Month: June 2011

Leading Indicators: Sorry To Spoil The Party, But…

The Conference Board released the Leading Indicators this morning and the number came in much better than anticipated. That is interesting as most of the information in the LEI is calculable before the release. So, how did the economists/analysts get this one so wrong?

By wrong, we mean a 0.8 actual...

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The Ugliest Chart – Bet You Know The Stock…

You were warned!   No kidding… Almost everywhere you looked over the past week, some analyst was pounding the desk about the grim future for this company. We even questioned the revenue model.   But, Pandora Media (P) came public yesterday anyway. The excitement was overwhelming and even CNBC was...

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Links and Reading for June 15th

Some of the more interesting and important items for June 15th :

Dolby Patent Suit Adds to RIM’s Woes – AllThingsD – Lousy news for Research in Motion on the eve of first-quarter earnings. Dolby Laboratories has filed patent-infringement lawsuits against RIM in the U.S. and Germany, claiming the company built...

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China’s Business Cycle Index – Change of Character

The China Business Cycle index is jointly developed by National Bureau of Statistics and Goldman Sachs. The index is used for monitoring the situation of the macro-economic performance and forecasting the trend of future development.

As we already know, China’s economy is starting to slow as the government is doing all...

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Pandora (P) : WOW – 87% of Revenues From Adverts

Wow, 87% is a big number and if anything starts to change in the world of advertising over time, this stock is going to end up being a real dog. Competition is fierce and the barriers to entry are low.

The company is not profitable and yet...

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