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.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Out to Lunch

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The 10Q Detective is taking a creative break from the diurnal drudgery of digging through dusty and dry SEC filings. Hope to see you after ...
Friday, December 23, 2011

SEC Filings Topping Santa's Naughty List in 2011, Part II

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Yahoo’s (YHOO-$15.50) online search ranking in the U.S. continued its slide this year – falling to an all-time low in September: Digital i...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

SEC Filings Topping Santa's Naughty List in 2011, Part I

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In straightforward fashion, News Corp. (NWS-$17.83) reported that the company faced criminal investigations regarding the well-publicized ph...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Hiding Losses at Chicos?

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Notwithstanding its namesake brand, average dollar sales and transaction counts are supposed to be up across all other brands at Chicos FAS ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Significant Upside to Dendreon Stock in a Buyout

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Acquiring Dendreon (DNDN-$7.50) offers a better-capitalized pharmaceutical company an opportunity to buy control of a potential blockbuster...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Is "The Sky Falling" at Dendreon?

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Dendreon’s (DNDN-$7.50) balance sheet shows the strain of what happens when it takes 15 years to bring a novel, first-in-class cancer treat...
Friday, November 04, 2011

MF Global Stakeholders Trusted Corzine, Lose Everything

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Highly leveraged, with limited liquidity, MF Global was unable to meet margin calls or the demands from regulators to boost capital reserve...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Ben & Jerry's: Out to Serve and Protect?

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Unilever (UL-$34.16) has remained reticent as senior management of wholly-owned Ben & Jerry’s announced “deep admiration” for those pr...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Overstating Peak Production in Utica Shale?

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Chesapeake Energy (CHK-$27.81) is accelerating drilling on liquids-rich plays in an effort to drive margin expansion and profitability, giv...
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Billions in Federal Aid for No Job Creation at First Solar and SunPower

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SunPower (SPWRA-$8.45) and First Solar (FSLR-$59.78) boast that recently approved utility-scale projects will nourish growth of manufactur...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

Ralcorp Board's Merger Rejection Doesn't Hold Milk

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St. Louis-based Ralcorp (RAH-$77.00) has repeatedly spurned buyout offers from ConAgra , opining it could best unlock shareholder value by ...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Donut Holes in Dunkin Brands' Books

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The asset side of Dunkin’ Brands’ (DNKN-$26.86) balance sheet is bloated, with 55% of total assets, or $1.7 billion, nothing more than inta...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Ground Zero: In Flanders Fields Remembered

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, f...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

The More Fashions Change at Talbots....

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In yet another reboot, actress Julianne Moore, 51, will be the new face of yet another splashy ad campaign over at The Talbots Inc (TLB-$2....
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Is Gold Fields Ltd Mining Fools Gold?

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Though Gold Fields (GFI-$16.28) has a diverse global growth pipeline, with four major projects in resource development, plans to grow annua...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Falling Prices Nuke Recovery at ReneSola

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Lower feed-in-tariffs in European markets are masking economic realities pressuring margins at ReneSola (SOL-$3.39) . Exacerbating a demand-...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Blockbuster's New Return Policy: Surviving

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In a recent interview with the LA Times, Dish Network’s (DISH-$22.72) chief executive Joe Clayton articulated that the $320 million purc...
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Monday, August 08, 2011

Dividend Payout Hang-Up Expected at Frontier Communications

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Frontier Communications (FTR-$6.76) paid a total of $186.6 million in cash dividends in the second quarter, which amounted to an outflow of...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Investors Roast on Earnings at Green Mountain Coffee - Ignore Future Threats

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Shares in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR-$102.57) soared more than 16 percent, or $14.46, as investors responded enthusiastically to ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

10Q Detective Partners with 24/7 Wall St.

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In our continuing effort to offer our readers relevant and timely information from the best and brightest pundits on stock investing, the 10...
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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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