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Starbucks … do you hear the Sirens calling?

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

According to Wikipedia, “in Greek mythology, the Sirens were sea nymphs who lured sailors to disaster with their enchanting singing.” Now they just hang out naked on cups of Venti nonfat half-caff soy lattes.
Starbucks presented their 2008 Q1 earnings tonight. Revenue was up 17.5% to $2,767.6 million and earnings were up 1.5% [...]

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FINRA Market Data Site

December 26th, 2007 · No Comments

The FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) Market Data site has great summary data on U.S. stock and bond markets. The site includes equity index levels, investment grade and high yield bond index levels, market diaries, U.S. yield curve, news, and economic indicator calendar. It also has links to the TRACE (Trade Reporting and [...]

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Stockpicking: The Case Against PRS

December 20th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Overview–
Primus Guaranty Ltd. (PRS) sells CDS (credit default swap) protection on single name corporates, CDO tranches, and ABS. As selling protection is the same as going long credit risk, the business’ success relies on management’s ability to select names that pay a good spread for their level of risk and to trade credit exposures [...]

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