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CME Group Inc. (CME) May 22, 2013 4:30 pm ET Executives Terrence A. Duffy - Executive Chairman, President, Chairman of Executive Committee and Member of Strategic Steering Committee Kathleen M. Cronin - Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary Phupinder S. Gill - Chief Executive Officer, Director, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Strategic Steering Committee Presentation Terrence A. Duffy Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It's my pleasure to welcome you to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of CME Group, and I call the meeting to order. I'm Terry Duffy. I'm the Executive Chairman and President of CME Group, and I will be presiding at this meeting. With us today in the audience are members of the CME Group Board of Directors, our management team, and joining me on the dais are Phupinder Gill, our CEO; Jamie Parisi, our CFO; and Kathleen Cronin, our General Counsel and

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) will report earnings before markets open on Thursday, May 23rd. The Buckle, Inc. retails medium to better priced casual apparel for young men and women. The Company currently operates retail stores in the United States under the Brass Buckle and The Buckle names. The Buckle markets a wide selection of mostly brand name casual apparel, including denims, tops, sportswear, outerwear, accessories, and shoes. Here is your Cheat Sheet to Buckle Earnings: Earnings Expectations: Analysts expect earnings of $0.82 per share on revenues of $272.48 million. Currently, the company’s P/E ratio stands at 15.81. Analyst Trends: Analysts have a more positive outlook for the company’s next-quarter performance. Over the past three months, the average estimate for next quarter’s earnings has risen from a profit of $0.51 to a profit $0.52. For the current year, the average estimate is a profit of $3.57, which is better than the estimate ninety days ago. The stock market is at 5-year highs! Discover the best stocks to buy in today’s market. CLICK HERE for Your Stock Investor Cheat Sheet NOW! Earnings Trends: Here’s how Buckle has been performing on an annual basis: Fiscal Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Revenue ($) in millions 792 898 950 1,063 1,124 Diluted EPS ($) 2.24 2.73 2.86 3.20 3.44 Next, our CHEAT SHEET investing framework asks us to drill down to the recent quarterly data: Quarter Apr. 30, 2012 Jul. 31, 2012 Oct. 31, 2012 Jan. 31, 2013 Revenue ($) in millions 263.76 215.48 284.15 360.61 Diluted EPS ($) 0.79 0.49 0.88 1.28 Past Performance: Buckle has beat analyst estimates 3 times in the past four quarters. Shareholders could expect a boost if the company beats estimates. “E = Earnings Are Increasing Quarter-Over-Quarter” is a core component of our successful CHEAT SHEET investing framework. Don’t waste another minute – click here to discover our CHEAT SHEET stock picks now! (Company fundamentals provided by Xignite Financials. Email any earnings discrepancies to earnings [at] wallstcheatsheet.com) Read the original article from Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Executive Summary Market lore and disclaimers from ETF companies warn investors to stay away from double reverse ETFs for trades longer than a few days. This caution is unnecessary for investors using stock ETFs to be short the Japanese yen. During the last 140 days of the yen's current declining trend, being short via YCS was twice as lucrative as using FXY. If the yen's declining trend continues, YCS should continue to be the vehicle of choice for stock investors. Introduction Shorting the yen has gotten increasingly popular, especially since Japan elected the Abe Government. The Bank of Japan, urged on by the Abe Government, has set out to double the monetary base by doing $80 million in Quantitative Easing (QE) per month. The yen has declined in value against the dollar as a result. The Government of Japan obviously considers the declining yen, a predictable result of their QE

Geron Corporation (GERN) May 22, 2013 5:00 pm ET Executives John A. Scarlett - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Anna Krassowska - Investor and Media Relations Officer Andrew J. Grethlein - Acting Head of Research and Executive Vice President of Technical Operations Stephen N. Rosenfield - Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Olivia Kyusuk Bloom - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer Presentation John A. Scarlett First of all, let me just thank all of you for coming today. When we get finished here, I'll actually start. And as you probably know from being at these type of meetings, before I have a script to read. It's not very exciting. So I will go ahead and -- are all the numbers filled in on this, that I have in front of me? Unknown Executive Yes. Anna Krassowska Okay. Is there

8X8 Inc. (EGHT) F4Q13 Earnings Conference Call May 22, 2013 04:30 PM ET Executives Bryan Martin - Chairman and CEO Dan Weirich - CFO Joan Citelli - Director, Corporate Communications Analysts Dmitry Netis - William Blair & Company L.L.C. Barry McCarver - Stephens Inc. Raghavan Sarathy - Dougherty & Company Jason Kreyer - Craig-Hallum Capital Group Michael Latimore - Northland Capital Gregory Burns - Sidoti & Company Presentation Operator Good day ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the 8x8 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Fiscal Year 2013 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I’d now like to introduce your host for today Ms. Joan Citelli, Director of Corporate Communications. Ma’am, please go ahead. Joan

