Bought Some More Twitter (TWTR) at 12 $Pi ($37.70)

Twitter (TWTR) reported 1Q'14 results after the market closed on 02014.04.29. TWTR opened down 11+% on 02014.04.30 and I bought some more TWTR at 12 $Pi ($37.70).

Twitter (TWTR) Reports 1Q'14 Results

Twitter (TWTR) reported 1Q'14 results after the market closed today (02014.04.29). In after market hours trading, TWTR is down almost 10%; therefore, it is easy to conclude investors are not happy with Twitter's progress. Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo said the following.

"We had a very strong first quarter. Revenue growth accelerated on a year over year basis fueled by increased engagement and user growth. We also continue to rapidly increase our reach and scale. With the integration of MoPub, we now reach more than 1 billion iOS and Android users each month, making us one of the largest in-app mobile ad exchanges in the world and the only one at scale to offer native in-app advertising."

Sounds great, but Wall Street doesn't seem to be overly impressed.

TWTR closed on 02014.04.29 at $42.62. 52-week range: $38.80 - $74.73.

Nanosphere (NSPH) Hits New 52-Week Low

Nanosphere (NSPH) made a new 52-week low today (02014.04.28) and that really sucks for the GDT::Portfolio. Nanosphere doesn't release 1Q'14 results until May 7th, so I don't think that is the reason for NSPH being some a bad investment. I placed a GTC order to buy some NSPH at 0.5 $Pi ($1.57).

Facebook (FB) Reports 1Q'14 Results

Facebook (FB) reported 1Q'14 results after the market closed yesterday (02014.04.23). Mark Zuckerberg (CEO/Chairman) started the conference call with: "We continued to grow our community in size and engagement, with nearly 1.28 billion people now using Facebook each month and almost 63% visiting daily."

FB closed yesterday (02014.04.23) at $61.36. 52-week range: $22.67 - $72.59. In pre-market trading today (02014.04.24) FB is up almost 4%; however, quoting Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg concerning Instagram: "We're very focused on consumer growth, and we move slowly and deliberately in monetization. "We don't see the need or the urge to ramp this as quickly as we possibly can." Hmm... #slowly and #deliberately are not the favorite hashtags for some investors.

iRobot (IRBT) Crashes

iRobot (IRBT) lost 10.42% of its market value on 02014.04.23. Volume was 2.8 times the trailing 3-month-average. It appears as though Wall Street's short term investors and not happy with iRobot thinking long term. IRBT closed yesterday (02014.04.23) at $35.52. 52-week range: $27.75 - $48.36.

Stocks::Stuffer iRobot posting from three weeks ago 02014.04.03...

iRobot (IRBT), after the market closed on 02014.04.02, reported that they had allocated $50 million to buyback IRBT shares over the span of the next year. "The Board's authorization of a share repurchase program reflects our confidence in the health and long-term outlook of the company. With a strong balance sheet and cash flows, we believe we can take advantage of volatile market conditions to buy back our shares while maintaining the flexibility to make strategic investments in our future." -- Colin Angle, iRobot's chairman and CEO

Stocks::Stuffer iRobot posting from yesterday (02014.04.23)...

iRobot (IRBT) reported 1Q'14 results after the market closed yesterday (02014.04.22). I liked iRobot's start to 02014, but IRBT fell 4+% in after hours trading. My guess is Wall Street didn't like CEO Colin Angle saying, "Based on our Q1 results and our outlook for the rest of 2014, we are reaffirming our full-year financial expectations [...]". IRBT closed yesterday (02014.04.22) at $39.65. 52-week range: $26.30 - $48.36.

iRobot (IRBT) Reports 1Q'14 Results

iRobot (IRBT) reported 1Q'14 results after the market closed yesterday (02014.04.22). I liked iRobot's start to 02014, but IRBT fell 4+% in after hours trading. My guess is Wall Street didn't like CEO Colin Angle saying, "Based on our Q1 results and our outlook for the rest of 2014, we are reaffirming our full-year financial expectations [...]".

IRBT closed yesterday at $39.65. 52-week range: $26.30 - $48.36.

Illumina (ILMN) Reports 1Q'14 Results

Illumina (ILMN) reported 1Q'14 results after the market closed today (02014.04.22). I thought the company had a solid quarter.

Our first quarter results have set the stage for a strong 2014. We are experiencing an exciting uptake of our new products, including the NextSeq™ 500 and HiSeq X™ Ten, while demand for the overall product portfolio remains robust. We continue to innovate across the entire spectrum of the sequencing workflow to more broadly enable the adoption of genomics." -- Jay Flatley, CEO.

I particularly like the phrase entire spectrum when it comes to genomics.

Illumina's 1Q'14 press release ended with: "For fiscal 2014 the Company has increased projections [...]".

ILMN closed today (02014.04.22) at $141.21. 52-week range: $59.99 - $183.30. ILMN is up 10+% in after hours trading.