Two Excellent Herb Greenberg Articles
from July 27th, 2006
I miss Herb Greenberg’s articles. If you didn’t know, he’s on summer vacation at the moment. I wanted to dissect the good, the bad and the ugly about the investment media out there in part because of heroes like him doing his part fighting for, and educating the un-informed masses.
I bookmarked 2 recent Greenberg articles and just re-read them tonight. Thought I’d share with you some of my thoughts about the good media out there! (Unless you think I’m always being critical, and cynical) The first must-read is an educational piece about how to not get blindsided by earnings reports. These quarterly dances can really get the best of investors who are not watching out for the following:
- What goes in, doesn’t come out
- Melting margins
- Signing up customers at any cost
- Quarter-end announcements
For more details on these suspicious events that can skew earnings reports. Be sure to check out Herb’s post. The ending sentence “When it comes to earnings, it’s quality, not quantity, that counts.” are truly words to live by for investors.
My next selection could also be my favourite Greenberg article for this year so far. (more…)



