A Preview of Q2 Earnings
Is Q2 the quarter where earnings disappointments impact the markets? After 14 quarters of double digit year-over-year earnings growth, is...
Is Overstock Behind Hedge Fund Testimony?
Remind me never to piss off Herb Greenberg: “Herb Greenberg, in his blog on MarketWatch.com, raises an eyebrow about the testimony...
Google Checkout
The initial reports were wrong. The new service is not, as was previously stated, G-Buy or Google Wallet, but Google Checkout. And the...
eBay revisited
Last month, I noted that Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon.com had all made 52 week lows, and explained why I don’t like to buy stocks in that...
Read it here first: The Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley
It is a rather annoying tendency of politicians — and their empty-headed acolytes — to use and abuse of data and charts. One...
Empire of Microsoft
This is hysterical: A graphic map depicting the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire of...
Dell Makes A Purchase (Whoopee!)
File this one under “you’ve got to be kidding me.” > Some people are all excited that Dell Chairman Michael Dell,...
Old Stars Don’t Lead New Bulls
One of the most common errors investors make is going back to their list of old favorites: These typically include the former superstars...
Microsoft is in crisis?
I frequently discuss Microsoft, and for many many reasons: They are a tech bellwether, a huge part of the S&P and Nasdaq 100 (and a...
Google vs Microsoft: Part II (NYT’s Version)
Last week, we discussed Google’s spreadsheet and word processor in context of a $300 PC offer from Dell; The PC — monitor...