Archive for October, 2009
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009Lululemon (Nasdaq: LULU), the trendy Canadian yogawear retailer that’s taking the country by storm, raised its third-quarter guidance Oct. 26, acknowledging that earnings per share will be in the 17-19 cents range, up from 11-13 cents projected in its Q2 earnings release back in September. Originally expecting flat constant-dollar same-store sales, it now sees high single-digit growth in […]
4 Very Different Stocks Similar Prospects
Thursday, October 29th, 2009There are many factors that can make a stock a success for an investor. The four stocks we look at here involve a little of everything, including a down-and-out stock that’s slowly making its way back. These stocks also vary in the business they conduct and their market caps, but what they have in common is that they […]
4 Reasons To Avoid Taleo
Thursday, October 29th, 2009If you’re currently hunting for a new job, you’ve probably come across Taleo (Nasdaq:TLEO), a provider of on-demand human resources recruiting tools. The company’s clients include 47 of the Fortune 100, which likely had something to do with Deloitte LLP naming it to the prestigious Technology Fast 500, honoring some of the fastest growing companies […]
McDonald’s: Investors
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009If you are married and male, you may have heard the expression “happy wife, happy life.” It’s gotten me through five years of marriage unscathed, and likely will for many more to come. It’s one of life’s golden rules.
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Four Stocks For The Industrial Complex
Monday, October 26th, 2009Most people can’t stand getting out of their comfort zone and doing things unfamiliar or different from their routine. I’m no different. When it comes to writing about stocks, I’m most comfortable discussing consumer goods companies like Nike (NYSE: NKE), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). However, if we want to become […]
Tired Of Green Energy? Check Out This “Green” Portfolio
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Investors continue to go green these days. Heck, even George Soros is getting into the act, recently committing $1 billion to clean energy technology. The billionaire’s timing is impeccable. Investment in green energy projects totaled $25.9 billion in the third quarter, signaling this year’s apparent freeze on green investing is over. If men like Soros […]
Wealth Creation: Fact Or Fiction
Friday, October 23rd, 2009CEO magazine recently released its second annual Wealth Creation Rankings, a list of the best and worst wealth creators over the last three years in the S&P 500. Number one on the list is credit card brand MasterCard (NYSE:MA). Last on the list is power generation company, Dynegy (NYSE:DYN). The article that accompanies the rankings […]
Companies With Profitable Stock Buybacks
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Most public companies have two ways to reward their shareholders: dividends and share repurchases. While dividends are looked upon as a quarterly affair, share repurchases are a much more sporadic and ambiguous form of thank you. Sporadic in the sense that there is no timetable for making these repurchases and ambiguous because often the buybacks […]
Sally Vs. Ulta: The Perfect Hedge?
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Women like to look good. So much so, they spend $75 billion annually on beauty products and salon services. Naturally, with this much money at stake, the competition is intense. Two specialty retailers duking it out in this hotly contested space are Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) and Ulta Salon, Cosmetics and Fragrance (Nasdaq:ULTA).
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Free Cash Flow Dynamos
Monday, October 19th, 2009One of the best mutual fund managers of the past decade is Bruce Berkowitz, who manages the Fairholme Fund and its $10 billion in assets. Year-to-date, Berkowitz’s fund is up more than 28%, 10% better than the S&P 500. One of his main criteria for buying stocks is free cash flow yield, which he likes […]
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