David Beard
David Beard
David Beardis an Australian volleyball player, who twice competed for the Men's National Team at the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004...
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I think we've anticipated that the economy's not getting worse, ... But in order to see the next leg up, we need to see a significant upturn in (2002 profit) numbers.
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Last year gave us confidence, but it also gave us a goal and drive to build on to improve this year.
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It brings added spirit to the team and it's a great experience to share your high school sports experiences with your only brother.
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We own Edison International -- it is our largest position. It's a California utility. It could earn $2 a share next year, ... And it's probably worth between $22 and $24 (per share). They have an unregulated subsidiary, which could be worth another $2 to $4 (per share).
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We own a hospital stock. We own a couple of them, but our favorite is UHS. They're performing well. Admissions are up. Pricing is up and that stock's probably worth 30 percent higher,
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We'll start to see shifts in there, and I think high-end consumer stocks are going to see a lot fewer sales,
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Typically in bear markets, you have rallies. However, I tend to think we have put in a bottom and will keep rallying from here.
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Volleyball is the sport through which I am able to express my God-given talents of being an athlete. It is a sport which involves relating, pushing, and encouraging your teammates. It has helped evolve me into the person I am today.
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To compete in the Olympic Games has always been a dream. The opportunity I have to represent my country at them is unbelievably exciting.
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You have to take the actual numbers and the guidance and combine the two. I tend to think if the high p/e (price-to-earnings ratio) stocks have a weak quarter, and even if they have ok guidance, they're going to get killed. But if there are cheap tech stocks that have a weak quarter and so-so guidance, they're probably the ones to buy first.
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Earnings warnings are backward looking; economic data are forward looking. People want to look forward.
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On the other hand, people are living longer now. That is kind of the negative side. If people are living longer, these businesses won't grow all that fast.
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Really, I expect the light volume to probably last until the Fed stops raising interest rates, and that will kind of depend on the economic outlook that we see, in terms of how much growth we have at the end of this interest-rate cycle. It really tells me that there is a lack of conviction from the buyers and a lack of conviction from the sellers, ... And it's somewhat psychological because people have their stocks, they're down, they don't want to sell them. And that's only been going on for, what, two or three months now? The real question is, after six or seven or eight months and stocks are still down -- will people start selling at that point? And maybe the volume picks up at that point.
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