October 17, 2012

FREEDOMPOP SHOWS HOW APPLE AS WE KNOW IT MAY DIE SOMEDAY $AAPL

FreedomPop is a new start-up that plans to challenge AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) by providing free mobile data–500 MB per month. Both AT&T and Verizon have huge margins on mobile data because of the lack of competition. AT&T and Verizon use these big margins to subsidize Apple‘s iPhone, Google‘s Android and other devices.

The big carriers provide a higher amount of subsidies on iPhones than on Android devices. An iPhone that costs the consumer $199 may cost a carrier $500 to $700 even though they may be buying millions of these devices. The carriers more than make up for the upfront subsidies over the life of the contract due to huge margins on data plans.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

October 17, 2012

INITIATE OR ADD TO BANCO SANTANDER $SAN

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change

SAN is one of the largest and cheapest banks in the world. We are bargain hunters. One of the reasons the bank is so cheap is because it is headquartered in Spain. A big portion of the bank’s profits come from outside of Spain but the market seems to ignore this fact. This represents an opportunity for astute investors. Before investing in this stock, please carefully study a prior post.
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OPPORTUNITY IN STD TO ADD OR INITIATE A NEW POSITION

Due to the risk in Europe, only 15% of the full core position size is being held. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

October 17, 2012