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AMAZON COULD KILL ZULILY $ZU $AMZN $TSLA $EBAY $TGT $WMT $JWN $GRPN

February 28, 2014

Starry-eyed investors in Zulily may lose their shirts if Amazon becomes more aggressive in the daily-deal business; considering Zulily’s success, Amazon moving in to crush Zulily is a highly likely event. The chart illustrates the insanity that has set in Zulily ZU stock. Please click here for an annotated chart. On Feb. 24, 2014, after the market close, Zulily reported earnings of $0.10 compared to consensus of $0.04; reported revenues of $257 million vs. consensus of $226 million. However, for the first quarter, the company saw a loss compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.03; for Q1 company sees revenue

WORKDAY PICKS UP WHERE PEOPLESOFT LEFT OFF $WDAY $ORCL $SAP $CRM

February 27, 2014

Workday (WDAY) is a provider of software as a service for human capital management, financial management and big data analytics. It was founded by Aneel Bhursi and Dave Duffield. Bhursi was the chief strategist at PeopleSoft and Duffield was the founder and CEO of PeopleSoft. Founded in 1987, PeopleSoft initially focused on human resource management and then grew into supply chain management and finance. PeopleSoft grew rapidly to challenge Oracle (ORCL) enterprise resource planning business. It was a classic battle of David vs. Goliath and David was winning. In 2003, PeopleSoft merged with a smaller rival but a major player in the ERP business,

HARDWARE ALONE DOES NOT MAKE A PHONE BUT NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 LEAVES APPLE IPHONE 5S HARDWARE IN THE DUST $AAPL

February 27, 2014

The increasing complexity of smartphone hardware may be generating investing opportunities. But investors need to have a clear idea of what exactly counts as hardware and who is doing it well, so in a two-part series, I will look at these to aspects, and in Part II look at the companies that may be places for investors to put their money. Apple has demonstrated over each successive generation of its iPhone that hardware alone does not make a great smartphone. The software and ecosystem are equally critical. Moreover, it is the elegant integration of the three that has made

UNDER THE NEW CEO, MICROSOFT SEES THE LIGHT AND CUTS WINDOWS PRICE BY 70% $AMZN $MSFT $GOOG

February 25, 2014

Microsoft MSFT has reportedly cut the price of Windows 8.1 by 70% for tablets and low cost computers. Original equipment manufacturers will now pay only a $15 license for Windows 8.1 if they install it on devices that sell at retail for under $250, this compares to the previous license cost of $50. No matter how you look at it, a 70% price cut on an operating system that until recently dominated the computing world with 95% market share shows the desperation and challenges facing Microsoft. Look no farther than the press release from Amazon.com AMZN touting its holiday sales, the bestselling laptops were Samsung

TAKE MORE PARTIAL PROFITS ON ZAGG $ZAGG

February 25, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. The ZAGG position is short from $13.85 and 30% of the full core position size is being held. Profits have previously been taken as low as $4.00. The just reported earnings were slightly better than expectations. The stock closed at $4.26 but in the aftermarket as of this writing it is trading in the range of $4.30 to $4.65. What To Do Now? Those in the stock may consider taking profits on another 10% tranche. This will leave 20% of the full core position size. Those not in the stock may wait for a

TIME TO LOCK IN MORE OF THE GREAT PROFITS IN NATURAL GAS $UNG $NG_F $BOIL $DGAZ

February 25, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. February natural gas contract is approaching expiration. 30% of the full core position size is being held. On expiration the contract is likely to be very volatile. Consider locking in profits on a 20% tranche or two thirds of the position in the zone of $4.20 to $4.91. February futures contract is at $4.84 as of this writing. Consider rolling over the remaining 10% tranche to March. Those holding ETFs may also consider locking in profits on 20% of full core position size. This will leave 10% still being held.

TIZEN STARTS ASSAULT ON GOOGLE ANDROID AND APPLE IOS $FB $TSG $INTC $FB $GOOG $AAPL

February 25, 2014

On Sunday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Samsung announced the release of two new smart watches called Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Unlike their predecessor smart watch from Samsung, which was powered by Android, these new models use the Tizen operating system. To date most of Samsung’s mobile devices have been powered by Android. Tizen is a way for Samsung to reduce its dependence on Google. Tizen operating system is based on Linux and is governed by a Technical Steering Group (TSG) in which Samsung (SSNLF) and Intel (INTC) are the major influencers. On advantage of Tizen is

A NEW IDEA ON EBAY $EBAY $AAPL

February 24, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider starting a 25% tranche in EBAY. EBAY has been undervalued. The trigger for the trade is Icahn redeploying capital from AAPL to EBAY. Buy zone is $54-55.50. The stock is at $55.10 as of this writing in the pre-market. Target zone is $68 to $73. No stop zone for the time being as accumulation has just started. The plan is to add more as the stock dips unless something fundamental changes.