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‘Don’t Be Evil’ Gives Google Possible Antitrust Cover

January 24, 2012

In my article, ‘œGoogle’s Brilliant New Weapon To Fight Facebook,’ I described Google’s new weapon ‘œSearch plus Your World’. Search plus Your World changed Google’s ranking in its search results. Google started emphasizing results from Google+ social network at the expense of Facebook and Twitter. Now a few engineers from Facebook led by Blake Ross, Facebook’s product director and co-founder of Firefox, along with engineers from Twitter and MySpace, are responding with a new tool called ‘˜Don’t Be Evil.’ The name Don’t Be Evil is a fairly deliberate dig at Google’s tag line. The engineers asked how much better

3 Real Reasons for Google Stock Drop

January 23, 2012

Shares of Google GOOG +0.01% lost about 8% after the Internet giant missed earnings. Google is a cheap stock; the big drop cannot be justified by missing earnings alone. The three real reasons behind the big drop in Google’s stock price are Amazon AMZN -0.04% , Apple l AAPL +0.06% , and Facebook. On Nov 3, 2011, I wrote on MarketWatch that “holders of Google stock are well advised to lighten up on bounces…” I did not have a crystal ball to predict a decline in Google’s stock price; it is simply that the attack on Google’s basic business model

Iranian Buying Unlikely Culprit For Uranium Stock Rise

January 23, 2012

Is Iran buying large quantities of uranium ore or yellowcake? It is true that Iran has an extensive uranium enrichment program. It is true that Iran is making progress in its nuclear program. It is also true that Iran in the past has claimed that it was forced to resort to secrecy after U.S. pressure resulted in several of its nuclear contracts with foreign governments being terminated. Yellowcake is a form of uranium concentrate obtained from leach solutions as an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ore. Sources indicate that aggressive buying in uranium stocks is occurring in

Battle Planning For Apple’s Earnings Report

January 23, 2012

Apple reports earnings on Tuesday, January 24, after the close of trading. The consensus estimate is for $9.97 in earnings and $ 38.73 per share for revenues. Of course, as usual, breakdown of numbers by product category will drive the price of Apple stock. Over last three years, I have watched in amazement as analysts dismiss Apple’s projections. The legions of analysts have concluded that Apple has perfected the art of guiding conservatively so that it can beat the projections. I follow several sets of rigorous principles and rules in my investing and here are a few I focus

ADDED TO GOLD

January 23, 2012

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Symantec (SYMC) Has More To Say About Norton Hacking

January 19, 2012

I detailed the attack by hackers on Symantec, the maker of popular Norton Antivirus software in my article, ‘œLords Of Kings Hack Norton Antivirus, Are You Safe?’ Subsequently, Symantec’s take on the hacking was detailed in ‘œSymantec Says Norton Is Safe After Lords of Kings Attack.’ Symantec had stated that the stolen code was 10 years old and did not include the code for its flagship product Norton Antivirus for consumers. Now Symantec is backtracking. In an email to The Arora Report, Symantec admits, ‘œUpon investigation of the claims made by Anonymous regarding source code disclosure, Symantec believes that the

Steve Jobs’ School House Dream Comes To Fruition But Not Big News For Stock

January 19, 2012

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 completing the package with iBooks Author, and a new iTunes U program. iTunes U allows teachers to create online courses and handouts. iBooks Author is a WYSIWYG app for writing interactive books. The app runs only on Mac. The app allows one button publishing of books to an iPad.

A CONSERVATIVE WAY TO PROFIT FROM FINANCIAL STOCKS

January 19, 2012

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 21.25% return to date using a low risk strategy. The strategy included buying the ETF PowerShares Financial Preferred (PGF). Fortunately it is still not too late to buy PGF on dips. The following is a list of the holdings of this ETF. . HSBC HOLDINGS PLC PFD A-/A3 10.14% 2.