Stock pick for entry-level analysis
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on 1/17/13 at 4:00am
Hey Guys-
A female friend of mine is taking an entry-level finance class as part of her masters program. They have been told to pick a publicly traded company which they will have to do a relatively high-level analysis of. Looking at financial statements, recent performance, stock price history etc. Looking to help her come up with some ideas. Apple and Starbucks aren't allowed and Lululemon has been taken. Any ideas of something that would be relatively straightforward and interesting for a 25-year old girl? Thanks everyone!
-Billy Ray






Limited Brands (owns victoria
Limited Brands (owns victoria secret)
TJX Companies
Johnson & Johnson
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VeriFone (PAY) Microsoft
VeriFone (PAY)
Microsoft (MSFT)
IBM
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Those are not simple
Those are not simple companies to understand, especially not J&J.
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Wtf all text is bold on the
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Do FB...
Not a lot of history so don't have too much to deal with plus I'm sure some college student girl can be interested in that.
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Chipotle ?
Chipotle ?
bank of ireland?
bank of ireland?
I assume she doesn't have
I assume she doesn't have much background on anything at all, so go with something she knows, and obviously consumer discretionary is the only thing she knows. Tiffany (TIF), Ralph Lauren (RL), or VF Corp (VFC) should be fairly easy to grasp for just about anyone on a high enough level.
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Express (EXPR)
Express (EXPR)
Michael Kors, like BH said,
Michael Kors, like BH said, consumer discretionary is not too hard to analyze.
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Go with express or
Go with express or Christopher banks corporation. Still got room to go up
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Haha, took like 10 comments for someone to even point this out. Good stuff
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
TempleOwl: VeriFone
VeriFone (PAY)
Microsoft (MSFT)
IBM
These ideas are all good (actually have been looking at the first two for my own portfolio).
BTH (Blyth) might be fun, considering the attention MLMs are getting with Herbalife.
AVP (Avon) could be good for the same reason. They recently got a new CEO, and could be a turnaround/EM growth story.
BIG faces some near term headwinds, but is interesting after their recent pullback.
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Something interesting for a
Something interesting for a
JasonLoh: SirTradesaLot:
TIF. Pretty straightforward.
Banking.
GOOG it up. Easy. Make some
I would go with Coca-Cola
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General Electric makes some
sadboy: General Electric
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RL, COH, KORS, LTD as
JC Penney
HLF (Herbalife).
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There is some
The Phantom: There is some
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Must be a non-finance MS/MBA,
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I would choose ANF
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I would choose a company in
I like to buy on several
I would not pick J&J, quite