February 29, 2012
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
In the world of information technology, the megatrend of cloud computing is in its infancy. Cloud computing entails providing software as service. Cloud computing stocks are very expensive, face stiff competition and are subject to rapid technological changes. However, these stocks are being taken over at a rapid clip. Oracle
According to Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs said, ‘œI will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple‘s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,’ It is old news that Apple (AAPL) has been fighting legal battles across the globe