Michael Farr
Michael Farr
Michael Farris a British expert on the comic series The Adventures of Tintin and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has also written about other subjects...
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I think we are looking for that next bit of information that's going to drive us.
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You don't want confrontation - you want your boss to see you as an up-and-comer,
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They are earning a lot of money, ... They've got great products, and they are going to get through all of this noise with the government.
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If you're going to invest, invest in something that's more real, ... Like the old Wendy's commercials, 'Where's the beef?' Find some real beef in these stocks.
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I think the economy is recovering and we won't get into a double dip. But trying to forecast when that economic strength shows up in earnings is a kind of fool's game. We've been playing it for about two-and-a -half years now,
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Ebullience and exuberance are back. For a market that has lacked direction, it is reacting tenfold to the first positive catalyst that has come along.
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An earnings boost doesn't trump a contrary verdict.
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I also like Microsoft, and I particularly like EMC, ... These companies are going to come back.
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I'm buying EMC. I think it's been killed. I think it's a leader in the storage industry. The stock has 30 times earnings, growing the earnings 25 percent.
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Higher energy prices are (affecting) the economy - and it's a big deal. It's putting a squeeze on consumers and Corporate America.
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Despite all the advances in hiring technology, most people still get hired -- or, more often, screened-out -- based on a personal interview.
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These guys are the top operator in that industry, ... And certainly, with the Baby Boomers aging, people living longer, the advances in science and health care, we think that Sunrise Assisted Living is doing a great job growing their earnings and the stock price looks good to us for the long term.
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This isn't a surprise. It's not a major setback, though we'd like to do better.
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owned it for some time. We've liked Bank One ( ONE ) for some time. They've been kind of murky in terms of guidance. Management has made some analysts nervous. But we think that the values are certainly there. Earnings growth is there. So, Bank One would be one of ours, too.