April 16, 201214 yr ^1st quarter earnings are right around the corner. Should get a better feel after that.
April 16, 201214 yr Author ^1st quarter earnings are right around the corner. Should get a better feel after that. Are you retiring soon? If not dont sweat it.
April 17, 201214 yr Feeling better today BF?Gettin' there. I'll feel a lot better when it recovers all the way to $636, where it was a week ago.
April 23, 201214 yr 5 Stocks Under $10 Worth Buying (GNW, HCBK, RLOC, ZLTQ, ZNGA) [TABLE=width: 500] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TH] Company [/TH] [TH] April 20, 2012 [/TH] [TH] March 13, 2009 [/TH] [TH] Gain/Loss [/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sirius XM Radio[/TD] [TD]$2.23[/TD] [TD]$0.198[/TD] [TD]1,026%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bare Escentuals*[/TD] [TD]$18.20[/TD] [TD]$3.66[/TD] [TD]397%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Focus Media[/TD] [TD]$23.51[/TD] [TD]$5.74[/TD] [TD]310%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Geron[/TD] [TD]$1.67[/TD] [TD]$4.36[/TD] [TD](62%)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ford[/TD] [TD]$11.41[/TD] [TD]$2.19[/TD] [TD]421%[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The average gain of 418% in a little more than three years is remarkable. Four of the five names have gone on to multiply several times over. Sirius XM has become a stable and profitable company with fast-growing free cash flow. Chinese advertising mogul Focus Media has overcome some of last year's rocky accusations. Geron's failed to live up to expectations, but is the lone stinker in the list. Ford's engines are revving up again, and there are style points to be awarded for being the lone American automaker not to cave in during the government bailout. Let's go over this month's picks...
April 24, 201214 yr HT, thanks for the link. I hope he's right again, because I just purchased a few shares of this one: Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA ) -- $9.22 I haven't always been a fan of the leading social gaming company. I think the valuation -- even now -- is high. Last month's roughly $200 million purchase of Draw Something established a worrisome precedent, and Zynga recently said that it plans to continue to snap up smaller app makers. Despite these concerns, it's awfully tempting to pick up Zynga now that it's trading below December's IPO price of $10. Why not own Facebook ahead of next month's IPO? Keep in mind that Zynga accounted for 12% of Facebook's revenue -- and most of its revenue outside of display advertising during last year's holiday quarter. If Facebook's IPO is well-received -- and it should be -- Zynga could be back in double digits next month.
April 24, 201214 yr I don't like where Apple seems to be headed. It looks like they've hit a peak and are headed for the valley. This morning, the pundits are talking about how AT&T changed their upgrade policy, making it harder to get a new iPhone. They sited this as part of the reason for the decline. Also, they mentioned that a major stock analyst had recently downgraded the stock. I'm thinking maybe it's time to jump out of the plane before it loses anymore altitude. What do you think? :idunno:
April 25, 201214 yr Author I don't like where Apple seems to be headed. It looks like they've hit a peak and are headed for the valley. This morning, the pundits are talking about how AT&T changed their upgrade policy, making it harder to get a new iPhone. They sited this as part of the reason for the decline. Also, they mentioned that a major stock analyst had recently downgraded the stock. I'm thinking maybe it's time to jump out of the plane before it loses anymore altitude. What do you think? :idunno: One analyst who wants to stand out from the crowd makes a claim and you're ready to don the parachute? Latest earnings announcement: Apple Q2 2012 Sees More Stellar Sales
April 25, 201214 yr It is more than one analyst starting to question Apple. The challenges for more growth are Apple products' prices make emerging market growth a challenge and in the US, as competition ramps up and price subsidies by the cell carriers start to go away, price could become an issue here as well, affecting sales and profitability. That being said, I am planning to buy in today while the price is at a bit of a low point for the year, primarily because of iPad growth as that product becomes more popular in the commercial markets.
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