Next week will be light as earnings season is starting to come to a close and there isn’t a lot of economic data due to Wednesday's Veterans Day holiday (the bond market is closed but the stock market is not).Walmart (WMT) will be the company to watch next week when it reports earnings on Thursday. Analysts are expecting the company to report EPS of $0.81 on revenues of $99.821 bln. Pay close attention what the retailer says about the holiday seasons its currently locked in a heating price war with Amazon (AMZN)Monday November 9Economics Earnings Before: AMRI WEL BPZ ...

David Pedowitz isnâ??t a money manager who expects quick profits. But the three stocks he recommended turned in strong 13-week results, giving Pedowitz MarketWatchâ??s Stockpicker of the Quarter award.

Hologic (HOLX) the maker of women’s medical diagnostic equipment dropped a bomb in announcing its new product would be delayed. The stock is off about 20% today. For holders of the company’s 2% convertible bonds though this might actually turn out to be good news. How? Some bulls on Hologic -- including one for whom I have great respect -- think the stock is worth at least somewhere in the mid-to-high 20s and possibly more. Now the bond’s conversion price is about $38. But with the stock now down around $12 a potential acquirer stands a much better chance ...

Kevin Depew's daily Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street: With 2008 now quickly drawing to a close it's time to revisit the Five Themes for 2008 we outlined at the close of 2007. Below are those Five Themes along with my assessment of how they fared this year. Theme One: Deflation "If 2007 was the year of inflation worries and stagflation nightmares 2008 will be the year of deflation. A common misunderstanding is that falling prices causes deflation. No. Deflation causes prices to fall falling prices do not cause deflation. ...

Will the next generation of investors reviewing the events of the past decade shy away from stocks thus hurting valuations? It’s certainly possible. While memories are usually amazingly short -- at least in my experience we have to allow for some lasting effects from this crisis. With triple-digit Dow moves becoming the norm it may seem odd to talk about dead money. Money is scared money is greedy - but it certainly doesn’t seem dead. On the other hand the death of buy-and-hold investing is being declared in a number of quarters particularly given the events of the recent ...

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