Lilguy

Newspapers Can't Compete with 'Us'

What Mr. Wilson says about the blogosphere is true. And equally important, the opposite is true of newspapers: They are getting both narrower and shallower as a result of laying off news staff during the economic downturn as ad revenues and sales plummet. Now what passes for news in a paper is often the highly spun press release from a business, a politician, or some other entity or person with a very clear agenda slightly re-written by a news service organization.

It both saddens and frightens me a bit to see newspapers so much on the wane. I believe they can be an excellent complement to the blogosphere in any topic area.

Dividend Paying Stocks: You Only Have to Be Lucky Once

Interesting article, but a little too anecdotal for my comfort. I'd like to see a more systematic historical analysis of dividend vs. non-dividend paying stocks in this strategy (vs. Red or Black at the roulette wheel).

Moreover, they certainly is a situational element to the strategy: Right now, in our recession, it makes a lot of sense to be in dividend-paying stocks (if one is in any stocks), but it probably makes sense to move to growth (non-dividend paying) stocks during a period of strong economic growth.

Without a little more comprehensive analysis, this is just an interesting tidbit of speculation.

Yahoo's Google Ad Deal: Salvation or Mistake?

Google now has its foot in the Yahoo door in a way that does not appear to have a major anti-trust problem. Nonetheless, as Yahoo becomes more dependent on GOOG for revenue, watch YHOO disappear as an independent search entity within the next 3-4 years. GOOG has outsmarted both Yang and Ballmer by appearing as a white knight. Watch out for the dark side coming soon.