When the news first broke that Yahoo (YHOO) is seeking patent licensing fees from Facebook (FB), it seemed business as usual. As a long-time member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, its publication Spectrumhas been my regular read for years. Spectrum has given its top ranking to Yahoo patents in Communication/Internet
Consider taking profits on the last 5% tranche (from 2/29/12 at $173.38) right here at $166.28. Consider maintaining the remaining short position.
First a clarification, the gold position taken this morning is a short position. In other words, the objective is to benefit from gold going down. Those interested in gold and silver may benefit from reading our morning post from today. Subscribers to ZYX Buy Change Alert and ZYX Short Sell
Google’s trickery of tracking users of Apple’s (AAPL) Macs, iPhones and iPads without their knowledge or permission recently raised a firestorm whenJonathan Mayer of Stanford University found that Google intentionally circumvented Safari’s privacy feature. Caught red-handed, Google offered a convoluted explanation. Mayer attempts to set the record straight here. As though violating privacy of Apple users was
Love is blind, and so are some Apple AAPL -0.08% investors. If the comments on my last article are an indication, some investors’ love for Apple is so strong that they have discarded time-tested investment principles. Lovesick investors probably cannot be helped, but astute investors may use this article as an opportunity to
I am always analyzing to see what the crowd got wrong. Figuring out early that the prevailing wisdom is wrong is one of the cornerstones of my investment methodology. Since I often write unpopular views, receiving hate email goes with the territory. Some of the emails in response to slide-to-unlock feature
Nothing succeeds like success. The 23-year old New York Knicks point guard, Jeremy Lin, is a case in point. The Knicks’ winning streak has ignited a Lin mania. Vendors have been selling out of Lin merchandise. TV ratings have gone through the roof. To make money from Lin’s success, you
Consider taking profits on GLD tranche from yesterday right here at $166.22. Still maintaining 25% of the full core position size as a short. In view of the fact that momo crowd sold gold on hard data showing that inflation is heating up, trading gold and silver have become treacherous.
Ever since I recommended buying Apple (AAPL) stock at $131, I have been a big Apple bull. Long before it was popular, I was writing that Apple stock can go to $1,000. My analysis leads me to believe that there is about a 25% probability of Apple stock falling by