January 24, 2013

APPLE KICKS JOBS’ UPOD STRATEGY TO THE CURB IN CUPERTINO $AAPL

Steve Jobs employed a number of master strategies to make Apple the company it is today. Slowly Apple has been abandoning Jobs’ strategies that had made Apple successful. Steve Jobs was a master of a strategy known as UPOD. UPOD stands for under promise and over deliver. Now Apple has officially announced that it is abandoning UPOD.

A very long time ago, I learned the hard way how Steve Jobs masterfully employed UPOD. I was listening to him on an earnings conference call. My finger was on the trigger to buy Apple or short it for a very short-term trade based on its earnings projections.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 24, 2013

WHY NOKIA’S DIVIDEND CUT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS $NOK $AAPL $MSFT $GOOG

Nokia stock is falling on news that the company will not pay its hefty dividend. Nokia was paying a dividend that yielded about 4%.

Despite the elimination of a stream of cash to shareholders, the dividend cut is good for Nokia because its cash stood only at 4.36 billion euros at the end of December. Even though this was an increase of 796 million euros from the end of September, the cash level at Nokia is dwarfed against $137 billion cash at Apple. The savings from the dividend cut will allow Nokia to invest more in its business and give it more time to complete the turn around.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 24, 2013

THC APPROACHING 100% RETURN $THC

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert.

As of this writing THC is approaching 100% return. It pays in the long run to not be a pig and realize some profits. As of this writing the stock is trading at $39.26.

What To Do Now?

Those holding the stock and have previously taken partial profits may continue to hold.

Those holding the stock and have not taken partial profits may consider booking partial profits right here but keep holding at least 40% of the full core position size.

Those not in the position may wait for a signal in the Real Time Feed to initiate a position.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 24, 2013

INITIATE A POSITION IN NOKIA $NOK

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert.

NOK has cut its dividend to give it more time to execute a turnaround. The stock is falling on the news. The fall is a buying opportunity.

What To Do Now?

Those in the stock may continue to hold but not add at this time due to the overall overbought market conditions.

Those not in the stock and are aggressive may initiate a small tranche of the order of 10% in the zone of $3.85 to $4.15. As of this writing the stock is trading at $4.09

This is a speculative stock. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

January 24, 2013