Why You Should Accumulate Shares Of BlackBerry [View article]
They're exclusive to AT&T in the US and EE in the UK, you'll start to see them as that exclusivity expires.
I'm with Jeff here. Smartphones are a cash cow when people are willing to splurge $700 on a phone. Guess what, things are tightening.
The telcos are no longer willing to subsidise each customer to the tune of that $700, and they need the income from the contracts themselves. Few customers have paid that $700 directly themselves, they only ever paid a fraction on that and as the subsidies decline so will the market for expensive phones.
This is where Nokia is perfectly positioned with the low end Lumias and particularly the Ashas.
It's a true "regime change" at the BOJ, says Citigroup, commenting on the central bank's new easing measures overnight. Gone is any hint of concern about monetizing government paper, and up next may be additional stimulus in the form of equity purchases and loans to small and medium-sized enterprises. The yen (FXY -3.6%) continues a whopper of a move lower, the dollar now at a session-high ¥96.38. The currency-hedged Japan stock ETF (DXJ) gains 7.5% vs. the unhedged EWJ +3.8%. [View news story]
Nokia (NOK -0.6%) has shut down its flagship Shanghai store as part of its cost-saving efforts. "For a while now, we've been focusing on operator and third-party retail outlets, rather than our own physical stores," says a company spokesman. The closure, which follows a year in which Nokia's Greater China sales fell 68% (thanks in large part to tumbling smartphone sales) leaves Nokia's Helsinki store as its only flagship outlet. [View news story]
Nokia isn't Apple. Stores have never really been part of their strategy.
The Nikkei (NKY) surges and the yen (FXY) plummets after the Bank of Japan starts firing the heavy artillery in its battle against deflation. Under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, the BOJ is changing its target when setting policy from the overnight call rate to the monetary base, which the bank aims to double within two years by purchasing ¥60-70T of assets a year, including government bonds of all maturities and not just short-term debt. The plan is open-ended and was unanimously approved. The Nikkei is +1.3% after being lower earlier, while the dollar is +1.5% vs the yen. (PR) [View news story]
... in USD.
It's working out fine in JPY and we'll see about EUR & GBP fairly soon too.
When America heads back into recession the big guns will come out for the USD as well.
Gold Takes Out Major Support: Next Stop $1,350 [View article]
Mike,
Given that the US dollar has lost 96% of it's value since 1913 when the Federal Reserve was created. How is it that you manage to get the figure of $26,000 today for $10,000 worth of gold bought 200 years ago?
You didn't happen to do a sanity check calculation on the numbers from the (random?) blog which you lifted the numbers?
Care to do the calculations again here for us? I would love to see the methodology and in particular the figures used for inflation over 200 years.
On the other hand I tend to agree, gold isn't really an investment, it's money; another currency like holding CHF, AUD or JPY rather than USD.
Finally, you should put a final row in your table; What would your investment be worth if you had simply kept is as US dollars for 200 years.
Gold Takes Out Major Support: Next Stop $1,350 [View article]
GBP (my native currency) EUR JPY (Korean Won will follow the Yen down)
Which pretty much describes the USD index. Gold's been relatively stable vs those; marginally down or actually up. Which is about what you'd hope to see from a currency.
For gold, the last year has been about US dollar strength, not particularly about gold weakness and that relative strength comes from a recessionary Euro Zone, inflation targeting in Japan and vast debts in the UK.
When they're swimming round something you've been looking at or investing in, time to get very wary. Fundamentals go completely out of the window. See AAPL.
"iOS 7 (AAPL) is running behind, and engineers have been pulled from OS X 10.9 to work on it," John Gruber reports hearing. The remarks come 5 months after iOS chief Scott Forstall left Apple, and Mac OS chief Craig Federighi was put in charge of the mobile OS. Meanwhile, iMore's Rene Ritchie claims Jony Ive's UI work "is apparently making many people really happy, but will also apparently make rich-texture-loving designers sad."The WSJ reported something similar last month. [View news story]
I'll happily acknowledge Apple *wasn't* run by an idiot. Now? Need I say more than "iPhone 5" ?
You know when they start moving engineers around like that they're panicking. It's one of those last ditch more bodies makes things go faster mythical man month things. Something is very broken probably.
"but will also apparently make rich-texture-loving designers sad"
LOL. Wait... I know... Tiles, simplicity, square edges and flat colours? No?
