Immucor, Inc. (BLUD) continues to progress in the development of another version of the Galileo. The company's strong earnings growth has been driven by double-digit sales escalation, gross margin expansion, and operating cost control. The additional worldwide placements of Galileo continue to help drive Immucor's growth. Instrument placements are expected to be further driven by the successful launch of Echo. The company is under pressure from the Echo launch but gross margins are expected to regain momentum from the eventual growth in reagent sales, manufacturing efficiencies, and price increases. Although dilutive during development of the technology, the pending acquisition of BioArray Solutions is expected to transform BLUD into a leader in molecular diagnostic systems for blood transfusions. At its current price of $30.22 per share, BLUD is trading at roughly 32x our[More...]
Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY), an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service that provides high-quality products and world-class services to allow consumers to preserve their digital photos in a creative and thoughtful manner, recently announced the company’s second quarter results and outlook for the remainder of 2008.
Shares of Shutterfly, Inc. dropped to a new [...]
Motionbox is an online video sharing service based in New York City. The brainchild of Chris O’ Brien and Andrew Wason, MotionBox was dubbed a Youtube clone. It seems to have some interesting features though, and may be a reasonably priced acquisition for a larger player with distribution looking for an online video angle.
Aimed at [...]
What “Web Extra” Internet stock did Darren Chervitz recommend exclusively for CNBC Stock Blog readers?
Chervitz also offered a bonus selection for CNBC.com — not revealed on TV.
He likes Shutterfly (SFLY) the leading online photo service. The company does a brisk business in personalized products like scrapbooks, beverage mugs, and calendars. It’s expected to fulfill more [...]
What “Web Extra” Internet stock did Darren Chervitz recommend exclusively for CNBC Stock Blog readers?
Chervitz also offered a bonus selection for CNBC.com — not revealed on TV.
He likes Shutterfly (SFLY) the leading online photo service. The company does a brisk business in personalized products like scrapbooks, beverage mugs, and calendars. It’s expected to fulfill more [...]
Guest: Famed Economist, Harry S. Dent discusses the crash of 2009-2010. Is this the end of the world as we know it?Harry Dent
Dent has shown how the technological advances of recent times will create "The Millionaire Economy" over many decades to come just as we saw the most dramatic gains in average incomes after the 1930s crash in the last economy. Ultimately even everyday people will have incomes and a net worth closer to the affluent sectors today. Dent shows affluent and everyday people how to profit from the last great bull market in our lifetimes and how to prepare for and even thrive in the crash to follow.
Day Trading University #2. Fausto Pugliese, Founder of CyberTrading University provides us with another lesson on Day-Trading for a living. Special for TDI listeners; sign up for a FREE class ($595 Value..Nice Guy that Fausto!). The markets are going higher, higher, but where is the end? Andrew discusses how to find a stock through research (Lynch Style).
Specifics on how to make sure that your portfolio is set for any downturn and also the eventual upturn. We look at Preferred stocks yielding over 7 percent. These have an after tax equivalent yield of 8.5 percent.
A new segment: Mutual Fund Grab-and-Stab. Andrew discusses what is working now and what is not. Specific funds [...]
Sinkhole Rescue, Portfolio First Aid and Aaron Task of TheStreet.com interview. Important discussion about the markets and the short-sale uptick rule repeal.
We explore the potential for the next market surprise that will crush equities. Doom and gloom are setting in.
We start with a look back at how the specific recommendations of host Andrew Horowitz did [...]