The following letter is a contributing factor behind NFLX’s 75% decline from recent highs that touched $300; although simultaneous announcements of spinning off the DVD division into a stand alone company called “Quikster” and the company’s decision to raise prices by 60% (although they back tracked from this) have created uncertainty in a stock that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here’s an excerpt of a Skype conversation with a friend in Russia, clueless as to what I’m even talking about, but perfect oratory for blogging off topic for once, non market chatter, only about the catastrophe that just occurred. I’m upset the LA Lakers were beaten 4 games to zero while they were the defending [...]
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