Ready for the "iRing"? After meeting with hardware suppliers in China and Taiwan, Brian White believes Apple (AAPL) will launch a TV this year with a ring accessory allowing a user to control the set by pointing their finger. White also sees the iTV coming with a 9.7" mini iTV screen to be used for things such as home security, phone calls, and video conferencing. [View news story]
Lol.
No, you're kidding right? And I thought Samsung's eye control stuff was stupid.
We just entered the twilight zone. "The iRing, for spellcasters everywhere".
Nah. This is just an April fools joke which is getting spread late.
Funnily enough that isn't what Europe's doing. I recommend you watch what they do rather than listening to what they say. They're politicians after all.
Apple (AAPL +0.7%) plans to start "production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape" to the iPhone 5 in calendar Q2, setting up a "possible summer launch," the WSJ reports. The paper adds Apple is working with partners on a cheaper iPhone with a 4" display and "different casing" than the iPhone 5, and that a 2H launch for the device is possible. Both scoops mesh with iPhone rumors (I, II, III) that have been floating around in recent months. Samsung's Galaxy S IV, replete with a 5" display, is expected to go on sale in late April and May (depending on the market). [View news story]
For a CEO he seems to be apologising rather a lot. Wouldn't it just be better to get it right?
Apple (AAPL +0.7%) plans to start "production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape" to the iPhone 5 in calendar Q2, setting up a "possible summer launch," the WSJ reports. The paper adds Apple is working with partners on a cheaper iPhone with a 4" display and "different casing" than the iPhone 5, and that a 2H launch for the device is possible. Both scoops mesh with iPhone rumors (I, II, III) that have been floating around in recent months. Samsung's Galaxy S IV, replete with a 5" display, is expected to go on sale in late April and May (depending on the market). [View news story]
Oh come on the iPhone 5 is 5 months old and you want an iPhone 6 already?
Apple (AAPL +0.7%) plans to start "production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape" to the iPhone 5 in calendar Q2, setting up a "possible summer launch," the WSJ reports. The paper adds Apple is working with partners on a cheaper iPhone with a 4" display and "different casing" than the iPhone 5, and that a 2H launch for the device is possible. Both scoops mesh with iPhone rumors (I, II, III) that have been floating around in recent months. Samsung's Galaxy S IV, replete with a 5" display, is expected to go on sale in late April and May (depending on the market). [View news story]
You don't mean a new row of extra icons, but... dum dum dummmm an extra COLUMN!!!!!! of icons?
Why You Should Accumulate Shares Of BlackBerry [View article]
I'm with Jeff here. Smartphones are a cash cow when people are willing to splurge $700 on a phone. Guess what, things are tightening.
The telcos are no longer willing to subsidise each customer to the tune of that $700, and they need the income from the contracts themselves. Few customers have paid that $700 directly themselves, they only ever paid a fraction on that and as the subsidies decline so will the market for expensive phones.
This is where Nokia is perfectly positioned with the low end Lumias and particularly the Ashas.
Why Value Investors Are Going To Cash [View article]
Just now... Cash is cheap. Everything else is expensive.
I'm also holding a high percentage of cash after stepping out last month.
It's a true "regime change" at the BOJ, says Citigroup, commenting on the central bank's new easing measures overnight. Gone is any hint of concern about monetizing government paper, and up next may be additional stimulus in the form of equity purchases and loans to small and medium-sized enterprises. The yen (FXY -3.6%) continues a whopper of a move lower, the dollar now at a session-high ¥96.38. The currency-hedged Japan stock ETF (DXJ) gains 7.5% vs. the unhedged EWJ +3.8%. [View news story]
Nokia (NOK -0.6%) has shut down its flagship Shanghai store as part of its cost-saving efforts. "For a while now, we've been focusing on operator and third-party retail outlets, rather than our own physical stores," says a company spokesman. The closure, which follows a year in which Nokia's Greater China sales fell 68% (thanks in large part to tumbling smartphone sales) leaves Nokia's Helsinki store as its only flagship outlet. [View news story]
The Nikkei (NKY) surges and the yen (FXY) plummets after the Bank of Japan starts firing the heavy artillery in its battle against deflation. Under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, the BOJ is changing its target when setting policy from the overnight call rate to the monetary base, which the bank aims to double within two years by purchasing ¥60-70T of assets a year, including government bonds of all maturities and not just short-term debt. The plan is open-ended and was unanimously approved. The Nikkei is +1.3% after being lower earlier, while the dollar is +1.5% vs the yen. (PR) [View news story]
It's working out fine in JPY and we'll see about EUR & GBP fairly soon too.
