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• Robert Half International - Behind the Numbers

  By Anthony Parsons - June 19, 2013 | Tickers: MAN, PAYX, RHI

  Today I would like to take a look at Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) and provide some insight into the company's numbers.

  Robert Half provides staffing and risk consulting services in five continents throughout the world. Adding in the company's 1.8% current dividend yield, the performance has roughly matched that of the S&P 500 for the previous 52 weeks.

  In its most recent 10-Q statement for more »

• Four Companies with Large Exposure to Europe

  By Rupert Hargreaves - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: BWA, EA, HAR, MAN

  The recent Cyprus situation highlighted the fact the the Eurozone crisis is far from over and the continent's progress in recovering from its debt crisis, which first started to cause havoc in the markets nearly two years ago, is moving along at a snail's pace.

  Having said that, it appears that the majority of the world has lost interest in the Eurozone, focusing instead on improving economic data more »

• Low Debt High ROE Stock Deserving of Rich Valuation

  By Mark Lin - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, TBI

  The market has rewarded Trueblue (NYSE: TBI) for its industry leading ROEs, with the stock price rising by 28% year-to-date. With its geographical reach and longevity in the industry, TrueBlue is well-positioned to benefit from regulatory and technological drivers such as The Affordable Care Act, and the prevalence of mobile usage.

  Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington and listed in 1995, TrueBlue is a leading provider of blue-collar staffing, serving more than more »

• Low Debt High ROE Stock Deserving of Rich Valuation

  By Mark Lin - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, TBI

  The market has rewarded Trueblue (NYSE: TBI) for its industry leading ROEs, with the stock price rising by 28% year-to-date. With its geographical reach and longevity in the industry, TrueBlue is well-positioned to benefit from regulatory and technological drivers such as The Affordable Care Act, and the prevalence of mobile usage.

  Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington and listed in 1995, TrueBlue is a leading provider of blue-collar staffing, serving more than more »

• Low Debt High ROE Stock Deserving Of Rich Valuations

  By Mark Lin - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, TBI

  The market has rewarded Trueblue (NYSE: TBI) for its industry leading ROEs, with the stock price rising by 28% year-to-date. With its geographical reach and longevity in the industry, TrueBlue is well-positioned to benefit from regulatory and technological drivers such as The Affordable Care Act and the prevalence of mobile usage.

  Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington and listed in 1995, TrueBlue is a leading provider of blue-collar staffing, serving more than more »

• Which Temp Companies Are Poised to Grow?

  By Austin Higgins - March 30, 2013 | Tickers: MAN, ASGN, RHI

  When the financial crisis gripped corporate America, contract or temporary worker-positions were among the first to go. At the height of the recession, temporary worker positions dropped by 35% from pre-recession levels. Now, as the economy is expanding, temporary work positions are in higher demand. Even now, temporary positions are still 10% less than what they were prior to the recession.

  Job demand will be increasing; so staffing agencies are more »

• Robert Half: Debt Free Balance Sheet With a Superior Operating Margin

  By Mark Lin - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, ASGN, RHI

  Founded in 1948, Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm in U.S., and a leader in professional consulting and staffing services. It is also the parent company of Protiviti, a global consulting firm specializing in finance, technology, operations, governance, risk and internal audit. The company's specialized staffing divisions include Accountemps, Robert Half Finance & Accounting and Robert Half Management Resources, for project more »

• Temporary Staffing is Entering the "Bermuda Triangle" of Margin Pressures (Part 2 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: BBSI, KELYA, MAN, RHI, TBI

  In part one of this series, we discussed a "Triangle" of likely economic concerns that are due to contract the margins of temporary staffing providers.

  To re-cap, they are:

  1). Increased volatility (good or bad) in the unemployment rate

  2). Increase workers compensation rates, particularly if unemployment drops

  3). Increased gas prices

  To be clear, while I feel that the temporary staffing market is due for a hiccup, I don more »

• Temporary Staffing is Entering the "Bermuda Triangle" of Margin Pressures (pt. 1 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: NSP, KELYA, MAN, TBI

  Temporary staffing is about to get squeezed. This employment segment, actually employment altogether, is largely misunderstood by the market. With that said, it's not "disappointing" jobs numbers that will cause this pain. 
  
  Actually, most investors would be surprised to learn that temporary staffing does very well during periods of sustained, high unemployment like this one.

