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
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
On Wednesday after the close, eBay disclosed that Carl Icahn has proposed a spin-off of PayPal from eBay. The initial reaction of the stock market was euphoric, with eBay stock jumping to $61.30 in after-hours trading from its closing price of $54.41. Not so fast, even though in my view Icahn is
Earnings season is in full swing, providing new data points for investors to reassess positions. After a careful review of IBM‘s latest report Tuesday afternoon, I see no reason to buy the stock at current prices. The risk-reward trade off is simply not favorable. IBM reported Q4 earnings per share of
Both Sony and Microsoft MSFT have announced new gaming consoles; Xbox One from Microsoft and PS4 from Sony. Gamers have been complaining about two new requirements that Microsoft imposed on Xbox One. First Microsoft required at least once a day Internet connection and second, it restricted the reselling of used games. Microsoft was playing a
TechCrunch reports that Microsoft MSFT may spend $1 billion to buy Nook outright from Barnes & Noble NE. In the pre-market Barnes & Noble stock moved up as much as 30% and was still higher by nearly 20% on the day in the afternoon. Microsoft has an existing investment in Nook of about one-sixth of the
To the uninitiated investor, there seems nothing more insane than the contrasting behaviors of Apple and Amazon stocks. Tuesday after the close, Amazon AMZN reported weak earnings, and the stock promptly went up about 9% in the aftermarket. Not many days ago, Apple AAPL reported reasonably good earnings after the close, and
On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL) made a number of product announcements including one for the iPad Mini, the fourth-generation iPad, a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display and updated Mac Minis. To me it was striking from yesterday’s event that Tim Cook appears to be abandoning Steve Jobs’ strategies that made Apple so successful. Steve Jobs’
(GOOG) was scheduled to release earnings after the market close. Inadvertently, earnings were released at 12:39 PM by its agent RR Donnelley (RRD). Google stock fell about 9% before it was halted. Both revenues and earnings were below consensus. To make matters worse, whisper numbers were higher than consensus. In
Apple‘s iPad reigns supreme in the tablet world, but an iPad killer may now be on the horizon. Market share estimates vary but most estimates see Apple steadily holding about 70% of the market share. The onslaught of Nexus 7 from Google, even at the low $199 price point has not