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If This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
The dollar is not going to lose its place as the reserve currency. Horse sense people, not horse blinders. Even George Soros doesn't think people are going to sell their dollars... there is nothing to put the value in if not dollars. ReplyIcahn Should Replace Microsoft's Board, Not Yahoo's [view article]
Microsoft has $40,000,000,000+ in cash. What is the cash position of Yahoo? Cash comes from earning and investments. This is what a business is to do, make a profit. ReplyMicrosoft's Cashback Program is Working: 15% Uptick in June Searches [view article]
It's not economically viable for a large market share but this was exactly what MS needed to do. Changes can be made later with the vendor to make it a break even proposition at best.It's all about market share and once you have that, you can monetize it later.
Like everyone out there I might use Google for basic search but it's live.com I will use when I buy anything. You might get more value for the eyeballs from Google but the real payback is coming from MS. Reply
Icahn Should Replace Microsoft's Board, Not Yahoo's [view article]
As a holder of both YHOO and MSFT, I like Yahoos long term share performance prospects better than Mircosofts. Why cant Microsoft invest the BILLIONS in developing a better performing search than whats out there today? Balmer's Microsoft doesnt think or operate that way. They never have, never will. ReplyMicrosoft Unencouraging [view article]
does anyone expect anything positive to come out of themeeting in Redmond?
Why does Ballmer always talk down MSFT stocks?
What is status of their buyback program?
Their insider trading is unfavorable. What does that tell you? Reply
Icahn Should Replace Microsoft's Board, Not Yahoo's [view article]
Nice chart. I wish I were an accomplished chartist. ReplyIf This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
PS again - if Hecla is undervalued, go to First Silver Majestic for an undervalued one - Hecla is trading at 1 billion dollars cap, producing 6 million ounces of silver and 100 million proven and probable (plus a gold mine in Venezuela, blee) while First Silver is trading at one fourth the cap, will be producing more silver this year, around 7 million and is targeting to have more than 200 million ounces of silver reserves probale and proven - seems quite evident to me - the reason of this difference ? Simple, First Silver is a junior who in the space of 2 years has become a medium-large player and is still off the radar screens - best luck to all - I do have shares of Frist Silver Majestic of course - trading on the TSE as FR.TO ReplyMicrosoft's Cashback Program is Working: 15% Uptick in June Searches [view article]
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Microsoft's Cashback Program is Working: 15% Uptick in June Searches [view article]
The statistics doesn't necessarily mean people are searching more on live search engine. Many people just do a random search to get the cashback link to show up. After you take out those people, how many will actually stick with Microsoft's live search? probably a very small percentage. Paying someone to use your product as a promotion only works if you have a good product in the long term. I agree with user228966, it's not sustainable. ReplyMicrosoft Unencouraging [view article]
Ah yes, Ballmer, the "embalmer10 years later the stock still is around 25
(only problem, in deflated $'s it is less than 20 over 10 years
Why is this clueless b##tard still the ceo?
with only 1.6% dividend and no future, according to
Steve, why own this stock? Reply
ancisco
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
The earnings briefs are interesting. It would save us all a scratch pad if you ended each such listing with a summary (day and quarter to date) of beat / match / miss. Thanks, though, for this most interesting listing. ReplyIf This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
Autaber, as I said in another post we are in the winter cycle according to Kondratieff where the credit boom = debt boom has been fenomenal - now, this theory well documented which has with precision forecasted financials boom and bust is now predicting deflation - frankly, I cannot see how we will get deflation since the other tsunami is much bigger i.e. peak oil - with oil becoming more and more expensive, this will have an inflationary impact on food, energy, metals, etc. I think the deflation will be on housing, stocks, bonds - so, according the the classical Kondratieff theory, gold will outperform during the housing/stock/bond deflation and should do even better since we will have inflation on food/energy/raw materials - the target price ?? Ok, if we calculate how much monetary mass has been increased during the Autumn period (1980-2000) gold price should rise to 32.000 dollars just to match this increase - I know this sounds crazy but these are the facts - will it ? I would be happy for just 6000-10.000 dollars - best luck to you - protect yourself, your family because what is to come will not be pretty at all ! ReplyMicrosoft's Cashback Program is Working: 15% Uptick in June Searches [view article]
The problem with Microsoft's goofy cashback plan is that it isn't economically viable. The more share they gain, the more cash they lose. If they had decent share to start with, it would have been a non-starter out of the gate, but with their patheticly small audience backed by a cash-cow monopoly, then can pay for a few points on paper for a few months. The second they stop, people will revert back away from Live. If I opened a new gas station in the sticks and sold gas for $1 per gallon less than everyone else, people would come from far and wide to take my money, but when I inevitably raised the price back to market rates, those people would be back at their local Shell before you could say "Vista sucks"!Reply
Microsoft's Cashback Program is Working: 15% Uptick in June Searches [view article]
Go Microsoft! Cashback is the right way to go for everyone - vendors only pay when a sale is made, as opposed to when an ad is clicked; and the rebate goes to the customer, instead of to the deep pockets of a giant corporation. ReplyIf This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
Marc's article makes for provocative reading but there is no doubting the logic of his arguments. We can place in our minds the arguments for and against, when observing price behaviour of oil, commodities and inflation. Reply