It is “Cyber Monday”, another genius marketing name to get people to shop – this day for electronics and on-line gifts. It won’t help Zune! I don’t need to test the Zune. Smarter people than me have. Here are my two favorites: David Galbraith Chicago Sun Time’s Andy Ihnatko. I am no tech expert. You …
From: November 2006
Apple – Laptops are the real PRIZE. After that it's COFFEE!
I read two fantastic articles on Apple this weekend. If you own an Apple product and don’t own the stock, you will cringe. You have thought all these thoughts yourself. Yet, you have not bought the stock because – it’s too high, the iPod sales are going to slow, competition… Here are the two articles …
Copper – New paradigm or history repeating itself?
Are the world’s copper resources truly tapped or was copper in a speculation boom like never seen before? The chart below tracks copper prices for the last 40 years. A speck in the big scheme of things, but let’s go with what we have :) . The trend followers have made a fortune in copper …
WKRP in Cincinatti
Next to Seinfeld, most of Taxi and the early years of M.A.S.H., WKRP ranks as the top ensemble comedy ever. Herb Tarlich, Less Nessman, Johnny fever – the best. I have not found my favorite WKRP clip yet on YouTube (Johnny Fever drinking in the studio), but Michael Parekh linked to the awesome Thanksgiving Episode. …
Barry Bonds Rookie Card – Buy, Sell, Hold
It has been a while since I went through my giant baseball card collection. Fifteen years at least. My son Max wanted to play with them today so off he went. Next thing I know, all my cards are out of the plastic and binders and scrambled all over the floor. Sitting under Bagel my …
Can Computers Pick Stocks?
You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family. According to the New York Times – Ray Kurzweil thinks you can’t pick stocks either and you should leave it to computers. “Artificial intelligence is becoming so deeply integrated into our economic ecostructure that some day computers will …
Top Ten Internet Acquisitions continued…
I never did get to my Top Ten List so here is the start of it… I have been stuck on my favorite 6. I need Four more so please keep the ideas coming. 1. News Corp. buying MySpace 2. Google Buying YouTube – Yes it’s early, but Google is up 25 plus percent already. …
Naked Stocks?
Naked Football seems to be a hit on Veoh. I love the “reverse” streaker idea more than the naked football. Funny stuff.
Top Ten "BEST" Internet Acquisitions Ever…hmmm – "The WORST" list is easy!
I NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE. It is so hard to do a great acquisition. There are so many moving parts and integration issues. Further, the best time to do acquisitions is when no one wants to do them. Apple, Yahoo, Akamai, Amazon, MicroStrategy – talk about bargain basement prices 3-4 years ago. I …
FREEDOM – Apple, Google, RIMM and Adobe – What are they tellling us?
The “NEW” Four Horseman (Fab Four) of the Nasdaq – Apple, Google, RIMM and Adobe are all about “Freedom”. Music anywhere, Information anytime, e-mail ON and video in a flash. The shareholders have voted. They could give a rat’s ass about bandwith companies, chips “inside”, buggy software and the pipes. Those are the establishment now, …