Authen Tec Acquired By Apple

originally posted this weekend at Equities Research

7/28/2012Authen Tec, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH) announced yesterday they will be acquired @ $8.42 by Apple Computer. Stockdiagnostics upgraded AUTH @ $3.02 on November 16,2011 after the company reported 3rd quarter financials for the period ending September 30,2011. Since the upgrade 8 months ago shares are up 179%.
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Netsuite, Inc (NYSE: N) closed the week @ $56.95. Stockdiagnostics upgraded N @ $14.59 on March 22,2010 after the company reported FY2009 4th quarter financials for the period ending December 31,2009. Since the upgrade 28 months ago the shares have gained 290%.
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and other great charts

7/29/2012

Abbott Laboratories  $66.39

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Automatic Data Processing, Inc  $57.60

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Amgen Inc.  $83.92

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc   $127,735.00

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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated   $33.89

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Crown Castle International Corp    $61.69

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eBay Inc    $45.22

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General Electric Company   $20.92

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Gap Inc.     $29.91

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The Home Depot, Inc    $53.71

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NetScout Systems, Inc   $23.70

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Quest Software Inc   $27.96

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Sprint Nextel Corp.   $4.31

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Performance of Stockdiagnostic Downgrades

Today's posts were originally published at Equities Research

Closing prices as of yesterday.

Company	ticker	date	Downgrade	$ Close	Time	% Return
NeurogesX, inc.	NGSX	11/24/2010	$5.88	$0.22	20m	96%
SuperValu, Inc	SVU	1/19/2010	$13.32	$1.73	30m	87%
Amtech Systems	ASYS	2/16/2011	$24.43	$4.30	17m	82%
STR Holdings, Inc	STRI	5/10/2011	$16.35	$3.34	14m	80%
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd	IVN	4/4/2011	$27.60	$8.02	15m	71%
Century Aluminum	CENX	5/16/2011	$16.05	$5.63	14m	65%
Echelon Corporation	ELON	3/21/2011	$8.64	$3.14	16m	63%
Sony Corporation	SNE	8/24/2010	$28.07	$11.26	23m	60%
Office Depot, Inc.	ODP	4/29/2011	$4.31	$1.79	15m	58%
SkyWest, Inc.	SKYW	5/16/2011	$15.17	$6.81	14m	55%
Schnitzer Steel Ind.	SCHN	7/5/2011	$56.99	$26.04	1yr	54%
Panasonic Corp.	PC	8/15/2011	$10.63	$6.19	11m	41%
Duckwall-Alco Store	DUCK	4/21/2011	$12.61	$7.46	15m	41%
Weatherford Int'l	WFT	5/16/2011	$19.32	$11.67	14m	39%
Tellabs, inc.	TLAB	5/12/2011	$4.68	$2.96	14m	37%
Xerox Corporation	XRX	5/6/2011	$9.99	$6.38	14m	36%
Ford Motor Co.	F	2/24/2012	$12.18	$8.97	5m	26%

Renna Warning on Under Armour Mentioned on CNBC-TV (Herb Greenberg)

Short Sell of Under Armour $52.79 close July 24,2012
click link to view my warning being mentioned on CNBC TV today
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000104923

Chanos Sees Cash Flow Declining at HPQ

Today Jim Chanos came out on CNBC TV and highlighted to the world the declining Cash Flow at Hewlett-Packard.

Below are two charts of HPQ's quarterly operating cash flow statistics showing their recent declines.
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click to HPQ Stockdiagnostics Long Term OPS & FCF Growth Tables


Chanos from CNBC transcript in video link:
"those acquisitions have enabled them to maintain a revenue base and see a declining cash flow base. those are maintenance capital expenditures or maintenance r & d hidden as acquisitions. and when you value the company, when you begin to look at the fact that this company has purchased its r & d, capitalized it, if you will, r & d is normally expensed, you begin to see a totally different picture. look at the middle of the left table which shows you that the free cash flow four buybacks and dividends, but after cap and acquisitions a much different animal and has turned negative. in addition, the balance sheet has been destroyed here. all right"


A look at today's morning posts at Equities Research with recent Stockdiagnostics Downgrades.

company	ticker	date	Downgrade	$ Close	Time	% Return
Houston American Energy	HUSA	5/23/2011	$17.25	$1.06	14m	94%
First Solar, Inc.	FSLR	5/10/2011	$128.51	$14.46	14m	89%
Telestone Technologies	TSTC	12/2/2010	$11.10	$1.71	18m	85%
SuperValu, Inc.	SVU	1/192009	$13.32	$2.28	30m	83%
Nokia Corporation	NOK	8/25/2011	$8.17	$1.69	15m	79%
SunPower Corporation	SPWR	5/18/2011	$21.10	$4.42	14m	79%
STR Holdings, Inc.	STRI	5/10/2011	$16.35	$4.15	14m	75%
Aixtron S.E.	AIXG	3/7/2011	$42.31	$12.91	17m	70%
Research In Motion	RIMM	9/26/2011	$21.68	$6.92	10m	68%
Scientific Learning Corp.	SCIL	3/16/2011	$3.00	$1.05	16m	65%
Senomyx, Inc.	SNMX	5/16/2011	$5.92	$2.18	14m	63%
GrafTech International,Inc.	GTI	5/2/2011	$22.57	$8.88	4m	61%
Image Sensing Systems	ISNS	4/4/2011	$13.50	$5.25	16M	61%
Sony Corporation	SNE	8/24/2010	$28.07	$12.30	23m	56%
PMFG, Inc.	PMFG	5/24/2011	$18.00	$8.00	14m	56%
Arcelor Mittal NY Registry	MT	5/16/2011	$31.92	$15.06	14m	53%
Alcoa Inc	AA	4/25/2011	$16.67	$8.28	17m	50%
Titanium Metal Corporation	TIE	5/13/2011	$18.86	$11.09	14m	41%