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3 Turkeys to Short Right Now – Investment Ideas
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The Zacks Rank is one of the premier rating systems used to unveil market-beating stocks. By focusing on earnings estimate revisions and surprises, the system has consistently produced winning stocks. However, that very same philosophy can be turned around to find stocks that will underperform that market, making great opportunities to short.

Same Logic, Different Application

There are 4 factors that go into the Zacks Rank. I am taking the flip side to each piece of the puzzle.

<>First there is "Agreement". If each all or a vast majority of analysts continue to submit higher estimate revis...
By  StraightStocks   (-6.57%  risk: moderate)  11/26/09 Comment


VistaPrint Surpasses by a Nickel – Analyst Blog
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VistaPrint N.V.’s (VPRT) first quarter earnings for fiscal year 2010 came in at 29 cents per share. Results were a nickel ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 24 cents. The company had earned 18 cents in the year-ago quarter. Results were driven by higher-than-expected revenue increases. Also, key operating metrics remained strong.

The company reported a 27% year-over-year increase in revenue to $145.1 million. Gross margin improved 290 basis points from the year-ago quarter to 63.6%. The results were impacted positively by lower shipping costs, including some one-time shipping-related...
By  StraightStocks   (-6.57%  risk: moderate)  11/03/09 Comment


Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/30: OMX, TXN, RVSN, SXE, DISH Upgraded; MON< VMW, BYD, NDN Downgraded
UPGRADES:Goldman Sachs upgraded OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) from Neutral to Buy, and set a $14 price target.Bernstein upgrades Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) from Market Perform to Outperform. Price target increased by $2 to $30. Morgan Keegan upgrades RADVISION Ltd. (NASDAQ: RVSN) from Underperform to Market Perform. Oscar Gruss also upgraded RADVision Ltd. from Reduce to Hold, sets a price target of $6. Click Here for more color from Oscar Gruss.Wells Fargo upgrades Stanley, Inc. (NYSE: SXE) from Market Perform to Outperform. Valuation range increased from $29-31 to $32-34. Click Here f...
By  Street Insider   (+9.67%  risk: moderate)  10/30/09 Comment


Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/01: AA, CHU, BIG, BHI, OMX, FRPT Upgraded; SKS, RVSN, KBH, NVDA, PMCS, A Downgraded
UPGRADES:Detusche Bank upgrades Alcoa (NYSE: AA) from Hold to Buy. Click here for the full report.Credit Suisse upgrades China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) to Outperform. JP Morgan upgrades Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) from Neutral to Overweight. Price target $30. Sanford Bernstein raised its investment rating on Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) from Market Perform to Outperform.FTN Capital upgrades OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) from Neutral to Buy. Price target $18. Collins Stewart upgrades Force Protection (Nasdaq: FRPT) to Buy. Price target $7. Click here to see some more color on the upgrade. For daily real-time Upgrad...
By  Street Insider   (+9.67%  risk: moderate)  10/01/09 Comment


Staples: Who Said it Was Easy?
Staples (SPLS) has a legacy of making the buying of office supplies easy for their customers. But the last couple of years have been anything but easy for the company. On the other hand, compared to their major competitors, they indeed make running an office supply company look easy.
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Over time, shareholders of a public company will be rewarded proportionately to how well the business performs. In the long run, earnings determine market price. This is what Ben Graham meant by his long-term “The market is a weighing machine” metaphor.
<>In Figure 1 below, we correlate Staples' mo...
By  trackseekingalpha   (-11.17%  risk: aggressive)  09/18/09 Comment



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The Big Box Battle: Dogs or Discounts? - There has been been some great battles in recent years between big box stores. Winners like Walmart, Best Buy and losers like Kmart and Ultimate Elect...
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