January 6, 2012

Will Yahoo Buy Netflix? Speculation Abounds

Speculation of Yahoo (YHOO) buying Netflix (NFLX) is rampant in the trading circles.

The trigger for this speculation is appointment of Scott Thompson as the new CEO Yahoo.Thompson has been President of PayPal, which is a crown jewel of eBay (EBAY).

Thompson has significant background in technology, mobile, and international. As an outsider with a fresh perspective, he is likely to find significant low hanging fruit at Yahoo. Some analysts have criticized this choice because Thompson lacks media experience.

It is conceivable that to avert criticism of his lack of media background, Thompson may quickly move to buy a media company.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 6, 2012

OBAMA ACTS TO COUNTER MILITARY THREAT FROM CHINA

Astute observers have long contended that the biggest military threat to the United States in the future is from China. Today, Obama in a speech is expected to counter the threat from China. According to sources, Obama has been personally involved at the Pentagon in this matter.

Obama is said to have personally opposed reducing the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet to 10 from 11 because he sees the threat from China.

Several analysts had contended that the size of the aircraft carrier fleet should be cut drastically. The rationale of such analysts has been that China has only one relatively small aircraft carrier group compared to 11 that the U.S.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 6, 2012

Four Ways to Profit from the Good Fortune of Seagate

Thailand is the center of disk drive manufacturing. Recent flooding in Thailand damaged a large number of manufacturing facilities resulting in a lack of adequate supply of disk drives.

Seagate [s:STX] is one of the largest manufacturers of disk drives in the world. Compared to the competitors, Thailand flooding left Seagate relatively unscathed. This gave Seagate an edge because it could steal market share from competitors.

Seagate has pre-announced better than expected earnings and projections. Seagate reports preliminary Q2 revenue of $3.1-$3.2 billion compared to consensus of $2.81 billion. For Q3, Seagate projects revenue of $4.2-$4.5 billion compared to consensus of $3.62 billion. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 6, 2012

Lords Of Kings Hack Norton Antivirus, Are You Safe?

Symantec, (SYMC) one of the largest computer security firms in the world, seems to need urgent help with computer security. There are reports that Symantec has confirmed that hackers have stolen a portion of its popular flagship product Norton Antivirus.

Are your computers and emails still safe if protected by Norton? This is the key question of the moment.

The Lords of Dharmaraja, which in English means Lords of Kings Of Religion, claim to be in possession of the source code of Norton Antivirus.

A member of the group was posting on Google+ under the handle YamaTough, the content now seems to be removed perhaps by Google (GOOG).… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 6, 2012

Gold And Silver Facing Cluster Of Chart Resistance

As gold and silver continue a steady move up from recent lows they face a cluster of resistance. The cluster has been formed by the convergence of a number of popular moving averages.

Most charts show jagged price movement. The jaggedness makes it difficult to get a good handle on the trend. Moving averages were developed to smooth out the jaggedness to give traders a better picture of the trend. A moving average is simply a rolling mean where the average is calculated by discarding the oldest point in the data series and adding the newest point.

These days, the most popular type of moving average used in technical analysis of stocks is the exponential moving average (EMA). … Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 6, 2012