When Will MSFT Shareholders Fire Ballmer?

In the you have got to be kidding me department, Ballmer admits that he screwed up Windows Mobile. Or how about I rephrase that he blasts the team. Sorry, but Ballmer this is two, count them, two major f\\\*k ups under your tenure. The first was Vista, and now it appears the second is Windows...

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Are We Due For A Pullback?

Well, now I do agree the market is getting frothy. When I hear the koolaid going around I naturally become sceptical. Of course I have been cashing out positions and banking my earned monies (Am up 28% from Jan 2008!!!) Essentially I outpaced the S&P, by not having lost any money in the 2008, 2009...

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Warren Buffett and Speculation

I consider myself more of a Warren Buffett type investor. I don’t trade, even though I could, and prefer holding shares for the longer term. But Warren’s rant against short term traders just does not make sense. > The statement argues that a "healthy society requires healthy and responsible...

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Why I Think Apple is a Neutral or a Sell

Disclosure: Yesterday I unloaded all of my Apple shares With my disclosure you can guess that I think Apple is a sell. While it is a sell for me, it might be neutral for you. Though you might wonder why I sold considering that I have previously said, “Apple, Apple, Apple”. As I have said in the...

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Is There an SPY Pump And Dump?

Over at zero hedge there is a blog entry that talked about the pump and dump of the SPY. That pump and dump is not just on the SPY, but also on the QQQQ and a number of other stocks. I suggest you look at my image referenced by the link, which is a screen shot of my desktop. What you should notice...

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Cramer Has Courage!

Cramer has stuck his neck on the line as he is saying that the market will keep going up. Even though Doug Kass has said this was it. Ok folks, want to know what is going on? Summer is ending and the pension funds, and all of the other bigger investors are taking a dump. They missed the rally and...

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Dumb-de-Dumb-de-Dumb = GM

I follow the car industry and have commented on GM, and on July 12, I said the following: > You see I have this thinking that GM management still does not get it. If you looked at the framework of the deal GM America still held a huge chunk of Opel and could buy it back. I am getting the feeling...

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On Historical Precedence And Historical Data…

Nitin made the comment: > Christian I agree with you that economists have gotten it v wrong. Pragmatists like Paulson can identify opportunities well ahead of time and make tons of money with concentrated bets. > BTW from where do you get the Great Depression and prior era data on US stocks? I...

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