Last week IDC announced that PC shipments dropped a whopping 14% worldwide last quarter –the worst yearly decline since 1994. It was the fourth consecutive quarter of declining year-over-year sales and much worse than Read more…
Technology
Zig Lambo: Sideways oil and gas markets don’t mean that investors can’t find good upside opportunities and get paid while they wait for more exciting times. Michael Peterson, managing director and senior equity analyst at MLV & Co., tells Read more…
Crude Oil, Energy
Doug Ehrman: While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is well-known for going its own way, it should not come as a surprise that the company has finally decided to release an iPhone with a much lower starting price, according to Read more…
Technology
There is big news out of the healthcare sector this month. It marks a dramatic opportunity for investors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intent to increase the amount the government disburses to Read more…
Healthcare
Unlike the stock market, which is setting at record highs, the housing market has yet to recover from the depths of the last recession. While real estate sales and prices are trending higher and are clearly better off than they were Read more…
Real Estate
When North Korean engineers launched a satellite into space on December 12, it seemed like business as usual, with the familiar cycle of condemnations from the west and statements of defiance from the Hermit Kingdom. But that Read more…
Defense
David Mamos: Investors in Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) have been through the wringer in recent years. Read more…
Markets
William Patalon III: For months now, North Korea has been threatening to launch a nuclear missile strike against the U.S. mainland. Read more…
Markets, World News
BillionairesPortfolio.com: Here is my post, where I told you the secrets of how traders at hedge fund make billions of dollars using a secret trading strategy called the stock replacement strategy. This secret stock replacement strategy uses deep in the money Read more…
Investing Guide, Markets, OPTIONS
During the housing bubble a few years ago, I editorialized repeatedly [Alex nailed it in 2006] that the whole affair was likely to end badly for speculators, mortgage companies and – not least of all – homebuilders. It wasn’t just Read more…
Real Estate
This morning Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) reported adjusted EPS of $1.23 on revenues of $20.5 billion. The results were well ahead of Wall Street estimates of $1.17 and $20.1 billion, respectively, but as we saw with JPMorgan Read more…
Financials
It’s happening all around you, at this very second, and you probably haven’t even noticed. Right now, on the same networks that carry your internet data, people are exchanging goods and services – completely off the Read more…
Technology
Paul Joseph Watson: The Department of Homeland Security is collaborating with New York State government officials to confiscate guns belonging to people who are deemed, often erroneously, to have a mental condition, according to radio host Tom Bauerle. Read more…
Economy, Government
Gary Gibson: Most people think April’s Fool Day in the US falls on the first of April. They’re wrong, but they are close. It’s really April 15. That’s when millions upon millions of Americans file their taxes with a mingled sense of duty and relief, rather like Read more…
Uncategorized
Nearly half a million Americans depend on kidney dialysis to keep them alive and one in three of those patients gets their treatment from a company called DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA). High demand has this Read more…
Healthcare
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