I can safely say that, from my 35 years in the financial markets, to be consistently successful at investing, one must put prudence over popularity. Human nature as it is, investors often find it difficult to take unpopular actions. My motivation in writing this column is to nudge you
Intel INTC, has been the king of servers, desktops and laptops. However, despite a massive effort, it has had a limited success in mobile, especially at Apple AAPL. For a semiconductor manufacturer, the biggest prize is to get into iPhone 7. Earlier today, Bloomberg published an enticing headline, ‘Intel Gets
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. ALTR has received a $54 cash offer from INTC. A higher offer is highly unlikely. ALTR shares are halted as of this writing; they are scheduled to open at 8:50 am ET. If in the premarket ALTR shares spike higher than $54,
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. For us to recommend, a stock must pass at least four of the six screens. We prefer a stock to meet all six screens. Our rigorous criteria has led to enviable performance over a long period of time. We periodically provide
Microsoft is offering a trade-in program to trade MacBook Air for Surface Pro 3. Microsoft is also announcing deep price cuts to its cloud storage called OneDrive. For 100 GB Microsoft is reducing the price from $7.49 to $1.49 and for 200GB from $11.49 to $3.99. Microsoft is also increasing
It was not long ago that Samsung introduced the wearable watch that communicates with Samsung phones under the brand name Galaxy Gear. Galaxy Gear sales have been nothing to write home about, but poor sales have not stopped intense speculation that Apple (AAPL) will soon introduce its own wearable watch
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
Cisco (CSCO) is the largest manufacturer of networking equipment perfectly positioned to benefit from growth of the Internet. The stock dipped after it reported earnings, but here is why Cisco is an attractive opportunity for the long-term investor on any further weakness in price. Cisco is providing equipment and services
Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the largest tech trade shows in the world with 1,700 exhibitors at this year’s get together where Intel INTC -0.43% (INTC) introduced many new innovations. One of them is a new line of Haswell processors to be used by Sony (SNE) to power its Vaio Pro for up to 25 hours without a
The big three in gaming consoles are Sony ,Microsoft MSFT, and Nintendo. Both Microsoft and Sony have announced new next generation consoles after a long hiatus. PS4 is the new console from Sony and Xbox One is the new console from Microsoft. Advanced Micro Devices is the big winner. Its processor designs are