Stocks
Ebay’s Skype Purchase
Karen works as an attorney in San Francisco. One of her favorite pastimes is to shop. Shop in the big stores off of Union Square, visit the boutiques scattered throughout the city, and most importantly, shopping online. Her passion is, like most women, clothes and shoes. Her love of websites like Amazon.com and craigslist, is […]
Earnings Season Heats Up
This second quarter of earnings season for 2007 is kicking off to a wild start. Oil and other commodity prices have marched upward and technology stocks have continued their bull run. However, to top it all off, the Dow continues to reach new highs and is quickly closing in on the never before achieved 14,000 […]
Portfolio Management
The other day I was reviewing my portfolio and I realized that it’s been a great year so far. I took a quick look at where we started the year and so far the markets in general have been kind to the smart (or lucky) investor. The Dow Jones closed at 13,577, up 8.8%, the […]
The Biggest Mistake In Investing
I’ve been in the investment industry and on “Wall Street” for many years, and over time, I came to realize one important fact. This fact is nothing novel, nothing original, it’s not even hard to observe. Strangely enough, however, most average investors miss this fact. They miss a key bit of investing strategy that can […]
Return On Invested Capital
Are you an average investor? I hope not. Like lemmings over the cliff, average investors seem to grab a tight hold onto anything that has been successful lately. I cite several phenomenon as proof, the tulip bulb bubble in Holland in the 15th century, the 1929 stock market crash, the internet bubble of 2001, and […]
Earnings Guidance
This earnings season companies have been posting wonderful results, which have been driving stocks up, up, up! Every quarter we listen patently as the CEO and CFO of our favorite stocks provide a report card. Like all little kids at report card time we hope for the best, and want nothing more than straight As! […]
Stock Market Outlook
Just a few short weeks ago, the market suffered a dramatic decline driven by a correction in the white-hot Chinese market. That day, 8% of the value of the Chinese market was decimated, which sent a shockwave throughout the global markets. However, the fear that was generated with that one day correction was quickly put […]
Company Earnings – Comparisons
A lot of making money in the market is knowing how differentiated industries and companies and investments compare to each other, and themselves. You need a baseline to determine if a stock is worthy of your investment dollars, and the best comparison is growth. Good companies grow, and bad companies shrink or are stagnant. Growing […]
Netteller
Did you see the news about the management team at Netteller? This group of hard working individuals who did nothing but create an easy way for people to use their hard earned dollars online and they now get arrested. The US passed laws outlawing online gambling. My first question is why would the government do […]
Biotech Stocks – Venture Investing
Investment strategies abound. The average investor can look to indexing, or modern portfolio theory to generate returns, they can buy options, derivates, bonds, or ETFs. The ways to make money in the market are endless, however, one method – a popular strategy first implemented in the 1970s and 1980s holds our particular interest today . […]
