Category Archives: Earnings

S&P500 Testing Key Support

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Hard to to discern the cause of the increase in chop in U.S. equities.  Cyprus?  Overbought? Earnings worry?  Strong dollar’s impact on earnings (see Oracle’s release)? Here’s what we said on March 4th: No doubt the stronger dollar will be … Continue reading →

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FedEx Whiffs

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

FedEx down big on earnings miss.  Watch to see if this one can recover.  Our plan has been to lighten up on equities going into earnings as the big run has made stocks vulnerable to a correction around earnings, which, … Continue reading →

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eBay Trends

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

eBay reported earnings after the bell beating top line estimates (see here for presentation).  They delivered organic y/y revenue growth of 19 percent, very impressive in such current sluggish macro environment.   We’re thinking the market rewards revenue growers. This … Continue reading →

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Macro Notes From Alcoa’s Earnings Release

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

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China Not So Yummy

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Wow! Take a look at YUM! Brands’ swan dive today on huge volume after they announced Q4 same store sales in China will be negative. For the fourth quarter, stronger than expected operating performance from Yum! Restaurants International and our … Continue reading →

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Macro Notes from Caterpillar’s Earnings Release

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

Key Metrics Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) announced third-quarter 2012 sales and revenues of $16.445 billion, a 5-percent increase from third-quarter 2011 sales and revenues of $15.716 billion. EPS per share for Q3 2012 was $2.54, up 49 percent from $1.71 per … Continue reading →

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IBM Revenues Fall, Confirms Slowing Economy

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

The New York Times reports, The results, analysts said, were unlikely to reassure investors concerned about the global outlook for technology spending. In a conference call with analysts, Mark Loughridge, I.B.M.’s chief financial officer, said the revenue shortfall came from … Continue reading →

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Macro Notes from the FedEx Conference Call

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

The upshot – blame it on the global macroeconomic slowdown and they are  raising shipping rates.  Stagflation cometh? FedEx Corp. reported the following consolidated results for the first quarter: • Revenue of $10.79 billion, up 3% from $10.52 billion the … Continue reading →

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Priceline down a hundo in AH

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Take a look at this daily bar (including AH trading) . Glad we’re not drinking there. Priceline.com has fallen down the elevator shaft, dropping over $100, or about 16 percent,  in after hours after missing earnings and guiding lower.   The … Continue reading →

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Elevator Shaft Stocks

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) is swan diving down the elevator shaft this morning, falling over 20 percent from yesterday’s close.   This stock was a darling of the momo crowd and with a P/E over 40 was priced for perfection with … Continue reading →

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