Archive for June, 2006

  • The Buy List So Far
    , June 23rd, 2006 at 9:06 pm

    The Buy List is down -0.20% for the year, and the S&P 500 is down -0.30% (not including dividends). The daily volatility of the Buy [...]

  • From Oracle’s Conference Call
    , June 23rd, 2006 at 8:50 pm

    Courtesy of Seeking Alpha: Kash Rangan – Merrill Lynch Larry, since we have you on, could you elaborate on your comments in the press related [...]

  • Lunch With Warren
    , June 23rd, 2006 at 10:04 am

    Get your bids in now. On eBay, a charity is auctioning off a lunch with Warren Buffett. The current bid is $455,100.

  • Anadarko Buys Kerr-McGee and Western Gas
    , June 23rd, 2006 at 9:41 am

    This is a huge deal: Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the second- biggest independent U.S. oil and gas producer, agreed to pay $21 billion in cash for [...]

  • Google Sells Its Baidu Stake
    , June 22nd, 2006 at 5:06 pm

    From TheStreet.com: Shares of Baidu slumped after Google sold its 2.6% stake in the Chinese search engine. Baidu fell $4.86, or 5.8%, to $79.54 after [...]

  • Medtronic Raises Dividend
    , June 22nd, 2006 at 3:39 pm

    From 11 cents a share to 14.3 cents a share. Medtronic (MDT) has raised its dividend for 28 straight years.

  • Diworsify
    , June 22nd, 2006 at 12:48 pm

    Me running in slow motion. With beer sales flat, Waving my arms…. Busch ponders “Noooo….” taking shot at “oooooooooo….” liquor. Why oh why do companies [...]

  • Dell Focuses on Customer Service
    , June 22nd, 2006 at 11:19 am

    Business Week talks with Richard Hunter, the new head of Dell’s customer service: How and why did Dell’s service deteriorate? In the quest for efficiency, [...]

  • Writing Annual Reports
    , June 22nd, 2006 at 10:59 am

    A University of Michigan study looks at why annual reports are hard to read (via Tyler Cowen): Apparently there’s a simple reason why annual reports [...]

  • Bed Bath & Beyond Taking a Bath
    , June 22nd, 2006 at 10:45 am

    Shares of Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) are getting hammered this morning (down about -5.5%). The stock has been cut by Bear Stearns. The company’s [...]

  • Bed Bath & Beyond Earned 35 Cents a Sahre
    , June 21st, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    The company matched Wall Street’s expectations. Sales came in at $1.396 billion, which was also in line with forecasts. The stock is down 19 cents [...]

  • The First Day of Summer Rally
    , June 21st, 2006 at 2:47 pm

    We’re having a very good day today so far, although I could do without the leadership coming from the “hard asset” sectors like energy and [...]

  • We’ve Pulled Even With the Market
    , June 21st, 2006 at 10:00 am

    Great news! Thanks to FactSet’s (FDS) big day yesterday, our Buy List has pulled even with the S&P 500 for the year. Woo! It took [...]

  • How Low Can It Go?
    , June 21st, 2006 at 6:28 am

    I often hear people say that a particular stock is so cheap, “how much lower can it really go?” The answer is, it can go [...]

  • A Stock Market in Rwanda?
    , June 21st, 2006 at 6:02 am

    Not yet says a study. But wouldn’t be nice to see a market there soon?

  • Otis Spunkmeyer Files for IPO
    , June 20th, 2006 at 11:01 am

    One of my favorites is going public. The San Leandro, California-based company said in a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it [...]

  • Looking At Bed Bath & Beyond
    , June 20th, 2006 at 10:34 am

    If you’re new to investing, Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) is a good stock to look at. The financials are about as straightforward as they [...]

  • FactSet’s Earnings
    , June 20th, 2006 at 9:26 am

    FactSet Research Systems (FDS) reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of 41 cents a share (including a penny a share from a tax benefit). This is good [...]

  • P/E Ratio of the Hombuilders
    , June 20th, 2006 at 6:28 am

    Despite making huge profits, homebuilding stocks have been pummeled lately. Check out how low some of these P/E ratios are: Ticker Company Name Market Cap [...]

  • MarketWatch Goes Blogging
    , June 20th, 2006 at 6:08 am

    Welcome to blogging, Herb Greenberg, Bambi Franciso and Frank Barnako.