Archive for January, 2012

  • BeanScreen for February 1, 2012
    Posted by on January 31st, 2012 at 10:01 pm, Comments: 0

    Of the 409 companies that made the cut for February, these 20 ranked highest for their overall fundamental strength. This is not a buy list, only a “fundy health” index. In the table below, each stock’s WSB score is noted, along with number of consecutive months on the list and percent return (without dividends re-invested) during that time. Stocks checked off in the Buy Signal column are those we believe may be ripe for purchase.

  • Ain’t Nothing Wrong with this Canary – Alliance Resource Partners Reports
    Posted by on January 30th, 2012 at 7:34 pm, Comments: 0

    The coal miner from Sooner country shovels up a strong Q4 and a record 2011 to boot.   Unbeknownst to many, Alliance ($ARLP) reported Q4 [...]

  • The “New Banks” Earnings Finale – Cash America
    Posted by on January 26th, 2012 at 3:58 pm, Comments: 0

    The last in our magnificent trio of pawn shops misses Q4 EPS, but still reports a banner year. Kinda like EZCorp ($EZPW), who reported Q1 [...]

  • The “New Banks” Earnings Season Rolls on with First Cash Financial
    Posted by on January 25th, 2012 at 7:55 pm, Comments: 0

    First Cash rides the “pawn star” economy to a record year…and expects an even better 2012.     On the heels of EZCorp‘s ($EZPW) weaker [...]

  • RPC’s Frickin’ Frackin’ Earnings
    Posted by on January 25th, 2012 at 1:11 pm, Comments: 0

    Though RPC missed estimates by a long shot, sales and income still rose nicely over last year.     Ranked #2 in the BeanScreen, Hotlanta-based [...]

  • The Mother of All Analogs
    Posted by on January 22nd, 2012 at 11:29 pm, Comments: 0

    Will history repeat itself on a technical scale of such magnificent proportions?   I’ve recently noticed a few people busting out the chart analogs. They’re [...]

  • Wintel Reports, the Crowd Goes Wild
    Posted by on January 21st, 2012 at 1:31 am, Comments: 0

    The stodgy veterans went back-to-back as they knocked earnings outta the park Thursday.     Ok, we’ll keep it short and sweet here. Anything and [...]

  • EZCorp Shanks Estimates, but the Pawn Shop Expands in Q1
    Posted by on January 19th, 2012 at 10:41 pm, Comments: 0

    The pawn broker kicks off the earnings season for our New Banks of America.   Apparently Santa wasn’t very kind to our little pawnie this [...]

  • Fundamentals of NetEase.com
    Posted by on January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 am, Comments: 0

    In this episode of Brewing Wealth we break down the fundies on Chinese ‘netter NetEase.com   Ranked #11 in the BeanScreen, we decided to start [...]

  • Garmin’s New Prototype Cockpit Setup
    Posted by on January 18th, 2012 at 11:09 am, Comments: 0

    As smartphones try to steal Garmin’s thunder, the GPS maker steps it up with Everest and K2.   Garmin ($GRMN) took part in last week’s [...]