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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
How to Play a Market That Isn’t Going Your Way	My latest column is up at RealMoney. I usually want a stock to score highly in four out of five categories before giving it much consideration: earnings momentum, earnings quality, price momentum, free cash flow and return potential. This week, only three stocks went four for five, and I’ve talked about them all before: W&T Offshore (WTI) , Pitney Bowes (PBI) and Rent-a-Center (RCII) . As I look for new investment ideas, I’m left with three options, each of which has...	June 10, 2008
Portfolio Update	With option expirations last Friday, many of the options I had written have expired. Generally speaking that was a good thing for me, as it meant I was able to keep the option premium. It also meant that I had to reload many of the positions, which I did yesterday. There were a couple of situations in which I would have done better by simply buying or selling the stock outright rather than selling the options. In other cases, I would have fared worse. Over the long term, I think the option writi...	May 21, 2008
ANSS: ANSYS Beats Estimates and Raises Guidance (Again)	Originally published May 1, rebuilt here due to site issues. Engineering simulation software provider Ansys (ANSS) reported revenue of $109.5 million in the first quarter of 2008 and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.40. This compared with a consensus estimate of $105 million and $0.33. Ansys also issued new guidance for the full year. It now expects: * GAAP revenue in the range of $448 - $452 million * GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.19 - $1.25 * Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $...	May 02, 2008
ANSS: ANSYS Beats Estimates and Raises Guidance (Again)	Engineering simulation software provider Ansys (ANSS) reported revenue of $109.5 million in the first quarter of 2008 and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.40. This compared with a consensus estimate of $105 million and $0.33. Ansys also issued new guidance for the full year. It now expects: * GAAP revenue in the range of $448 - $452 million * GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.19 - $1.25 * Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1. 54 - $1.57 The prior consensus estimate called for $453 mi...	May 01, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesGlobal Payment (GPN)- Credit Suisse Underperform » Neutral Teekay Offshore (TOO)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Enbridge Energy (EEP)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Buckeye GP Hldgs (BGH)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Bunge (BG)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Oxford Industries (OXM)- Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Neutral » Buy Aracruz Celulose (ARA)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Vertex Pharm (VRTX)- Robert W. Baird N...	April 02, 2008
Analyst upgrades: UBS, AKAM, HANS, ANSS and AZN	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Hansen Natural (HANS), Akamai Technologies (AKAM)MOST NOTEWORTHY: UBS AG, Ansys and AstraZeneca were today's noteworthy upgrades: Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) to Buy from Hold after the company announced further write-downs and plans to boost capital. Jefferies upgraded shares of Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) to Buy from Hold as they like the Ansoft (NASDAQ: ANST) acquisition and feel yesterday's sell-off ...	April 01, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - March 31, 2008	Daily Rumors Covering the Global Markets. Subscribe to the Daily Rumors Update Here. Australian Stock Exchange Regulates Short Selling Procedures The Australian Stock Exchange Friday proposed short-term measures to regulate covered short selling ahead of a government move to remove legal ambiguity around the practice. Lehman Brothers Sues Japan Firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LEH) has gone to court in Tokyo in an effort to recover $350 million it says it was bilked out of through an el...	March 31, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - March 31, 2008	Daily Rumors Covering the Global Markets. Subscribe to the Daily Rumors Update Here. Australian Stock Exchange Regulates Short Selling Procedures The Australian Stock Exchange Friday proposed short-term measures to regulate covered short selling ahead of a government move to remove legal ambiguity around the practice. Lehman Brothers Sues Japan Firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LEH) has gone to court in Tokyo in an effort to recover $350 million it says it was bilked out of through an el...	March 31, 2008
ANSS: Investors Don’t Like Ansoft Acquisition	This morning Ansys (ANSS) announced it would buy Ansoft (ANST) for $16.25 per share in cash and 0.431882 shares of Ansys. A conference call discussing the deal will be webcast at 11:30 EST. Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance EDA software. The software is based on more than 25 years of research and development by world-renowned experts in electromagnetics, circuit and system simulation. Engineers use Ansoft products to simulate high-performance electronics designs found in mobile ...	March 31, 2008
ANSS: ANSYS Beats Estimates and Raises Guidance	I have long been a fan of engineering simulation software developer Ansys (ANSS), and in January I bought shares for my personal account. Today I was rewarded for that position when ANSYS reported earnings. In addition to beating the consensus estimate for 2007, the company raised guidance for the coming quarter and full year. The Company currently expects the following for the quarter ending March 31, 2008: GAAP revenue in the range of $103 - $106 million GAAP diluted earning...	February 21, 2008

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