June 20, 2012

BERNANKE TORPEDOES OBAMA REELECTION WITH BLEAK OUTLOOK, NO QE3

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve Board holds eight scheduled meetings each year. The results of these meetings provide not only trading opportunities, but also extremely valuable data points for investments. The June 19-20 FOMC meeting just ended today.

The Federal Reserve has released its new economic projections. The chart below shows the difference between Federal Reserve economic projections released in April and more sober ones released today.

The chart shows the Fed has lowered growth projections. It is often said that a presidential election hinges on the unemployment rate. In April, the Fed projected unemployment rate of 7.8 to 8.0 for 2012. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

June 20, 2012

MICROSOFT ON THE SURFACE NEEDS OFFICE TO SURVIVE APPLE

Microsoft’s trump card against Apple(AAPL) is a suite of productivity software aptly named Office.

In my own research, more than half of the corporations my employees have surveyed are reluctant to deploy Apple iPad widely because it does not run Microsoft Office natively. Our research also shows that about 20% of consumers have been reluctant to buy iPad because it does not run Office.

Office is so ubiquitous in the corporate world that Microsoft’s new Surface tablets may gain traction not because they are better than iPad, but because they run Office.

There are several excellent competing apps that run well on iPads and iPhones. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

June 20, 2012