Earnings - 21st & 22nd Jan 2009

Company	Ticker	Actual	First Call	Yr Ago	Yr. /Yr   Rev
Abbott Labs	ABT	1.06	1.06	0.93	10.10%
Northern Trust	NTRS	1.39	0.92	0.97	18.20%
Somanetics	SMTS	0.25	0.22	0.19	21.50%
Apple	AAPL	1.78	1.39	1.76	5.80%
Burl Nrth Santa Fe	BNI	1.79	1.74	1.46	3.00%
CNH Global	CNH	0.49	0.69	0.5	-10.20%
eBay	EBAY	0.41	0.39	0.45	-6.50%
F5 Networks	FFIV	0.4	0.4	0.21	7.40%
MTS Systems	MTSC	0.57	0.51	0.47	8.60%
Noble Corp	NE	1.59	1.48	1.35	9.50%
Baxter	BAX	0.91	0.89	0.74	4.10%
Columbus McKinnon	CMCO	0.54	0.41	0.53	12.90%
Exelon	EXC	1.07	1.03	1.02	-2.10%
ITT Educational	ESI	1.61	1.44	1.2	21.40%
Knight Capital Group	NITE	0.56	0.38	0.5	28.20%
Lockheed Martin	LMT	2.05	1.92	1.89	2.70%
Monro Muffler	MNRO	0.28	0.28	0.27	5.50%
Potash	POT	2.56	2.28	1.11	30.70%
Teledyne Tech	TDY	0.84	0.78	0.73	9.30%
Union Pacific	UNP	1.31	1.23	1.86	2.10%
UnitedHealth	UNH	0.78	0.78	0.92	9.40%
Canadian Natl Rail	CNI	1.21	1.01	1.68	13.30%
Cubist Pharma	CBST	0.71	0.52	0.16	53.30%
EZCORP	EZPW	0.35	0.34	0.29	14.50%
Google	GOOG	5.1	4.95	4.43	24.60%
Intuitive Surgical	ISRG	1.27	1.27	1.24	22.20%
NetScout Systems	NTCT	0.27	0.24	0.17	23.50%
Synaptics	SYNA	0.84	0.62	0.6	43.50%

I have only selected the ones that are performing well in this downturn. Such tickers scream higher on earning reports and are better shorts when there is panic in market. Furthermore, these recover the fastest from bottoms as well. 

From the list above, I like SYNA, EZPW, ESI, AAPL, NTRS, NTCT. Will follow up with trades on these later. 

Pankaj