November 26, 2009 –
I notie that on many of the "Ratios" pages on this site companies are said to have negative free cash flows at the same time they have positive overall cash flows.
Am I correct in interpreting this as meaning that such companies are fiscally healthy but unlikely to hike their cash dividends any time soon?
November 10, 2009 –
I'm thinking I could use a refresher course on exactly what "cash flow" is. Specifically how it differs from earnings, and how "free cash flow" differs from "ordinary cash flow". I must have known this stuff once, but forgot it somehow, possibly from an erroneous belief that other things were more significant, or could be measured more precisely.
Are there any websites about this that are useful to non-accountants like myself?
November 06, 2009 –
When a company's management is writing off the things it should write off, or paying off debt before it comes due, it is going to make earnings appear to be growing more slowly than they really are, isn't it? [more]
October 16, 2009 –
I'm doing something a litle bit wierd now. Having gotten an alert telling me I'm now the score leader in this stock, I decided to take another look at it to see if I wanted to modify my comment on it. What I found was that the reason for my underperform pick is no longer applicable. That the stock appears to have come through the profit-taking phase the large majority most IPOs experience, and that the company's insiders are holding on to the huge majority of the shares they obtain by exercising options. [more]
September 24, 2009 –
Last December, when this stock was trading at less than $2.00 a share, the insiders were loading up on it. Now that it's gotten up around $8.00 they've shot a u-turn and are selling huge blockks in the open market. I'd call that a strong indication that this stock has peaked, so I'm ending my "Outperform" pick on it.
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