Day: February 19, 2008

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Economy

EQ of US presidential hopeful

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Last Updated on February 20, 2008 by stlplace

For fun, please note I am not endorsing any of the canidate…

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Economy policy using Google
I googled “Obama/Hillary/McCain economy policy” and here is what I got. Note I only looked at the results from their campaign web site (click on the the names below to see the search results).

Hillary: she does not has a full page on economy, here is the best I could get (an old speech). Her web page has lots of issues but does not single out economy.

McCain: here is the economy stimulus plan page.

Obama: He got a full page on this issue.

I think most people agree Hillary has the most experience on Economy, but her web page is no good (at least from Google search perspective).

Presidents influence on economy

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earning

Second shoe dropped at CROX

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Last Updated on February 24, 2008 by stlplace

To be fair, Crocs reported a good quarter for Q4 2007. But, the outlook did not please the street, let me quote Reuters:

The company based in Niwot, Colorado, whose vibrantly colored shoes, clogs and boots have become a fad in recent years, also backed its 2008 profit outlook of $2.70 and revenue view of $1.16 billion.

Analysts were expecting a profit of $2.72, before items, on revenue of $1.16 billion.

The stock dropped about 10% after hour. I am not sure if it will recover like AMZN did after its earning couple weeks ago. As I was listening the Conferece call, one analyst asked if people under-appreciated Crocs’ infrustructure, he even said Crocs is like a global supply chain company happens to make and distribute shoes. Interesting point, Crocs has 5,000 employee worldwide as of now.

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Stocks

Reading Barrons Feb 16 2008

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Last Updated on February 19, 2008 by stlplace

Starting this year I got the Barrons’ subscription from my frequent flier miles (Northwest).

Barrons cover page
(picture from charleslockwood.com)

1) Joe Rosenberg is an investment guru, and he shared his insights on various stocks from MSFT, YHOO to PFE. He likes MSFT the stock, but he does not like the decision of buying YHOO, and he thinks Baller’s decision does not make sense financially. (P. 34)

He does not like PFE at this moment. Same as yours truely 🙂

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