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January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239639
Anumati.com is excited to announce that the ability to generate reports that compare several companies together has just been added to the site!  To use this feature, first click the "Compare" link that is located just above the data table on any of the report pages.  This will open ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239642

While it is certainly no secret that Microsoft (MSFT) has "borrowed" a few design ideas here and there from Apple (AAPL), I'm don't think that telling the media this is the greatest idea:

The Xbox is intentionally designed to look like an Apple product, J. Allard, founding member of the ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239643

Marvin Rounick, President and CEO of Deb Shops (DEBS) -- or Scrooge McDuck, as he likes to refer to himself on conference calls -- has shockingly announced a $6 special dividend.  When you're sitting on $175 M in the bank and have only very modest expansion plans to invest the ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239641

If you had any lingering doubts, cast them aside:

It feels as if Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May is speaking for the entire country.

Fort Lauderdale native Jamie Westenhiser, 23, told the magazine recently that she is ditching her modeling career to take up real estate investing.

In the magazine's ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239640
A post in the Options forum gives an educational summary of Chapter 5 on naked call writing from McMillan's Options As A Strategic Investment:

Chapter 5: Naked Call Writing

OTM calls are less risky because you are more likely to collect your premium and they have a lower delta, however, the premium you collect ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239635

A very useful metric that Anumati.com calculates for every quarter and year is the Altman Z-Score.  This is a somewhat complicated financial metric that was created by Professor Edward Altman, and its purpose is to serve as a bankruptcy predictor.  Is it perfect?  No.  That said, companies which file for bankruptcy rarely score well on ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239636
Courtesy of Dilbert.com:



January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239633
Over the past couple of weeks we have quietly launched three new features.  All 3 are continuing to be developed, but we like to release new features as early as possible so that they can be improved from your feedback.

20 Questions
The 20 Questions game works much as you expect it to.  Think of ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239632
The 20 Questions game has just been updated.  Dramatic improvements have been made to both speed (how long it takes to think of a good question to ask) and performance (how good it is at guessing the company you are thinking of).  It's still learning about more and more companies, but the program is ...


January 3, 2008, 11:13 am, 239634
A minor addition has been made to the company comparison feature at Anumati.com.  When you create a comparison report, the header of each column now links to the relevant report for that specific company.  So, if you are comparing the last annual income statements for a group of companies, you can now click on the ...