Topics covered: Unit capacity utilization, Takeover candidates, Stocks to worry about, Stock recommendations, Specialization of test equipment, Significant pullback in tester orders, Reducing cost structures, Orders for wafer manufacturing equipment, Management performance, Investor interest, Inventory levels, Industry consolidation, Increased demand for analog chips, Holiday season expectations, Front-end and back-end equipment, Flash memory and DRAM equipment outlook, Demanded for integration rather than speed & function, Chip inventory buildup in Q4 and Q1, Capital spending outlook, 3G and wireless
Topics covered: Virtualization products, The IT industry, Sophisticated applications, Small businesses, Pure analytics, Power and cooling, Parallel processing, Mobile devices and mobile computing, IBM and other hardware providers, Historical trends, Hidden costs, Emerging growth areas, Data storage and hardware consolidation, Data mining, Business intelligence companies outperforming the S&P, A different type of hardware growth on the edge
Topics covered: Value and growth stocks, The mechanism of inflation, The collapse of the subprime market, Tax-exempt bonds, Taking emotion out of the investment decision-making process, Quantitative analysis, Price to sales ratio, Gold and gold funds, Earnings revisions, Earnings momentum, Diversified portfolios, Corporate developments, Cheap stocks in oilfield services and metalworking areas, Cash
Topics covered: Wages, Urban markets, Timeshare business decline, Stocks to worry about, Stock picks, RevPAR growth trends, Private equity money, Outlook for Lodging REITs, New supply outlook, M&A Activity, Investor interest, International Markets, Hotel conversions to condos, Hilton/Blackstone deal, energy and property expenses, Economic outlook and the possibility of a recession, Debt issues, C-Corps hotels
Topics covered: Weak Caribbean markets, Snowmobiles, Rising oil prices, Promising outlook, Power sports players, Macau, Higher end consumers, Gaming revenues, Decreasing motorcycle registrations, Cruise lines earnings, Counter-cyclical gaming stocks, Boat companies, ATVs
