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Monday
The new trading week starts slowly on the earnings front, so let's turn to Monday night, when Paul McCartney takes the stage in New York's legendary Apollo.

This isn't just a concert. It's Sirius XM Radio's (Nasdaq: SIRI ) fete, as the satellite-radio provider celebrates its recent crossing of the 20 million subscriber mark.

It should be an interesting event, especially now that Howard Stern has signed up for another five years at Sirius. Can we get CEO Mel Karmazin and Stern to join McCartney onstage to sing "Silly Love Songs" together?

Tuesday
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY ) checks in on Tuesday. The consumer-electronics superstore is a good one to follow as we head into the holiday season. Let's hope the company provides a heads-up on what the hot high-def televisions, smartphones, and video-game consoles are this year.

Wednesday
Rentech (NYSE: RTK ) has its turn on the earnings stage come Wednesday. Analysts see the clean-energy specialist posting a quarterly deficit of $0.02 a share. That's a slight improvement over the loss it posted a year earlier, but it will be the fifth consecutive quarterly loss. Rentech has missed Wall Street's targets in each of the four previous quarters, so let's not assume that Wednesday's quarterly deficit will, in fact, be a year-over-year improvement until the numbers are out.

Thursday
SMART Modular (Nasdaq: SMOD ) , courier FedEx (NYSE: FDX ) , and furniture maker Steelcase (NYSE: SCS ) are all slated to post their quarterly financials on Thursday. The three companies don't have much in common, but all three are projected to post markedly higher earnings than they did a year earlier.

Friday
The week closes out with Disney hoping to reboot its TRON franchise. TRON: Legacy opens at a multiplex near you. I don't know about you, but I enjoyed the video game far more than the original movie.

Let's see how this high-tech installment plays out on the big screen.

Until next week, I remain,

Rick Munarriz

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Report this Comment On December 11, 2010, at 12:21 PM, waterinfo wrote:

Now that the uncertainty (as if there ever was any) about Howard Stern is out of the way, the market can concentrate on the serious sirius business of getting this stock up to the $5 that it should be trading at.
Consider the facts:
The company is churning out cash.
The company now has a sterling debt rating, including a brand new upgrade from S&P.
Auto sales are increasing, and satellite radio is quickly becoming a "must have" feature in new and late model used cars.
Automakers are highly motivated to include satellite radio on certified used cars to add value and move the metal.
When all the wireless carriers force large volume internet users to volume based pricing, listening to Pandora and similar services over wireless devices will cost more than $6 per hour.
I'm pretty sure that Mel Karmizan and company will pull out at least one more upside surprise before the next quarterly report.
Sirius 2.0 radios will capture many new listeners that want more than just a simple, laid back radio to listen to.
The Paul McCartney concert will be just the beginning of many super concerts that will make satellite radio a must.
You better put your buy orders in on Monday. I don't think that you will see SIRI below $1.40 again.

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