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.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Chipotle Sales Growth Ain't No Jive

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Since opening its first restaurant in 1993, Chipotle (CMG-$214.00) has elevated a simple menu of burritos, tacos, and salads into meals tha...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Time for Nokia to Read Smartphone Marketing Manual?

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According to Nokia’s (NOK-$9.86) internal estimates, overall industry cellphone volumes in third-quarter 2010 grew 14 percent year-on-year ...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Americans For Truth About Homosexualty: Don't Ask, Don't Tell For TSA Agents?

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Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) founder and president Peter LaBarbera asks: “Isn’t it just as inappropriate for a ‘gay’ ma...
Thursday, December 09, 2010

First Solar Looks to Secure Tellurium Supplies

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The global leader in sales of thin-film solar panels, First Solar (FSLR-$133.05) had to delay panel shipments last quarter due to capacity ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Is TSA Our New Big Brother?

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Don’t wait for founder Julian Assange to publish confidential documents on Wikileaks.org for confirmation. But more and more people are bec...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

MS Community Welcomes Ampyra -- Or Does It?

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As of September 30, some 31,000 folks with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the U.S. have tried the oral MS drug Ampyra , representing almost eigh...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Bigger Problems For Solyndra Than Chinese Challengers

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Just weeks after opening the first phase of a new fabrication plant, called Fab-2, Solyndra said it was shuttering an older and less-effici...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

EnCana Gasing Up For Its Future With Haynesville Play

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To date, EnCana Corp. (ECA-$29.52) has demonstrated success in offsetting the estimated 8 percent rise in oilfield services costs through o...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Next -Generation 737 Grounded From Boeing 787 Turmoils

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Mounting development costs at Boeing (BA-$70.48) for its oft-delayed wide-body 787 passenger jet threaten not only profitability but distra...
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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...
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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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