Synopsys (SNPS) Q2 2013 Earnings Call May 22, 2013 5:00 pm ET Executives Lisa Ewbank Aart J. de Geus - Co-Founder, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer Brian M. Beattie - Chief Financial Officer Analysts Richard Valera - Needham & Company, LLC, Research Division Krish Sankar - BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division Sterling P. Auty - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division Thomas Diffely - D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division Jay Vleeschhouwer - Griffin Securities, Inc., Research Division Mahesh Sanganeria - RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Research Division Farhan Ahmad Presentation Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Synopsys Earnings Conference Call for the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2013. [Operator Instructions] Today's call will last 1 hour. 5 minutes prior to the end of the call, we will announce the amount of time remaining in the conference. As a reminder, today's call is being

The forex markets were jittery today as Fed Chairman Bernanke confessed to what he might or might not do. Some, who apparently had access to the prepared text of his testimony, reported there would be no tapering off of the current rate of money addition -- $85B per month.Premature tightening risks the slowing or end of the current recovery, it was reported. Naturally this weakened the USD, as traders felt the increase in the money supply was bearish the USD. Then in his live testimony Bernanke hinted at a possible tapering in the amount of the monthly QE. Adding to the confusion was NY Fed President William Dudley, who claimed the Fed needed three or four months to measure the fiscal drag caused by reduced federal spending.Was the conflicted testimony by Bernanke premeditated? Probably, as were the additional comments by Dudley. The market, however, has responded and

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) will report earnings after markets close on Thursday, May 23rd. Zumiez Inc., is a specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment, and accessories. Here is your Cheat Sheet to Zumiez Earnings: Earnings Expectations: Analysts expect earnings of $0.12 per share on revenues of $147.66 million. Currently, the company’s P/E ratio stands at 24.06. Analyst Trends: Analysts have a more positive outlook for the company’s next-quarter performance. Over the past three months, the average estimate for next quarter’s earnings has risen from a profit of $0.15 to a profit $0.17. For the current year, the average estimate is a profit of $1.68, which is better than the estimate ninety days ago. The stock market is at 5-year highs! Discover the best stocks to buy in today’s market. CLICK HERE for Your Stock Investor Cheat Sheet NOW! Earnings Trends: Here’s how Zumiez has been performing on an annual basis: Fiscal Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Revenue ($) in millions 409 408 479 556 669 Diluted EPS ($) 0.58 0.30 0.79 1.20 1.35 Next, our CHEAT SHEET investing framework asks us to drill down to the recent quarterly data: Quarter Apr. 30, 2012 Jul. 31, 2012 Oct. 31, 2012 Jan. 31, 2013 Revenue ($) in millions 129.90 135.07 180.02 224.40 Diluted EPS ($) 0.14 0.07 0.40 0.74 Past Performance: Zumiez has beat analyst estimates 4 times in the past four quarters. Shareholders could expect a boost if the company beats estimates. “E = Earnings Are Increasing Quarter-Over-Quarter” is a core component of our successful CHEAT SHEET investing framework. Don’t waste another minute – click here to discover our CHEAT SHEET stock picks now! (Company fundamentals provided by Xignite Financials. Email any earnings discrepancies to earnings [at] wallstcheatsheet.com) Read the original article from Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Ellie Mae, Inc. (ELLI) 2013 Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference May 22, 2013 5:10 pm ET Executives Edgar A. Luce - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration Michelle Gable - Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis Analysts Raimo Lenschow - Barclays Presentation Raimo Lenschow - Barclays Welcome to our next session here. I'm really happy to have Ed Luce here and Michelle Gable is here as well for the Q&A part, the tough questions, and Ellie Mae, it's been an interesting one. I mean we initiated early last year and it has been initially a very, very good story for us. This year, I'm having a big debate what's going on. I hope we can sort it out today but I don't think it's really anything you and I can do because it's more kind of related on the rates and finance, big

Volkswagen AG (VLKAY.PK) is one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers and the largest in Europe. Given its large size and global footprint, it faces competition virtually from almost every carmaker in the world. However, its closest competitors are other global carmakers, such as Toyota (TM), Ford (F), General Motors (GM), or Hyundai (HYMLF.PK).The company was founded in 1904 and is based in Germany. VW's largest shareholder is Porsche Automobile Holding SE with an equity stake of 50.7 percent, followed by the State of Lower Saxony with 20 percent of the company's capital, and Qatar Holding with 17 percent. Volkswagen has a market capitalization of $100.8 billion and its primary listing is in Frankfurt. It also trades in the U.S. as American Depositary Receipts (ADR's), in the over-the-counter (OTC) market. Company Overview Volkswagen group is structured in three divisions: passenger cars; commercial