Author: Ned Douthat

PetSmart (PETM) made good use of their annual Analyst Day this year, as they raised guidance for the third quarter and the full year.  For the current quarter, PetSmart raised their EPS guidance to $.25 to $.29; this would...

The credit crisis hit the private equity business extremely hard, as the seizure of credit markets made deal making a near impossibility.  Not to mention the fact that companies already owned were often worth far less than...

“Under Amour’s men’s apparel has run out of growth opportunities. The company gets 35% of its men’s apparel sales, which in total comprise 53% of its revenues, from compression and while Under...

“Cisco is buying Starent.  It was just yesterday when I was doing the Closing Bell at 3:00, we were doing a segment on technology company, what kind of deals may be out there. We know they’re sitting on a lot of...

“I like Raytheon. Last week when we were playing “Am I diversified?” I felt someone could have used a defense stock and I casually mentioned Raytheon because it’s not that expensive. I do, however, prefer...

“This is almost a microcosm of everything people are saying; cost cutting and beating on the bottom line is not going to be enough this time and that appears to be what people are thinking about with Johnson & Johnson...

Analysts on Wall Street have turned bullish on Research in Motion (RIMM) since the beginning of October, most of them noting that the maker of Blackberry is simply too cheap.  Shares of RIM dropped sharply after the company...