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Seven Potential Short Candidates In Finance

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:55:00 GMT

The advent of High Frequency Trading (HFT) makes me believe that financial services sector stocks rank high in the list of stocks shorted regularly and that too in high volumes.[More...]

Seven Potential Short Candidates In Finance

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:55:00 GMT

The advent of High Frequency Trading (HFT) makes me believe that financial services sector stocks rank high in the list of stocks shorted regularly and that too in high volumes.[More...]

O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ GS:ORLY) Solid Results; Making Progress On CSK Acquisition

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:05:16 GMT

I just have to start laughing to myself - here I have a solid company O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY); it beats by a whopping 7 cents ($0.47 v $0.40) with upside guidance for the year (granted, they only increased it by the amount of this quarter's beat) and the stock does nothing after hours - after being down 3% on the day in an up market. Meanwhile I watch the crumbs of the Earth jumping 10-20-30% on disaster earnings but with magic words of "stabilization" from the CEO (imagined or otherwise). All about expectations - it's buy the flea market junk era. Much like Fidelity National Financial (FNF) this is not an organic story as a large acquisition is being absorbed so the year over year numbers are not apples to apples. The key story here is a good managment @ ORLY taking over stores from CSK and bringing them up to same[More...]

First National Financial (NYSE:FNF) Misses; Underlying Metrics The Real Story

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:30:39 GMT

First National Financial (NYSE:FNF) missed their estimate relatively large but a somewhat muted reaction after hours - this is more of a multi year play on housing recovery so I am more interested in what they have to say than the numbers.[More...]

Earnings Review Of Note Monday-Tuesday

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:59:36 GMT

Some names I am looking at early this week Monday Fund holdings - Baidu.com (BIDU) and First National Financial (FNF). The former broke through the 200 day moving average Thursday but I cut it down to 1 share on super froth. The latter has been stagnat the past 8 days, with each day an intraday low hitting the 50 day moving average. Very strange. I cut back a bit to a 2.5% stake since I have double jeopardy in these guys with FNF and FAF. I expect good things but the stock action has been weak"ish" and this is the more expensive of the two - not that[More...]

First National Financial (FNF) Seems To Be Turning The Corner

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:55:00 GMT

I've been looking at ways to play the "impending" housing recovery without touching housing related retailers or home builders. One such name is Ocwen Financial (OCN) which we discussed yesterday (Feb 3: Freddie Mac to Outsource Delinquent Collections -Ocwen Financial Chosen to Start). I also mentioned the title insurer stocks in late December (Dec 26: Ways to Play the Housing Boom - Title Insurers) I have been struggling to find ways to play the refinance "boom" outside of [More...]

Playbook For The Week

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:23:00 GMT

Now that the market has lightened up a bit on the "student body left" (or right) trading ("sell everything! buy everything!") we can spend some more time sorting out good charts from bad. Except in times of extremes - this is a market of stocks, not a stock market. Below I'll break out some of the stocks that we made some changes to last week, and others of interest with commentary.... 1) We had been holding off on adding to Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) as noted Thursday waiting to see if it was reading to break up, or down... the answer the next morning was down. The answer was down, but after flushing out to $20 it bounced right back to $22, where we took the[More...]

Best Performing Stock of 2008

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:58:00 GMT

I used to, and will one day return, to posting the best performing stocks of the week - but the wicked volatility and "student body left" trading of the past 4 months has made it a moot point. Everything must either be bought or sold, as stocks are either deemed "good" or "bad" that hour, day, or month. The herd piles in, or piles out - regardless of sector, style, fundamentals. It's been a market of asset allocation not individual stocks much of the back half of the year. I like to look for relative strength and ride sector/company trends for the longer term - this market is not for that sort of investor. This has been for many months a run and gun daytrader environment; not a place for theme investors. With that said, I am always curious to see what stocks held up over the long run... folks, no matter what happens (short of 8%+ rally here in the next 3 days) we are projecting the worst year in the markets at least since the[More...]

Notable Earnings After Market Close (10/22/2008) - Part 2

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:21:00 GMT

Stock Symbols: BSMD,CDNS,CNS,CNW,CRUS,CYBE,FFIV,FNF,GDI,IRBT,KAI,LSI,MCRI,MOH,MRCY,NTRI,PHM,ROL,RYL,SCSS,SKX,TLGD,TSCO,BIDU,CMG,EQIX,NARA,OMTR,OSIP,SJW,PRE,BCR,CVGI,WIRE[More...]

FIRST COAST TICKER: Executives Say Solar Energy Initiatives Still on Target

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:51:00 GMT

Jun. 22--Solar Energy Initiatives Inc. last week reported a loss for the third quarter ended April 30, which can be expected for a business in its first year of operations.
Solar Energy Initiatives is a Ponte Vedra Beach-based company that is seeking to build a network of dealers across the country to install solar energy systems.
The company says it has more than 65 dealers in place now.

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Seven Potential Short Candidates In Finance

Seven Potential Short Candidates In Finance

O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ GS:ORLY) Solid Results; Making Progress On CSK Acquisition

First National Financial (NYSE:FNF) Misses; Underlying Metrics The Real Story

Earnings Review Of Note Monday-Tuesday

First National Financial (FNF) Seems To Be Turning The Corner

Playbook For The Week

Best Performing Stock of 2008

Notable Earnings After Market Close (10/22/2008) - Part 2

FIRST COAST TICKER: Executives Say Solar Energy Initiatives Still on Target

Fidelity National Financial Invests in Village Inn, Baker's Square Restaurants

Fortune 500 Down to Two in Jacksonville

Fortune 500 Down to Two in Jacksonville

Fidelity Nat'l expands stock sale, prices at $19

Fidelity National Announces Common Stock Offering

Regional Stocks Struggling, but Stein Mart Rebounds

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, First Coast Ticker Column

New Day Dawns for Area Business: Face of Richmond Has Changed, As Firms Cut Jobs, Merge or Move Away

Fidelity Releases Metro Phoenix Real Estate Trends and Predictions

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 EPS of $0.40

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Three-Year Stock Repurchase Program

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.15

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces 2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call

A.M. Best Removes From Under Review and Downgrades Ratings of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and Its Title Insurance Subsidiaries

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. to Present at Stephens, Inc. Spring Investment Conference

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Acquistion of LoanCare Servicing Center, Inc.

ServiceLink offering Loan Modification & Refinance Services for Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan Transactions

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 EPS of ($0.06)

Form 4 Fidelity National Financ For: Oct 24 Filed by: STINSON ALAN L (10K)

Form 4 Fidelity National Financ For: Oct 24 Filed by: FOLEY WILLIAM P II (10K)

Form 4 Fidelity National Financ For: Oct 18 Filed by: STINSON ALAN L (10K)

Form 4 Fidelity National Financ For: Oct 18 Filed by: QUIRK RAYMOND R (10K)

Form 4 Fidelity National Financ For: Oct 18 Filed by: PARK ANTHONY (10K)

Form 4 Fidelity National Financ For: Oct 18 Filed by: Murphy Daniel K. (10K)

Form 4 FOLEY WILLIAM P II For: Aug 28 (10K)

Form 4 Massey Richard N For: Aug 27 (10K)

Form 4 FOLEY WILLIAM P II For: Aug 25 (10K)

Form 4 FOLEY WILLIAM P II For: Aug 24 (10K)