Apollo Group (APOL)

Add a New Bulls Reason Company: Apollo Group (APOL) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 100% agree 2 votes   Earnings estimates keep growing Top Contributor: William Trent | Created when NASDAQ:APOL was $66.66 | Edit | History For the August 2008 fiscal year, estimates have risen from $2.80 three months ago to $2.97 today. The estimates for 2009 have grown from $3.25 to $3.40 over the same period (100 character max) Cancel 100% agree 2 votes   Business does well in recessions Top Contributor: William Trent | Created when NASDAQ:APOL was $66.66 | Edit | History Byron Wien thinks Apollo is worth playing on the thesis that “a lot of people will be laid off and they’ll be trying to improve their skills.” (100 character max) Cancel 100% agree 1 votes   favorable long term macro trends Created when NASDAQ:APOL was $64.37 | Edit | History The globalization process hasn't run full course. Globalization introduces geographic competition into the workforce. Some regions will have more favorable cost structures for providing goods and services than others. The net effect is displaced workers in industrialized nations (e.g. the US) or anemic growth rates (e.g Japan.) Displaced workers must be retrained. Public institutions have structural problems providing these services (e.g. specific mandates on courses provided etc.) Private education (e.g. APOL) is the the education system of the US. Loan losses are an exaggerated business risk. (100 character max) Cancel

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