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    jayjayjay121
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    Jul 14 11:59 AM
    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    Ronjsq, I am willing to make a bet with you that will significantly increase MY wealth:

    I bet 250,000$ that Sirius will be NOWHERE near 10$ if and when the merger is announced. Matter of fact, it will be nowhere near 5$. Almost everyone knows the merger will go through, so a big part of that is priced into the stock.

    Be careful, Ronjsq looks like a crook. If he does really advise clients on stocks, he is in severe breach of many if not all ethical and professional standards by posting one-sided ''recommendations'' like that.     Reply
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    messy
    Jul 13 08:22 AM
    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    Lots of nervious investor...as there are several DOUBLE CLICKS ABOVE, it just shows how really nervious people are now that we are officially into a recession. Also "alpha has a chart" of sectors how low the different sectors have gone below the 50-day moving average. With that article and this one,,,you can see how things are headed. Reply
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    Kunst
    Jul 13 02:13 AM
    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    Ronjsq: you already said that. Enough with the ads! Reply
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    adan
    Jul 12 05:25 PM
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    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    very nicely laid out - if possible, do this for each of the earning's weeks

    you could call them "week one" - "week two" - etc

    thanks!     Reply
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    adan
    Jul 12 05:25 PM
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    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    very nicely laid out - if possible, do this for each of the earning's weeks

    you could call them "week one" - "week two" - etc

    thanks!     Reply
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    Will Rahal
    Jul 12 04:13 PM
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    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    Analysts are just embracing the concept of a sluggish economy.
    I used estimates for next week's reports and clearly show that
    unlike the widely accepted "slowdown" in 1995, this is far worse.
    See
    wrahal.blogspot.com/20...
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    sbenard
    Jul 12 02:53 PM
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    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    Can anyone tell me why Thursdays have the overwhelming majority of earnings reports? Reply
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    mark mchugh
    Jul 12 11:52 AM
    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    You guys rock!

    Thanks     Reply
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    User 164588
    Jul 12 08:58 AM
    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    If the airlines are all broke who will buy planes from Boeing or engines from UTX? Lets face it gang we are in a depression and Boosh is into denial. Reply
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    truthinvesti
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    Jul 11 10:27 PM
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    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    JNJ last year incraesed earnings 9% and the stock got hammered. It is positioned to do much better this year 66 % of sales are overseas and benefit froma weak dollar Reply
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    truthinvesti
    ng
    Jul 11 10:25 PM
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    Key Earnings Reports This Week [view article]
    JNJ last year incraesed earnings 9% and the stock got hammered. It is positioned to do much better this year 66 % of sales are overseas and benefit froma weak dollar Reply
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    guliamo
    Jul 08 08:18 AM
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    Coal and Steel Stocks Take A Hit [view article]
    There are 4 main reasons for buying FDG in my opinion:
    1. Coal is a raw material in high demand and this Canadian trust has plenty of it.
    2. Canadian law gives energy trust a nice tax break. As an REIT the company passes this benefit on to investors.
    3. The Canadian dollar is stronger than the US currency so this position will also shelter against the state the dollar is in.
    4. annual dividend of 11%     Reply
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    sanserve
    Jul 07 02:53 PM
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    What's Wrong with Today's Value Investing? [view article]
    When All Stocks Are Value Stocks - Think QDI

    Value stocks are those that tend to trade at lower prices relative to their fundamental characteristics than their more speculative cousins, the growth stocks; they have higher than usual dividend yields and lower P/E and P/B ratios. So when all stock prices are down significantly, have they all become value stocks? Or, based on the panicky fear that tends to overwhelm media and financial experts alike, haven't they all taken on the speculative characteristics of growth stocks?

    Well, to a certain extent they have, because the lower value stock prices go, the more likely it is that they will eventually experience the 15% ROE that typifies the classic growth stock. Interestingly, by definition, growth stocks are expected to be associated with profitable companies, a fact that speculators often lose site of. There are three features that separate value stocks from growth stocks and two that separate Investment Grade Value (IGV) stocks from the average, run-of-the-mill, variety.

