MRO has been a long term position. Our reason for buying was that considerable value could be unlocked if MRO went to spin off its refining operations. Well, it worked out just the way we predicted. MRO spun off its refining operations. The new refiner has been trading under the symbol MPC.
The U.S. Department of Labor just reported employment numbers for January. This number is known as ‘Mother of all numbers’. January non-farm private payrolls increased by 257k vs 168k consensus. There are several components to this number, but our models focus on non-farm private payrolls. The number was a blow
Gap Stores (GPS) has long been an under performing retail stock. Finally, there is hard data that GPS may be turning around. GPS has just announced that it sees Q4 EPS of $0.41 -$0.42 vs consensus of $0.25. In 2012, GPS faces easy revenue and margin comparisons. merchandise in the
J.C. Penney (JCP), the fourth largest US department store chain, is undergoing a transformation and brought in Ron Johnson, the ex-chief of stores at Apple (AAPL), to revive its business. J.C. Penney scheduled an analysts’ day on Jan. 26, 2012. The stock had been levitating for a couple of months
In response to my recent article, ‘œFacebook IPO Is Nigh, Should You Buy,’ I have received a large number of emails asking about supply and demand in. We will not know the numbers until the filing is made public, but here are my qualitative estimates. Facebook may sell 250
A number of media sources are reporting that Facebook will file for an initial public offering next week. Apparently,Morgan Stanley is to be the lead underwriter. Goldman Sachs is also expected to play a major role. Facebook, with its 800 million members, has become the new standard platform for
On October 12, 2011, I started a series on Forbes titled ‘œFuture of Apple.’ The first article in the series was ‘˜Tim Cook’s Leadership Determines Whether Apple Hits $100 or $1,000 Next‘. Now I have come across Apple’s plan to become a $1,000 stock. Obviously, the plan is
Yes, I admit I use Google (GOOG) products. Much has recently been written about the new privacy policy from Google. The discussion in media did not bother me as I thought I would easily deal with privacy issues. Then I, too, received my Dear Google User email. The email starts