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Samuel Ro

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SAMUEL RO is a research analyst at a benefits consulting firm. Previously he was senior equity analyst for the Forbes Special Situation Survey and Forbes Growth Investor newsletters and he contributed to forbes.com's Personal Finance column and GreatSpeculations blog. Before joining Forbes, he held positions at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. He earned his BA in religion from Boston University. Ro is a CFA charterholder and is vice president of the Kentuckians of New York Society.

Recent Posts

Stocks to Watch: Estee Lauder, H-P, Walmart, Abercrombie, Aeropostale

Posted: 8/15/2011 7:01:00 AM

Last week’s gut-wrenching five days, with stocks down around 2% when the markets closed on Friday, ended with conflicting reads on the American consumer.  According to the Comm…

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Patent Problems at Pfizer; MasterCard’s Priceless Quarter

Posted: 8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

With a debt-ceiling deal finally achieved, Wall Street could be in for a rollicking week. And that could deliver some added oomph to stocks with positive expectations and possibly temper the react…

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No Jobs, But America Still Needs Its iPads

Posted: 7/29/2011 12:49:00 PM

If you were to look only at the profit and stock performance of high-end, branded-goods companies like Apple (AAPL), Whole Foods (WFM), Tiffany (TIF), and Coach (COH), you’d have no idea that the …

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Stocks to Watch This Week

Posted: 7/25/2011 8:49:00 AM

Netflix: Soaring Stock, Hungry Rivals Netflix (NFLX) has rocketed 57% since the beginning of the year, and analysts expect it to report Q2 earnings of $1.11 per share, up 39% from a…

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Before the Bell: Stocks to Watch This Week

Posted: 7/18/2011 12:01:00 AM

Big Blue Investors Poised for Blowout QuarterIBM, which releases its Q2 financial results Monday afternoon, is expected to report earnings of $3.03 per share, up from $2.61 per share a yea…

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Moving On: Ex-Public Officials Head to Wall Street

Posted: 6/1/2011 2:39:00 PM

Financial firms are hiring former public officials to help cope with recent major changes in regulation.

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