Today and yesterday on CNBC I keep hearing about how managed healthcare and price controls on drugs are going to spell the end of research today. It is a very very tiring argument. My sister about fifteen years ago dated a PHD student that was a cancer researcher and he told me an interesting...

Disclosure: I am long Intel, sold my position in AMD for a profit about a week ago Fast Money was saying, “oh look at that high volume on Intel and look it failed.” According to them this is bad news. I hate when people make these calls based on what they “think”. I will admit I trust my numbers...

Don’t get me wrong, I like Obama. But to get a peace prize? For what? As the Washington post said, What about Clinton? He actually did something. Again I like Obama, but many people on this side of the pond were saying to me, “Really for what?” Maybe expectations? > "And (the) Nobel Committee, I...

Don’t get me wrong, I like Obama. But to get a peace prize? For what? As the Washington post said, What about Clinton? He actually did something. Again I like Obama, but many people on this side of the pond were saying to me, “Really for what?” Maybe expectations? > "And (the) Nobel Committee, I...

Disclosure: I have no position in NVDA, but did liquidate my position about a week ago before I heard of the following news. I was reading OSNEWS and saw the following headlines: NVDIDIA Ceases all Chipset Development, Blames Intel > The future of integrated graphics processors lies somewhere on...

Disclosure: Long AA, sold my FCX position for an excellent profit 71– 22 = 49 per share profit. So why do I think Guy got it wrong on his FCX call, and AA short? Guy’s point is earning power and fundamentals. Ok Guy let’s look at the two companies shall we. AA average EPS 1.70, with a share price...

Oh give me a break Geithner, you want what? > U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday called on the International Monetary Fund to provide rigorous surveillance to spot new investment bubbles and keep country foreign exchange policies in line with goals to rebalance the global economy....

There was a new study out that said every child born after 2000 will live to be a 100 years old. I subscribe to a magazine called “Der Aktionaire” and the following alert came out. > Dass die Menschen immer älter werden, ist nicht neu. Die Ergebnisse einer Studie, die deutsche und dänische...

Last night I was reading in the Swiss paper that Egypt is planning on introducing a veil ban. Though the interesting part is who wants to introduce this ban. > Egypt's top Islamic cleric is planning to ban students wearing the face veil from entering the schools of al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's premier...

I have received quite a few books to do book reviews, and frankly I have been dropping the ball. BUT no more! I plan on doing regular book reviews. I am not going to do stars or ratings because they are silly. You can’t just say a book is 5 stars if all of your reviews are 5 stars. I will use a...