Author: Ned Douthat

Last night on CNBC’s Mad Money, Jim Cramer said he sees accelerating earnings growth from shoe companies and Nike, Inc (NKE) in particular.  Nike has lagged the performance of Deckers (DECK) and Sketchers USA (SKX) by...

Last night, Congressional Democrats were able to secure 219 votes in support of sweeping reform for the healthcare industry, three more than the minimum necessary to pass the bill on.  For more than a year, politicians have...

Business services provider Cintas (CTAS) has experienced decent appreciation in their stock over the past month, essentially the up-trend started soon after they lowered guidance for the second half of their fiscal year. ...

On Thursday, Palm Inc (PALM) reported results for the quarter that ended in February that were quite a disappointment to the market and one analyst in particular.  Excluding one-time charges the mobile handset maker lost...

“There has been a lot of buzz lately that GameStop might be acquired…It reported results that blew away street estimates.” — Bloomberg TV’s In The Loop 3/18/2010 Readers of this blog by now have...

“WellPoint reaffirmed their 2010 guidance, but please note that excludes any kind of health care reform. If we get a big health care package, that would change the guidance.” — CNBC’s Squawk on the Street...

As sports fans are by now aware, Tiger Woods announced this morning that he will make his return to golf at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia.  This has been the topic of much speculation in the sports world as well as the...

Luxury watchmaker Movado Group (MOV) stock is getting crushed today down more than 18% in afternoon trading after releasing preliminary results for their fiscal fourth quarter.  The quarter ended January of this year went...