Sirius And Spotify Should Push Pandora Stock Down To $9.50

Pandora has enjoyed fast paced growth so far, but with heightened competition catching up as well as social network based music services like Spotify growing, the company may not enjoy similar growth in future. This could manifest in terms of slowdown in number of listener hours per user.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/11/26/competition-to-push-pandora-stock-down-to-9-50/

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Debtor Involvement In Bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy is not a passive process. In fact, it requires much participation on the part of the filer. While there isn't much variation in the amount of participation required for a Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy, there are some differences. There are, however, differences in the benefits produced by a Chapter 7 versus Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

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Star-Studded Party Photos From The Fabulous Manhattan Home Of The Huffington Post Co-Founder


Purewow

Last Wednesday, we attended a star-studded event for PureWow's first anniversary party in Ken Lerer's stunning Central Park West home.

The crowd consisted of tech scenesters like Rachel Sklar and Guest of a Guest cofounder Rachelle Hruska. Arianna Huffington also attended alongside actresses Renee Zellweger and Whoopi Goldberg.

What startup can draw such an impressive crowd?

Ryan Harwood founded PureWow last year after leaving his Wall Street job. He's best friends with Thrillist's founder Ben Lerer; both attended UPenn.

Purewow is sort of like Thrillist but it targets influential women instead of rowdy young men. It's an email newsletter that curates fashion, beauty, arts, culture, tech, food, travel, health, and home content and it launched with six-figure ad deals last September. Now Purewow has more than 300,000 subscribers from its national, New York and LA editions.

The PureWow team toasts its one year anniversary

They start the night off with a glass of champagne

Here's a shot of the full PureWow team. So this is where all the women in tech are...

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Taking Hope to the Hispanic Community

If ever there was someone tailor-made to carry Dave Ramsey?s message of financial peace to the Hispanic community, it?s Andres Gutierrez. With his new radio show, he?s now able to spread hope on a whole new level!

Like Dave, Andres has a knack for capturing an audience?s attention. But, more than that, Andres shares Dave?s passion for providing financial hope to people who are struggling with money and want to save for the future.

Why They Need the Message of Hope

The Hispanic population, with more than 50 million people, now represents the largest minority in the United States. Their spending power exceeded $1 trillion in 2010. That?s a lot of money!

?With that type of purchasing power, you would think they would be winning with money,? Andres says. But the reality is shocking. ?The average net worth of Hispanics is only 9% of the average net worth of non-Hispanics?in other words, they are broke.

?They are spending $50 a month on a TV, $80 a month on a bunch of furniture and $400 a month on the car. Before they know it, they are spending more than they make. So there?s no savings. There?s no money for retirement, no money for college savings. There?s not even an emergency fund.?

In reality, Andres says, the Hispanic population in America is not much different than anyone else when it comes to money. ?They know what to do with their money; they just don?t do it. They have bought into the marketing that says if you want something, you should put it on a credit card instead of saving in order to buy it.?

Why Andres?

Before joining Dave?s team, Andres worked as one of Dave?s most successful Endorsed Local Providers (ELPs) in San Antonio, Texas. With the heart of a teacher, Andres has been helping people with their money for more than 10 years.

?As one of Dave?s ELPs, I was able to help people make a plan for their money and get out of debt,? Andres says. ?Not only have I held all the insurance and investment licenses, but I also have the real-life experience of knowing what it takes to become and live debt free.?

Having grown up in a household where debt was not an option, Andres learned at an early age that if you don?t have the cash, you don?t buy it. But when he went to college, things changed.

?I quickly fell into the lies that having debt was normal. I opened up credit cards and took out student loans. My wife and I continued this pattern of using credit cards, and our debt piled up quickly,? he says.

?But, in 2003, we went to Dave Ramsey?s Total Money Makeover LIVE! event, and we decided that we didn?t want to live a life of payments anymore. We got on a plan, followed the Baby Steps, and now have paid off all of our debt, except for the house. And we?re knocking that out now!?

These changes not only helped him financially, but they also improved communication in his marriage. ?To this day, we sit down every month and have a budget committee meeting. If something changes or one of us needs to make an unexpected purchase over a certain amount, we come back to the table and discuss how it will affect our budget.?

Andres wants to bring that same type of transformation to the Hispanic community. At his live events and in his DVD series Paz Financiera, he teaches common-sense financial principles that empower Hispanics to win with money, once and for all.

?By breaking down the principles and teaching people, step by step, how to apply these principles in everyday life, we are able to help them change their financial future and their family tree.?

Now On Air!

Andres hosts a talk radio show, El Show de Andres Gutierrez, where he tells it like it is and teaches people to win with money. His passion and direct way of communicating has earned him the nickname "El Machete." Listen to Andres for yourself and find out why! The show is being broadcast on stations across the country at various times. You can listen live online Monday through Friday from 11am to 12pm EST at andresgutierrez.com.

