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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Options Action Jon Najarian noticed unusual options action in AFLAC (AFL). He said options traders are buying $65 out of the money calls on the stock. Tech Trade The traders talked about the strength in Apple Computer (APPL) Wednesday off the rumors that the new Mac products could be released soon. Najarian said new products could be coming and it makes sense. Terranova said Apple and Research In Motion (RIMM) are his favorite tech stocks right now. Tatro said ...	August 27, 2008
4Kids Entertainment's Q2 loss is not fun at all	Filed under: Earnings reports, Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS)4Kids Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: KDE), a licensing operation meant to target kids with various toys and potential fads, suffered through a terrible second quarter. The top line increased 37% to $16.5 million. Sounds pretty good so far, right? Yeah, then we get to the bottom line. The net loss was $0.42 per share. This compares to a net loss of $0.17 per share in the previous year's Q2. And what did Wall Street think the company was...	August 11, 2008
Why I am still avoiding LeapFrog	Filed under: Earnings reports, Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS)LeapFrog Enterprises (NYSE: LF) reported a decent quarter, but I won't be buying the stock. I just think there are better ideas out there in this sector. First, let's play around with the numbers. For Q2, LeapFrog saw its top line increase by 22% to a little over $68 million. The net loss was 32 cents per share versus a net loss of 44 cents a year earlier. According to Earnings.com, analysts were expecting the loss to be about 44...	August 05, 2008
Earnings highlights: Google, Intel, JPMorgan, Coca-Cola, Nokia and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Google (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO), Intel (INTC), Nokia Corp. (NOK), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Yum Brands (YUM), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Eaton Corp (ETN), Wells Fargo (WFC)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) beat Q2 estimates, offered guidance, and announced a quarterly dividend. Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) profit tumbled as consumers stopped paying of...	July 19, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Technology Trade The traders talked about the best way to play technology into next week, and if Apple Computer’s (AAPL) earnings report can help the sector. Jon Najarian pointed out that he saw a large number of QQQQ (QQQQ) put options for September trade on Friday. He thinks the action is a contrary indicator and could be bullish for tech in general. Najarian thinks the shorts in tech have covered and the bottom is in. He recommended shares of Sandisk ...	July 18, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Microsoft Earnings Take Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings after the bell Thursday that missed Wall Street estimates. Finerman said the quarter was disappointing, but she thinks the fundamentals are still in place. She said she will stay long MSFT and she thinks the shares will pop once they resolve the Yahoo! (YHOO) issue. Adami thinks that Microsoft needs to communicate better with Wall Street. Macke mentioned that he wishes he sold his position. Najarian sai...	July 17, 2008
Mattel receives an upgrade, but I'm not ready to buy	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS)Mattel (NYSE: MAT), a toy company that competes with Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) and JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK), got some good news earlier this week. Its stock was upgraded by analyst Gerrick Johnson of BMO Capital Markets, according to the AP, although it wasn't necessarily an overwhelming vote of confidence. The analyst is switching the rating from "underperform" to "market perform," and if you check out the AP piece, y...	July 11, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesMassey Energy (MEE)- Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform W&T Offshore (WTI)- Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform Callon Petroleum (CPE)- Howard Weil Market Perform » Market Outperform Seacoast Banking (SBCF)- Sterne Agee Hold » Buy MarineMax (HZO)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Mattel (MAT)- BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS)- Broadpoint Capital Neutral » Buy Gushan Environmental Energy (GU...	July 10, 2008
Hasbro sends the Ouija board to the silver screen	Filed under: General Electric (GE), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), FilmRemember that movie deal that Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) signed not long ago with General Electric's (NYSE: GE) Universal Pictures for the express purpose of bringing some of its board game brands to the big screen? Well, I'm happy to report that the first one appears to be in development. And it's the one I was rooting for! According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Ouija board is getting the big-screen treatment. Sure, Ouija b...	May 31, 2008
LeapFrog (LF) Turnaround Still Ahead of Schedule	LeapFrog (LF) really is doing a nice job here considering the headwinds in the economy. The company reiterated its current expectations for full year 2008 results: * New products introduced in 2007 and 2008 are expected to comprise approximately half of 2008 net sales; * Net sales are expected to grow at an annual percentage rate in the mid-to-high teens; * Gross margin is expected to continue to improve; * Selling, general and administrative expenses and resear...	May 06, 2008

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