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The latest report on the performance of the Fat Pitch Financials Value Portfolio hosted at Marketocracy.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), the world's largest software maker, is scheduled to release its financial results for second quarter of fiscal year 2010 after the closing bell on Thursday, January 28, 2010. Analysts, on average, expect the company to report earnings of 59 cents a share on revenue of $17.84 billion.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), the world's second largest chipmaker, is scheduled to release its financial results for first quarter of fiscal year 2009 after the market close on Monday, January 25, 2010. Analysts, on average, expect the company to report a loss of 18 cents a share on revenue of $1.49 billion

The FPF Value Port outperformed the market in 2009, returning 42.44% versus just 26.47% for the S&P 500.

The European Union has dropped its antitrust case against Microsoft over web browsers. 

ValueClick is one of the largest pure Internet marketing firms. While competition is strong and management is less-than-stellar, ValueClick's price, excellent business model, and potential to be acquired make it a tepid buy.

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GameStop Corp.(NYSE: GME) is scheduled to release its third quarter financial results before the market open on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Analysts currently expect the company to report earnings of 30 cents per share on revenue of $1.73 billion.

This is an update on the performance of the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio. The portfolio at the end of October was beating the S&P 500 by an annualized 2% since inception in 2004.

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IT hardware companies are vying to acquire IT consulting and services firms. This article examines the reasons for these transactions, speculates on potential targets, and provides ideas for profiting from consolidation. Read more on consolidation in information technology consulting firms

I am a firm believer in keeping things simple. However, you can simplify things to the point they no longer have value. In my opinion, a lot of the commonly used financial metrics can be very misleading unless you understand what is behind them. Let’s take a closer look at Dividend Payout.

Investors often fall in love with stocks, which are synonymous with innovation, growth and have delivered strong total returns up to a point. It is easy to fall in love with a stock, which everyone else is touting as the next great thing, whose products you use or is one which has made many investors rich.

Recently, Morningstar analysts studied funds that invest in stocks with wide moats. They found that the funds proved relatively resilient during the rough markets of the past year.

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