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The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Worldspace Transmits This satellite radio provider is a gamble, plain and simple. Could it pay off? Sure. Even in roulette, someone sometimes wins. Just make sure not to gamble more than you can afford to lose.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: FuelCell FuelCell's business may not be improving quickly, but at least it's moving in the right general direction. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: New York, New Year Analysts are looking for clothier New York & Co. to hit the top of its latest guidance of $0.33 to $0.36 per share for the quarter. That 9% increase might be a bit optimistic, however, in light of the already confirmed "revenue miss."
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pricing Cost Plus How do rising sales turn into falling profits? Sadly, that's exactly what's going on at Cost Plus. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Nile's Tide Comes In The Internet jeweler's gross margins have been on a steady, if shallow, decline for the past 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TransAct Investors, if you thought TransAct looked expensive at a trailing P/E of 47, look again. At a price-to-free cash flow ratio of 80, it's doubly so.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Riding the Digital River Valuation looks good enough here -- especially when you consider just how truly cheap the stock is looking today. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress Boots Up Over the past four years, application infrastructure software maker Progress has beaten consensus estimates for its earnings 15 times in a row. Can the company make it a streak of "sweet 16" trouncings of the Wall Street Wise?
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Braving the Amazon.com Tomorrow, investors will see whether the company can pick up the pace again and reverse its slide with some real, honest-to-goodness cash profits.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers in Season In its fiscal first-quarter earnings release back in November, the company promised improved margins later in the year. Investors, don't expect to see the whole bump all at once.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Woodmark Investors, if sales numbers come in weaker than expected for the cabinet maker, that might actually be good news. Just make sure that the sales the company keeps are the high margin ones.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Wendy's Order's Up There's a veritable plethora of issues on investor's radar, considering that Wendy's is going through a whole lot of changes in an effort to get its business back on track.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Williams-Sonoma Sounds Off The home furnisher's margin improvements won't set any speed records, but they're definitely moving in the right direction. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Trying on Perry Ellis The clothier reports first-quarter 2007 earnings results tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Can Champion Prevail? As demand for its manufactured home products builds in the wake of last year's hurricanes, Champion is on the comeback trail. But the company still has a few issues investors need to keep an eye on.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Monitoring the Citi Trends Citi Trends has been public for less than a year. Still, five quarters should be enough to give investors an idea as to where the company is trending.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Talk America Talks Talk America's flat to declining sales, plus fewer profits earned on those sales, is not a recipe for earnings growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dean Foods Dean's gross margins ebbed and flowed over the course of the past 18 months. At last report, they wound up right back where they started, averaging about 24.3%. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: What's in Store for Ross? The only way for Ross to hit its numbers is if the stock buyback program it announced last quarter was implemented aggressively in fourth-quarter 2005, magnifying the firm's profits growth by dividing those profits among fewer shares outstanding.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cisco Sings Cisco reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow after close of market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cisco Sending Cisco's gross margins have been on a long, slow slide over the past 18 months. But until last quarter, the company's operating and net margins had been moving in the opposite direction. What does it mean for investors?
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Charmed, I'm Sure Should investors like this chain of plus-sized women's clothing stores?
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Adobe Downloads Investors, this company is practically printing money. Or at least it was, until this quarter. There are several things to keep in mind if you're to make sense of tomorrow's first-quarter earnings release -- and the market's reaction thereto.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Batter Up at Dick's Even if the sporting goods retailer meets expectations of 20% long-term earnings growth, the price looks pretty rich for investors.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Xerox, Do You Copy? The world's most recognizable copier brand name has promised to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you need to know.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sportsman's Guide Shifting Wall Street has had more than a month to chew over January's guidance and has bid the company's shares up 14% in response. Can the stock go higher tomorrow? That will depend on two things.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boning Up on Zimmer With its margins as high as they are, and rising as steadily as they are, you won't be surprised to hear that the medical technology company's shares command premium prices.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Best Buy Opens Early Best Buy is expecting to report same-store sales gains of 6% to 7% in the fourth quarter, and "strong" revenue growth overall. In contrast to its customers, Best Buy says it's been keeping tight reins on its own spending.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Under Armour Undresses Under Armour's short history doesn't tell investors much more than that gross margins are strengthening -- a strength that hasn't yet dropped to the bottom line.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pushing the Limited Judging from the rolling margins, the company appears to be slipping, becoming less profitable over time, and thus unlikely to turn in a profits improvement three times better than its sales improvement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Reading Brinker's Menu Brinker's bottom-line performance still looks pretty solid. Still, gross margins appear to be facing pressure, and the company hasn't been able to cut operating costs sufficiently to offset them. Investors, beware.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Polo Mounts Up The company's net profits are riding a wave of strong gross margins, which have risen for the past 12 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Campbell Soup's On Campbell's is indeed turning its ship around. Rolling gross, operating and net margins have been on the rise sequentially for the last four quarters. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Year in (Princeton) Review The test-prep company's investors has better hope the analyst got it right this time, after overestimating the company's profits in three of the past four quarters.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciao, Natuzzi Sales are slumping, gross margins are down 320 basis points over the past 18 months, and the company has lost money in each of the past four quarters. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Unzipping Coach Coach's trailing P/E of 29 looks a little worse than its actual price-to-free cash flow ratio of 26. But even if the company continues to grow at analysts' projected rate of 20% per year, this is one pricey handbag.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Donning the Red Hat Here is further evidence of why investors love software companies. Red Hat today is 66% more profitable than it was a year and a half ago on an operating basis, and 24% more profitable on a net basis.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: RadioShack Opens Doors The electronics retailer reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects -- and what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Sun Come Out Tomorrow? Anyone who thinks that penny stocks are by definition "cheap" needs to take a close look at Sun Microsystems.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cummins Roars Despite skyrocketing raw materials and energy costs the company has improved gross margins slightly in recent quarters. Investors, what's not to like here?
The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Homing In on Honeywell The mega-conglomerate reports its third quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Finding First Data Wall Street loves Western Union's parent company, but its margins are a bit of a mixed bag. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard American Standard's gross margin, which wasn't impacted at all by restructuring charges, has remained strong -- even growing slightly. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Black & Decker Investors, keep an eye on the Power Tools and Accessories division. So long as it does well, Black & Decker as a whole will do just fine.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Decoding Fargo It's steady as she goes at Fargo: Gross, operating, and net margins are all on a slow but steady rise after their September 2004 slump. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cracking Coke Open Whatever happens tomorrow with the net margin under GAAP, it's more important for investors to watch Coca-Cola's free cash flow, which usually exceeds accounting profits by a considerable amount.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cambridge Display Shows Off? Will there be anything to cheer about on Monday when cutting-edge display maker Cambridge Display reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Corinthian's Q2 Report Card The past couple of quarters have not been kind to Corinthian's margins (or its stock, either). Primarily as a result of the firm's weak margins, its stock looks a bit pricey.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Gateway Opens Up The computer maker opens up its second-quarter 2006 results to outside review. When they see the numbers, how will investors react?
The Motley Fool October 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Plug Injected Never profitable, fuel cell pioneer Plug Power has disappointed investors in each of its last three quarters. Will its third-quarter 2006 report break the chain of bad news?