Most Dangerous Stocks

One page reports that are designed to deliver essential information about companies poised for problems.

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• ARAY: ACCURAY INC
  
  Checks at major metropolitan hospitals failed to uncover any installations. More liberal changes to revenue recognition policy coupled with a director who was also a distributor raised additional questions. Product results were also less than compelling.
  
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• AFFX: AFFYMETRIX INC
  
  Once dominant company was inundated with a multitude of competitors with innovative technologies. Company appeared to have lost its edge.
  
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• GVHR: GEVITY HR INC
  
  A very significant part of its earnings were quietly derived from workman’s compensation actuarial assumptions that were unheard of in the workman’s comp world.
  
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• HLYS: HEELYS
  
  The flight of the venture capital investors and insiders telegraphed the end of this fad.
  
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• KNOT: THE KNOT INC
  
  Slowdown in organic growth, free cash flow turning down, rise in operating accruals signaled the arrival of a significant competitor. Sure enough, Conde Nast was having some significant impact.
  
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• LOOP: LOOPNET INC
  
  Acceleration in customer acquisition costs indicated problems with business model projections.
  
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• LPSN: LIVEPERSON INC
  
  With low barriers to entry, decline in gross margins and stagnant customer growth indicated competitive alternatives were having a serious impact.
  
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• RHD: R H DONNELLEY CORP
  
  In light of a very leveraged balance sheet, the acceleration in the decline of the yellow pages business due to digital alternatives was magnified by expensive acquisitions that reeked of desperation. The massive insider selling helped with the timing.
  
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• SFLY: SHUTTERFLY INC
  
  Shutterfly Inc. provides an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service that enables consumers to share print and preserve their memories through the medium of photos.
  
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• TDSC: 3D SYSTEMS CORP
  
  A change in the business model where you compete with your customers seemed ill advised - especially so when you run into delays in implementing that strategy.
  
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