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The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Soothes The telecom equipment maker returns to Wall Street on Thursday to report its fiscal third-quarter 2006 results. Investors, will its winning streak continue?
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Ciena Expands at Its Future's Expense The telecom unwisely boosts earnings by slashing R&D spending. Wise investors need to look further, and ask what the future holds for a company that refuses to invest in it.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Soothsaying Ciena Is telecom back? Judging from the price performance of telecom equipment maker Ciena's shares, you could be forgiven for thinking it is. Tomorrow we learn whether there's room left to run, as the company reports it second-quarter 2006.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rich Smith	Ciena Sings Same Song This quarter's gross showed a dramatic improvement not just over last year's, but over the previous two quarters of the fiscal year. But the telecom equipment maker is still losing money hand over fist. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Ciena Back in Black Investors, they say everybody loves a winner, and judging from the great amount of attention spawned by Ciena's return to profitability after a five-year hiatus, the saying holds true.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena May Give an Unpleasant Jolt With the networking equipment maker scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2008 results on Thursday, what should investors expect?
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Rich Smith	Ciena Overshoots, Underpromises Telecom equipment maker Ciena trounced earnings expectations in their Q4 report, but projections didn't measure up.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Shines, Price Glares In advance of earnings, analysts expect telecom equipment maker Ciena to continue to grow both earnings and revenue.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Still Black The networking specialist is set to report its fiscal second-quarter 2007. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dassault? Das' Right. The product lifecycle management software maker is set to report third quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hewlett-Packard, Ho! The computer maker is ready to wrap up the year and move on with its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 due out shortly. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scoping Out Synopsys The microchip manufacturing software developer is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: JDSU JDS Uniphase's margins have been a train wreck for some time. Even if you ignore the ugly negatives found in the operating and net margin lines, the gross margin picture isn't particularly attractive, either.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Starts Again The telecom equipment-maker is set to report its first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pricing Cost Plus How do rising sales turn into falling profits? Sadly, that's exactly what's going on at Cost Plus. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Ciena's Faulty Forecasting A global provider of intelligent network and service solutions, Ciena misses estimates again, as its gross margins collapse.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Shoots for Three In advance of earnings, analysts and investors wonder whether network specialist Ciena will beat numbers for the third quarter in a row.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard American Standard's gross margin, which wasn't impacted at all by restructuring charges, has remained strong -- even growing slightly. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cummins Roars Despite skyrocketing raw materials and energy costs the company has improved gross margins slightly in recent quarters. Investors, what's not to like here?
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sportsman's Guide Shifting Wall Street has had more than a month to chew over January's guidance and has bid the company's shares up 14% in response. Can the stock go higher tomorrow? That will depend on two things.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Ciena Get Its Share of the Pie? After beating earnings estimates for most of last year, Ciena aims on Friday to start its new fiscal year off right. Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Should You Believe in Credence? When the semiconductor tester reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings, will this make for three quarters in a row of missing analyst projections? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley in the Showroom Harley's margins have been expanding on the gross, operating, and net levels for 18 months now. If the firm can keep that up, its promises of earnings growth in excess of sales growth appear realistic. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard Looking Good The company is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Ciena Colored Red Nearly one week after reporting a rise in quarterly sales, operating profits of $2.8 million, and net profit per share of $0.12, shares of Ciena continued to fall yesterday, bringing the market-cap damage to 18% at last report. Why?
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cost Plus, Profits Minus? The retailer is set to close out another miserable year shortly when the World Market operator reports fourth-quarter and full-year numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Raytheon Rumbles The defense contractor is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Triangulating Garmin Garmin's rolling margins don't seem to be revealing much of a trend in its business. One quarter they're up, the next they're down. If analysts are correct in their estimates, the fourth-quarter will turn out to be a down quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is It HOTT in Here? Investors, focus on inventories and free cash flow. That's where you'll find the first evidence of a turnaround, if one exists.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Macrovision's Good, Bad, and Good News The digital media piracy fighter will try to make it one straight year's worth of out-performance when it reports its third-quarter 2006 numbers. Will it succeed? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Herman Miller's No Miser The furniture company is set to report its second-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool August 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Credence Clear Water? Can semiconductor-tester Credence Systems keep up its recent profitable trend, and make it three in a row for positive (pro forma only) earnings when it reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 numbers on Thursday? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Campbell Soup's On Campbell's is indeed turning its ship around. Rolling gross, operating and net margins have been on the rise sequentially for the last four quarters. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hoping for Progress The beleaguered software maker steps up to the plate to deliver its earnings report for fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Macrovision Checkup The digital media piracy fighter reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow after market close. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street is looking for? Want to get a better feel for the big picture?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Redrawing Borders The bookstore's fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 financial performance will enter the history books, and we can look forward to a new fiscal year -- hopefully, one in which the company's stock price doesn't fall in inverse proportion to the S&P's rise.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2009 Rich Smith	Strike Three: Is Ciena Out? Ciena still has lots of cash on its balance sheet -- but lots of convertible debt, too. If it keeps going the way it's heading, the company could quickly end up with more debt than cash.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Shareholders Spooked In advance of earnings, analysts expect Ciena to drop profits by 90%.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys The chip manufacturing software company reports fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Rich Smith	Ciena Slashes, Stock Burns A lesson in how not to stem losses: The telecom equipment maker had some good news for investors yesterday -- and some bad news, too.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Snap-On The company's cash from operations has been on a general downward trend for quite a while. Investors need to look for signs that this trend has truly reversed before jumping in.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Growth Stops at Deb Shops The teen clothier reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2007 results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Talk America Talks Talk America's flat to declining sales, plus fewer profits earned on those sales, is not a recipe for earnings growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Evan Niu	Ciena Books an Unexpected Profit The company delivers an adjusted profit, but continues to burn cash.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress May Be Delayed In advance of earnings reports, management has raised revenue guidance, but unfortunately, not profits guidance.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Serving Williams-Sonoma The high-class home furnisher reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hewlett Packs Earnings The computer maker is set to report its second-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 Anders Bylund	Ciena Paints a Pretty Picture: Fool by Numbers The networking equipment maker released fourth-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: New York, New Year Analysts are looking for clothier New York & Co. to hit the top of its latest guidance of $0.33 to $0.36 per share for the quarter. That 9% increase might be a bit optimistic, however, in light of the already confirmed "revenue miss."