Category Archives: Analysts

A Beginners Guide to Earnings Calls

By Lucindigo | July 8, 2008

A few posts ago I mentioned that listening to earnings calls is a great way to learn more about or stay up to date with companies and/or industries that you are interested in. Today I came across this resource at TheStreet.com which is really useful. Runs through detail on preparation, process as well as what [...]

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Earning Analyst and Financial Media coverage

By Lucindigo | July 6, 2008

Just came across an interesting article stating the expected, the number of analysts that cover newspaper stocks is on a rapid decline:

“The trend is clear: the U.S. newspaper business is in bad shape and getting worse as readers and advertising dollars flee to the Internet and other new forms of media. But the void in [...]

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Valuation of companies - A communications perspective

By Lucindigo | March 30, 2008

Valuation - “The process of determining the current worth of an asset or company. There are many techniques that can be used to determine value, some are subjective and others are objective.”

Communication - “Communication is a process that allows organisms to exchange information by several methods. Communication requires that all parties understand a common language [...]

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Analysts using social marketing tools to do their research: Forrester

By Lucindigo | February 20, 2008

Jeremiah Owyang: Forrester Research Analyst: “I’m a laaaazy (or is it efficient?) analyst, I use social media (what I cover) to help me with my research. Besides, the social collective is far smarter than some big headed analyst.
The following attributes are what I think are often found in successful social networking campaigns, but don’t let [...]

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