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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 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 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 February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Chewing Over Wrigley For investors, watching Wrigley's margin movement is like chewing on a stick of gum. It gives you something to do with your time, but doesn't really accomplish much.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ingersoll-Rand Powers Up The diversified industrial manufacturer reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see -- and do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007	Snap-on Tooling Around: Fool by Numbers The toolmaker released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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 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 April 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hello, Halliburton The energy, industry, and government contracting behemoth reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Here's what Wall Street expects to see.
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 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 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 June 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: La-Z-Boy La-Z-Boy's fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 earnings report is due out tomorrow afternoon. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Family Dollar for Your Thoughts The deep-discounter's margins remain under pressure, having fallen across the board over the past 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TOM on the Line TOM Online, one of China's leading Internet portals and wireless service providers, reports its first-quarter 2006 earnings numbers tomorrow.
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 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 April 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oxford Commences With Oxford's goods selling like hotcakes (albeit not terribly profitable hotcakes), the miniscule rise in inventories shouldn't bother investors.
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 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 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 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 May 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Home Depot The home improvement retailer reports first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Here's what you need to know to make sense of the news. 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 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 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lowe's Makes Landfall Home Depot and Lowe's report first-quarter 2006 earnings on Monday. Here are some facts for investors to ponder.
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 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 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 July 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Forms Ranks The defense contracting powerhouse reports its second-quarter earnings results early tomorrow. Investors, take note.
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 August 31, 2006	Foolish Fundamentals: Margins Margins are important, but how you use margin information is more important to your investing success. Don't stay on the surface when analyzing margins. Your portfolio will thank you for it later.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Lowe's Fly High? While the wise on Wall Street will probably focus on the margins reflected in Lowe's income statement, investors might want to pay more attention to the company's cash flow statement.
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 June 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is It Your Best Buy? Stock shoppers, start your engines. The electronics retailer reports its fiscal first-quarter 2007 numbers tomorrow before market open. Should investors be nervous?
The Motley Fool June 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Korn/Ferry Debarks The headhunter reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool April 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard Flush? While the nation's most famous toilet maker isn't doing so hot in the toilet-selling department, its air conditioning, residential, and vehicle control systems units all turned in strong performances. 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.
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Snap-On Is On The Mend Snap-On appears to be in a turnaround after its sales decline in 2004.
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 June 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: G-III's Q1 Clothier G-III Apparel reports first-quarter 2007 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool December 13, 2010 Seth Jayson	Here's How Stanley Black & Decker May Be Failing You Here's the margin picture for Stanley Black & Decker over the past few years.
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 March 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ADAM & Earnings' Eve With margins like these, you'd think someone would be interested in purchasing the online health information publisher's stock. Investors, take note.
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 March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Redrawing Borders The bookstore's fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 financial performance will enter the history books, and we can look forward to a new fiscal year -- hopefully, one in which the company's stock price doesn't fall in inverse proportion to the S&P's rise.
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 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 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.