Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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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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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Schumpeter's Creative Destruction and Nokia's 41 Megapixel Camera Innovation / Companies / Telecoms
By: David_Knox_Barker
In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Joseph Schumpeter coined the term "Creative Destruction" to explain the capitalist process of innovation. Innovation is continually disrupting and transforming companies, industries and entire global economies built on the demands, risks and rewards of international free market capitalism. Innovation and creative destruction is an integral part of economic and financial market cycles, large and small, and therefore in the rise and fall of company fortunes and their shareholders.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Blue-chip Dividend Growth Stocks Today’s Strong Option for Retirement Portfolios Part 2 / Companies / Dividends
By: Charles_Carnevale
In part one of this two-part series (Found Here) I laid the groundwork for why I believe that blue-chip dividend paying US equities represent not only a viable, but also a safer investment choice than many give them credit for. I also pointed out why I believe the risk profile on bonds is currently upside down, arguing that for one of the few times in history they may actually be more dangerous an investment than equities.
This is not normal, and therefore, I believe requires looking at investment choices differently than we traditionally have. I once read a comment from the renowned spiritual leader Dr. Wayne Dyer that summarizes my point quite nicely: "when you change the way you look at things the things you look at change." In today's investment environment I think we need to change the way we look at bonds and simultaneously change the way we look at equities. At least temporarily regarding bonds, until interest rates normalize, which I believe they eventually will. But perhaps we should change the way we look at equities more permanently.
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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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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Biotechnology Pushes the Boundaries of Life, It's Like Having a "Fountain of Youth" in a Bottle / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Most people will do just about anything to avoid getting a virus.
And yet...There is a microbe that just about everyone will want to invade their bodies.
It's a new "bug" that can actually make you young again.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Mobile Wallet Technology: The Giant Killers in the Weeds / Companies / Telecoms
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
When it comes to the revolution in mobile wallet technology, Isis Mobile Wallet is a collaboration between some super-heavyweights.
Its founders and main partners are AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile, Visa (NYSE: V), Discover (NYSE: DFS), American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Verizon Wireless.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Two Culprits in the Oil Demand-Pricing Disconnect / Companies / Crude Oil
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: As we wait for a "floor" in the price of oil, the pundits continue to talk about declining oil demand in the U.S. and Europe.
But the figures are beginning to tell us something very different – at least on one side of the pond.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Understanding JPM's Blunder That Cost It $2bn & Counting / Companies / Derivatives
By: Submissions
Simit Patel writes:
I feel it is imperative for all market participants to have a general understanding of how JPM's hedge blew up, something that some espouse as a black swan (think LTCM in 1998 & probably the exposing of MFGlobal's corzining of investor capital to cover losses on sour speculative bets). The MSM has been quick to cover this story on JPM's alleged felony with regards to its risk management and how a "hedge turned speculative". Whilst there are bits of true facts and opinions presented, a good chunk of it is quite literally bosom-dung. Zerohedge has put up a meticulously detailed analytical piece on how things went wrong and puts the CIO (chief investment office) decision making tree in soft focus - A must read for folks who want the fresh juice of the entire edifice on a grand scale. I'm merely going to share my analysis which contains alot of the stuff in Zerohedge's piece but also delve deeper into where more explanation is warranted. This isn't child's content, it is deep stuff (think quantitative finance) so take some time to really understand every sentence in this post and in Zerohedge's piece.
Friday, May 18, 2012
A Different Approach to Trading Apple Stock Using Options / Companies / Options & Warrants
By: J_W_Jones
Apple (AAPL) is one of the most actively traded stocks currently. For the trader who trades only stock, there are two major difficulties in executing trades in this stock:
1. It is breathtakingly expensive.
2. It exhibits periods of neck snapping volatility exposing the trader to substantial losses if he gauges the direction wrong and does not act quickly.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Five Best Solar Power Stocks / Companies / Renewable Energy
By: Money_Morning
Solyndra famously imploded, the price of polysilicon dropped 60%, and a glut of natural gas has made it the "new" alternative energy source.
But make no mistake about it: alternative energy stocks are going to be long-term winners-especially for solar power investors.
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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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