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.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Expect More 787 Dreamliner Delays From Boeing

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The Boeing Company ($70.38) is telling suppliers to halt deliveries of sections for its 787 Dreamliner for two weeks because of delays at t...
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Friday, October 01, 2010

First Solar Still Dominates U.S. Utility-Scale Space

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A key provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA 2009), which subsidized up to 30 percent of construction costs f...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

How Sunny First Solar's Future in China?

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First Solar’s (FSLR-$143.55) CEO Rob Gillette told investors on the quarterly earnings call the thin-film, PV module maker expected to beg...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Message to President Obama on September 11: "Never Forget" - Voters Won't

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Obama told a White House news conference yesterday: "If you could build a church on a site, you could build a synagogue on a site, you ...
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Friday, September 03, 2010

LDK Solar Swimming Against Downstream Profit Currents

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LDK Solar (LDK-$7.87) said module shipments more than doubled in second-quarter 2010 to 74 megawatts. However, chief financial officer Jack...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Can Obama Keep Union Support for GM Until Feds Bail Out?

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Is General Motors on the recovery road? In July 2009, the “new GM” emerged from bankruptcy after a short 39 days. One-year later, it’s repo...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Will Obama Catch a Cold if GM IPO Sneezes?

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Retail buyers participating in General Motors ’ public offering should be aware that there exists a strong likelihood that their ownership s...
Monday, August 23, 2010

BP Looks To Sink Transocean in Fed Hearings

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Transocean (RIG-$51.62) , the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, warned in its earnings filing that British Petroleum (BP-$36.34)...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Byetta Safety Data To Benefit Challengers Januvia and Victoza

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Looking to rebuild physician confidence in Byetta injection , Amylin (AMLN-$19.69) and Lilly (LLY-$35.70) directed much of their lecture ...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Byetta Losing Out To Novo's Victoza

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Clinical data supporting the ability of type-2 diabetes drug Byetta to address the unmet need of glucose control with potential weight los...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Food and Water Watch Looking to Shutter BP's Atlantis Field in Gulf

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Food & Water Watch has accused BP (BP-$40.00) and its minority partner, Melbourne-based BHP Billiton (44% working interest), of opera...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Qnexa FDA Committee Rejection Focuses Attention on Vivus' Survival

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So confident was Vivus (VVUS-$5.75) in the efficacy of Qnexa across a range of overweight or obese patients (with or without co-morbid con...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bookmakers Predict Firing of BP CEO Hayward

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Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) has joined other congrssman calling for an investigation into whether BP (BP-$35.75) helped to secure the...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Algae Farmers Behind BP Oil Spill in Gulf -- Or Was it Armed Dolphins?

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What’s happening off the Louisiana coast wasn’t from incompetence, but from a purposeful desire – from the Obama administration and an indus...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Obama Drilling Plan Could Cripple Noble Drilling's U.S. Operations

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Should the Obama administration win its bid to impliment a new deepwater drilling ban in Gulf waters — Noble Drilling (NE-$31.87) could fin...
Friday, July 09, 2010

'Friends of Obama' Profit From BP Oil Spill in Gulf -- No Accident?

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BP plc (BP-$33.90) has removed, on average, only about 60 percent of the amount of oil - it promised federal regulators - spilling daily in...
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Thursday, July 08, 2010

Did Wrath of God Befall BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in Gulf?

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Has President Obama’s poor treatment toward Israel contributed to BP’s (BP-$33.19) catastrophe in the Gulf? As if President Obama didn’t a...
Friday, July 02, 2010

No Relief for British Petroleum in Sight

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BP plc's (BP-$28.50) first relief well has detected metal casing from the Macondo wellbore in the Gulf of Mexico. A scheduled attempt...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Hurricane Alex Isn't BP's Only Worry These Days in Gulf Waters

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BP plc (BP-$28.88) spokesperson Toby Odone acknowledged to reporters last week that the 45-ton blow-out preventer sitting atop the damaged...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

U.S. Drill Plan Impacts Transocean's Drilling Worldwide

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Transocean’s (RIG - $52.00) ‘at-risk’ contract backlog from U.S. offshore Gulf operations was a nominal 6.4 percent, or $1.8 billion out of...
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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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