Jim Cramer, Excitable Boy | Comments (1)
| Imagine John Madden on way too much coffee. Loud? Yeah. Funny? Mostly. Smart? Oh yeah. Tough? Absolutely. Thing is, Cramer's a handful on a good day. On a bad day ...
Investors Show New Tech Faith | Investor optimism on technology stocks is rising again, but disappointment may be lurking as worries about a weaker economy return.
June 12, 2005
Dollar's Climb Creates Opportunities | The strengthening dollar has weakened the returns of many international mutual funds. 'We're heading into a scenario that's just the opposite from what we've seen in the past several years,' said Martin Schulz, who oversees $430 million in international stock assets run by National City Investment Management for mutual funds and institutional accounts.
June 10, 2005
Anatomy of a Google Price Target | Analysts continue to push their predictions for Google's stock price higher. A look at some of the reasoning behind Wall Street's optimism as the stock nears $300.
June 09, 2005
$80bn Google Takes Top Media Spot | Internet search phenomenon Google has overtaken a swathe of venerable rivals to become the world's biggest media company by stock market value.
Playing Chicken With the Fed | Duru's latest market missive, focusing on the Fed's part in this year's market slide.
April 08, 2005
The April Effect | Forget the January effect, it's all about April...
March 21, 2005
Instant Message-Style News Alerts from WSJ.com | THE ONLINE JOURNAL is now offering desktop alerts that deliver breaking news to your computer screen. You can sign up to receive alerts on major business and world news, the markets and technology.
Alerts notify you within minutes of major news events, such as big mergers, large swings in the stock market or significant world news.
How big will the Mac Mini be? | Needham analyst Charles Wolf said that he now estimates 11 percent of iPod-toting Windows users may buy a Mac now that the Mini is on the market. Before that, he assumed the rate would be closer to 4 percent.
The Online Ad Surge | Brand advertising online has taken off -- and it's shaking up Madison Ave.
The iPod IPO? | Well not quite, but PortalPlayer, whose chip powered the hit IPod is going public sometime this week, selling 6.25 million shares at $11 to $13 a share. This should be a really interesting IPO.
GOOG to $400? | Comments (3)
| Jim Cramer makes a pretty good case for Google's stock heading much higher.
October 18, 2004
Random Roger's Big Picture | Comments (1)
| Stop by and say hello to Roger whose blog is 'about portfolio management, navigating the current market environment, how to analyze and choose foreign stocks, exchange traded funds, options and the occasional musing about his wildland firefighting experiences'
The Beast that is eBay | Comments (1)
| An article arguing that eBay is 'the one tech stock that investors can buy today, store away in their portfolio, and not lose any sleep over for the next few years.' Also has a nice graph showing EBAY vs. DELL, CSCO, MSFT, YHOO and AMZN over the last 5 years. It's no comparison.
September 21, 2004
Seeking Alpha | A stock market blog that I just came across. It's about stocks, investment strategy, portfolio management & hedge funds. Lots of good info over there, check it out.
Football vs. Trading | Interesting analogy by Public Co$, a new stock market blog. Welcome to the blogosphere!
September 14, 2004
Out-eBaying eBay | Some interesting thoughts on decentralized e-commerce, with examples of companies that are thriving despite, or maybe even because of eBay
System vs. Discretionary Trading: Which Is Better? | Comments (3)
| In part 1 of this series Larry Conners takes a look at the pros & cons of each style. It's interesting to me that he makes an example of the current drawdowns of trend followers, given that I just read 'Trend Following' and it covers the topic of drawdowns in depth.
August 09, 2004
Why Wall Street Wants Google to Fail | The most anticipated initial public offering in years threatens to derail a cherished gravy train, where underpriced shares are handed out to favored investors and grateful CEOs.
July 27, 2004
How Google Has Ruined Its IPO Deal | Jim Cramer says: If you wanted to do everything you could to kill the Google deal, if you wanted to do everything you could to be sure that you generated the worst deal ever, you would do exactly what Google's done. Let me count the ways.
Strong Debut for iTunes for PCs | I'm glad to see Apple doing so well in this space, but I still think the stock is over-valued.
August 08, 2003
Merrill Lynch Shackles Employee Net Access | Merrill Lynch today introduced a company-wide ban on access to third-party email services from corporate PCs. In a memo to staff, the investment banker said it was prohibiting workers from picking up or sending email through Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL and the like because of 'regulatory requirements' and as to cut off a possible route by which viruses might enter its network. Access to external message boards, chat rooms or forums have all become prescribed activities for Merrill Lynch workers. Using home email accounts at work has also been outlawed.
June 15, 2003
TradeTrakker | an easy-to-use, yet powerful financial portfolio management application. Whether you are new to investing or an experienced trader, TradeTrakker will help you monitor and analyze your stock and mutual fund positions, providing powerful insight into how well your investments are performing.
Confidential Apple music details leaked | An insight into the success of Apple's online music service has been provided by leaked details from a meeting with representatives from the independent record industry.
May 29, 2003
Net Boom, Act II | the effects of the Internet are only just beginning to be felt and will reach much further into our daily lives than the PC revolution did a decade ago.
May 28, 2003
New Internet Bubble? | Jim Jubak says: Internet stocks are on fire, but short sellers are betting the rally won't last because the fundamentals don't justify it. Don't be left holding the bag.
