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Company name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Stock ticker AMD
Live stock price [stckqut]AMD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $11.75
Target stock price (averages with growth) $9.01
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $2.31
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $7.09

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=amd
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a global semiconductor company. The Company designs and sells microprocessors, chipsets and graphics processors. It offers x86 microprocessors, for the commercial and consumer markets, embedded microprocessors for commercial, commercial client and consumer markets and chipsets for desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), professional workstations and servers. The Company operates in three business segments: the Computing Solutions segment, which includes microprocessors, chipsets and embedded processors and related revenue; the Graphics segment, which includes graphics, video and multimedia products and related revenue, as well as revenue received in connection with the development and sale of game console systems that incorporate its graphics technology, and the Foundry segment, which includes operating results attributable to front end wafer manufacturing operations and related activities.


Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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Company name Crown Castle International Corp.
Stock ticker CCI
Live stock price [stckqut]CCI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=cci
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCIC) owns, operates and leases towers and other communication structures (collectively, towers), for wireless communications. The Company’s core business is renting space on its towers via long-term contracts in various forms, including license, sublease and lease agreements. Its towers can accommodate multiple customers (co-location) for antennas and other equipment necessary for the transmission of wireless signals for mobile telephones and other devices. Revenues derived from this site rental business represented 92% of CCIC’s consolidated revenues during the year ended December 31, 2009. It conducts its operations principally through subsidiaries of Crown Castle Operating Company (CCOC), including certain subsidiaries that operate its tower portfolios in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada (collectively referred to as CCUSA), and a 77.6% owned subsidiary that operates its Australia tower portfolio (referred to as CCAL).

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name HealthStream, Inc.
Stock ticker HSTM
Live stock price [stckqut]HSTM[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $11.32
Target stock price (averages with growth) $18.07
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $14.85
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $12.05

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=hstm
HealthStream, Inc. (HealthStream) provides Internet-based learning and research solutions to meet the training, information, and education needs of the healthcare industry. The Company?s learning products are used by healthcare organizations to meet a range of their training and assessment needs, while its research products provide its customers information about patients? experiences, workforce challenges, physician relations, and community perceptions of their services. HealthStream?s customers include healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and other participants in the healthcare industry. Its customer base across both learning and research business units includes over 2,500 healthcare organizations (predominately acute-care facilities) throughout the United States. It delivers educational and training courseware to its customers through the HLC platform.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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Company name Northrop Grumman Corporation
Stock ticker NOC
Live stock price [stckqut]NOC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $0
Target stock price (averages with growth) $0.49
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $2.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $51.19

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=noc
Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is an integrated enterprise consisting of businesses that cover the entire security spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company operates in five segments: Aerospace Systems, Electronic Systems, Information Systems, Shipbuilding and Technical Services. In April 2009, the Company acquired Sonoma Photonics, Inc., as well as assets from Swift Engineering?s Killer Bee Unmanned Air Systems product line. In December 2009, it sold its Advisory Services Division (ASD). In January 2009, Northrop Grumman streamlined its organizational structure by reducing the number of reporting segments from seven to five.


Confident Investor comments: There are few companies that can put up this much red on the Confident Investor chart. At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.


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Editors Note: There are few ways to earn a great return that are better than just not wasting your money and saving it. If you are living from paycheck to paycheck then you are almost definitely not getting the maximum and safest return on your money. A Confident Investor saves money continuously and religiously. You must remember to pay yourself BEFORE you pay anyone else.  Stella has some great thoughts here so I wanted to publish this guest post.

Guest Post by Stella Mak

For most people, saving money has been the best way to a better and more established future. Thus for those who believe in the immense power of saving money, they will somehow find ways to put away some money for saving for a rainy day.

Over the years, people find that it gets harder and harder for their goal at saving more money to take place. They feel that, unlike the good days, common folk’s saving money goal is now no longer a part of life but it has become a commitment that they have to force upon themselves in order to accumulate a sum of money at the end.

In addition, there are also some people who insist that saving money is no longer a possible trait in the lifestyle of modern people. This is due to the increasing standard of living, resulting in many people having to look forward to the next paycheck in order to survive the last few days of this month. In such a situation, is it possible for anybody to be really saving money for a rainy day or for retirement? With the basic commodities rising in prices everyday, it seems unlike that saving money is a solution out of poverty.

However, the key point to note is that it is definitely possible for people to be saving money more successfully, despite all the contention. How? Below is a list of some revolutionary ways that have been proven to give you more success at saving money.

1. Fix the percentage from your salary for your goal at saving money.

It is not uncommon for regular money-savers to set aside at least 30% of their salary for their money saving goal. Most people will first spend whatever money they have from their monthly paycheck or sometimes even more before turning to fulfill their money saving goal. Thus, if you are able to limit your expenditure, your attempt at saving money will definitely be more successful.

2. Pay everything in cash

Most customers are used to paying with their credit cards. This can become a big problem when people start to spend everything on credit. In recent statistics, it has been discovered that the average outstanding credit card balance is around $7000! Plus, as high as $1000 per year is actually spent only on credit card interest charges alone! With such a high credit debt, how can anyone fulfill his goal at saving money?

As a result of people’s desire at wanting more, they did not remember to keep track of their monthly expenses with the end result of accumulating more payables instead. Their saving money goal has to be shelved in order to make room to fulfill this desire for wealth.

3. Goal Setting

It is very important to set goals and stick to them. You should also be very exact about the amount you want to put aside for your saving money goal.

Besides setting your goals based on priorities, you should also set the time frame for achieving your goal at saving money.

4. Study your company’s retirement plan

One other way to help in your saving money goal is to study your company’s retirement plan to see if it will benefit you when you finally retire. Some companies have a plan whereby they deduct a certain percentage of your salary from each paycheck for your investment funds. This can be seen as forcing you to set aside funds for your saving money goal.

The important point to remember is that your goal at saving money is not an attempt to integrate it into your way of life or to make it your yearly resolution simply because everyone else is doing it. What is vital is what you get at the end when you’ve finally achieved your goal and has proven to be successful at saving money.

Saving more money in this bad economy is not impossible, you just need to have the right strategies and get the right advice from the right people! Find out how you can actually make and save more money at http://www.makemoneyideas.expertreviewslist.com

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