February 19, 2009 at 5:29 am

Domestic car sales are down about 30%. Sales at Chrysler have been hit hardest, down 50% in the most recent two months. In a bad economy, it makes sense that ...
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Cell Phones And Connections Faster Than Lightning

Posted: February 19, 2009 at 5:16 am

People in the wireless industry have been talking about what will replace 3G networks in the next two or three years. AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ), Sprint (S), and their peers ...
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Media Digest 2/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 19, 2009 at 3:53 am

According to Reuters, the biggest problem GM (GM) may face is a mountain of debt. Reuters reports that investors in Stanford funds are pushing hard to get their money out. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 2/19/2009

Posted: February 19, 2009 at 3:20 am

Markets in Asia were slightly higher. The Nikkei rose .3% to 7,558. The Hang Seng was up .1% to 13,024. The Shanghai Composite rose .8% to 2,227. At the open ...
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Building An Interactive Business Does Not Help CBS (CBS) Earnings

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Buying online content company CNET and building out internet sites for its legacy properties was supposed to help earnings at CBS (CBS). At least the company would have something to ...
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More Cracks In H-P’s Armor (HPQ)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 4:47 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) posted earnings of $0.93 EPS and $28.8 billion in revenue.  Thomson Reuters (First Call) estimates were $0.93 EPS and $31.93 billion in revenue.  While this is ...
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Whole Foods, Good Enough Considering (WFMI)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) reported earnings of  $0.20 EPS and $2.47 billion in revenue.  Thomson Reuters (First Call) estimates were $0.15 EPS and $2.49 billion in revenue.  These ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (CSE)(SGY)(CRA)(HERO)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 3:52 pm

 CapitalSource (CSE) Ratings cut from Fitch. Drops to $2.02 from 52-week high of $17.04. Stone Energy (SGY) Posts a loss for the last quarter. Sells down to $5.30 from 52-week ...
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Jamie Dimon Endorses Stress Tests & Mortgage Relief (JPM)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) just gave a CNBC interview with Melissa Francis.  While he would not give exact predictions on the environment and ...
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Saving The Housing Market By Speeding Up Foreclosures

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm

The federal government is most likely to create a safety net for the falling housing market with a plan that will allow people to stay in their homes by reducing ...
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Will November’s Lows Hold as Support?

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 10:17 am

As today's market selling has picked up, we wanted to take a snapshot of some of the major November 20, 2008 and November 21, 2008 intra-day and closing lows for ...
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Chesapeake Still Faltering (CHK, BP)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:53 am

The largest natural gas producer in the US, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), reported a GAAP EPS loss of -$1.51 for the fourth quarter of 2008. On a non-GAAP basis, the ...
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Off to a Rocky Start (CEG, BRK-A)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:43 am

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:CEG) missed analysts' estimates by a mile. Fourth quarter EPS was $0.03 compared Wall Street consensus estimates of $1.24. For the full year, Constellation was expected ...
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Production & Capacity Head For The Hills

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:30 am

It probably won't shock anyone any longer that industrial production is lower.  It probably won't shock anyone that capacity utilization is lower either.  But the already-negative trend is only made ...
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Citi Upgrades Smith & Nephew (SNN) to Buy

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:25 am

Citi upgrades Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) from Hold to Buy, saying core business areas have remained relatively immune to economic pressure. Citi analyst says, "Q4 results provided reassurance that ...
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