Paper tiger.Investment newsletter "Wall Streetwise street·wise adj. Having the shrewd awareness, experience, and resourcefulness needed for survival in a difficult, often dangerous urban environment. " edges out the S&P 500 The portfolio. North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. is a world away from Manhattan, but Wall Streetwise (800-419-1318), an investment newsletter based in Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham CountyGR6 and is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. , seemed to have a good reading of the stock exchange's pulse. Thanks to a standout performance by MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Worldcom, which had a 52-week high of nearly $70, Wall Streetwise Editor Chris Wilson saw his portfolio race off to an 18% gain for the year vs. 15% for the Standard & Poor's 500. Although the remaining stocks in the portfolio didn't quite shine as brightly as MCI Worldcom, they did more than hold their own, particularly healthcare company Omnicare, which posted a 10.5% rise for the year. The outlook. Wilson says he's happy to stick with his hand during the year to come with one exception--Ballantyne, an Omaha, Nebraska “Omaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Omaha (disambiguation). Omaha is the largest city in the State of Nebraska, United States. It is the county seat of Douglas County.GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 390,007. , maker of motion picture and photographic equipment. The company is a bit too heavily dependent on Mexico and Asia for continued growth for Wilson's peace of mind. Instead, he recommends switching into shares of Quintiles Quintiles Transnational Corp. is a contract research organization which serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. History Quintiles was founded in 1982 by Dennis Gillings and as of 2007 it has 18,000 employees. (Nasdaq: QTRN), a company that conducts clinical trials and test markets new drugs for the pharmaceutical industry. The company is slated to break the $1 billion annual sales mark, Wilson says, and should provide steady growth over the years to come.
Current Price at
Stock (Exchange: Symbol) Price(*) Recommendation
MCI Worldcom (Nasdaq:WCOM) $50.94 $30.25
Ballantyne of Omaha (NYSE: BTN) 7.06(**) 10.25
Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) 31.44 28.44
Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) 41.00 39.00
State Street (NYSE: STT) 61.56 57.81
Portfolio Average
Current Value
Total of $1,000
Stock (Exchange: Symbol) Return Investment
MCI Worldcom (Nasdaq:WCOM) 68.4% $1,684
Ballantyne of Omaha (NYSE: BTN) -31.1 689
Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) 10.5 1,105
Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) 5.1 1,051
State Street (NYSE: STT) 6.5 1,065
Portfolio Average 11.9% 5,594
Est. 5-Year
Annual
Stock (Exchange: Symbol) EPS Growth
MCI Worldcom (Nasdaq:WCOM) 30.5%
Ballantyne of Omaha (NYSE: BTN) 18.5
Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) 28.8
Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) 27.3
State Street (NYSE: STT) 15.2
Portfolio Average
(*) As of 11/3/98. (**) Price reflects 3-for2 stack split. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. from Zacks Investment Research Zacks Investment Research A firm that compiles earnings estimates and brokerage firm investment recommendations for thousands of publicly traded firms. . |
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