Analysis of Apple’s Earnings

I believe the reason why the AAPL earnings report was initially greeted with enthusiasm was better than expected Mac sales. Since it’s AAPL and overly analyzed and picked apart by shorts, longs, analysts, investors, and day traders, there is lots of noise today about the future growth rate of iPods and the retail stores. However, […]

Apple Computer Earnings Preview

Apple reports it second quarter earnings for the period ending March 31, 2006 in less than two hours. The stock is likely to have a signficant reaction to the earnings and to the guidance the ocmpany provides for its June quarter. I am very confident that Apple shares will agian trade up sharply before the […]

Motorola: Mixed Quarter, Negative Reaction Deserved

I didn’t like what I read in Motorola’s press release or heard on the conference call. I am now looking for an exit price. However, I think the decline so far today is too severe relative to my concerns and to my view of the Street’s analysis of the quarter. Consequently, I plan to sit […]

Motorola First Quarter Earnings Preview

Motorola (MOT) reports after the close tonight. The stock has rebounded strongly in recent weeks as analysts have grown more optimistic about global handset growth in 2006 and MOT’s growth in the first quarter. Concerns remain about second half growth as comparisons are tough, the network division continues to struggle, and loss of high margin […]

Recent Weakness at Central European Media Enterprises

Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) shares have pulled back over 10% in the last month after jumping about 20% early in 2006. The decline seems related to news articles in the Czech Republic indicating that advertisers have firmly resisted the company’s ad sales strategy that attempted to implement a 30% price increase. CETV management has […]

News Wrap Up on NTL

Given Northlake’s new long position, in NTL Incorporated (NTLI), I pay close attention to the press reports out of the UK. I follow them via Google News doing a simple daily search on NTL. Sunday’s articles were particularly interesting. First, there is an interesting profile of Richard Branson’s history with Virgin Mobile and some of […]

A Debate Over Apple Computer

Over and StreetInsight.com, where I write daily commentary, there has been a series of posts debating the value of Apple Computer (AAPL) shares. A StreetInsight colleague got the ball rolling with a cautious post. Another colleague and I took up his challenge and responded. What follows is the exchange as it is currently archived on […]

NTL: The Numbers Supporting the New Buy

Last week, I re-entered NTL Incorporated (NTLI) from the long side after a several month absence. I outlined the rationale behind my decision to buy in this post but failed to provide a lot of numbers. So here goes… NTLI has 283 million shares outstanding following a 2.5 to 1 split that occurred simultaneous to […]

Apple and France

There continues to be a lot of chatter about Apple Computer (AAPL) and the potential French law that would force the company to open up its iTunes digital rights protection. One thing that I think is misunderstood is that the law will only really impact AAPL by forcing it to withdraw iTunes from the French […]

NTL Incorporated: New Purchase For All Clients

Last Friday, I purchased a new position in NTL Incorporated (NTLID – the D will be dropped shortly) across all Northlake client accounts. I think the stock has potential upside to at least $40 per share based on a successful merger with Telewest. The merger closed at the beginning of March. I define success as […]