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The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Acxiom Tilted? The data collator is set to report its fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings. Here's a review of the company's recent numbers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Acxiom Tilting? The data collator reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers tomorrow after close of market. Investors, here's what you need to know to put them in context.
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 January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Acxiom Just Spinning? Buying Acxiom looks like a better idea than betting against it. The company's trailing-12-month P/E of 42 may not look cheap, but its mammoth cash flows give the firm an ultra-cheap price-to-free-cash-flow ratio of 8.
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 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 December 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Smith & Wesson Loads After putting together back-to-back quarters in which it "beat" consensus estimates for its earnings, can Smith & Wesson Holding make it three-in-a-row when it reports its fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings?
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Through Tiffany's Window The high-end jeweler reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 May 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dollar General Strategizes The discount retailer opens its doors bright and early tomorrow morning, and the crowds are already forming to see what first-quarter 2006 earnings it will report. Want to know Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 May 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Children's Place Kids' clothing retailer Children's Place reports first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Investors, will it be buy, sell or waffle? Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard for Success The commode manufacturer reports second-quarter 2006 results tomorrow. Investors, take note.
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 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 July 23, 2011	Acxiom Earnings Preview Acxiom will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, July 27.
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: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ARM Holdings ARM Holdings' stock closed out last week by hitting an intraday 52-week high of $7.43 before relapsing a bit. Will tomorrow send it still higher?
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 October 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American's Wobbly Standard With two earnings misses, a beat, and a match to its credit over the last four quarters, the kitchen and bath fixture-maker hasn't exactly set the standard for consistent outperformance lately. What is in store for the third quarter? 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 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cost Plus Losses World Market operator Cost Plus reports its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Expectations are low, but that doesn't mean the company can't underperform them. Or, the bar is set so low that shares could fly on even the tiniest bit of good news.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Rich Smith	An Acxiomatic Bargain Assuming Acxiom feels it paid the right price for Digital Impact, it's not likely to agree to a buyout offer of anything less than three times Acxiom's own sales: $3.6 billion, or roughly $41 a share.
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 June 7, 2005 Tom Taulli	ValueAct's "Tough Love" Letter ValueAct is a fund that doesn't sit around. If management falters, it agitates for change.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Tom Taulli	Acxiom of Shareholder Evil ValueAct Capital Partners said it plans to abandon its buyout of Acxiom, causing shares of the information-based product development company to tumble.