    Value stocks pay dividends, and have lower ratios than growth stocks. IGV stock companies also have long-term histories of profitability and an S & P rating of B+ or higher. Would you be surprised to learn that neither the DJIA nor the S & P 500 contains particularly high numbers of IGV stocks? Still, since 1982, value stocks have outperformed growth stocks 62% of the time. So when an ugly correction has a makeover, it's likely that all value stocks transform themselves into growth stocks, at least temporarily.

    Will Rogers summed up the stock selection quandary nicely with: "Only buy stocks that go up. If they aren't going to go up, don't buy them." Many have misunderstood this tongue-in-cheek observation and joined the buy-anything-high investment club. You need dig no further than the current lists (June '08) of "most advancing issues" to see how investors are buying commodity companies and financial futures at the highest prices in the history of mankind.

    This while they are shunning IGVSI (Investment Grade Value Stock Index) companies that have plummeted to their most attractive price levels in three to five years. Many of the very best multinational companies in the world are at historically low prices. Wall Street smiles knowingly (and greedily) as Main Street hucksters tout gold, currencies, and oil futures as retirement plan safety nets. Regulatory agencies look the other way as speculations worm their way into qualified plans of all varieties. Surely those markets will be regulated some day--- after the next Bazooka-pink, gooey mess becomes history.

    How much financial bloodshed is necessary before we realize that there is no safe and easy shortcut to investment success? When do we learn that most of our mistakes involve greed, fear, or unrealistic expectations about what we own? Eventually, successful investors begin to allocate assets in a goal directed manner by adopting a more realistic investment strategy--- one with security selection guidelines and realistic performance definitions and expectations.

    If you are thinking of trying a strategy for a year to see if it works, you're being too short-term sighted--- the investment markets operate in cycles. If you insist on comparing your performance with indices and averages, you'll rarely be satisfied. A viable investment strategy will be a three-dimensional decision model, and all three decisions are equally important. Few strategies include a targeted profit taking discipline--- dimension two. The first dimension involves the selection of securities. The third?

    How should an investor determine what stocks to buy, and when to buy them? We've discussed the features of value and growth stocks and seen how any number of companies can qualify as either dependent upon where we are in terms of the market cycle or where they are in terms of their own industry, sector, or business cycles. Value stocks (and the debt securities of value stock companies) tend to be safer than growth stocks. But IGVSI stocks are super-screened by a unique rating system that is based on company survival statistics--- very important stuff.

    In the late 90's, it was rumored that a well-known value fund manager was asked why he wasn't buying dot-coms, IPOs, etc. When he said that they didn't qualify as value stocks, he was told to change his definition--- or else. IGV stocks include a quality element that minimizes the risk of loss and normally smoothes the angles in the market cycle. The market value highs are typically not as high, but the market value lows are most often not as low as they are with either growth or Wall Street definition value stocks. They work best in conjunction with portfolios that have an income allocation of at least 30%--- you need to know why.

    How do we create a confidence building IGV stock selection universe without getting bogged down in endless research? Here are five filters you can use to come up with a listing of higher quality companies: (1) An S & P rating of B+ or better. Standard & Poor's combines many fundamental and qualitative factors into a letter ranking that speaks only to the financial viability of the companies. Anything rated lower adds more risk to your portfolio.

    (2) A history of profitability. Although it should seem obvious, buying stock in a company that has a history of profitable operations is inherently less risky. Profitable operations adapt more readily to changes in markets, economies, and business growth opportunities. (3) A history of regular, even increasing, dividend payments. Companies will go to great lengths, and endure great hardships, before electing either to cut or to omit a dividend. Dividend changes are important, absolute size is not.

    (4) A Reasonable Price Range. Most Investment Grade stocks are priced above $10 per share and only a few trade at levels above $100. An unusually high price may be caused by higher sector or company-specific speculation while an inordinately low price may be a good warning signal. (5) An NYSE listing--- just because it's easier.

