filed under international markets forecasts good news products and services consumer experience competitive strategy apple inc aapl nokia corp. nok research in motion rimm iphone smartphones technology
some great news for apple inc. s nasdaq aapl revolutionary iphone today as a new study shows that for the f...... [Show More]
from warren buffet on berkshire hathaway stock
the creditdefaultswap markets main concern appears to be a large berkshire derivatives trade in which buffett sold puts on the sp 500 and three foreign stock indexes with a strike price equal to the price of the indexes at the time the trades were initiated
describing the trade for the first time in his 2007 letter to shar...... [Show More]
there is no doubt that the economy is down right now. a recession is in the works and we are seeing some scary events. my 401k is down right now 39 of course i am not happy about this but i am not worried. times like these hurt older people the most. people who are close to retirement. i worked with a guy who is close to retirement and he watched as his 401k dropped 50000 in value...... [Show More]
mutual funds in the simplest terms are traditional actively managed funds of stocks usually.a there are also funds that specialize in other things such as bonds indexes etc but the average mutual fund is managed by a group of investment managers that choose a particular investment strategy i.e. long term growth and buy and sell stocks within that fund attempting to keep the strate...... [Show More]
former massachusetts governor and presidential hopeful mitt romney has written an oped in the new york times about the auto industry . gov. romney is uniquely qualified to comment on the industrynot only due to his personal knowledge of the business but also because his father was the president of american motors. i was expecting then something that was thoughtful and insightful...... [Show More]
no fool Post Source: paydaypundit.org Posted: Nov 19 2008 20:47:40
the motley foola exposes howabanks are reaping a windfall from ohio payday lending banaa
fifth third bancorp
is there a link between the availability of payday lenders in a state and the amount that banks collect on overdraft fees im not sure but caps member robermac suggests there is and notes that with payday lenders on the ropes in the buckeye state as a result of a legis...... [Show More]
why the energy crisis will oulast the credit crisis
the longterm ripple effects of high oil prices could be far more serious than the 4gallon prices that confronted american drivers last summer. as oil resources shift increasingly into government hands there is less certainty that oil officials in various countries will reinvest the trillions of dollars needed to explore and develop new fie...... [Show More]
from the motley fool
in 2001 alan greenspan reminded us that he has long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy it keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock thereby boosting productivity and real incomes.
doh we didnt listen. national debt was around 5....... [Show More]
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the stock surfer submits i fully intended to write an article bashing the buy and hold strategy and indeed part of me still wants to write such an article as there is much to bash. i even had a title prepared buy and hold didnt die it never really lived. cue the youtube video of braveheart but alas it is difficult to confirm the death of buy and hold investing when so few...... [Show More]
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high dividend stocks can be wise a investment choice as you may enjoy price appreciation along with the income offered by the dividend or you can simply reinvest the dividend. in fact from 1935 to 2007 over 40 of the total return from the sp 500 came from reinvested dividends.
if you are a retiree or any ...... [Show More]
now that barack obama is presidentelect some nations are worried about his policies on foreign economic relations.
latin nations are worried about obamas free trade policies while many asian nations are more concerned about his views on outsourcing .
conservative protesters holding pictures of u.s. presidentelect barack obama l and south korean president lee m...... [Show More]
i love leverage. it can be a great thing. you can get rich with leverage in ways that you couldnt with an unlevered portfolio. you could also apparently facilitate the demise of the worlds financial system as wall street has learned.
but the beauty of leverage is it rewards people who are right. for quite some time 2x leveraged etfs have been available for trading. sso for e...... [Show More]
as part of my commitment to read a book a week im posting a book review every sunday. if you have a book that youd like reviewed email me and ill try to include that.
this weeks book is fooled by randomness the hidden role of chance in life and in the markets by nassim nicholas taleb.
what i like about the book
taleb is the cleverest author i have ever read. he does n...... [Show More]
just a quick one today on an article posted by dave over at the motley fool titled 3 reasons to sell netflix now .
can you guess what one of those reasons are yea competition from redbox
heavy competition netflix faces threats from not only blockbusters nyse bbi total access but also mcdonalds nyse mcd and coinstarowned redbox dv...... [Show More]
motley foola deflation solar style
ja solar nasdaq jaso confirmed that average sales prices for its current quarter have dropped more than 20.athe solar market panic that ja identified on its earnings call has led the firm to temporarily idle fully 40 of its production lines.
so much for the alternative energy boom. wonder how badly the vcs who in...... [Show More]
are you a beginner investor looking to learn more about the market here is a list of some of the more helpful free web resources related to stock investing
yahoo finance detailed site that is great for information on individual stocks. it has quotes and important data such as the companys balance sheet earnings estimates and inside ownership.
seeking alpha this site is a comp...... [Show More]
this week sirus xm began consolidating its channels. in reality this mostly meant jettisoning xm channels wherever there was a tenuous overlap with something sirius already offered which is bad news for anyone with a favorite station on xm who woke up tuesday morning to find it missing. alex wrote in to tell us that the four spanish music channels have been condensed to one without regard to ge...... [Show More]
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