Jimmy Goodwin

A Stockholder, and Merchant, Loses Confidence in eBay

This article is way too personal, fact is, ebay is making more money, they can afford to do this due to their monopoly. Commonsense says BUY.

Are Amazon Outages Cause for Real Concern?

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday raised Amazon.com's corporate credit rating "The upgrade reflects the company's strong operating performance," said David Kuntz, an S&P credit analyst. The outlook is positive.

I'd say, buy on a dip, like today, the stock is unchanged while market is up +1%, won't get a much better deal than that.

The website went down for a few hours, it happens to the everyone, no website, even google is up for 100% of the time. If a website goes down, it usually means they are overloaded, obviously Amazon try to estimate the load on their infrastructure. So I'm guessing there was a sheer "positive" surprise of incoming customers. I doubt it was anything else, since Amazon can throw pocket change at hardware and tech guys to provide raw horsepower and stability.

Are Amazon Outages Cause for Real Concern?

Only a fool would risk shorting Amazon. They are one of the hot companies to get into. With rising oil prices and pay check from Government, more people getting connected and feeling more secure shopping online. They've just built a warehouse by me, its the biggest frigging warehouse I've ever seen. They no.1 online retailer, stock is still heavily undervalued imo.

The Microsoft Waiting Game - Fast Money Recap (4/23/08)

"He added $35 is a reasonable price for the stock." Another step towards planet Microsoft, not sure whether that's a good thing or bad :s