    Your selection universe will become the backbone of your equity asset allocation, so there is no room for creative adjustments to the rules and guidelines you've established--- no matter how strongly you feel about recent news or rumor. There are approximately 450 IGV stocks to choose from--- and you'll find the name recognition comforting. Additionally, as these companies gyrate above and below your purchase price (as they absolutely will), you can be more confident that it is merely the nature of the stock market and not an imminent financial disaster.

    The QDI? Quality, diversification, and income.


    Steve Selengut
    www.sancoservices.com
    www.kiawahgolfinvestme.../
    Author of: "The Brainwashing of the American Investor: The Book that Wall Street Does Not Want YOU to Read", and "A Millionaire's Secret Investment Strategy"
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    Stockaccumul
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    Jul 05 03:17 PM
    Cleveland Cliffs Should Have Rallied, Not Plunged 17% [view article]
    Another case of strange drop in price: (SOL) Renesola...

    Nice article, but one stock the analysts will have it right in the very near future: (SOL) Renesola is an amazing buy for first thing Monday morning ... all the analysts actually love SOL...

    Even Zacks published this (see below article) 7 trading days ago about Renesola (SOL), when the price was bouncing around at about $20.

    Zacks Rank in Industry 1 of 44... the best of all solars. Thats number one...

    See Zacks' site.

    This in addition to Investors Business Daily June computer ranking of SOL as the 4th best company (not just solars but the whole world, every company) to invest in... and in addition to Piper Jaffray's amazing careful on site research on SOL.

    Piper Jaffray's article in June practically audited SOL, and its clean balance sheet, and they love it. They don't put their name on just any company.

    Last week's drop was clearly a case of throwing the baby (amazing SOL) out with the bathwater to raise cash to feel good before the July 4th weekend... No news on SOL, just bullish: New rediculous cost of oil, and local and national governments worldwide jumping on the Solar bandwagon...

    Note that SOL actually sells to other solars, and has a unique method of production and supply, recycling for creation of its product... a unique process and company.

    I trust all three combined, Zacks, IBD, and Piper Jaffray.

    Read this quote from Zacks last week:

    "Through its history, ReneSola regularly adapted to changing market dynamics. The company is aggressively ramping up its polysilicon and solar wafer production capacities. Going forward, increased captive generation of polysilicon will improve its cost structure and enable wafer capacity expansions. Globally, rising solar wafer sales, along with escalating crude and long-term supply agreements, should collectively generate significant earnings growth. Buoyed by these positive factors and
    impressive results, SOL increased its 2008 production
    output and sales guidance. Accordingly, with a
    bullish outlook and an attractive relative valuation, we initiate coverage of SOL with a BUY recommendation and a six-month target price of $24.25, representing 27.2% upside potential."

    Note: today, at $13 SOL upside would be perhaps 40% ... Zacks published this above article 7 trading days ago when SOL price was much higher... other analysts have targets of $40, some at $55...

    Time to run to your laptop and buy SOL fast...     Reply
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    miamistorm
    Jul 05 08:16 AM
    Coal and Steel Stocks Take A Hit [view article]
    Some readers of this forum seem to believe the China story is all over after the Olympics ends. Don't fool yourselves about the China growth machine. The Chinese coal and steel stocks (ex. GSI) have bright futures ahead. With the Chinese economy growing on average at between 10% to 12% annually for at least the next 5 to 10 years the global slowdown is a little more than a speedbump for this ancient nation. Let us not forget that when the Olympics end preperations for the World's Fair in Shanghai begin. By some well respected estimates China will spend nearly as much on the World's Fair event as they did for the Olympics. I agree with the reader who wrote that 'now is not the time to buy momentum stocks' as the momentum is down and it's a little too late to buy these dubvious 'bargains' here in the developed world but in the emerging world of China their steel and coal stocks are where US Steel was at the begining or our industrial revolution. How many of us, given the chance, would buy US Steel when that company was only several years old? Reply

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