It has been almost impossible for most stocks to avoid the carnage and mayhem of late. It is interesting just how many household companies and how many widely held stocks have broken under the $10.00 share price this week or today. This can screw up options trading and begins to genuinely worry investors who were already worried. Shares never dip under $10.00 because things are great. Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) broke $10.00 Monday, and it keeps looking farther and farther away at $8.80. Candles, body products, and undies... not recession-proof. Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR) re-broke the $10.00 barrier this week. Business...

The latest company to scare the pants off everybody.

Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection; shareholders lose while competitors gain.

Sometimes insiders are buying for all the right reasons. Who's at it this week?

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Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Boeing Co (BA), Coach Inc (COH), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), United Parcel'B' (UPS), RadioShack Corp (RSH), Texas Instruments (TXN), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Q3 results were dragged down by charge-offs due to the recession.
• Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) posted stronger-than-expected results due in part to iPhone sales.
• Boeing Inc. (NYSE: BA) posted a bigger-than-estimated earnings decline due in part to the strike.
• Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) reported Q1 earnings that were in line with Wall Street expectations.
• Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Q3 results fell more than expected due to lower copper prices.
• Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) edged past estimates but felt the squeeze from exchange rates.
• McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI) reported dismal Q3 results as advertising revenues dry up.
• Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted solid Q1 results but offered conservative guidance.
• New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) reported awful earnings and announced that it might cut its dividend.
• Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) topped profit estimates and maintained its guidance.
• RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) better-than-expected results were driven by sales of digital TV converters.
• Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) warned of a Q1 loss and acquisition-related charges.
• Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) missed estimates due to slowing mobile phone sales.
• United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings.
• Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) earnings tumbled in Q3 and it announced layoffs.

For more earnings highlights from this week, see Amazon, McDonald's, Mattel, Pfizer, AT&T, Sony and others.

Watch for upcoming quarterly reports from Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Estée Lauder (NYSE: EL) , US Steel (NYSE: X), Aetna (NYSE: AET), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Qwest (NYSE:Q), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Kellogg (NYSE: K), Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT), MetLife (NYSE: MET), Moody's (NYSE: MCO), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), Avon (NYSE: AVP), CBS (NYSE: CBS), CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA), Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Washington Post (NYSE: WPO).

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Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Best Buy (BBY), RadioShack Corp (RSH)

RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) reported earnings for the third quarter the other day, and according to the bullet points of this article, the electronics retailer beat analyst expectations by three pennies. Earnings came in at $0.39 per share. And I say, so what?

Why do I say this? Well, to be honest, RadioShack has never been my favorite retail investment idea. No, I've never had a problem at any of the company's locations, but seriously, how often do you hear people talk about RadioShack? I don't hear many people talk about the place, I can tell you that. Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) -- these are the retailers people think of first when they think of electronics, fair or not. At least, that's what I've been getting lately. And here's an interesting wrinkle to the earnings report. Sales were driven by those digital converter devices that many households will need to use their television sets once digital broadcasting begins in February 2009. Not that this is an original observation, but when I read that, I immediately thought to myself "well, where does RadioShack go from here?" The company is going to find it tough to stand out among the crowd in the next few months. Brand equity is really going to come into play. The brand equities of the aforementioned competitors will aid them in bringing traffic onto their sales floors. When it comes to a day like Black Friday, which is the kickoff to the holiday shopping season, I think consumers will be most excited about the deals they can get at a Wal-Mart or a Target and not the ones they can get at a RadioShack.

Sure, that might sound obvious, but it's one of the reasons why I wouldn't want to put money down on RadioShack. The company's stock is near a 52-week low, but it's not a buy. Management is trying to improve its standing in the eye of the electronics consumer, but it'll be a long time before that happens. Besides, the bigger stores simply have more to offer both in terms of shopping experience and one-stop buying. There theoretically will always be a place for a RadioShack. But there's not a place for it, at least at this time, in my portfolio.

Disclosure: I don't own any company mentioned; positions can change at any time.

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Monday:
Economic Leading Indicators (-0.3%)
Earnings Eaton (ETN), Halliburton (HAL), Mattel (MAT), American Express (AXP), Everest (RE), Hexcel (HXL), Logitech (LOGI), Netflix (NFLX), SanDisk (SNDK), Texas Instruments (TXN)


Tuesday:
Economic NA
Earnings 3M (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Biogen (BIIB), BlackRock (BLK), Coach (COH), Fifth Third (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), OptionsXpress (OXPS), US Banc (USB), Stanley (SWK), Broadcom (BRCM), CH Robinson (CHRW), Cree (CREE), Cerner (CERN), E*Trade (ETFC), Qlogic (QLGC), Sigma Aldrich (SIAL), VMware (VMW), XL Cap (XL), Yahoo (YHOO), Tupperware (TUP)


Wednesday:
Economic Weekly Crude
Earnings Air Prod (APD), Alleghany (ATI), AT&T (T), Boeing (BA), Conoco (COP), EMC (EMC), CNX (CNX), Genzyme (GENZ), McDonalds (MCD), Merck (MRK), WellPoint (WLP), Allstate (ALL), Amazon (AMZN), Amgen (AMGN), Baidu (BIDU), Chipotle (CMG), Citrix (CTXS), Core Labs (CLB), Lam R (LRCX), Nutrisystem (NTRI), Pulte (PHM), Terex (TEX), Ryland (RYL), Seagate (STX)


Thursday:
Economic Weekly Claims
Earnings Altria (MO), Bunge (BG), Celgene (CELG), Daimler (DAI), Black & Decker (BDK), Dow Chem (DOW), Goodrich (GR), Nat Oil (NOV), Potash (POT), RadioShack (RSH), UPS (UPS), SunTrust (STI), Airgas (ARG), Bucyrus (BUCY), Burlington (BNI), CompVDR (RIO), Deckers (DECK), Juniper (JNPR), Microsoft (MSFT), Int Brokers (IBKR), Trimble (TRMB), Varian Med (VAR), Western Digi (WDC), YRC Worldwide (YRCW)


Friday:
Economic Existing Home Sales (4.93M)
Earnings Fortune Brands (FO), Corn Products (CPO), Exelon (EXC), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), ITT Industries (ITT), LM Ericsson (ERIC), Southern Copper (PCU)

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The last time I went to RadioShack (RSH), I remember seeing the RadioShack TRS-80 Model II with Integral 8-inch Floppy Drive:

Ah the good old days.

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