Learn more about Andres now!

 

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Valspar Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

What: Shares of paint and coatings specialist Valspar (NYSE: VAL  ) climbed 10% on Tuesday after its quarterly results and full-year guidance topped Wall Street expectations.

So what: Valspar's fourth-quarter beat was so wide -- adjusted EPS of $0.84 thumped the consensus of $0.70 -- that analysts have no choice but to raise their short-term price targets. 2011 also marked the 33rd consecutive year in which the company raised its dividend, suggesting that it remains a stable long-term income opportunity, as well. 

Now what: Management now sees 2012 adjusted earnings of $2.87-$3.07, which is also well above the average analyst estimate of $2.81. "While the outlook for the global economy is unclear, our sales will benefit from our diverse mix of businesses and growth in fast-growing coatings markets in Asia and Latin America," CEO Gary Hendrickson said. More importantly, with Valspar trading at a slight forward P/E discount (using the midpoint of its 2012 guidance) to rivals RPM International (NYSE: RPM  ) and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW  ) , there's still time to buy into that optimism.

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Kemba Walker Shows Everyone Where He's From In This Great Under Armour Commercial


Don’t look now but Under Armour is making some strides in the basketball market.

First they fired shots at the industry powerhouses.

Now they’re carving out a niche of their own with the series, “Are You From HERE?” The commercials focus on the company’s growing stable of young talent and pay homage to their humble beginnings.

Brandon Jennings taught us what it’s like to ball in capris on the courts of Compton, California.

And now Kemba Walker tells us what it’s like growing up in the projects on the other side of the country.

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Apple Good For Run To $500 With New iPads Coming Up

We believe that irrespective of the specifications and timings, Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market despite competition from the likes of Amazon, Research In Motion and HP in the tablet market.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/11/25/apple-good-for-run-to-500-with-new-ipads-coming-up/

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Will Electronic Arts' Next Quarter Be a Bomb?

There's no foolproof way to know the future for Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS  ) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result.

A cloudy crystal ball
In this series, we use accounts receivable and days sales outstanding to judge a company's current health and future prospects. It's an important step in separating the pretenders from the market's best stocks. Alone, AR -- the amount of money owed the company -- and DSO -- the number of days' worth of sales owed to the company -- don't tell you much. However, by considering the trends in AR and DSO, you can sometimes get a window onto the future.

Sometimes, problems with AR or DSO simply indicate a change in the business (like an acquisition), or lax collections. However, AR that grows more quickly than revenue, or ballooning DSO, can also suggest a desperate company that's trying to boost sales by giving its customers overly generous payment terms. Alternately, it can indicate that the company sprinted to book a load of sales at the end of the quarter, like used-car dealers on the 29th of the month. (Sometimes, companies do both.)

Why might an upstanding firm like Electronic Arts do this? For the same reason any other company might: to make the numbers. Investors don't like revenue shortfalls, and employees don't like reporting them to their superiors.

Is Electronic Arts sending any potential warning signs? Take a look at the chart below, which plots revenue growth against AR growth, and DSO:

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Data is current as of last fully reported fiscal quarter. FQ = fiscal quarter.

The standard way to calculate DSO uses average accounts receivable. I prefer to look at end-of-quarter receivables, but I've plotted both above.

Watching the trends
When that red line (AR growth) crosses above the green line (revenue growth), I know I need to consult the filings. Similarly, a spike in the blue bars indicates a trend worth worrying about. As another reality check, it's reasonable to consider what a normal DSO figure might look like in this space.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. DSO calculated from average AR. Data is current as of last fully reported fiscal quarter. LFQ = last fiscal quarter. Dollar figures in millions.

Differences in business models can generate variations in DSO, so don't consider this the final word -- just a way to add some context to the numbers. But let's get back to our original question: Will Electronic Arts miss its numbers in the next quarter or two?

Investors should watch the top line carefully during the next quarter or two. For the last fully reported fiscal quarter, Electronic Arts' year-over-year revenue grew 13.3%, and its AR grew 26.6%. That's a yellow flag. End-of-quarter DSO increased 11.7% over the prior-year quarter. It was up 2546.2% versus the prior quarter. That demands a good explanation. Still, I'm no fortuneteller, and these are just numbers. Investors putting their money on the line always need to dig into the filings for the root causes and draw their own conclusions.

What now?
I use this kind of analysis to figure out which investments I need to watch more closely as I hunt the market's best returns. However, some investors actively seek out companies on the wrong side of AR trends in order to sell them short, profiting when they eventually fall. Which way would you play this one? Let us know in the comments below, or keep up with the stocks mentioned in this article by tracking them in our free watchlist service, My Watchlist.

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