For Investors: April 2007 Archives

Motley Fool contributor Rich Smith writes about how the local strike affected Harley (NYSE ticker: HOG) and him.

Read his column.

Also, here's a tidbit from Barron's that suggests the company's stock is lackluster.

Is it time to stop worrying?

The Dow Jones industrial average shot past 13,000 for the first time today, powered by signs that the U.S. economy and corporate profits are growing at a steady pace.

The Dow climbed to a new record as many of the country's biggest companies surpassed analysts' first-quarter earnings projections.

Dentsply (Nasdaq ticker:XRAY) is set to release its earnings next week.

Motley Fool already is talking. Read the "Foolish Forecast."

Craving more talk of margins and EPS?

At 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, Johnson Controls (the Milwaukee company that bought York International in 2005) will talk about its second-quarter earnings. That's right, second quarter -- not first quarter.

Click here to get to the Webcast.

For all you investing folks out there, Harley releases its first-quarter earnings at 9 tomorrow morning. There's sure to be information about how the strike here affected the Milwaukee company's bottom line.

You can listen to the conference call Harley execs have with financial analysts by clicking here.

Happy listening.

Also, check out what Motley Fool said about Harley's upcoming earnings release.

Speaking of Wallstrip, the last entry got me thinking that many of you may not have caught the show's Jan. 31 segment on Dentsply.

Dentsply is based in York. It makes all sorts of stuff you see in the dentist's office: plaque scrapers, cavity fillers. The list goes on and on. The company has been the largest manufacturer of professional dental products in the world for more than 50 years.

In the 1940s, Dentsply was the first to use plastic in artificial teeth and in the next decade was the first to introduce air-driven hand pieces that replaced the wheel-and-pulley system.

Harley-Davidson stock is a subject of debate these days for Wall Street and investors alike. And the Milwaukee company famous for its cult brand did not escape analysis from Wallstrip. The Web-based show out of New York for small-time investors of the YouTube generation recently included HOG in its "Not So Fabulous Five Recap Show."

Here ya go:

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