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The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: WD-40 Slides In The past 18 months have seen WD-40's gross profits squeezed steadily, with gross margins contracting quarter after quarter after quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ryder Dismounts This company has consistently beaten expectations in each of the past 20 quarters. Will it do so again in tomorrow's fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2005 release? Investors, take note.
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 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Zale's Tiebreaker Zale's fiscal first-quarter appears to be a seasonally weak one for the company. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Tribune Goes to Print If Tribune's moves to reduce costs are indeed basically complete, and one-time items stop popping up on its financial statements, the firm's net could firm up considerably going forward. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Benetton Still Under Wraps Though the clothing retailer is expecting an unambitious 4% sales growth, it would be an improvement over what Benetton's been doing recently. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Serving Williams-Sonoma The high-class home furnisher reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hello, Ruby Tuesday The company's rolling gross margins have been on a long, slow slide over the past 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Rite Aid Writes a Script Although the retail pharmacy isn't setting the world on fire with its turnaround, its gross margins have inched up slightly over the last 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley in the Showroom Harley's margins have been expanding on the gross, operating, and net levels for 18 months now. If the firm can keep that up, its promises of earnings growth in excess of sales growth appear realistic. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Snap-On The company's cash from operations has been on a general downward trend for quite a while. Investors need to look for signs that this trend has truly reversed before jumping in.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Columbia's Chill Columbia Sportswear releases first-quarter 2006 tomorrow afternoon. Here's what you need to know to prepare appropriately for the news.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pier 1 Docks Over the past 18 months, the retailer's gross, operating and net margins have all collapsed -- and the culmination of this collapse is contained in analysts' prediction of just a penny's worth of profits when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Laureate Reports The for-profit educator reports fiscal second-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Real United Technologies? When the conglomerated defense contractor reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 results early tomorrow morning, will it revert to the past, or continue wowing the critics?
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Uncertain Borders Investors, here's what you'll want to know to put the company's fiscal first-quarter 2007 numbers in context.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Macrovision Checkup The digital media piracy fighter reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow after market close. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street is looking for? Want to get a better feel for the big picture?
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Arrow Nocks The medical products maker is having a tough time of things, margins-wise. Investors, do better days lie ahead?
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 April 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boeing Approaches Humongous companies like Boeing are tricky beasts to analyze -- simply because there are so many moving parts that it's hard to keep a firm grasp on where the enterprise as a whole is headed. But investors, there's a trend afoot here -- and it looks like a good one.
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 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 June 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Marking the Finish Line The footwear retailer is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings numbers tomorrow after close of trading. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 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 September 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Global The professional services firm gets ready to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 numbers: Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: DeVry's First Grade The for-profit educator gets ready to report is fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Channeling Chaparral The second largest supplier of structural steel products in North America reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings tomorrow after close of market. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Time to Select Solectron? The electronics maker reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Briggs & Stratton Suffers Things haven't been going too well at Briggs for quite some time. At last report, analysts agreed that the company would report strong sales growth but post a 10% decline in quarterly earnings, to $0.47 per diluted share.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Still Global Will the professional services firm make it three in a row for earnings misses when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers Wednesday afternoon?
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: K-Swiss at the Gate The shoemaker reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 April 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Delta & Pine Land When considering this farming company's margin trends, it's best for investors to focus on rolling gross and operating margins and be leery of drawing conclusions from the net results.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Perry Ellis Reports So far, the Tropical Sportswear International acquisition hasn't done much to help the combined company's margins. That may be about to change -- for both better and worse. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Clear Sailing for Lakeland? Judging from the firm's performance over the past year and a half, perhaps investors should give Lakeland the benefit of the doubt here for the time being.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cutter to Putt Golfing clothier Cutter & Buck reports its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings tomorrow morning. For the first time in 18 months, analysts are expecting the firm to report an improvement in earnings versus the year-ago quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Monsanto Still Growing Although the winter quarter isn't usually strong for agriculture, Monsanto's rolling numbers support its CEO's assessment of the business. Over the past 18 months, the company has managed to grow its gross margins 60 basis points. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Bed Bath & Beyond's New Year Fiscal 2005 has come and gone for the home furnisher. Tomorrow, investors get their first glimpse at how the new year's going when it reports is fiscal first-quarter 2006 results.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Connection The knock on Resources these days is that its success was due to companies being forced to pay up to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. Now that those revenues are drying up fast, so is Resources' stock price.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Squeezing Heinz Heinz reports fourth-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Testing Circuit City With a stock that's risen 60% over the last 12 months, investors clearly have high hopes for the retail electronics vendor. Will those hopes pan out? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Watching Washington Post The Washington Post reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Should investors pass on this, or is it a deal?
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 April 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Clear-Cut Apogee Investors, even if the economy falters, the glass company's plans to continue seizing market share and controlling costs, if successful, should keep Apogee growing profits in excess of sales gains.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress Reboots After posting 15 straight earnings beats, application infrastructure software maker Progress Software stumbled badly last quarter and needs to reprove itself to the market tomorrow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen Diagnosed Walgreen investors need to keep a close eye on inventory growth to make sure it doesn't outpace sales. Otherwise, those inventories might need to be marked down, or even pitched in the dumpster one day.
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.