The recent recall from Toyota may help approximately nine million vehicles, but not the company’s stock.
As of today, 5 fatalities have been reported, and lawmakers around the world continue to monitor Toyota’s reactive actions to the allegedly sticking gas pedals. As responsive as Toyota has been in handling the situation, it won’t be soon forgotten; [...]
Skype was acquired by an investor group consisting of Silver Lake Partners and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on Nov 19, 2009, from EBay. The acquisition gave the investors a 56% majority stake in Skype while EBay held on to a 30% ownership.
What made this major move all the more interesting is that [...]
The price chart below looks like any investor’s dream if they got in at the right time. Things definitely have been going Apple’s way of late – in their latest quarter, Apple had record quarterly sales for Mac products (3.05 million units), iPod Touch sales grew 100% year-on-year, iTunes maintained its position as the world’s [...]
Ralph Lauren’s outperforming of earnings estimated for the 9-months ended September got the company and stock a lot of attention; RL beat S&P’s earnings estimate of $1.25 by $0.50, a 40% surprise, while still suffering a 4% decrease in sales (also above average expectations of -8%). Considering the recession we’ve been in, Polo Ralph Lauren’s [...]
When you think of an advertising agency, what comes to mind? I instantly think of traditional print and TV ad campaigns that many of us are no longer paying attention to. And whenever I think of CEO’s of the advertising giants that make these campaigns, I think of old men who are hoarding their advertising [...]
Just as important as deciding to go long natural gas is how that view is translated into an investing strategy. The value chain of the natural gas industry, shown below (Source: Wikinvest), provides a good overview. There are numerous investment opportunities throughout the value chain that can be capitalized upon.
Betting on the actual spot price:
Buying [...]
Why Natural Gas?
The NYMEX Natural Gas Futures (Front Month) hit 10 year lows of around $2.50 a few weeks ago and have since sky-rocketed to around $4.80 at the close of Oct 9, 09. In the process, it has very powerfully broken the downtrend that it was in for the past year. This could well [...]
The earliest known bubble was the “Dutch tulip mania” in 1637 which resulted in tulips contracts being sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman (according to Wikipedia). And of course, shortly thereafter, the price of tulips crashed back to normal “flower levels”. All bubbles since have shared one thing [...]
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The market is said to have its own personality. It teaches investors lessons when they get arrogant and provides them with hope when things seem like they couldn’t get worse. This personality is affectionately called Mr. Market.
Mr. Market’s moods are currently being affected by a very interesting interplay of dynamics brought to [...]
Especially for this topic, I think a quote is in order to commence:
“The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” (James Crook)
I have no idea who James Crook is, but his funny observation definitely makes you think a little bit about the way the world works. To me, [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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