A Visit to an Apple Store Keeps Me Bullish

The following entry is cross-posted from Street Insight. As some clients and friends of Northlake Capital Management know, I write a brief daily commentary for StreetInsight.com, the professional version of The Street.com. Street Insight is an expensive service targeted at money managers. Along with another two dozen money managers, I contribute commentary on the stock […]

Central European Media: Plenty of Upside Remains

Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) has given back some of its recent gains including about 7% since the company reported earnings before the open of trading on Tuesday. Mostly, I think this is a sell the news reaction to a stock that moved from $35 to $55 since late January. The fourth quarter 2004 earnings […]

SBS Broadcasting Reports Excellent 2004 Results and Provides Solid 2005 Outlook

SBS Broadcasting (SBTV) reported very solid 4Q04 and 2004 results after the close on Monday. Monday’s conference call confirmed the solid numbers apparent in the press release and laid out an encouraging outlook for 2005 that is conservative in my opinion. For 4Q04, SBTV reported

SBS Broadcasting Makes Another Acquistion and Speaks to The Street

SBS Broadcasting (SBTV) presented at a Bear Stearns conference on Tuesday after the close. Besides providing an overview, the company used the occasion to announce the acquisition of the #3 TV station/network in Romania and the top two radio stations (Central European Media Enterprises is #1 and #2 in TV). The acquisition price was

More Good News From Central European Media Enterprises

On March 2, 2005, Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) shares rose over $6 after the company announced it had acquired an additional 29% interest in TV Nova to add to its pending acquisition of a 56% interest. Both deals are projected to close in the second quarter of 2005. The original deal, announced last December […]

March Model Signals

After trending towards Large Cap for several months, Northlake’s Market Cap model triggered a Large Cap signal for March. None of the underlying economic, interest rate, or technical factors individually moved to a large cap signal. Rather, the internal measures used for each factor collectively drifted far enough toward large cap that the trigger was […]