Archive for October, 2011

  • Barrons: Investors Should Avoid Groupon IPO
    Posted by on October 31st, 2011 at 10:02 am, Comments: 0

      Recently, Groupon Inc. made the decision to push ahead with a scaled back IPO in hopes of raising up to $540M. If Groupon goes public [...]

  • Why Apple is Paranoid About Intel Ultrabooks
    Posted by on October 28th, 2011 at 11:19 am, Comments: 0

    It’s no secret that consumers love the sleek, streamlined design of the Apple Macbook Air.  Now what if you could get a notebook similar to [...]

  • OCZ Addresses Quality Issues and Buggy Drives
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 12:43 pm, Comments: 0

    Back in June, I wrote about the on-going quality control issues that plagued OCZ solid state hard drives.  Numerous customers voiced concerns about the reliability [...]

  • Investing 101: The 1 Dumb Mistake to Avoid
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 2:26 pm, Comments: 0

    Investing is a continual learning process for me and I approach it every day with zeal and passion. Just like anything, though, you can’t achieve [...]

  • Today’s Chart: Netflix’s Big Drop In Subscribers
    Posted by on October 25th, 2011 at 9:59 am, Comments: 0

    Netflix ($NFLX) is starting to pay the price for some their hasty decisions – the company lost 810,000 customers from 6/30/2011 to 9/30/2011. Until Q3 [...]

  • Netflix Shares Got Crushed: What’s Next?
    Posted by on October 25th, 2011 at 9:25 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday, Netflix reported earnings and the company felt the full effect of customer dissatisfaction. It wasn’t too long ago that Netflix was a darling company [...]

  • The Bullish Case for Intel
    Posted by on October 20th, 2011 at 9:17 am, Comments: 0

    Intel ($INTC) silenced their critics on Tuesday when they announced stronger than expected Q3 results, with sales and profits exceeding analysts’ consensus estimates by a [...]

  • IDC/Gartner’s PC Forecast… Monkeys Throwing Darts
    Posted by on October 19th, 2011 at 10:26 am, Comments: 0

    The researchers at IDC/Gartner appear to have no grasp of the PC market, but that doesn’t stop them from making questionable forecasts each quarter. April [...]

  • Today’s Chart: Bitcoin Bubble Bursting?
    Posted by on October 18th, 2011 at 1:29 pm, Comments: 0

    Bitcoin, which is the first peer-to-peer digital currency, garnered some serious buzz among traders and investors.  Some supporters say the currency offers major advantages over [...]

  • Watch Out Below: Another Gloomy Forecast For The PC Market
    Posted by on October 13th, 2011 at 10:10 am, Comments: 0

    The Microsoft’s Windows franchise is facing a serious threat from these two factors: downright sluggish PC sales, Apple’s ($AAPL) popularity, and the rise of mobile [...]