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Best Buy( BBY) has reported bad earnings. Consider taking profits on Best Buy Put right here around $2.40 and exiting the trade. Lets not be greedy, this is 400% return in one day.
Best Buy (BBY) reports earnings on Dec 13 before the market open. Bad earnings report has the potential to push the stock down to $21-24. BBY has become a showroom for Amazon (AMZN). Customers check out the merchandise at BBY and then buy them at AMZN. It is no secret that under the present law, companies can easily manipulate earnings for a quarter or two. There is no telling what BBY will do with its earnings for the last quarter. BBY has lots of shorts in it. If the earnings are even slightly better than the whisper numbers, a short
Skyworks (SWKS) a provider of semiconductors for cell phones may face severe headwinds going forward. A recent report shows that Media Tek (MTK), a fabless semiconductor company based in Taiwan is experiencing weakness in China. It appears that the trend in China is in favor of Apple (AAPL) iPhone but the demand for cheaper smart phones is slowing. Skyworks claims to derive 64% of revenues from China however it is believed that only about 25% of revenues are from China’s local market. Now there are indications that Skyworks may also lose some of Apple iPhone 5 business.
This article includess information on these symbols: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX), Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK), Time Warner Cable (TWC), Verizon (VZ), and AT&T (T). Yesterday, Microsoft launched an all-new Xbox 360 experience including the first group of new custom applications from world leading TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE. On Dec 6, 2011, after they download an update Xbox users will be able to command their TV with their voice. Speak the name of your favorite movie to the Xbox, and it will be played. It is widely believed that Apple (AAPL) is working on
Apple (AAPL) Siri cannot find abortion clinics in New york. Apple Siri can not understand foreign accents. Apple Siri is sexist. Foregoing are the three controversies engulfing the media. At The Arora Report, we did a study to answer the obvious question, ” Is the controversy helping or hurting Apple?” The study involved asking 100 people shopping for a phone. 73 had heard of at least one of the controversies. 32 will now consider buying or were buying an Apple phone but had not previously considered Apple prior to hearing about the controversy. Two will not
The top three issues in the upcoming 2012 election are jobs, jobs and jobs. President Obama would be fighting against strong historical precedent trying to win reelection with unemployment staying above 9%. Over the last several months, unemployment has stubbornly refused to budge down. At 8:30 EST this morning the U.S. Department of Labor reported a dramatic drop in unemployment. Expectations were that unemployment would stay at 9%. The number dropped dramatically to 8.6%. Such dramatic drops are rare. ADP had given us on Wednesday forewarning of the possible strong employment number. ADP
I have a bad habit of regularly studying a wide variety of boring documents ranging from central bank reports to obscure economic indicators. Lately, it has been difficult to find anything positive about Europe. Since media is full of negative information about Europe, there is no point in regurgitating the information easily available elsewhere. Baron Rothschild, an 18th century British financier made a fortune by buying during the panic related to the Waterloo battle against Napoleon. “The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets,’ Rothschild is believed to have said. There is no blood in the streets
Coldwater (CWTR) is a women’s apparel retailer. There is good news and bad news in Coldwater’s earnings report. The good news is that Coldwater’s projections are better than whisper numbers, merchandise is improving, inventory control is becoming tighter, gross margins are projected to increase, and insiders are committed to a turn around. The bad news is that the turn around is moving slow and Coldwater is not capturing on-line shoppers in large enough numbers. Before the year-end, there is still potential for more tax loss selling. Coldwater is a reasonable speculation for those