Category: Tech Stocks
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Monday, June 04, 2012
The Secret to Apple's Patent Wars / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
In a single stroke, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) could gain the upper hand in its seemingly endless patent wars with Samsung Electronics (PINK: SSNLF) and others.
Or the tech giant could blow its chance and wind up paying billions of dollars in licensing fees.
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Monday, June 04, 2012
SpaceX Rocket Opens the Door to a New Age / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Commercial space travel was long confined to the realm of science fiction.
But no more.
With SpaceX's successful rocket launch on May 22, commercial space travel is now a concrete, viable reality... and one that will yield lots of investment opportunities in the very near future.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Why Apple is Too Rich For the Dow Jones Stocks Index / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Assuming the Dow Jones Industrial Average represents the biggest, most influential companies in America, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) easily qualifies.
With its massive market cap, trend-setting products, and global brand recognition, it is easy to argue Apple belongs as much or more than any of the current tech companies in the index.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Warming up For the Battle Royale in Mobile Wallet Technology / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
The mobile wallet movement is inevitable. But so are the bumps in the road.
If there's anything that's going to delay the mobile wallet's future on a global scale rivaling, well, telephony itself, it's going to be because there are so many players and stakeholders tilling the same soil to sow what they hope to reap.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Who's Winning and Who's Losing from Facebook's Botched IPO / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Casey_Research
Adam J. Crawford, Casey Research writes:
In less than a week's time, the Facebook IPO has gone from the most-hyped technology event since Google went public into "blame-storming" mode. Details concerning the stock's sudden drop, the market's inability to process orders, and the (mis)behavior of insiders are starting to emerge. And it doesn't look good.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Facebook Stock Price Gravitates to Analysts’ Average Value Estimate of $28: But Which Valuation is Right? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Andrew_Butter
Post-IPO the experts are jostling for space on Prime Time; many are saying they all knew Facebook was outrageously overvalued; or as Barry Ritholtz and Peter Schiff put it, “It’s the Valuation Stupid”. None are saying $38 is cheap these days.
Some say they felt it in their bones. Some say it’s all about the alignment of Jupiter with Mars or perhaps the Fibonacci constellation; some are talking about Fair Value as is $38 just wasn’t “fair”. Theories abound but not many theorists were bold enough to put a number down that they might live to regret, even fewer shared their pristine ideas about what the future held in store, prior to the Big Day.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
What Facebook is Really Worth / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Duh on you if you bought the Facebook IPO.
Double duh if you're thinking of buying Facebook stock now that it's fallen to $32 a share and lost $17.16 billion off its initial $104 billion valuation.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
The Facebook Fiasco / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Brady_Willett
Exactly whom are we supposed to feel sorry for?
Now that Facebook has done a faceplant the blame game has begun. Those that partake in this pursuit, U.S. regulatory authorities included, are dwelling in the land of futility. The real story is that had Facebook soared instead of slumped the same sleazy practices undertaken by Wall Street would have gone uncriticized, and the mob of greater fools would have been erroneously geniusized. Suffice to say, stock price should not be the determining factor when it comes to panting reality in the financial markets...and yet it is.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Grow Your Stocks Portfolio With The "Eye in the Sky" / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
G.S. Early writes:
Smile.... you're on the 21st century's version of Candid Camera.
Whether you're an Islamic troublemaker in North Waziristan, a rowdy football fan, or a hopeful immigrant trying to slip across the border, the eye in the sky sees everything.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Why You Shouldn’t Shun Tech Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Roger_Conrad
Technology stocks have performed well during the past five years, especially in fast-growing emerging markets, where consumers have been forming lines around the block to snatch up iPads, smartphones and a host of other tantalizing devices.
The chart below tells the story. The technology sector has outperformed the MSCI World Index (MXWO) by 26 percent. The stage is set for this outperformance to continue, as demand accelerates this year throughout the global supply chain for computers, consumer gadgets, data storage, and information technology (IT) infrastructure.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
A Critical Analysis of the Facebook IPO / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Andy_Sutton
It will likely go down in history as one of the biggest flops the stock market has ever seen – at least initially. The comedy of errors that have resulted in the loss of billions of dollars of market capitalization and shareholder value is noteworthy. The greed of many that led up to the flop really needs to be dissected though. The purpose of this article, however, is not merely to bash Facebook or anyone else, but rather to shine the light of day on what are generally accepted business practices. Since Facebook has become a household word in the past few weeks, it presents an outstanding opportunity to connect the dots in the hopes of educating retail investors and tipping the scales a bit in favor of the little guy; at least in the information department.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Is Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) a Replay of the AOL/Time Warner Deal? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
I hope you didn't buy shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB). The valuation was always too aggressive.
And increasing both the price and amount of Facebook stock at the last moment ensured that both underwriters and retail investors ended up with far more shares than they bargained for.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Chopp'n Down The AAPL Tree, Stock Price Heading Below $400 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
A month ago we warned that AAPL($602) had broken down from a parabolic rise. Despite near universal love for this stock, the failure of that pattern was a warning that a much lower price was the destiny for this purveyor of electronic toys. Apparently in disregard for the danger in this formation, 46 of 51 analysts continue to rate the stock a buy. Our view today is the same as in March. AAPL is likely to trade below $400 before the year ends.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Why is Apple Stock Falling? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) investors have cringed as the stock slipped about 16% from its peak over the last two months.
But given the absence of any catastrophic bad news, why is AAPL stock tumbling? And where will it stop?
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Why Investors Think Twice About Facebook / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Ever since the Dutch East India Company became the first to issue stocks and bonds to the public in 1602, investors have seen initial public offerings (IPOs) as the road to riches.
The current hype surrounding the Facebook IPO is just one example.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Why Facebook's IPO Valuation is Insane / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
I was recently on CNBC discussing the Facebook valuation, which I believe is priced for out-of-this-world perfection. The easiest way to assess the insanity of Facebook’s valuation is by comparing it to Google’s. Facebook is set to go public at a sweet valuation of $100 billion, and it has estimated revenue for 2012 of about $4 billion.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Facebook Friday – Finally Something to get Excited About? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: PhilStockWorld
The World is still going to Hell but LOOK – FACEBOOK!Ah, Facebook will save us. They have magical powers and will turn around the $60,000,000,000,000 Global equities markets with their $16,000,000,000 IPO, right? I mean, who are we to question the power of Social Media – probably the single biggest drainer of productivity in the history of all mankind?
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Friday, May 18, 2012
FaceBook $100 Billion Internet IPO Emperor Has No Clothes, Investors Could Lose 85% / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Facebook IPO at $38 a share to raise $18.4billon is expected to value the social media company at over $100 billion that reeks of another LastMinute Dot com investors being suckered moment. Now Facebook clearly has value by virtue if its 900 million subscriber base, however valuing the company at X100 earnings is well on par with that of the peak of the last dot com bubble. The IPO itself illustrates that public investors are being sucked in by media hype as the amount to be raised has risen from first $5 billion, to $10 billion and to finally over $18 billion as major private investors including Goldman Sachs and Russian billionaires cash out as they offload stock to the public.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Apple "Store Within a Store" Bold But Risky Strategy / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Hoping to expand its reach, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is testing a store-within-a-store concept with both Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT).
Although both retailers have already been selling Apple merchandise, the new "micro-stores" will expand the current offerings (with the exception of Mac computers) and create a product experience more akin to an Apple Store.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
New Technology Spots Crime Before it Happens / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Falling statistics aside, crime is still a national epidemic.
The truth is 1.2 million of us will fall victim to a rape, robbery or murder by the end of this year.
That adds up to 3,400 new crime victims each and every day--all year long.
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