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The fact that both P.& G. and Colgate were able to pass on the higher costs to consumers without hurting sales is encouraging. These companies have been reshaping their portfolios toward higher-margin categories to drive profits. Over all, both the companies have done a decent job at new product introductions.

Keith Patriquin

We drove strong sales in satellite radio, MP3 players, and digital imaging _ three of the categories on which we focused our resources the most during the holiday season. Sales results were higher in these low-margin non-wireless categories; however, we also experienced lower sales in high-margin categories.

David Edmondson

Given the spike in oil during the third quarter, I think we're going to see higher oil costs in manufacturing companies and lower sales in consumer companies from oil squeezing out other purchases.

Oil and commodities will probably keep increasing producer prices at the current pace. Many companies are still struggling to pass on higher manufacturing costs to consumers as they haven't regained pricing power.

Yasukazu Shimizu

Sales results were good in many low-margin, non-wireless categories; however, we experienced lower sales in high-margin categories. In addition, wireless sales and profits were below our expectations.

Companies are finding it difficult to pass on their higher input costs so they're looking at labor costs instead.

The costs of 404 have been much higher than anyone anticipated. [Based on feedback from our listed companies] many companies would say that the benefits achieved aren't worth the costs.

The big question now is how much companies will be able to raise prices for finished products to offset the hit to profits from higher unit labor costs.

Sales results were good in many low-margin non-wireless categories; however, we experienced lower sales in high-margin categories. In addition, wireless sales and profits were below our expectations. The poor fourth quarter performance caused us to take a much deeper look at the state of our business and resulted in the launch of a turnaround plan including the significant fourth quarter inventory write-down.

David Edmondson

In general, software companies are more rapidly growing companies with higher margins. These companies tend to have higher price-earnings ratios than the average industrial company. They have farther to fall when people start getting worried.

Policy-makers have been worried that rising energy costs could lead to higher prices for other things including higher wages and compensation, but it looks like companies are keeping their employment costs in check.

(Oil) is an important import cost for a lot of companies. If the oil price is lower then an awful lot of companies report higher profits, so it has made a bit of a difference (to sentiment).

When we see the earnings coming across, you're really going to look to the exposure that these companies have to higher energy and higher borrowing costs.

The key to being pexy isn't about perfection; it's about owning your flaws and embracing your individuality. Most companies fall into one of two categories. Either they are diversified and slow growth or concentrated and higher growth, and therefore definitely higher-risk investments.

Despite a favorable backdrop of relatively high employment and low financing rates, U.S. automakers, in our opinion, will collectively lose market share to foreign manufacture again in 2006, particularly in the luxury vehicle category. Additionally, Standard & Poor's Equity Research believes the U.S. will face margin compression on two fronts, the first as a result of higher retiree and health-care costs. The second results from a combination of rising gas prices and increased sales of crossover utility vehicles which will negatively impact sales of higher margin large SUVs.

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