December 27, 2005 – Minyanville.com Vitaliy, Can you believe this? I mean, really, what is with these people working at Wal-Mart (WMT)? If they wanted to have a lunch break, they should have gone to college (like you and I), don’t you think? The next thing you know they’ll want to be paid for overtime. [...]
December 21, 2005 – Motley Fool By Vitaliy Katsenelson, CFA If you need words to describe National Grid (NYSE: NGG), “stable,” “predictable,” and “unexciting” spring to mind. Reading its financials stirs so little excitement that if you can’t sleep, you might want to leave a copy of its 20-F (a 10-K equivalent filed [...]
December 13, 2005 – Motley Fool Lloyds TSB’s (NYSE: LYG) recent announcement that it experienced slower growth in consumer lending and higher defaults in its consumer segment did not come as a surprise, and its stock actually went up on the news. One reason for that is that the company says its dividend will [...]
December 9, 2005 – Minyanville.com Symantec (SYMC) looks somewhat alluring on the surface: it is trading at 18 times next year’s earnings. It looks even more appealing if you factor in a $4 billion cash pile, which accounts roughly for 20% of the company’s market capitalization. However, a look at company stock options expense kills [...]
December 9, 2005 – Minyanville.com Vitaliy, With regard to your Wal-Mart (WMT) piece. You should be ashamed of yourself. The idea of exploiting those less fortunate is not the type of thing I have come to expect out of the Minyanville. I would think your typical long term Wal-Mart employee fits the bill of [...]