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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Dennis Gartman The traders spoke with Dennis Gartman, author of The Gartman Letter, about the future of oil prices. Gartman said the longs are throwing up and the shorts are feeling like kings. He doesn’t think that trend is about to change for crude oil. He said gold looks awful and didn’t trade up when it should have. Gartman thinks gold and the dollar are changing their major trends. He disclosed he is short crude oil here and would look to buy t...	July 29, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round & Sudden Death	Lightning Round Bullish Nabors Industries (NBR), Schlumberger (SLB), Petrohawk Energy (HK) and Rent-A-Center (RCII) Bearish Whole Foods (WFMI), Halliburton (HAL), InterDigital Communications (IDCC) and Waste Management (WMI). Sudden Death Cramer was bullish on Anadarko Petroleum (APC) and Exelon (EXC) and he was bearish on Focus Media (FMCN). Get the scoop on tomorrow’s hottest trade ideas – TODAY! BeaconEquity.com PREMIER PICKS have an amazing track record. Join this select group and ...	July 24, 2008
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
RCII: Rent-A-Center Could Benefit From Consumer Credit Squeeze	My latest column is up at RealMoney. I think Rent-A-Center (RCII) can benefit from the slowdown in consumer spending and the tightening of credit standards. If Rent-A-Center were to receive the same price-to-book multiple as Aaron Rents, it could trade above $28 per share today. While I don’t believe that will happen overnight, over the next five years Rent-A-Center could see high-single-digit earnings per share growth and also expand its price-to-book multiple to the 1.9 level. The combin...	May 12, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEOGood Company TradeMany market players are Wall Street are worried about a recession, but strong results from MasterCard (MA), Corning (GLW) and CBS (CBS) suggest that the consumer isn't dead yet. What is the trade? Macke explained that solid companies don't complain about the economy. He favors GLW and Wal-Mart (WMT). Adami told market players to take profits in GLW. Najarian said he likes Apple Computer (AAPL) and Research In Motion (RIMM).Whale Watching - Warren Buf...	April 29, 2008
Monday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesMorgan Stanley (MS)- Punk, Ziegel & Co Sell » Mkt Perform Oritani Financial (ORIT)- Sterne Agee Hold » Buy Lindsay Manu (LNN)- Boenning & Scattergood Market Perform » Market Outperform Rent-A-Center (RCII)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Abbott Labs (ABT)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform Global Industries (GLBL)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add TeleTech (TTEC)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform Micromet (MITI)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perf...	March 24, 2008
RCII: Rent-a-Center Warns	Small Cap Watch List member Rent-A-Center (RCII) reported earnings: The Company reported total revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 of $755.3 million, a $148.3 million increase from the reported total revenues of $607.0 million for the same period in the prior year. This 24.4% increase in revenues was primarily driven by the Rent-Way acquisition that closed on November 15, 2006, and a 2.9% increase in same store sales.Reported net earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 were $15.1...	May 01, 2007
Large Cap Watch List Changes	With the end of the first quarter approaching, it is time to adjust the names in our Watch Lists. We will price all the new lists as of the close on Friday, March 30. Today we present our planned updates to the Large Cap Watch List. Though less than the Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List, there was still relatively high turnover in this list. 14 of the original 33 names made the cut for the new list (which was trimmed to just 26 names.) Part of the reason for the turnover was to reduce ...	March 30, 2007
Mid Cap Watch List Changes	With the end of the first quarter approaching, it is time to adjust the names in our Watch Lists. We will price all the new lists as of the close on Friday, March 30. Today we present our planned updates to the Mid Cap Watch List. As with the Small Cap Watch List, we were surprised at the amount of turnover in our screens. Only 7 of the original 29 names made the cut for the new list (which comes in at only 24 names.) Part of the reason for the turnover was to reduce the overlap between the Smal...	March 29, 2007

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