Canadian Heavy Pricing Pressures? No Problem For Suncor [View article]
I've held 250 shares since it was Petro Canada, and I have been repeatedly told the story of how everyone believes that once all of the businesses are rationalized, it would blossom like some kind of century plant. so, hopefully, you are right, because this can't miss upstream downstream oil company has taken some time to reach the can't miss point. After 6-7 years it is up about $1.10 a share (not to mention the "generous" dividend).
An Apple Mean Reversion: Not As Crazy As It Sounds [View article]
No. I use them because my past experiences with Winows machines were hopeless. Since switching to a Mac, some 10 years ago, things have been peachy. I am currently writing this on an old iPad that fits conveniently into the glovebox of my car. I am pretty sure you cannot duplicate that wih your Dell. But do go on, I love being told that I am a fanboy at 67. It makes me laugh.
This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey's Piece On Foxconn For 'Significant Fabrications' [View article]
Which means that the haters will have to go back to complaining about Steve Jobs' personality and the unnecessary toys he developed until a new meme is produced.
Canadian Natural Resources: Cash Is King [View article]
I have been long CNQ for a long time; but between the discount to WTI, the headwinds from Tar Sands carbon production, the lack of a "safe" pipeline until 2015 (?), and that pathetic dividend, I now find my adviser has added Shell to my portfolio for income, and they are from the truly disgusting side of Big Oilers.
Stung by low U.S prices for oil (WTI), Canadian producers are increasingly turning to rail to transport product and receive the world price (Brent). Baytex Energy (BTE) is among those betting the wide differentials will continue, now moving 15% of its heavy oil production by rail, and expecting to do more. [View news story]
After the first rail spill, the advantage of a well-regulated (don't you right wingers just hate that?) pipeline industry will become even clearer. The sooner Transcanada gets its revised plans approved, the safer the environment will be and the less likely that we will look forward to a big oil spill on our West Coast. Hopefully, somewhere amidst all of the protests, Big Oil will begin to acknowledge the damage they have already done and really address that in future projects.
The New Apple TV Will Finish What The Mac Started: Killing Off Discs [View article]
You have hit the nail on the head regarding the price per hour of TV watching. You really only save considerable money against the more expensive cable/sat plans if you substitute renting TV shows; but we hardly ever do that, any more, with the exception of Downton Abbey. My wife and I made that move last year and haven't really regretted it. (We bought the full set of Seinfeld at Costco just to replace half of that hour a night we used to watch.) The only problem comes from sports programming during playoff periods. Essentially your beer costs just go up at the pub or you are forced to start hanging with sports obsessed friends.
Saying Apple (AAPL) has reached the "trading toy stage," Robert Sinn reminds of the track record of other stocks that have recently garnered the public imagination - it's not good. "Volume and volatility create action, excitement, and opportunity. However, the action we are currently witnessing in Apple is not healthy." [View news story]
A 10% correction would still leave it well north of $500, and it only crossed that line in the run up to the iPad announcement. Really, it would have to dump about $100 before it caused any great queasiness; and given the robust sales of the new iPad and the LTE iPhone still to occur this year, it would likely not remain at those values any longer than it took Goldman to gobble them up.
No matter what traders and the bulls may do to today's stock price, it is an amazingly well managed company, and that is what will drive value in the stocks. Every company should run in such an efficient and focused manner.
My "Advisor" and by extension, me. Since I am in Canada, that made my wish to sell what was left of RIMM almost unpatriotic. Eventually I escaped the smouldering ruins of RIMM and shamed them into buying some Apple in 2008, for $165. After watching it slowly meet each target, I finally sold at $495. I figure I will probably lose at least $100 a share through this year; but at least I learned something from the debacle that was RIMM. I bought a ticket and rode it as long as I was comfortable and then got off. To me that is the point of this piece. But when the morning market is pushing your shares up by 20 cents one day and dropping them by 25 the next day, and you sneak a peek at Apple rocketing upwards day after day, it really points out how exciting holding Apple can be.
(Now, about those 15 cent burgers...that is what I paid for my first disappointing McDonalds, when the "better" ones were 19 cents. Of course, we know which one survived. Maybe I should buy Dell.)
