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Today is traditionally known as “Black Friday” in the retail industry for a number of reasons. Traditionally, it was the day after Thanksgiving when many retailers actually crossed into the black, meaning they became profitable for the year. More commonly, retailers and ...
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Black Friday is coming – that dreaded day when consumers look for bargains, and retailers stay open from dawn (or pre-dawn) to dusk in a day that could make or break sales goals for the entire year. Investors are shopping for bargains as well, and many are looking for quality ...
Stocks
Whole Foods Market
Much attention has been given to gold lately, and rightfully so. The yellow metal is often an excellent proxy for inflation, and can be a strong indicator of investor sentiment. As investors become more risk averse, they look for “hard assets” that are likely to hold their ...
Commodities
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Silver
Sometimes it takes quite a bit of time for a relevant theme to mature. This year we have been bullish on fertilizer stocks such as Intrepid Potash ( IPI ) and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan ( POT ). The trade has been a bit lonely from June through mid-November as a weak economy ...
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What happens when investors expect perfection from the companies they are invested in? Chances are, those expectations will eventually be disappointed and investors can realize that the level of confidence is unrealistic. This appears to be the case with Salesforce.com ( ...
Stocks
Salesforce.com
Shares of Wuxi PharmaTech Inc. ( WX ) are trading sharply higher this morning after the company announced a strong third quarter. The company grew revenue by 10% over last year for a total of $70.0 million while adjusted earnings per share grew 32% to $0.24 per share. More ...
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Suntech Power Holdings (STP) is trading sharply higher this morning after the company announced that they would be opening a manufacturing facility in Arizona. The China-based solar panel maker has managed to remain profitable this year despite a difficult environment for solar ...
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Shares of AECOM Technology Corp. (ACM) are sharply higher this week after the infrastructure company issued the fourth quarter earnings announcement. Since the company operates with a September year end, 2009 is now in the books and it has been a decent year. For the fourth quarter, ...
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters ( GMCR ) is down sharply this morning after announcing earnings last night. While the revenue and profit numbers for the fourth quarter (the company operates with a September year end) showed considerable growth, the stock (which is featured in the Retail ...
Commodities
Coffee
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One of the more successful IPOs over the
past few weeks has come from Vitamin Shoppe Inc....
( VSI ). The stock was offered to investors at $17.00 and began trading on October 28. Underwriters included JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ), Bank of America ( ...
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Vitamin Shoppe Adds to Successful IPO
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The company that allows you to “start learning a new language in less than 5 minutes” is having trouble communicating its message to Wall Street. During the third quarter Rosetta Stone Inc. ( RST ) booked revenue of $67.2 million and earnings of $0.29 per share. The result ...
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Analysts ended up with a bit of egg on their face last week when Genoptix Inc. ( GXDX ) reported earnings. In August we took a look at the company, noting that new customers were leading to significant revenue growth . The trend has continued with Q3 revenue coming in at $33.5 million ...
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What if I walked up to you this afternoon and asked you personally for a loan? I know, we probably haven’t met and already you are uncomfortable with my overt start to our conversation. But let’s run with this for a few minutes… Assuming you had the money to lend, ...
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While major equity markets gyrate in mixed trading after the payroll report, investors in The Blackstone Group LP ( BX ) are pushing the stock decidedly higher. Blackstone reported earnings this morning and while the official numbers showed a loss for the quarter, it appears that ...
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Investors in Blue Nile Inc. ( NILE ) are cheering the third quarter earnings release. For the period ending September 30, the company grew revenue by 2.4% and turned in earnings of $0.17 per share. The profit represented 13% growth over the same period last year as the company noted ...
Stocks
Blue Nile Inc.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded its two day meeting yesterday with their customary announcement at 2:15 PM. The statement concluded (as everyone expected) that the Fed would leave rates unchanged at a target of 0% to 0.25%. More importantly, the committee said that ...
Government
The market melt-down caused a significant decline in the number of IPO transactions over the past two years. While a typical year used to include more than 200 major offerings, there were less than 50 such offerings in 2008 and so far I count 44 major transactions for 2009. However, ...
