August 9th 2010
PerkinElmer, Inc. (PKI)
Before I get on with my entry about PerkinElmer (PKI), I would like to share with you a special new place on my travel list, Dickey Farms. I just came back from a trip to Atlanta, with a side-stop to visit cousins in Macon, Georgia, who were kind enough to take me to Musella, Georgia to try some famous Georgia Peaches with attention to the soft-serve peach ice cream!
OK I also enjoyed some samples of the peach bread, some fresh free-stone peaches, and drooled over the fried peach pies, peach fritters, peach preserves, and everything peach.
I took this picture this weekend of a couple of the people at Dickey’s who help make it all possible. If you stop by, tell them Bob sent you!
I haven’t been very active in the trading department as none of my stocks have hit sales on the downside or upside. Unfortunately, the street was very disappointed with Church & Dwight (CHD) which reported 2nd quarter results that while beating expectations, the company forecast profit margins under pressure. On t