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Motorola Keeps Destroying Value

It's not really fair to say MOT destroyed value when the entire set-top box market has been declining over the years. If you bought a house in 2005 and you sold it in 2009, does it mean that YOU destroyed value? Also if you consider all the profits made over the years, it could very well be a wash.

Boeing: Five Causes for Concern

Seriously, I'd rather fly on an Airbus because of their superior rudder technology.

www.guardian.co.uk/bus...



On Jun 09 12:08 PM User 357705 wrote:

> Wait until the 787 starts delaminating like those rudders did. Oops.
>

Boeing: Five Causes for Concern

Yes you are more than splitting hair. The non-stop flight from New York/JFK to Hong Kong is more than 8100 miles. This is beyond the range of the Airbus.


On Jun 09 12:05 PM User 357705 wrote:

> It may seem like splitting hairs but the 340-500 does LA to Singapore
> another two and one half hours flying time beyond HKG. Yes, the 777
> is a nice aircraft. I'd rather fly Airbus if given a choice.

Boeing: Five Causes for Concern

Yes, I take Cathay Pacific (Boeing 777-300ER) from NY to Hong Kong 4-5 times a year. Air France also picked the 777 over the A340, so that speak volume.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Decide for yourself if you still think the A340 is better than the 777.



On Jun 09 11:21 AM User 357705 wrote:

> Airbus makes a better more comfortable aircraft that uses less fuel.
> Take an A-340 from Zurich to LA nonstop and you'll see what I mean.
> Or NY to Singapore nonstop. Even LA to Bangkok nonstop. Is there
> a Boeing aircraft that will do that?

Why Isn't Microsoft's Strategy Working Anymore?

There's a lot to like about Apple and all their products. They are superior in many aspects. However, many people tend to forget that the Mac is not just a operating system, it's more of a complete package. Perhaps it may fit the needs of smaller shops and media businesses, but the money is made in corporate. In this area, Microsoft's solution is still far more comprehensive and remains King.

Why Isn't Microsoft's Strategy Working Anymore?

There's a lot to like about Apple and all their products. They are superior in many aspects. However, many people tend to forget that the Mac is not just a operating system, it's more of a complete package. Perhaps it may fit the needs of smaller shops and media businesses, but the money is made in corporate. In this area, Microsoft's solution is still far more comprehensive and remains King.

Boeing: Five Causes for Concern

I'm not a fan of Boeing stock, however I still like to respond to your assessments.

1. These are not insider sells, they are option excercised at $0/share at a fair market price. There's nothing further to read into.

2. We don't neccessary want to go against Jim Cramer, he gets it right at least 50% of the time --that just makes his advice nearly worthless.

3. Disgree --the consumer has a perference on the type of plane they fly. My perference is the Boeing 777 and the model/make of the plane is a factor that influence my decision. With all the recent neg publicity on Airbus, this is Boeing's opportunity to futher build it's public image.

4. Are you just making this up? I'm not sure why you provide that link since it's not relevant to the point that you're trying to make.

5. The trend is towards smaller planes. The A380 is losing traction.

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz: We're a Different Company than Google

I agree with Carol's assessments. While I prefer Google for certain services like Search, Maps, Shopping, eMail, and Translations, Yahoo does other things better like news (homepage layout), Finance, Answers, Movies, and other community message boards.

My homepage is and has always been Yahoo. I don't think there's an advantage to use Google in this regards.

Housing Market Rebound by 2010? Not Likely

What does it really mean "when market improves", does mean the owners intend to sell at the first sign of recovery? If so, this is the same logic as selling your portfolio early in a bull market.


On May 17 12:25 PM gordon wrote:

> A recent survey revealed 37% of homeowners expect to put their home
> back on the market "when the market improves". Add this shadow inventory
> to the stealth inventory of bank-owned,(sitting on empty non-performing
> mortgages during the "stress tests") it's easily another million
> units, maybe 1.5 mil, doubling existing inventory.

Credit Card Fees and Why It's Hard Protecting People from Themselves

This article is focused on the economics side of things, however, the real debate on hand revolves around simplying the fee structure for the layman. I've been caught off-guard that my BAC credit card which held a balance (from a transfer) suddenly shot up from 2.9% to 29.9% because an authorized user in the family was inadvertently late in one of her other credit cards. Luckily in my case, I've noticed the increase (no warning) and quickly settle the balance and have never used that card again.

These types of pratice needs to be stopped.

Intel's Eurofine

It absolutely harms the consumer. Having healthy and viable competition in the market brings faster and lower cost chips to the consumer. Intel/AMD is considered a duopoly, if you kill off one, the other is free to increase prices which will hurt the consumer.

Ford's Stock Issue Makes More Sense than Microsoft's Bond

As the saying goes, "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush". With interest rate being so low today and the anticipated inflation going through the roof, why not take equity out of your home and put it assets that has a better chance of higher returns?

It doesn't need a Ivy edumation to understand that.

Not to mention that considering the state of the economy, I rather take on a $300k long term debt on 5% interest and stash it away for a rainy day. That's cheap insurance. Even if I'm out of a job for a few years, I can live off that cash.

On May 13 10:30 AM americafirst wrote:

> It's almost like refinancing your home, after it's paid off, even
> though you are already sitting on a nest egg! No wonder our country
> is in the mess it's in! Must be that IVY league education.

Fast Money Recap - What Is Intel Telling Us? (5/12/09)

Unemployment is being lost at the rate of over 600,000/mth (sans temp Census hires). The unemployment rate is expected to rise.

What does that tell you?

On May 13 10:23 AM Cetin Hakimoglu wrote:

> I think it's telling us that the recession is not only over, but
> also of a shorter duration than previously anticipated

Meredith Whitney Quitting Oppenheimer Shows Contrarian Indicators Still Work

Cetin, what is your track record? Feel free to disclose your long positions and see where we've at in 30 days.

I Can't See Major Market Reversal Before Dow Reaches 10,000

May I add that the bubble was fueled by Real Estate and (almost) everyone ate well during the boon times. This downturn is not caused by banks going busts, rather, it's the assets they held that went down in value.

The health of banks are just a reflection of the state of the economy.

On May 12 01:01 PM Andrew Butter wrote:

> I agree this is not a normal downturn, it was caused by the banks
> going bust, that was nothing to do with markets, it was incompetence
> -plus fraud.
>
> That's why I ignored the recent drop in the analysis, my point is
> simply not that there is not very bad news, just I believe the market
> has now priced that in.
>
> I agree that extraordinary economic damage will be caused by the
> borrowing to mend the mistake that was made and that ordinary Americans
> will pay for that for generations,
>
> If there is a message in my essay it's stop throwing money around
> and let the capitalist free market economy fix itself.
>
> I believe it can - once the government gets out of the way.