Apple and Motorola have been vigorously fighting patent lawsuits with each other. Motorola Mobilityis simply a proxy for Google because it is now owned by Google. A federal judge in Chicago has formally dismissed a patent case brought by Apple against Motorola with prejudice. ‘With prejudice’ means that neither side can refile the case, however they
On Thursday, Moody’s downgraded 15 banks. On the surface it seems counterintuitive, but the downgrade is positive for JP Morgan (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Bank of America (BAC) . My 30 years in markets have taught me that it is always positive when an overhang is lifted. Back in
Traditional technical analysis is more of an art than a science. Experienced practitioners of the art of technical analysis can look at the same chart and come to different conclusions. The way we resolve various contradictions is by backtesting and taking only those signals that show high probability of success
Imagine iPhone 5 looking as though it is made of a liquid metal, and feels like a liquid to the touch. Imagine a case more than twice as strong as titanium. Imagine no scratches or smudges. If Apple (AAPL) pulls off such an innovation in iPhone 5, it will be a coup, giving
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) FORTUITOUS CALL ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THURSDAY DROP June 22, 2012 On Tuesday, June 19th, we wrote Aggressive investors who bought QQQ, FEU, MS, USO, and GREK on Friday
If you’re in the market for a smartphone, wait for the Apple(AAPL) iPhone 5 and do not buy the new Android flagship Samsung (SSNGY) Galaxy S III, so saysTerry Gou, according to Focus Taiwan. It pays to listen to Terry Gou, as he is no ordinary commentator. Gou is the chairman
This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert On June 19, close to this swing peak in gold and silver , we posted, Gold and silver are set up perfectly for a short sell here. The reason is that the probability of QE3 is low and if Fed announces
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
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
On Monday, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (MSFT), revealed much anticipated tablets from Microsoft. The tablets, to be called Surface, are a much stronger entry than most analysts expected. Speculation by analysts ranged from eBook reader to an Xbox focused tablet. Microsoft shares are up better than 3% on the news. Surface