On December 12, the Patently Apple AAPL website was first to report that Apple had filed for a restaurant-related patent. The stock market smelled what was cooking. The stock of Open Table, which specializes in restaurant reservations, fell from a high of $80.20 to a low of $74.65 before staging a mild recovery. In social
Rebalancing between bonds and cash at year-end is quite common. Traditionally some practitioners have suggested a higher proportion of bonds as an investor ages. A split of 60% for stocks and 40% for bonds is quite popular. In a year like 2013 when stocks have been up strongly, to maintain
There is no shortage of conspiracy theories related to gold and silver. However, I have never found much credible substance in such theories. For the first time in recent years, there is a report that is worth monitoring. German regulators are investigating Deutsche Bank regarding gold and silver price manipulation.