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Founder of Equities Research LLC Tom Renna began his professional career on Wall Street 29 years ago after graduating Rutgers University. In 2005 Tom founded Equities Research LLC, a small boutique investment research firm where he provides market research analysis and consulting services to both Issuers (private and public) and Wall Street professionals. Tom’s experience as an investment banker, financial advisor, institutional equity broker, bond broker, entrepreneur and director of a public company gives him the unique ability to see all sides of Wall Street. Tom provides invaluable insight to both issuers and investors, from the novice to top Wall Street executives. In 1997 Tom was an original owner of Newsgrade Corporation, a private online publishing company, a private online publishing company that annually generated millions of timely and actionable automated unique stories that were streaming on Bloomberg Terminals for institutional investors. By 2003 Tom had become Managing Director of National Sales for Stockdiagnostics.com, a subsidiary of Newsgrade that he helped to create. Tom has made some of the top long and short calls over the last 25 years on Wall Street and his work has been mentioned on CNBC TV among other financial news sources. "in this day and age of digital speed and lightning trading, Equities Research continues to use a CALENDAR to measure investments and performance by examining Quarterly and annual fundamentals" -----Thomas Renna
Earlier this month I published here on Seeking Alpha a list of 12 companies that had recently been acquired at premiums to the share price that Stockdiagnostics had upgraded them. That same afternoon a 13th company, Easy Link Services International, was acquired.
Well here we are a week later and another company, Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) has announced they will be acquired.
below are posts from my website Equities Research made earlier today.
May 10,2012
Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) announced yesterday it will be acquired @ $22.00 per share by Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY). Stockdiagnostics upgraded CPWM @ $4.58 on June 9,2010 after the company reported FY2011 1st quarter financials for the period ending April 30,2010. Shares are up 380% in less than 2 years since the upgrade.
click to CPWM Stockdiagnostics OPS chart
click to CPWM GFNN news story
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) closed yesterday near an all time (20 year) high @ $68.02. Stockdiagnostics upgraded BBBY @ $49.47 on January 12,2011 after the company reported FY2011 3rd quarter financials for the period ending November 30,2010. In 16 months since the upgrade shares have appreciated 37%vs. the S&P500 index which is up 5.34%.
click to BBBY Stockdiagnsotics OPS chart
earlier posts from Equities Research:
May 4,2012
Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) closed the week @ $13.44,. Stockdiagnostics upgraded CPWM @ $4.58 on June 9,2010 after the company reported FY2011 1st quarter financials for the period ending April 30,2010. Shares are up 193% in 21 months.
click to CPWM Stockdiagnostics OPS chart
click to CPWM GFNN news story
April 19,2012
Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) closed yesterday at a 6 year high @ $19.26. Stockdiagnostics upgraded CPWM @ $4.58 on June 9,2010 after the company reported FY2011 1st quarter financials for the period ending April 30,2010. Shares are up 320% in less than 2 years since the upgrade.
click to CPWM Stockdiagnostics OPS chart
click to CPWM GFNN news story
March 3,2012
Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) closed yesterday @ $18.84. Stockdiagnostics upgraded CPWM @ $4.58 on June 9,2010 after the company reported FY2011 1st quarter financials for the period ending April 30,2010. Shares are up 311% in 2 years since the upgrade.
click to CPWM Stockdiagnostics OPS chart
click to CPWM GFNN news story