Steve Jobs had a dream of making traditional textbooks obsolete. Now Apple (AAPL) has promised to reinvent textbooks. Today Apple introduced iBooks 2. iBooks 2 can be purchased, starting today, from Apple’s iBooks store. iBooks 2 is rich in swiping and pinching gestures, animations and video. Apple is
Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), and Morgan Stanley (MS) are rocketing as of this writing. Financial sector, as represented by ETF SPDR Select Sector Fund – Finan (XLF) is one of the top performing sectors in 2012. Subscribers to ZYX Global Multi Asset Allocation Alert have achieved a
ZAGG (ZAGG) makes covers and other accessories for mobile devices. This is a highly competitive area where for the most part products are not differentiated. ZAGG stock continues to levitate because the company issues higly promotional statements to investors. ZAGG’s promotions are helped by a brokerage firm that may
Renesola Ltd, (SOL) is a solar stock. Subsidies from the government in Germany have been a big part of the solar business. Cuts in solar energy subsidies will be implemented on a monthly, rather than on a half-yearly basis, with a goal of phasing them out for some facilities by 2017,
There is more than one way to skin a cat. To make money from Apple Inc., it is not necessary to buy Apple stock. Over the years, at The Arora Report , we have benefitted from the rich gold mine of opportunities that Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL +1.28% suppliers have offered.
Steve Jobs was a hero to me and many, but he was not infallible. Steve Jobs successfully saw around the corner regarding many technologies, but he made a blunder regarding OLEDs. What the heck is an OLED? Most people know that LEDs are light emitting diodes. LEDs are
Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR) believes thetreetsweeper.org is a fraud. Here is an explanation from QCOR: On January 9 Questcor Pharmaceuticals received a communication from an individual representing herself to be associated with a website identified as StreetSweeper.org. The individual requested that the company provide responses to a series of questions
Caution: This is a very high risk speculative idea for a very very short term trade. Risk of loss is high. Investors should not enter this trade. Only experienced traders should attempt it. Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR) buy zone is $34 to $36.50. Aggressive traders may also want to take a 5% tranche outside
Will the Costa Concordia disaster wake up regulators? Costa Concordia was supposed to be impregnable, but it capsized off the Italian coast. At least six people died. For background please see my prior article Will Titanic-Like Images From Italy Change Behavior? When the Titanic sank, it left an indelible
S&P today downgraded France and other European countries. Such a downgrade just before the long weekend should have caused about $70 of up move in gold. GLD and SLV not only did not respond, GLD and SLV are now down. Gold futures GCG2 are now down to $1633 and silver