Selling DirecTV With Rising Fears of Price Competition in Mature Video Cable/Satellite Business

All Northlake client positions in DirecTV (DTV), including those in my personal accounts, were sold this morning. DTV proved to be a very successful investment having been sold for a gain of 84% and held for just short of 14 months. The original purchase was Liberty Media Entertainment, which restructured, merged with DTV, and ultimately […]

Demand for Apple Products Supports Plenty of Upside for Apple Shares

Apple reported another great quarter. Below are the “tweets” I posted on Twitter as I as updating my spreadsheet model and listening to the conference call. For Apple, I continue to find that my first impressions are the most valuable so the Twitter comments capture my thinking well. That said, after reading post call commentary […]

Early 2Q Earnings: Stocks Being Sold But Hopeful Signs for Media

Earnings season is off to a rough start as far as stock prices go. Some stocks gap higher on good numbers but can’t hold the gains (Intel). Some stocks have mixed results and get smacked (GOOG and the big banks). Some stocks miss and get smoked (MAT) and others beat and get sold (HAS). The […]

Mixed Quarter from Google Obscures Value and Growth Profile

Google (GOOG) is trading down over 5% in a weak market (S&P down 2.2%) after reporting mixed 2Q10 results. The stock has given up most its gains in the past two weeks since the company received a new license to operate in China. GOOG reported EPS of $6.45 on revenues of $5.1 billion net of […]

Moving to Mid Cap for July

Northlake’s Market Cap model shifted from small cap to mid cap for July, ending a five month run favoring the small company theme. As a result of the shift, all Northlake client assets invested in the Market Cap model have sold IWM and purchased the S&P 400 Mid Cap (MDY). There was no change to […]