The US refined petrolium gasoline consumer must now smell the coffee
August 8, 2008
Chrysler Offers Gas Deal To Jolt Sales | online.wsj.com
For many decades, the world's refined petrolium gasoline consumer have not had such a plentiful and affordable stream of energy. Finally, the US refined petrolium gasoline consumer has experienced a history of $.27 a gallon in the sixties to $4.50 a gallon today. Price, will eventually CHANGE the habits of the US refined petrolium gasoline consumer.
June 19, 2008
HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion | www.hp.com
HP is a long time solid provider of computer hardware, and EDS (founded the information technology out-sourcing industry more than 45 years ago) is a longtime provider of system services. The Plan of Merger, dated as of May 13, 2008, by and among EDS, Hewlett-Packard Company and Hawk Merger Corporation, under which EDS would be acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company appears to merge two very strong technology companies into one diversified technology giant.
June 17, 2008
HOME INVENTORY INCREASES IN MAY | www.lvrj.com
With 45 percent of contingent sales identified as "short sales," or sales in which the lender will be required to accept less than the principal balance owed, we can't expect investor demand to grow. Investors currently have other more liquid and stable securities to place their bets, and these instruments are yielding strong cash-flows.
Apple increases its pressure on industry
June 11, 2008
iPhone 3g | www.computerworld.com
Apple tried for many years to enter the industry world. Will they succeed with the new iPhone and SDK2.0 ?
May 27, 2008
MGAs Need To Prepare For Hard Market Now | www.propertyandcasualtyinsurancenews.com
MGA's can seek out better lines and Company deals. MGA's can seek out training to meet the changing demands. One very specific area an MGA can capitalize on is TECHNOLOGY.
If history teaches us anything... it teaches us NOT to predict the future.
April 29, 2008
Is now the time to aggressively buy semi stocks, i.e. is the bottom of the cycle near? | www.edn.com
But the future can be managed. We can look at the past cycles and then extrapolate forward potential probabilities. When markets contract, they can keep contracting to oblivion. But the probabilities of markets which are infrastructure tested, tried and true, tend to rebound. Demand growth and upgrades within this market alos indicate stgrong probabilities of recovery. Automobile, real estate, semiconductors, consumer electronics, transportation, financial markets all have probabilities of recovery from their respective lows. Bottom fishing is a tricking business, I suggest that small tax-lot scouts be positioned to exploit dollar-cost-averaging if the market does rebound, and mitigate allocation in case the market stalls.
Rotation continues towards Internet commerce.
April 28, 2008
Internet Economy Looks Strong, Some Experts Say | www.cio.com
Many factors, such as; convenience, better fraud protection, acceptance, user interface improvements, peer reviews, dysfunctional brick and mortar stores, high transportation costs all contribute to the growth of Internet commerce. The list is very short which tracks products and services which do not have an Internet presence. More products and more services are added to the business-to-consumer Internet transaction. Small ticket items ranging $20 or less, to $100,000 exotic sports cars are becoming much more acceptable for Internet commerce.
Trading is a transaction based model
April 28, 2008
TD Ameritrade 2Q profit rises 32 percent on trading activity | biz.yahoo.com
Whether markets are up or down - if a trading company such as TD Ameritrade (merged from many different trading companies and platforms), Scottrade, Schwab, Knight, etc runs their business efficiently, trade volume effect growth.Seems that towards the end (long trade exits - short trade entrance) of a bull market, and beginning (long trade entrance - short trade cover) of a bull market the equity trades intensify.
Organic and Natural Food Growth Stalls with Increased Commodity Costs
April 28, 2008
Naturally,Super Valu Customers Want More Options | www.forbes.com
Increasing commodity costs are having a negative impact to the growth of organic and natural foods.As commodities increase consumers are being more selective and price sensitive in their grocery shopping.This trend does not bode well for retailers like Whole Foods (WFMI) and the manufacturers that supply items to the leader in the organic and natural foods segment.
Apple's Superior Brand Strategy Leads to Strong Results
April 24, 2008
Apple's 2Q Results Beat Wall Street Views | biz.yahoo.com
Apple once again delivered very strong results in the face of hesitant consumers under recessionary pressures.Total revenue growth for the latest quarter was +36% led by the Mac brand in personal computers at +51%.The MP3 segment led by the I Pod brand delivered growth of +1% while the I-Phone sold 1.7 mm units. So how is Apple able to deliver consistent sales and profit growth in tough recessionary times with premium pricing while many of its competitors deliver poor results.In a phrase --it's their superior branding strategy.
Switzerland sues Google over Street View privacy concerns
November 13, 2009
Here Come the Droids! A brief review of Verizon Wireless' new Droid line-up.
November 11, 2009
October 30, 2009
Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK
October 5, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009