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Dell shares tumbled 6 percent following the weak results announced today. Steve Felice, president of Dell's small and medium business claimed Windows 7 will have some positive effects on overall PC demand, but the larger effect will come from the older base.

It's a fact the many businesses did not migrate to Microsoft's Vista for couple of reasons. First of ...

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by bingol,   on Fri Nov 20, 2009,   Tags: DELL MSFT   Read: 91 time(s)   Overall:

The Real Problem


Dow Jones industrials plunged 777 points on Monday, the most ever for a single day after the bailout bill has been defeated in House of Representatives. News stunned investors not only in U.S. but also in all around the world.

President and House leaders are trying to revive the bill. It may be voted again soon. However, will any bailout solve all the ...

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by investor,   on Tue Sep 30, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 281 time(s)   Overall:

Time to Buy United Airlines?


Let me start with a disclosure: I do personally own United Airlines stocks.

This is no secret that the prices of airline stocks are tied to the price of oil. Oil price has peeked to $146 a barrel in July which I believe mostly due to speculation. If you think about it, all fundamentals are against oil right now.

The demand is decreasing as with ...

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by bingol,   on Tue Aug 26, 2008,   Tags: UAUA AMR   Read: 350 time(s)   Overall:

Time to Buy Starbucks?


Economic slowdown has hit the Starbucks hard as many people expected. At the end, $5 latte was the easiest thing to cut when people are in financial trouble. Company lost half of its market value since last year and the stock is now hovering its 2003 levels. It closed at $14.42 on Friday.

Now the question is whether the stock is a good buy at these levels? ...

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by bingol,   on Sun Jul 27, 2008,   Tags: SBUX PEET   Read: 369 time(s)   Overall:

What about direct investments???


I am new here - but this site is really exciting -- a friend just invited me and I love the concept.  Am I missing something -- or is something is missing??  There are no Direct Participation Programs -- or DPP's.  I think people are with into bonds and stocks -- or they are more active players doing real estate, gas and oil, creating or investing ...
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by DPPPro,   on Sun Jul 27, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 311 time(s)   Overall:

Where is Google headed?


The shares of search giant Google dropped 9.8 percent on Friday, the day after it announced its second quarter results. This was the fourth quarter Google missed the expectations since its initial public offer. Excluding stock-based compensation costs, profit was $4.63 per share, below the $4.72 average of Wall Street analyst forecasts.

Google long claimed ...

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by Rosine,   on Mon Jul 21, 2008,   Tags: GOOG   Read: 313 time(s)   Overall:

Web 2.0 Stats


With Web 2.0 technology it is much easier to get up and running with a few million dollars than it has been with other traditional software companies. A total of 178 deals received $1.34 billion in 2007, an 88% increase over 2006.

Here is a breakdown for your viewing pleasure. Can you anticipate Crash 2.0.

U.S. Web 2.0 Investment by Region, 2006-2007

2006 ...

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by hyle,   on Sat Jun 21, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 226 time(s)   Overall:

Virtualization Market - VMWare, Citrix, Microsoft and Others


Server and desktop virtualization market is one of the hottest technology markets that is growing rapidly. Estimated market size for the year 2007 will most likely be slightly less than $2 billion. According to IDC virtualization market is expected to be $11.7 billion in 2011. The major players in virtualization market are VMware, Citrix and Microsoft.

VMware ...

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by sbulut,   on Sat May 03, 2008,   Tags: VMW CTXS MSFT EMC INTC RHT NOVL ORCL JAVA HPQ   Read: 357 time(s)   Overall:

Why are the commodity prices going through the roof?


The prices of precious metals, grains, corn, and other commodities have dramatically risen over past few months. Many people blame "irrational" investors that are just creating another "bubble". This probably holds true for durable materials, such as gold.  After all, the price of gold is just following supply and demand laws. Because ...
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by HrGuy,   on Sun May 18, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 223 time(s)   Overall:

AMD's Future and IBM


AMD stock price is down more than 80 % since January 2005. 2 years ago this time, AMD's stock price was hovering around $40 a share with market capitalization of $24 billion. In year 2006, AMD acquired ATI the graphics chip maker for $5.4 billion. Now AMD's stock price is around $7 with market capitalization of $4.3 billion. Today the combined AMD and ATI company is ...
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by sbulut,   on Thu Apr 24, 2008,   Tags: AMD NVDA INTC IBM   Read: 349 time(s)   Overall:

Traditional IRA Contribution Deadline for 2007 is Approaching


IRA means “Individual Retirement Account”. There are different kinds of IRAs. The Traditional IRA is a pre-tax contribution that people might be able to make every year up-to a certain amount which also might lower their income tax bracket.

Here is the description of traditional IRA from IRS: a traditional IRA is a personal savings plan ...

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by Dort17,   on Wed Mar 12, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 269 time(s)   Overall:

Down but definitely not out!


Ok, I agree. I had to eat my own words. That was the intangible part that does not take long to wear out. What will definitely take longer is to get out of the $28K loss I had to absorb.

The stock: GOOG.

The game: Options trading. 

The strategy (which has failed): Extremely bullish because of what the company brings to the table and its unlimited potential.

For ...

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by GordonGekko,   on Tue Mar 11, 2008,   Tags: GOOG   Read: 240 time(s)   Overall:

Solar Stocks May Be the Next Opportunity for Investors


Higher oil prices and increased concerns about global warming have led the governments to give more incentives to renewable energy companies throughout the world in recent years. As a result, private sector in the US, Europe and Asia have invested more in such companies to be the first players in this area. Although the US federal government has not yet passed ...
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by Deniz,   on Thu Mar 06, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 230 time(s)   Overall:

World stocks


news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080121/bs_nm/marke...

This is really interesting in light of the real estate slowdown.  If real estate is slow, stocks slow, where are the best opportunities for 2008?

Since rents are rising in most areas of the country, one can still find passive income opportunities in real estate in ...

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by Tuncade,   on Mon Jan 21, 2008,   Tags:   Read: 251 time(s)   Overall:

Google vs. Yahoo Valuation


As of the time of writing of this article, Google market cap is around 200B, while Yahoo's is around 30B, almost a factor of 7 difference.

However, market cap of search engnes should reflect their main source of revenue, which is the number of searches served.

Accoring to traffic reporting companies, Google has around 60% of the US search market, while ...

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by HrGuy,   on Thu Jan 10, 2008,   Tags: GOOG YHOO   Read: 318 time(s)   Overall:







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