Skullcandy: 8 Reasons To Buy This $8 Busted IPO [View article]
Curious what you make of these earnings, this move lower in the stock, and potential for a pop on short covering. Plenty of very profitable short positions out there to cover...but, IMO, this stock just seems toxic.
Apple: Mixed Report Gives Bulls Some Long-Term Hope [View article]
This is a great article. Concise and with all the key points.
I'd only add that what I heard on the call was even more positive than what I saw in the numbers. It seems that constraints on iPhone 4, iPhone 5, Mac, and iPad mini in last quarter will result in higher than expected sales in the current quarter...even if some of those potential sales were lost to competitors during the last quarter. Tim Cook also just about denied the reports of Apple cutting supply orders...
Can Collector's Universe Mint You Some Coin? [View article]
I've written a couple of articles on this company and what I've come to realize is that, despite promise out of Europe and Asia, they are simply not earning the dividend. No problem, I thought. They'll grow it, I thought. But now...I just don't think so.
The business has been improving, as you rightly pointed out. However it seems to me that they will have to face the music sooner or later and with a new CEO taking the helm, now seems like a very good time for the company to slash the dividend. And by "now" I mean that this may take a few quarters while the new CEO gets settled.
Why I Bought Apple Ahead Of This Week's Earnings Announcement [View article]
Hmm...you're absolutely right. I'm not sure where the heck I grabbed that 70% figure. Fortunately, 56% ytd gain makes me even more comfortable with my recent purchases. Good catch!
Why I Bought Apple Ahead Of This Week's Earnings Announcement [View article]
Good catch on the BAC and LNKD ratios, I submitted a correction.
I think it ultimately comes down to iPhone revenues and the potential for them to grow. This chart shows the vast potential still present in the existing mobile phone market, not to mention parts of the world that are skipping "dumbphones" and moving straight to mobile web connectivity through smartphones.
How McDonald's Could Lose Over $140M In Revenue [View article]
After looking at this again, I have to assume the number of drinks sold is so low because it doesn't account for drinks ordered through combo orders, and only accounts for the individual drinks sold...does that sound right?
Also, it looks like your estimation of $87.6 million lost in NYC is based on all of the 2,000 meals served each day being large and thus carrying the $0.30 up-charge. I'm certain that some of those would be mediums (lower upcharge?) or smalls, the latter being unaffected by the ban.
How McDonald's Could Lose Over $140M In Revenue [View article]
72 small, 94 medium, 116 large...they only sold 282 beverages the entire previous day? If that same restaurant's average meal count is 2,000 per day then I have to assume that the sales report the manager ran for you was either from a very slow day (so not the average) or not complete. If true, it would mean that only 1 in every 10 customers who purchased a "meal" purchased a drink...which seems low.
This is really interesting work, don't get me wrong. It is interesting to think of how this trend has the potential to push consumers away from the higher margin sugary drinks and into the lower margin healthier drinks. I wonder how much of that hit to revenue will be felt by the franchisees themselves versus the parent company. Do you have any insight into that? I'm not familiar with the franchise structure.
I don't want to sound crazy here...but if you believe that a split will immediately bring in new buyers and give a big boost to Apple shares and can recognize that Apple has become such a big part of the market (both psychologically and from an index-weighting perspective) then it would certainly be in Obama's best interests to have Apple split shortly before the election. I'm not sure if he has that kind of influence but stranger things have happened.
I personally would be highly suspicious of any company "advertising" its own stock. It makes me uncomfortable enough when I hear CEO's on conference calls or CNBC talking about how undervalued their company is. I'd rather they prove it to me through its products and financials than send me some pretty pictures or a pitch on CNBC.
ITGOW Part 4: Why Own Facebook When You Can Own Google And Apple? [View article]
Hi Brewer - Thanks for your comment and the kind message you sent me. That's a great point about search. Did these local businesses say what this money is spent on? Strictly AdWords? Thanks for reading!
ITGOW Part 4: Why Own Facebook When You Can Own Google And Apple? [View article]
"zuck them dry..." I see what you did there! Beware the end of the share lock-up for employees. It looks like they changed the loc-up dates at the same time as they increased the offering so that some of the shares would hit the market 91 days post-IPO rather than the usual ~6 months. That 91 day mark will be right around the corner. http://on.mktw.net/QeTwdn Thanks for reading!
Skullcandy: 8 Reasons To Buy This $8 Busted IPO [View article]
Apple: Mixed Report Gives Bulls Some Long-Term Hope [View article]
I'd only add that what I heard on the call was even more positive than what I saw in the numbers. It seems that constraints on iPhone 4, iPhone 5, Mac, and iPad mini in last quarter will result in higher than expected sales in the current quarter...even if some of those potential sales were lost to competitors during the last quarter. Tim Cook also just about denied the reports of Apple cutting supply orders...
Thanks for the good read.
Why I Bought Apple Ahead Of This Week's Earnings Announcement [View article]
Seadrill: 3 Reasons To Buy This Newly Upgraded Oil Sector Stock With A 9% Yield [View article]
Can Collector's Universe Mint You Some Coin? [View article]
The business has been improving, as you rightly pointed out. However it seems to me that they will have to face the music sooner or later and with a new CEO taking the helm, now seems like a very good time for the company to slash the dividend. And by "now" I mean that this may take a few quarters while the new CEO gets settled.
Why I Bought Apple Ahead Of This Week's Earnings Announcement [View article]
Why I Bought Apple Ahead Of This Week's Earnings Announcement [View article]
I think it ultimately comes down to iPhone revenues and the potential for them to grow. This chart shows the vast potential still present in the existing mobile phone market, not to mention parts of the world that are skipping "dumbphones" and moving straight to mobile web connectivity through smartphones.
http://read.bi/VwCWtl
Even without ever releasing another new product, which I highly doubt will be the case, there's a lot more money to be made by this company.
Roth IRA Plus Dividend Growth Stocks Equals Success [View article]
How McDonald's Could Lose Over $140M In Revenue [View article]
Also, it looks like your estimation of $87.6 million lost in NYC is based on all of the 2,000 meals served each day being large and thus carrying the $0.30 up-charge. I'm certain that some of those would be mediums (lower upcharge?) or smalls, the latter being unaffected by the ban.
How McDonald's Could Lose Over $140M In Revenue [View article]
This is really interesting work, don't get me wrong. It is interesting to think of how this trend has the potential to push consumers away from the higher margin sugary drinks and into the lower margin healthier drinks. I wonder how much of that hit to revenue will be felt by the franchisees themselves versus the parent company. Do you have any insight into that? I'm not familiar with the franchise structure.
Collectors Universe's CEO Discusses F4Q12 Results - Earnings Call Transcript [View article]
Time To Split Apple [View article]
Time To Split Apple [View article]
ITGOW Part 4: Why Own Facebook When You Can Own Google And Apple? [View article]
ITGOW Part 4: Why Own Facebook When You Can Own Google And Apple? [View article]
http://on.mktw.net/QeTwdn
Thanks for reading!