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United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company that services construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities.  Through United Rental a company can rent backhoes, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment, scissor lifts, crossing plates, line testing equipment for underground work, electrical distribution equipment, etc.

So you see, like Caterpillar, United Rentals is a great barometer of the economy.  United Rentals reported earnings last week and earned $3.31 / share for the fourth quarter which beat estimates. Revenue also rose 22% compared to the fourth quarter last year.  Probably more important, United

I spoke about Skechers a little under a month ago,

Skechers’ Upgrade Equated To A Sell Opportunity

In a note to clients, Susquehanna Research analyst Sam Poser upgraded the company to positive from neutral and raised his target price on the stock to $37 from $32, noting that his check-ins at various retail locations and also recent results from wholesalers point to stronger demand for the company’s products.So, although Skechers got upgrade and although the price rose 3% on the news, it was actually an opportunity to short the stock as suggested by the daily supply at $34 with a price target

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets da Vinci surgical systems, and related instruments and accessories. Its da Vinci Surgical System transforms the surgeon’s natural hand movements outside the body into corresponding micro-movements inside the patient’s body.

Intuitive Surgical is kind of near and dear to my heart. When I feel in love with the Stock Market back in the early 2000s. Intuitive Surgical was one of the first stocks I started to follow. I knew it had potential, but never invested in the stock and periodically just would keep my eye on their progress.

Intuitive Surgical announced earnings on

Who’s the biggest winner in the stock market this century? Amazon maybe? Or perhaps Apple? Up 2,300 percent and 5,300 since January 2000, respectively, they’re both good guesses.

It turns out, though, that they’re not even close to the actual No. 1 stock in that period — Monster Beverage. That’s right, the energy-drink company with the black and neon green label has dominated all other stocks in the S&P 500 index, returning almost 60,000 percent over the period.

But now it’s running into serious headwinds — the stock dropped about 18 percent in the past few weeks — as new competitors enter