Apple (AAPL) says it has already sold out the supply of new iPads set aside for pre-order, and will push back their ship date to Friday, which is the official launch date. Apple had previously told customers they would receive their pre-ordered iPads the same day the tablet goes on sale in stores. [View news story]
Please explain to Archman (above) that you are not on food stamps. I can't tell you how tiring it is listening to this same rant, over and over. Since he is an investor, it would be interesting to know what kind of performance would spur his investment. (My advisor just talked me into Shell, just before the activists in Nigeria were sentenced to death for opposing Shell in their country and Shell started to block environmental activists from opposing new North American investments. Don't forget all of the fraud from B of A that the taxpayers are funding. Yeah. Those are good quality companies, unlike Apple.)
Auditors examining working conditions at the China factories that make products for Apple (AAPL) assure one outcome: Your iPhone is going to cost more in the near future. Sanford Bernstein analyst Alberto Moel says the independent Fair Labor Association’s current audit of Apple suppliers will very likely urge workplace improvements, which inevitably means higher costs for Apple. [View news story]
"Give me a dividend"...Does this mean that you own the stock but are not satisfied with its growth over the years, that you would buy it at $550 a share for a 2% return and the chance that it would stabilize or sink like MSFT did, or is this just smoke you are blowing? (I got in late, at $160, and rode it to $495. Given what happened to my other stocks over that period, I am delighted with that outcome and certainly didn't miss the dividend, especially against those capital gains.)
TD Only Big Six Bank Yielding Below 4 Percent [View article]
I agree, it is good to read about some of the values on the TSX. I bought my TD at about $48 some years ago. This gives me something like an 8% return, pretty much the same as Royal. I am quite happy with both of those holdings.
Google: Unlocking The Door For More Android Originality? [View article]
They also turn it into products that the great unwashed, like myself, have never seen before. It really doesn't matter who made the first tablets or Pcs or smartphones or whatever, it matters who makes the most usable iterations of them. Come up with something new and make me want to have it. That will be the key to your success.
Canadian Heavy Pricing Pressures? No Problem For Suncor [View article]
Could Google Enter The Auto Market? [View article]
An Apple Mean Reversion: Not As Crazy As It Sounds [View article]
This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey's Piece On Foxconn For 'Significant Fabrications' [View article]
Canadian Natural Resources: Cash Is King [View article]
Stung by low U.S prices for oil (WTI), Canadian producers are increasingly turning to rail to transport product and receive the world price (Brent). Baytex Energy (BTE) is among those betting the wide differentials will continue, now moving 15% of its heavy oil production by rail, and expecting to do more. [View news story]
The New Apple TV Will Finish What The Mac Started: Killing Off Discs [View article]
Saying Apple (AAPL) has reached the "trading toy stage," Robert Sinn reminds of the track record of other stocks that have recently garnered the public imagination - it's not good. "Volume and volatility create action, excitement, and opportunity. However, the action we are currently witnessing in Apple is not healthy." [View news story]
No matter what traders and the bulls may do to today's stock price, it is an amazingly well managed company, and that is what will drive value in the stocks. Every company should run in such an efficient and focused manner.
Apple: When The Music Stops [View article]
(Now, about those 15 cent burgers...that is what I paid for my first disappointing McDonalds, when the "better" ones were 19 cents. Of course, we know which one survived. Maybe I should buy Dell.)
Apple (AAPL) says it has already sold out the supply of new iPads set aside for pre-order, and will push back their ship date to Friday, which is the official launch date. Apple had previously told customers they would receive their pre-ordered iPads the same day the tablet goes on sale in stores. [View news story]
How Serious Is Google's Legal Jeopardy? [View article]
Auditors examining working conditions at the China factories that make products for Apple (AAPL) assure one outcome: Your iPhone is going to cost more in the near future. Sanford Bernstein analyst Alberto Moel says the independent Fair Labor Association’s current audit of Apple suppliers will very likely urge workplace improvements, which inevitably means higher costs for Apple. [View news story]
TD Only Big Six Bank Yielding Below 4 Percent [View article]
MBAs, Gimmicks and Apple's Culture [View article]
Google: Unlocking The Door For More Android Originality? [View article]