Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
So there was a pretty interesting Q&A exchange that appeared on TickerHound this week.
A member asked, “If Sirius and XM get approval from the FCC is it time to buy?” – click here to read the entire question.
One of the members was leaning towards the Bearish side of the argument…and ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Here are the main problems with the financial services industry as I see it:
1. Broker/Client Interests are NEVER Aligned
You may be asking, “Well if I make more money doesn’t my broker make more money? And isn’t that good for the both of us?”
Theoretically, yes. However, as ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Yesterday on TickerHound.com, a member asked, “Would Buffett really buy Google?”
The question was based on a Fool.com article (click here to read it) that quoted this year’s Berkshire Annual Shareholder Letter where Buffett writes, “It's far better to have an ever-increasing stream of earnings with virtually no major capital requirements. ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
I was inspired to write today's article based on a question I saw come up on TickerHound a couple of weeks ago:
chidog47 asked: "How can someone invest in private companies such as Facebook?"
You can click here to read some of the answers. But I wanted to go a bit deeper ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
So the talk of the tape last week was obviously Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). The Mountain View search giant has been on a downward spiral since the end of last year and showed no signs of letting up now.
In fact, the stock is down over 33% in 2 months alone ...
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