By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Most advisors recommend some exposure to utilities for the dividend and earnings stability they tend to offer in a portfolio. However, the earnings report...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We generally think Oracle’s (ORCL) acquisition strategy is the right thing for the company and for the industry. Software companies are generally...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat It’s been a while since we first started warning that the biggest problem for Indian IT outsourcing operations would be continuing to find enough...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat As nice as it sounded to hear that shareholder lawsuits were tapering off, the newfound restraint wasn’t felt evenly across corporate boards the board....
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We noted recently that Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Tempur-Pedic (TPX) is on a tear lately. Of course, with that kind of performance...
ACS raised to Outperform at RBC and raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.ADLR started as Outperform at FBR.AMAT raised to Buy at First Albany.APPB raised to Buy at Jefferies.BSCraised to Outperform at...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat To be honest we didn’t even know they had one, but Airbus parent EADS has sold its small stake in Brazilian regional jet maker Embraer (ERJ)..:: Aero-News...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Dell should abandon direct sales model – vnunet.com Michael Dell’s return as the chief executive of Dell could mark the entry of the computer maker...
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The good old Yellow Roadway, now YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW), just guided earnings lower.  This isn’t a garden variety warning based on higher gas costs per mile affecting the trucker. ...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Ah, those press releases issued after everyone’s gone home for a holiday weekend. In this case, it comes from Mid Cap Watch List and Large Cap Watch List...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Excess chip inventory keeps growing, says iSuppli Surplus semiconductor inventories in the global electronics supply chain rose again in the fourth quarter...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Samsung posts strong Q4, drops 2007 capex – 1/12/2007 – Electronic News Samsung has dropped its capex for the coming year. The company said that...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Papa John’s International (PZZA) reported earnings last night. Highlights: ALERT: Take This Retirement...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatAfter FedEx (FDX) missed earnings yesterday, the responses ranged fairly widely. The bullish case is perhaps best presented by Motley Fool at FedEx Is Just...