The controversy over used games has erupted ever since the unveiling of the new Xbox One byMicrosoft MSFT. In my analysis, Microsoft is purposely creating this confusion about used games. For 30 years gamers have been buying and selling used games. The used games market is huge. GameStop GME, the self-proclaimed largest seller of
Samsung announced today that it has sold 10 million Galaxy S4 phones in the first month. This amounts to a rate of about four phones sold per second. JK Shin, CEO of the IT and Mobile Communications Division at Samsung, said, “On behalf of Samsung, I would like to thank
On Tuesday, Microsoft raised the curtain on its new Xbox One. I’m impressed. Here are the eight reasons to buy Xbox One. Faster Hardware: Xbox One is powered by an eight-core processor. The processor is based on Jaguar design by AMD. The processor is customized for DirectX 11.1 graphics and contains 32 MB
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Most of the fills did not occur in the pre-market and occurred at the open at $36.49. The stock has traded as low as $35.71. Our fundamental thesis has not changed, this stock should be trading in low to mid $20s. It appears that trading
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. GME derives a substantial part of it income from buying and selling used games. MSFT has just announced that Xbox will allow for trade-in of games. Consider initiating a 10% tranche right here in the zone of $36.70 to $37.80. Caution: This is
Tim Cook’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation has given much publicity to Apple ’s ingenuity at avoiding taxes. Although Apple is in the limelight, it is not alone in using complex schemes to dodge taxes. The crème de la crème of American corporations including Google , Microsoft , Cisco, and IBM use similar schemes to dodge
Until 2007, Bill Gates was the richest man in the world by virtue of his stake in Microsoft MSFT. Then Carlos Slim Helu, the famous Mexican investor, aided by his stake in cell phone operator American Movil, wrested the crown from Gates. According to Bloomberg , yesterday Gates became the richest man again, although Forbes,
There are days when price action in stocks provides more information than usual, all one has to do is to observe while leaving opinions at the door. Tuesday was one of those days. There were major announcements from BlackBerry as well as Nokia and Apple AAPL stock fell precipitously in the afternoon. There were
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
With Windows 8, Microsoft MSFT ignored the basic tenets of change management and paid the price. Now Microsoft is finally trying to correct the mistakes it made with Windows 8. In my analysis, the big drop in PC sales has been in part due to mistakes made by Microsoft in Windows 8. I