Stock Analysis

Safe(r) ways to play biotech

I recently highlighted a small biotech firm, ISIS Pharmaceuticals, as a potential “value” growth play. ISIS took a tumble after earnings despite being just a penny off of estimates. Despite slightly lower than expected earnings, the Company showed a strong cash position, moderate cash burn, and a likelihood that it would be able to at [...]

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ISIS makes antisense

Since bottoming near the end of 2008, ISIS Pharmaceuticals has been one of the hottest stocks in the first half of 2009. In fact, in just a few short months, the stock has exhibited all the tell tale signs of a powerful, interim trend reversal. More importantly, a look at ISIS’s 3-year weekly chart shows [...]

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Sound off: Sears Holdings

Apologies for the lag between posts. I decided to take a little summer vacation. Moreover, I’ve been at a bit of a loss for interesting stock picks of late and the market itself seems to have entered a bit of a (relative) lull. We all seem to be holding our breaths waiting for an inevitable [...]

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Sears Holdings as a REIT

My most recent post on mall REITs (SPG in particular) got me thinking about Sears Holdings, a company that I disparaged a few weeks ago in a post called, “Unsuccessful Profits.” More particularly, my chart on REIT valuation based on square footage owned made me wonder. Aas you can tell, price per square foot data [...]

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Short this REIT?

A colleague of mine recently brought an interesting phenomenon to my attention. REITs and one particular REIT – Simon Property Group (SPG) – have had quite the run in the last few months. The above chart runs from March until today – June 22, 2009. It’s clear to see that REITs as an asset class (using [...]

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SHLD – Unsuccessful profits

Five years ago, the investment world was lauding Eddie Lampert as a “genius” and “the next Warren Buffett.” After taking control of a bankrupt K-Mart and turning it around, he engineered the takeover of the iconic Sears and created what looked to be a potentially dominant new platform for which to execute his investing prowess. [...]

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