One of my favorite presentations at December’s UBS Media & Communications Conference was from NII Holdings (NIHD). NIHD offers wireless telephone service using Nextel’s iDEN standard in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru. NIHD has approximately 3.2 million subscribers, primarily serving the business market. I was interested in buying NIHD as soon as I returned from […]
MacWorld convenes next week and expectations of investors for good news out of Apple Computer (AAPL) are high. The shares have bounced significantly off their late December lows following what appears to a great reduction in risk related to the options backdating issue – in other words, investors are betting that Steve Jobs is safe […]
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It’s a new year but there were no changes to Northlake’s Market Cap and Style model signals for January. The Market Cap Model continues to favor mid caps and the Style model remains firmly in the growth camp. Within my personal and Northlake client accounts, I am implementing the Market Cap signal by holding equal […]
Good breadth of popular movies appealing to all the major movie-going demographics allowed the box office to recover during the holiday season, pulling the fourth quarter to about breakeven with 2005 according to data from BoxOfficeMojo.com. The final weekend of the year, including January 1st, saw box office receipts rise 15%, building on a gain […]
As 2006 draws to a close and a new year begins, I thought it would be appropriate to provide a brief update on the positions held in almost all Northlake-managed accounts. Model-Driven ETFs: I’ll get a fresh update on the Market Cap and Style models over the New Year’s weekend but I expect the signals […]
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In hindsight, it appears that some of December’s weakenss in Apple shares (down about 10% prior to today’s open) was due to speculation about developments in the options back dating scandal. It is likely that prior to the publication of articles in Law.com and the Financial Times some investors may have gotten wind of the […]
McClatchy (MNI) announced it was selling the Minneapolis Star Tribune to a private equity outfit for $530 million. MNI will also receive a $160 million tax benefit on the sale. The Star Tribune is the 14th largest daily newspaper in the country by circulation. MNI is selling the paper as the final major step in […]
The point of my post about the Forrester report on Apple’s iTunes sales was not really to discuss AAPL. Instead, I was trying to point out how the type of analysis can impact the conclusions drawn. In other words, good inputs lead to useful outputs and vice versa. When I posted this piece on StreetInsight.com, […]
Leaving aside the debate concerning why Apple Computer (AAPL) shares have been acting so poorly and whether it is deserved, I think it is fair to say that the Forrester report that said iTunes sales were plummeting was the start of the severe downward pressure. As you might recall, the Forrester report generated a huge […]
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There is no doubt that flood of money into private equity funds and the subsequent investment of these funds in buyouts of public corporations has contributed greatly to the 2006 bull market. Conventional wisdom is that private equity buyouts of public companies will continue at its recent pace, providing support to current public equity valuations […]
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NII Holdings: New Buy Provides Unique Exposure To Emerging Markets Wireless
One of my favorite presentations at December’s UBS Media & Communications Conference was from NII Holdings (NIHD). NIHD offers wireless telephone service using Nextel’s iDEN standard in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru. NIHD has approximately 3.2 million subscribers, primarily serving the business market. I was interested in buying NIHD as soon as I returned from […]
MacWorld Preview: How Expecations Impact Apple
MacWorld convenes next week and expectations of investors for good news out of Apple Computer (AAPL) are high. The shares have bounced significantly off their late December lows following what appears to a great reduction in risk related to the options backdating issue – in other words, investors are betting that Steve Jobs is safe […]
January 2007 Model Signals
It’s a new year but there were no changes to Northlake’s Market Cap and Style model signals for January. The Market Cap Model continues to favor mid caps and the Style model remains firmly in the growth camp. Within my personal and Northlake client accounts, I am implementing the Market Cap signal by holding equal […]
2006 Box Office Wrap-Up
Good breadth of popular movies appealing to all the major movie-going demographics allowed the box office to recover during the holiday season, pulling the fourth quarter to about breakeven with 2005 according to data from BoxOfficeMojo.com. The final weekend of the year, including January 1st, saw box office receipts rise 15%, building on a gain […]
Positions Recap at The Turn of the Year
As 2006 draws to a close and a new year begins, I thought it would be appropriate to provide a brief update on the positions held in almost all Northlake-managed accounts. Model-Driven ETFs: I’ll get a fresh update on the Market Cap and Style models over the New Year’s weekend but I expect the signals […]
Apple Files 10-Q With Options Update
In hindsight, it appears that some of December’s weakenss in Apple shares (down about 10% prior to today’s open) was due to speculation about developments in the options back dating scandal. It is likely that prior to the publication of articles in Law.com and the Financial Times some investors may have gotten wind of the […]
McClatchy Sells Minneapolis Newspaper for Peanuts
McClatchy (MNI) announced it was selling the Minneapolis Star Tribune to a private equity outfit for $530 million. MNI will also receive a $160 million tax benefit on the sale. The Star Tribune is the 14th largest daily newspaper in the country by circulation. MNI is selling the paper as the final major step in […]
Apple Shares Remain Unusually Weak
The point of my post about the Forrester report on Apple’s iTunes sales was not really to discuss AAPL. Instead, I was trying to point out how the type of analysis can impact the conclusions drawn. In other words, good inputs lead to useful outputs and vice versa. When I posted this piece on StreetInsight.com, […]
iTunes Sales Are Not Collapsing
Leaving aside the debate concerning why Apple Computer (AAPL) shares have been acting so poorly and whether it is deserved, I think it is fair to say that the Forrester report that said iTunes sales were plummeting was the start of the severe downward pressure. As you might recall, the Forrester report generated a huge […]
Could The Market Be Too Bullish Regarding The Impact of Private Equity?
There is no doubt that flood of money into private equity funds and the subsequent investment of these funds in buyouts of public corporations has contributed greatly to the 2006 bull market. Conventional wisdom is that private equity buyouts of public companies will continue at its recent pace, providing support to current public equity valuations […]