When America heads back into recession the big guns will come out for the USD as well.
Gold Takes Out Major Support: Next Stop $1,350 [View article]
Given that the US dollar has lost 96% of it's value since 1913 when the Federal Reserve was created. How is it that you manage to get the figure of $26,000 today for $10,000 worth of gold bought 200 years ago?
You didn't happen to do a sanity check calculation on the numbers from the (random?) blog which you lifted the numbers?
Care to do the calculations again here for us? I would love to see the methodology and in particular the figures used for inflation over 200 years.
On the other hand I tend to agree, gold isn't really an investment, it's money; another currency like holding CHF, AUD or JPY rather than USD.
Finally, you should put a final row in your table; What would your investment be worth if you had simply kept is as US dollars for 200 years.
Gold Takes Out Major Support: Next Stop $1,350 [View article]
EUR
JPY (Korean Won will follow the Yen down)
Which pretty much describes the USD index. Gold's been relatively stable vs those; marginally down or actually up. Which is about what you'd hope to see from a currency.
For gold, the last year has been about US dollar strength, not particularly about gold weakness and that relative strength comes from a recessionary Euro Zone, inflation targeting in Japan and vast debts in the UK.
HTH.
Good Times Ahead For Nokia? [View article]
When they're swimming round something you've been looking at or investing in, time to get very wary. Fundamentals go completely out of the window. See AAPL.
"iOS 7 (AAPL) is running behind, and engineers have been pulled from OS X 10.9 to work on it," John Gruber reports hearing. The remarks come 5 months after iOS chief Scott Forstall left Apple, and Mac OS chief Craig Federighi was put in charge of the mobile OS. Meanwhile, iMore's Rene Ritchie claims Jony Ive's UI work "is apparently making many people really happy, but will also apparently make rich-texture-loving designers sad."The WSJ reported something similar last month. [View news story]
You know when they start moving engineers around like that they're panicking. It's one of those last ditch more bodies makes things go faster mythical man month things. Something is very broken probably.
"but will also apparently make rich-texture-loving designers sad"
LOL. Wait... I know... Tiles, simplicity, square edges and flat colours? No?
iOS 7 = WP 7 ...
Ready for the "iRing"? After meeting with hardware suppliers in China and Taiwan, Brian White believes Apple (AAPL) will launch a TV this year with a ring accessory allowing a user to control the set by pointing their finger. White also sees the iTV coming with a 9.7" mini iTV screen to be used for things such as home security, phone calls, and video conferencing. [View news story]
No, you're kidding right? And I thought Samsung's eye control stuff was stupid.
We just entered the twilight zone. "The iRing, for spellcasters everywhere".
Nah. This is just an April fools joke which is getting spread late.
Flying High On Borrowed Wings [View article]
Smartphone Wars: Why Nokia Has Been Left Behind [View article]
Apple (AAPL +0.7%) plans to start "production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape" to the iPhone 5 in calendar Q2, setting up a "possible summer launch," the WSJ reports. The paper adds Apple is working with partners on a cheaper iPhone with a 4" display and "different casing" than the iPhone 5, and that a 2H launch for the device is possible. Both scoops mesh with iPhone rumors (I, II, III) that have been floating around in recent months. Samsung's Galaxy S IV, replete with a 5" display, is expected to go on sale in late April and May (depending on the market). [View news story]
Apple (AAPL +0.7%) plans to start "production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape" to the iPhone 5 in calendar Q2, setting up a "possible summer launch," the WSJ reports. The paper adds Apple is working with partners on a cheaper iPhone with a 4" display and "different casing" than the iPhone 5, and that a 2H launch for the device is possible. Both scoops mesh with iPhone rumors (I, II, III) that have been floating around in recent months. Samsung's Galaxy S IV, replete with a 5" display, is expected to go on sale in late April and May (depending on the market). [View news story]
Apple (AAPL +0.7%) plans to start "production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape" to the iPhone 5 in calendar Q2, setting up a "possible summer launch," the WSJ reports. The paper adds Apple is working with partners on a cheaper iPhone with a 4" display and "different casing" than the iPhone 5, and that a 2H launch for the device is possible. Both scoops mesh with iPhone rumors (I, II, III) that have been floating around in recent months. Samsung's Galaxy S IV, replete with a 5" display, is expected to go on sale in late April and May (depending on the market). [View news story]