  This unemployment percentage chart, provided by our friends at the Bureau of Labor Statistics more »

• Temporary Employment Trends Favor This Company

  By Eric Novinson - February 4, 2013 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, ASGN, RHI

  A temp agency that can supply workers who possess rare skills that employers need has a valuable competitive advantage right now. On Assignment (NYSE: ASGN) provides scientists, engineers, IT professionals, and health care professionals to its clients. The company does compete with established temp agencies that have moved beyond their traditional specialties such as providing production line workers and low level clerical staff. On Assignment benefits from both recent growth more »

• This Staffing Firm Is on the Mark

  By Robert Hanley - January 15, 2013 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, ASGN |

  It has been a hard slog for the global staffing industry over the past few years, as the U.S. financial crisis and slow subsequent recovery has caused companies to remain cautious in their growth ambitions and hiring plans.  Despite creating 1.8 million jobs in 2011, the official U.S. unemployment rate remains around 8% and various government entities have more job cuts ahead in order to get their more »

• Employment, Mr. Market and The Hard Road to Big Gains

  By Adem Tahiri - December 4, 2012 | Tickers: BBSI, DHX, NSP, KELYA, MAN, RHI

  "In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable." - Robert Arnott

  Peter Lynch called the edge to find stocks that the market misunderstands the “power of common knowledge;” it’s essential for small investors to beat the market. Today, I’m going to let you in on a group of stocks so misunderstood they’re certain to “make” your 2013.

  The staffing industry is too often associated with employment numbers. That more »

• Five Big Buys by Manning & Napier

  By Dr. Osman Gulseven - November 16, 2012 | Tickers: RATE, LNKD, MAN, MKTX, TSN

  Manning & Napier Advisors is one of the largest fund managers in the market. The company applies an active portfolio management approach. The goal of Manning & Napier's investments is to provide competitive absolute returns over the market cycle. In order to achieve this goal, the company utilizes a variety of equity, fixed income, and blended asset portfolios.

  In the last quarter, the fund manager opened a position in 20 stocks more »

• 2 Stocks To Buy In Anticipation Of A Jobs Recovery

  By Bill Edson - November 13, 2012 | Tickers: ADP, FB, LNKD, MAN, MWW

  As compelling as the LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) story may appear, it is trading at valuations which are impossible to justify. Investors should shy away from this stock and focus on older (and probably more boring) stocks which help recruit, hire, and pay employees.

  Attractive Results

  With the increase in sales and advertising rates, LinkedIn reported its highest profit and sales so far in the third quarter of 2012. Since the more »

• Can This Small Cap Keep Defying the Experts? (pt. 2 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - October 31, 2012 | Tickers: BBSI, NSP, KELYA, MAN, RHI |

  Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) is an international workforce solutions provider, headquartered in Troy, Mi. Kelly's shares have bounced wildly from $11.26-$18.09 this year mostly on good or bad employment headlines. However, the stock has outperformed regardless of employment numbers as its beaten analysts expectations the past 11 consecutive quarters; most recently it beat quarterly estimates by 16%! Kelly is set to report earnings again in just more »

• Can This Small Cap Keep Defying the Experts? (pt. 1 of 2)

  By Adem Tahiri - October 31, 2012 | Tickers: BBSI, NSP, KELYA, MAN, RHI |

  Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) is an international workforce solutions provider, headquartered in Troy, Mi. Kelly's shares have bounced wildly from $11.26-$18.09 this year mostly on good or bad employment headlines. However, the stock has outperformed regardless of employment numbers as its beaten analysts expectations the past 11 consecutive quarters; most recently it beat quarterly estimates by 16%!

  As I’ve previously stated, Kelly Services is one more »

• Five Stocks to Benefit from an Improving Jobs Market

  By Andrés Cardenal - October 15, 2012 | Tickers: ADP, LNKD, MAN, PAYX, RHI

  Forget about all the political noise for a second -- it’s not useful when it comes to investing in the stock market. A simple analysis of the cold hard numbers shows that the employment situation in the US is getting better, and the recovery is even gaining momentum.  There is still a lot of upside room for labor demand in the long term, and these five stocks stand to benefit more »

• Why This Small Cap Stock is (Eventually) Going Much Higher

  By Adem Tahiri - September 7, 2012 | Tickers: KELYA, MAN, RHI

  Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) is an international workforce solutions provider, headquartered in Troy, Mi. Kelly's shares have bounced around wildly this year from $10.77-$18.09 per share, mostly on employment headlines and numbers. With the most recent quarter in the rear view mirror, this small cap diversified solutions provider, proved once again why it is continuing to improve it's business and deliver on it's more »

• What if Paul Ryan is Right?

  By Matthew DiLallo - August 28, 2012 | Tickers: KELYA, LNKD, MAN, ASGN, RHI

  “If you don’t address these issues now, they’re going to steamroll the country. And the issue is, the more you delay fixing these problems, the much uglier the solutions are going to have to be.” (CNN, Sept. 2011) – Paul Ryan

  I don’t know her name, but it was heartbreaking to see her stand in line. Maybe it was because she appeared to be the age of my more »

• Is LinkedIn Really Linked In?

  By Michael Carter - June 7, 2012 | Tickers: DHX, IACI, LNKD, MAN, MWW

  With a market cap of slightly under $10 billion, LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) has a larger market capitalization than Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW), Dice Holdings (NYSE: DHX), and Manpower (NYSE: MAN) combined.  LinkedIn just went past its first year anniversary as a publicly traded stock, yet still has a sky-high price-to-earnings ratio of over 500 (depending on your source, some places calculated it as over 600).  Even though LinkedIn’s more »

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