Archive for the 'Behavioral Finance' Category

The Immaculate Reign of Netflix as the Future King of Streaming Media

In late December, early January, there was widespread talk about the potential earnings hit Netflix (NFLX) was destined to take as they prepared to enrage their customers by implementing two huge changes. The first was an across the board membership price increase, which didn’t include streaming-only memberships, and the second had to do with the [...]

The Death of Osama and the Re-Election of Obama

I always assumed the killing of Osama Bin Laden would trigger a volatility spike in financial markets. More specifically, a rally in stocks, and a drop in oil. However, this event came and went very quietly. The Administration is facing a rapidly approaching debt ceiling and the sooner they cut down military expenditures, which are [...]

A Posteriori Analysis of Global Markets, Written A priori.

Back in May, dear Capitalists, Investment Capitalist, where one may find quite a few more articles that can lead to “actionable positions and analysis” if read by the astute, skilled market operator. I can’t tell you what to short or when and at what price. I’m not a market timer, nor a big fan of technical [...]

APPLE, BAIDU, BAC, C, WFC, DIS etc…

On March 19th, 2008, I made a little long term play when I called the bottom of the market at the very time and price right here on the blog, with a few well-timed follow ups, like this one. By the time we posted this article about the 11 top financial stocks to own for [...]

Final Cascade?

Back in May, dear Capitalists, Marketwiz came public with an aggressively bearish pound on the table. Those of you that embrace and absorb the rare but valuable posts that come from this site and its sister site at LinkedIn where the same conversations are posted in Proprietary Traders Worldwide, readers were told to get long [...]

NetSavingsLink.com – Hype or Who Cares?

I’ve been dying to release this post since Monday of last week when CXLT was trading at 25 cents but I refrained for a number of reasons. In order not to breach my obligations to one of my site syndicates, this is all I’m going to say. Groupon and her twin Living Social, along with [...]

Microsoft + Skype = Netscape Redux?

Let’s look at Skype’s acquisition by Microsoft 10, 20, even 50 years from now. The first thing I noticed was the cancellation of: “Skype Me Now” Moreover, Skype remains downloadable for Android regardless of the acquisition and iPhone is still on the boards as well. No proprietary moves thus far but it’s the top of [...]