Is RadioShack the Next Kmart?
By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist Ask the average person on the street to compare RadioShack (RSH) to Kmart and you will likely hear a lot of similarities posed from people who have no…
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Nike CEO Builds His Own Scaffold
The CEO of Nike (NKE) is projecting growth in excess of 50% between now and 2011. That would take the shoe company to $23 billion. It is a bit like Starbucks (SBUX) saying that…
24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Colgate $70 (Current Price: $67)
By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyre Colgate-Palmolive (CL) – Price $66.99; Break-up Value $70 Colgate operates in only two segments, but they have a very global reach, selling their products in over…
Europe Markets 2/7/2007 British Air Up 4%
Markets in Europe were up slightly at 6.15 AM New York time. The FTSE rose .1% to 6,350. British Airways was up 4% to 570.5. GlaxoSmithKline was down 1% to 1394. Reuters was up…
Wall St.’s Big Cisco Mistake (CSCO)
Cisco (CSCO) creamed Wall St. estimates and raised guidance. Profits rose 40% to $1.92 billion. Revenue was up 27% as telecoms upgraded their networks. The stock jumped 5% after hours. How humiliating for several…
As Jobs Calls For Unprotected Music, Hollywood Combats Pirates
The entire world knows that Steve Jobs (AAPL) wants music downloads to be free of digital rights management so that songs can be played cross-platform and stolen like CD content. His argument is perverse.…
Comcast Launches New “Boring TV” Product
Comcast (CMCSA) has signed an deal with also-ran social network Facebook to allow independent film makers to have their content seen on TV. Judges at Facebook will select the best videos to run on…
Ebay Rattles Google’s Cage
Google (GOOG) probably thought it had a deal all wrapped up to be the sole provider of search and search based ads to News Corp’s (NWS) huge social network site, MySpace. They do have…
Silly Season At Amazon And Tivo
Sometimes companies appear to make announcements simply for the sake of getting press. That would appear to be the case with a new partnership between Amazon (AMZN) and Tivo (TIVO). The two companies have…
Media Summary 2/7/2007 Reuters, WSJ, FT, NYTimes, Barron’s
According to Reuters, the head of BHP Billiton, the world’s largest miner, stepped down and the company announced a $10 billion share buyback sending the stock up 6%. Reuters writes that net profits at…
Asia Market Report 2/7/2007 Bridgestone Down, NTT Up
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(HBC)(PCW) Markets in Asia were mixed with the Nikkei down. The Nikkei was off .7% to 17,292. Bridgestone was down 2.8% to 2445. Canon was down 1.8% to 6120. Fuji Film was up…
S&P 100 Index Put Call Ratio
From Ticker Sense While put/call ratios are generally thought to be contrarian signals, there is one measure which many believe gives an accurate view of the market. This indicator is the S&P 100 Index…
Analyzing Cisco (CSCO)
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas Cisco’s Q2 results were better than expectations with revenue coming in $8.4 billion towards the high end of the guidance of $8.3 billion. EPS was $0.33…
Adds and Drops of Research Coverage-Analysts Pile In and Storm Out
Fram Value Discipline Finally, some research analyst at a brokerage firm has added one of your holdings to his/her coverage list. You get a little excited that the analyst has discovered some jewel that…
Tuesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology XOMA LTD +11.15% DYADIC INTERNATIONAL +9.27% ADVENTRX PHARMACTL +6.01% VION PHARM INC +5.63% GENVEC INC +5.61% Diagnostic Substances NYMOX PHARM CORP +15.67% EPICEPT CORPORATION +9.29% THRESHOLD PHARMACEUT +3.15% ABAXIS INC…
Thermogenesis Responds to FDA Questions
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com On Tuesday Thermogenesis Corp (KOOL) announced that it had submitted the necessary paperwork answering certain questions the FDA had regarding its pre-market approval application for the CryoSeal Fibrin Sealant System.…
The Little Stock That Beats The Market
From World Beta Joel Greenblatt recently wrote an investment book titled "The Little Book That Beats The Market." It included a description of an investment strategy focusing on a magic formula with two inputs…
Cramer on the Road
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer was out in Virginia on his university road show so this was a back to basics show that was on the normal air time. So this was…
Cisco’s Guidance to the Rescue
Cisco Systems (CSCO-NASDAQ) shares are surging after guidance in the conference call. Shares are now UP after being down after-hours and not by a small amount, currently back to +4.5% to $28.53. Here is…
Travelzoo Shares Don’t Like an Earnings Miss
Travelzoo (TZOO-NASDAQ) is seeing its own version of its Wednesday fare sale for its shares on Tuesday. The street isn’t happy with its results not meeting expectations, and that is taking out more steam. …