Posts Tagged ‘msft’

Understanding Where A Company’s Profit Comes From

February 11th, 2010 | Filed under: Trader Lessons, ,

Where a lot of new traders seem to get it wrong is understanding what a company’s profit is truly made up of. What percentage of the profits does a company rely on certain products or division of its business?

We see these type examples among many big-name stocks,

Data Released This Week That Should Impact The Market

January 25th, 2010 | Filed under: Financial Markets, , , , ,

As I told newsletter subscribers over the weekend, I am patiently waiting to react to what the market shares over the next couple of weeks.

Because the market was so overbought, investors were looking for any reason to sell and that’s exactly what happened; however, this can

Bing To Catch Yahoo By Year’s End

January 18th, 2010 | Filed under: Financial Markets, ,

In what seems to be blow after blow, Yahoo (YHOO) looks like it could lose the battle of the useless search engines before 2011 arrives.

Based on the current growth trend of Microsoft’s Bing market share and extrapolating that trend out with Yahoo’s declining search business, Bing is on pace

What Are The Long-Term Opportunities In This Market

December 27th, 2009 | Filed under: Financial Markets, , , ,

It’s always great to hear other voices, opinions, and strategies when it comes to investing. Evan from Stock Investing 101 was nice enough to share his view on the market. Let me know what you think and if you agree with him.

If you want to guest post on

The True Value of Gold $0

September 18th, 2009 | Filed under: Financial Markets, , ,

Forgive me for my diatribe, but if I hear one more person lauding about gold breaking $1,000, I think I might just throw this computer out the window.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying gold is a bad trade. Theoretically, with shorting, options, buying, and so many other

Game Over for GameStop? GME

August 25th, 2009 | Filed under: Stock Recommendations, , , , ,

During recessionary economies the video game sector generally does well, yet for some reason retailers such as GameStop (GME) have been tumbling down, while game makers can’t seem to keep up with the blockbuster titles of last year.

While we could blame the poor year for the video game retailer

5th Anniversary of Google. Past, Present, and Future

August 21st, 2009 | Filed under: Financial Markets, , , ,

5 years ago Google (GOOG) went public. Now at over $400 a share I could really careless what the stock does. Whether it is under or overvalued. The stock is just not in my price range; however, its interesting to compare what other stocks have done within that same