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What: It's almost Halloween, and Monster Worldwide
So What: Our 9.6% national unemployment has had investors running away from jobs-advertiser Monster. But rather than report frightening results, the company's now telling us all is well, and that this year's revenue could come in 8% higher than Wall Street had forecast.
Now What: Citigroup upgraded the shares in response to the news, for good reason. After buying HotJobs from Yahoo!
That said, Monster is still unprofitable, and it trades today for nearly 49 times free cash flow. If I owned the shares today, I'd be counting my good fortune, pocketing my profits -- and waiting for a better price to re-up.
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