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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:37 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

Early Week Earnings Watch

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:10:12 GMT

2nd of the 3 big weeks for S&P 500 type companies arrives; last week was an unqualified success of setting expectations low, cutting expenses aggressively and beating very slow to adjust analysts expectations. Now with the bar raised higher as expectations ramped up, I expect the sledding to be a bit tougher. Here are names of interest in the early part of the week; with names the market will be watching and some additional ones that I like to look at. Tuesday will be the more interesting day. I forgot about earnings knee jerk reaction time, when I shorted American Express (AXP) and Capital One (COF) late Friday; both report Thursday so despite extreme overvaluations and gaps in each chart I'll be heading to the sidelines before then on the 2 positions.[More...]

The Long And The Short Of It All: Fair Value By The Market

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:40:32 GMT

We are presenting a list of companies which we believe are currently mispriced, based on our estimate of fair value, by the market. We develop our fair value ranges by projected free cash flow out one year and estimating an appropriate FCF multiple based on our assessment of risk and the strength of the balance sheet. Cisco Systems (CSCO: 19.57, +0.84 (+4.48%)) Recent Price $17.04 Value Range 21.86 – $38.41 Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. [More...]

Management Strategies For A Jobless Recovery

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:55:00 GMT

You’re a manager for a mid-sized U.S. company that’s been forced to slash its work force because of the global financial crisis. And you’ve just received a new assignment: You’re to take over a key department that was hit harder than most by the layoffs.[More...]

America’s Finest Companies Keep Raising their Dividends

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Dividends have historically provided 40% of average annual total return performance to investors. Some researchers have found that it was re-invested dividends that contribute to the majority of total long-term returns for investors. Jeremy Siegel is one of those researchers who has found that the compounding effect of re-investing dividends has accounted for 97% of total returns in the US stock market since 1871. Add in dividend growth as an additional compounding component, and investors could achieve very decent total returns over time. While most investors are running away scared from dividend[More...]

Coverage Ratio - What Stocks Can We Uncover In The S&P 500?

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:36:00 GMT

Credit markets are still fairly frozen and making it difficult for companies to issue new debt. With earnings estimates seemingly in free fall, I thought it might be interesting to run a screen that identifies those companies who are expected to be well positioned to avoid problems related to carrying their current total debt load. This screen is based on the Cash Flow to Debt Coverage Ratio. This compares a company's operating cash flow to its total debt, which, for purposes of this ratio, is defined as the sum of short-term borrowings, the current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt. This ratio provides an indication of a company's ability to cover total debt with its yearly cash flow from operations. The higher the percentage ratio, the better the company's ability to carry its total debt. In our screen, we looked for companies whose debt coverage ratio is 0.75 or[More...]

Robert Half International: Added To Top Picks Live As A Sell - Citigroup

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Citi is out with an interesting call on Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) adding it to their Top Picks Live (TPL) as favorite Sell idea within their Business & Professional Services universe. Why Now? — Over the past couple of months, evidence has mounted that deteriorating economic conditions are wreaking havoc on professional staffing and permanent recruiting firms such as RHI. Even then, we’ve witnessed an unjustified run up in the stock (creating a rich valuation). Citi believes economic data (incl Friday’s US employment report) could continue to disappoint and that the timing is right to highlight RHI as their top Sell idea on TPL. Cutting Ests and PT — Given the host of negative data points[More...]

Robert Half Looks to Get Whole - Analyst Blog

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:19:00 GMT

Robert Half International Inc. (RHI) headquartered in California, is one of the world's largest providers of temporary staffing, project professionals, and permanent placement services to the finance and accounting industries. Although the company benefited from double-digit revenue growth in 2007, the global financial crisis and resultant economic slowdown is negatively impacting staffing companies. Robert Half's operating margin is contracting, primarily due to weak operations at Protiviti, which embarked on an aggressive global staff expansion program at the same time revenues came under pressure from reduced client demand for compliance-related employees. The Hold rating is maintained. Robert Half International is currently trading at 10.1 times trailing 12-month earnings. The company is[More...]

Notable Earnings After Market Close (10/22/2008) - Part 1

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Stock Symbols: CTXS,PTI,LRCX,SLM,ADS,ALL,ISIL,KNX,NVEC,TER,RHI,ANAD,STX,ACL,AEIS,AGP,AMGN,AMZN[More...]

Q3 Earnings Expected to Look Like Q2

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Before turning our attention to the third quarter, let's recap what happened in the second quarter.[More...]

Jobless rate hits 10.2% ; Highest figure in 26 years spurs GOP attacks on Obama

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:48:00 GMT

Political pressure mounted on President Obama as the nation's jobless rate shot up to 10.2 percent, a 26-year high that prompted blistering Republican attacks on his economic policies.
Republicans launched assaults against the president's $797 billion economic stimulus package within minutes after the announcement yesterday morning that the jobs situation got much worse last month.
"Since President Obama's inauguration, the nation has watched the unemployment rate continue to climb, and unfortunately the month of October was no different," said Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Party Committee.

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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Early Week Earnings Watch

The Long And The Short Of It All: Fair Value By The Market

Management Strategies For A Jobless Recovery

America’s Finest Companies Keep Raising their Dividends

Coverage Ratio - What Stocks Can We Uncover In The S&P 500?

Robert Half International: Added To Top Picks Live As A Sell - Citigroup

Robert Half Looks to Get Whole - Analyst Blog

Notable Earnings After Market Close (10/22/2008) - Part 1

Q3 Earnings Expected to Look Like Q2

Jobless rate hits 10.2% ; Highest figure in 26 years spurs GOP attacks on Obama

Jobless rate to 10.2%: Highest figure in 26 years spurs GOP attacks on Obama

Wage Stagnation Oozes into More Workplaces

What Should You Expect From the Post-Recession Job Market?

State Jobless Numbers Dip

Survey: Employers Positive on Hiring, Workers Negative

Columbus Unemployment Rate Reaches 9.8 Percent

Robert Half International Inc. Reports Revenues and Earnings for the Second Quarter of 2009

Credit and consumption; wed and unemployed

Jobless Rate Jumps Past 10 Percent

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on CS, SFD, MAC, BAM, RHI and MDR

Annual Study From Robert Half International and CareerBuilder Provides Preview of Post-Recession Job Market

Survey: Senior-Level Accountants Will Spend 40 Percent of Their Time on Strategy, Other Nontraditional Functions Five Years From Now

Protiviti Warns: No Avoiding SEC's SOX Compliance for Smaller Public Companies

Upwardly Mobile Joins Forces With Robert Half International to Help Job Seekers Search Smarter

Protiviti's Internal Audit Rebalancing Survey Results Highlight Importance of Understanding All Risks - Not Just SOX Compliance

Survey Reveals Many CFOs Unsure How IFRS Will Impact Their Organizations

Robert Half International Announces Quarterly Dividend

Survey: Candidates With Strong Resumes Often Fail to Meet Expectations in Interview

Robert Half International Announces Schedule for Second-Quarter Earnings Results and Conference Call

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