Posts by: Steve Birenberg
Last week two of Northlake’s stock holdings in the technology sector reported earnings. The verdict was mixed with QUALCOMM (QCOM) reporting another outstanding quarter and issuing guidance for 2013 above…
Apple reported largely inline December quarter results. Revenues of $54.5 billion were barely shy of consensus and EPS of $13.81 were barely above consensus. Gross margins exceeded guidance and were…
Google (GOOG) has consistently produced 20-25% growth for the last three years but the stock has gone nowhere. Investors have worried that the growth will slow due to competition from…
There are no changes to the signals from Northlake’s models for January. For the second consecutive month, the Market Cap model favors large caps. The Style model remains on a…
For the month of December, Northlake's Market Cap model shifted back to large cap. As a result, client positions dedicated to the Market Cap model sold their holdings in the…
Qualcomm (QCOM) bucked the trend of negative earnings and lowered guidance that has been prevalent in technology stocks this quarter. The company reported a good old fashioned “beat and raise”…
Most major media companies reported earnings this week including those in Northlake’s portfolio of individual stocks. As has been the case with the broader market, earnings reports and guidance from…
After spending two months at large cap, Northlake’s Market Cap model shifted to mid cap for November. There were no significant changes in the underlying factors in the models. Rather,…
Apple reported decent September quarter results against low expectations following lots of worry about demand trends and recent data that revealed iPad sales would be below expectations. Revenues of $36…
EMC reported results that were slightly below Wall Street expectations and management's prior guidance. In addition, management lowered full year guidance. Interestingly, the stock is down barely over 1% today,…