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Watching for the bulls to return…

Friday, February 26th, 2010

As the SEC deadline looms for large accelerated filers to file their 10-Ks by Monday, we’re reviewing literally hundreds of filings a day.  Besides disclosing the state of their own debts, revenues, legal affairs (and so much more!), many companies are also discussing the state of the economy and what they think the future holds.
While [...]

TFS Financial Corp. Discusses its Loan Woes

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Given the paucity of filings on Friday, we couldn’t help but pay attention to the 10-K that TFS Financial Corp. (TFSL) filed. The company actually tried to sneak it in late Wednesday — around 6:30 pm. But the SEC was closed for Thanksgiving by then so it wound up getting accepted on Friday morning.
Granted, TFS [...]

J. Crew Designer Benefits from “Obama Bump”

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

After the public learned that the Obama girls wore J. Crew-designed coats for their father’s inauguration, the company enjoyed what became known as “the Obama bump.”  Sales soared – especially after the company crowed about its connection to the First Family – and online traffic spiked so high that the company’s web site crashed.
The “Obama [...]

Traveling the Economic Landscape with Winnebago

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

In the wake of 2007’s credit freeze and 2008’s $4.00+ per gallon gasoline prices, we thought that Winnebago’s (WGO) filings yesterday (an annual report here and a proxy here) might be interesting.
Winnebago, which manufactures the iconic “mobile dwellings” that lumber along America’s interstates, has indeed taken a financial hit.  Yet the filings also contained some optimistic news [...]

Feeling greatly depressed?

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

It’s 10K week here at footnoted which means lots and lots of filings. And one of the themes we’re finding pretty interesting is the number of companies that seem to be mentioning the Great Depression in their filings. So much so that we’re tempted to pop a Xanax (or two).
Take Caterpillar, which filed its 10K [...]