10Q Detective

Investors often overlook SEC filings, and it is the job of the 10Q Detective to dig through businesses’ 8-K and 10-Q SEC filings, looking for financial statement ‘soft spots,'(depreciation policies, warranty reserves, and restructuring charges, etc.)that may materially impact Quality of Earnings.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Can Traffix Avoid ValueClick's Earnings and FTC Pile-Up?

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Traffix, Inc. (TRFX-$5.73) is an interactive media company that owns and operates a variety of websites with a broad range of content. The ...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Blood Pressure Rises for Flamel Tech. Stockholders, Coreg CR 2Q Sales Slow

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Shares in Flamel Technologies (FLML-$19.05) slipped 5.1% yesterday, following word that Glaxo (GSK) sold only $20 million in Coreg CR in i...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Transcend Services: Does Price Decline Portend Unpleasant Earnings Guidance?

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Shares in Transcend Services (TRCR-$17.20) stumbled in trading on Monday and Tuesday, falling $7.43, or 31.4% in price, on more than 2.5 ti...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Mentor's Compensation Committee Treats Shareholders Like 'Boobs.'

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Nary a whisper of complaint would probably be heard from testosterone- infused males or Hollywood starlets (looking “to leave an impression”...
Friday, July 20, 2007

Can Flamel Technologies Deliver?

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Flamel Technologies S.A. (FLML-$21.72) is a drug delivery company with expertise in polymer chemistry. In our view, recent price weakness i...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

USANA Announces Record Q2 Sales and EPS, Buries News of Auditors Departure

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USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (USNA-$50.10) , which makes nutritional and personal care products, on Monday issued preliminary second-quarter...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007

CEO Edward Zander's Bye-Bye Handshake with Motorola Is Worth $30 Million

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Searching leading public prediction market platforms, the 10Q Detective could not find any trading exchanges willing to offer contract odds ...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Transcribing Profits with Transcend Services

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Transcend Services (TRCR-$23.00) provides medical transcription services to the health care industry. After trading in a sideways pattern b...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

'Hide and Go Seek' at Blue Nile

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“One-Mississippi, two-Mississippi, three-Mississippi, four-Mississippi . . ." Blue Nile Inc. ( NILE -$63.35 ) on Friday named Scott De...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Brooke Corp: Questionable Lending Practices, Inflated Balance Sheet

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Brooke Corporation (BXXX-$14.75) is engaged in franchise business with a network of 827 franchised locations (as of March 31, 2007), princ...
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Monday, June 25, 2007

Beware the Motivation of iMergent

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Sales and marketing practices the subject of numerous State Attorney General investigations, a formal SEC investigation related to potentia...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Shareholders of Cleveland-Cliffs Still Standing in the Shadows

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Last Friday, shares in Cleveland-Cliffs ( CLF -$77.81) climbed $4.29, or 5.6% in price, following a report in the trade magazine, American ...
Friday, June 15, 2007

World Wrestling Entertainment: Goodbye, Vince -- The Show Must Go On.

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On June 12, 2007, World Wresting Entertainment (WWE-$17.04) announced that its Chairman Vincent K. McMahon entered his limousine when it su...
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David J. Phillips
Prior to founding the 10Q Detective, I held equity analyst positions with three brokerage firms and published the investment newsletter e-Growth Profit Letter - dedicated to uncovering companies with innovative, proprietary technologies in a range of industries. My work has been published in The Dick Davis Digest, The Bull & Bear Financial Report, BusinessWeek, CBS Interactive, Forbes, Kiplingers Personal Finance, MSN Money, TheStreet.com, 24/7 Wall Street, The Wall St. Journal, The International Herald Tribune, and Investors Business Daily. The 10Q Detective is recommended as a 'Must-Read' money blog in Kiplingers (Oct. 2006 & May 2008), Washington Post (May 2009); a 'Best of Financial Blog' by BusinessWeek (Feb. 2007 & April 2008),a 'Smart Stop' by The Journal of Accountancy (March 2008); 'Top 25' by Time magazine, a 'Top 50 Money Blog' by CurrencyTrading.net (April 2008); and, a 2011 LexisNexis Business Law Blog Nominee.
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