Despite Speculators, Stem Cell Sector Stocks' Potential Lies in the Longer Term [View article]
Preliminary results of the GERN phase II GRN163L study are due the end of December. Stock probably will pop, especially due to the recent stock issue fiasco. Eager beavers will sell and the stock will sit again @ $5-6. This is a expected and known response.
Netflix: This Stock's Story Is Over [View article]
I believe some of the questions that are asked: 1. Are the ISPs going to charge additional for streaming content, regardless of supplier. 2. Is the "Cable company" as a content provider going away or just morphing into an IPTV company? 3. Content is key - expect studios to go to the best distribution channel to get eyeballs, even if it is direct. If hardware manufactures get their act together, IPTV subscription services will be handled WITHOUT Comcast/DirectTV/DISH/... 4. How will Google TV change the dynamics?
Two points: 1. This doesn't effect GERN 2. This ruling effects ALL stem cell research, even those approved by G.W. Bush on the original stem cell lines.
Please keep your uninformed political comments off SeekingAlpha.
An Estimated 800,000 Households Abandoned Their TVs for the Web [View article]
I'm a cord cutter -but unfortunately, my Internet costs are still in the $70 per month range for 10 megabit download speed. BUT - this has eliminated cable and phone.
My Tivo III HD is a great device. I have found that I am using it more and more for movies on demand via Netflix and Amazon. Unfortunately, the author is right - that superior technology is not a barrier for this market. Many good products - never make it successfully because of a lower expectation from the masses.
Internet's Future: Transformative Applications, Not Ubiquitous Entertainment [View article]
Mark - it is easy. Take back the spectrum being used for broadcast TV and use it for last mile Internet. A more looming problem is the IP address shortfall without moving to 128 bit addresses soon. Think about any non-IPv6 devices out there that need to be replaced! Long Cisco!
I'm rather shocked at the close minded responses from Seeking Alpha readers. Yes - transportation costs would need to be addressed, but other than that - the article is dead on in how we should approach our flagrant money give away to the oil producers. I'll type slowly for the anti-tax contingent - this is not really a tax to raise money - it is a tax to change behaviors.
Use taxes work when you lower the general tax burden -which is still historically low.
Another Crisis Looms Right Around the Corner [View article]
The reason for the bare ammo shelves is the serialization of ammo. Anyone who wanted ammo w/o a number on it has recently bought. I believe this article is early and a little overblown. Yes - there is going to be the piper to pay for the growing debt, the above dire ending is probably not in the cards. Although the Japansese are holding 170% of the GNP in public debt the Yen has not crashed and burned the way the author has reported is the future for the Dollar.
On Nov 24 08:14 PM Donald Ingram wrote:
> Tried buying ammo lately? Shelves are bare. Gotta put your name on > a waiting list. I'm really glad I invested in my own re-loader kit. > One problem - need more shell casings! Granddad used to say, "it > doesn't take a smart man to freeze to death!" Better safe than sorry. >
Real Estate Recovery in Southern California: Home Sales Increase for 16th Straight Month [View article]
Whoo hoo sales are up! You're saying prices went down when foreclosures were 56.7% of resales, but everything is ok when they are 40%?
From the MDA Dataquick site "Last month, foreclosure resales – houses and condos sold in October that had been foreclosed on in the prior 12 months – made up 40.6 percent of all Southland resales. That was up insignificantly from 40.4 percent in September and down from a high of 56.7 percent in February this year."
Real Estate cool aid, drink it.. come on everyone is doing it.
South California Home Sales: Let the Good Times Roll [View article]
This is a false dawn of housing stabilization. You might see a similar inflationary growth in housing prices, similar to the stock market due to additional cash being thrown on the economy - but I doubt it. In addition, incomes have not risen to inflation - so your basis for comparing mortgage payments to historical is not accurate.
Is Fiat and Chrysler's Pullback on Electric Cars Bad News for A123 Systems? [View article]
William obviously doesn't live in California where gas has quickly gone back to $4/gallon. Even without pure electrics, the demand for hybrid electric vehicles should continue well into 2020.
Although, costs are higher for plug-in hybrids, public acceptance is much easier and the consumer receives an immediate impact in their monthly expenses.
In addition, hybrids have a substantial decrease in maintenance costs. Fears of replacing batteries (at least NiMH) have never materialized, with the Toyota Prius batteries now testing in at 180k miles.
The only reason that manufactures are pushing pure electrics is to eliminate one major component, the gasoline engine. Wrong direction manufactures! Toyota has recently INCREASED the size of the gasoline engine in the Prius and increased the efficiency.
By the way - I love the quotes "green" and "cut the mustard".
On Nov 09 10:03 AM William Taylor wrote:
> At this point I see no point or future in electric vehicles without > very major technological advances in battery development. Despite > all the media hype and "green" nonsense out there they simply do > not "cut the mustard". > > Sure, a few enthusiastic, well meaning souls will fork over the extra > money for underperforming vehicles but until we get those major breakthroughs > like a super-capacitor that actually works and can be produced in > quantity, (the EESTOR fantasy-dream), we are going to slog through > a difficult market. > Batteries are tiny chemical devices that not only have a high carbon > footprint but an inadequate life, high weight and high cost. It makes > no sense for our government to subsidize them with our tax dollars.
Despite Speculators, Stem Cell Sector Stocks' Potential Lies in the Longer Term [View article]
Netflix: This Stock's Story Is Over [View article]
1. Are the ISPs going to charge additional for streaming content, regardless of supplier.
2. Is the "Cable company" as a content provider going away or just morphing into an IPTV company?
3. Content is key - expect studios to go to the best distribution channel to get eyeballs, even if it is direct. If hardware manufactures get their act together, IPTV subscription services will be handled WITHOUT Comcast/DirectTV/DISH/...
4. How will Google TV change the dynamics?
Why the S&P 500 Should Reach 1245 by Year-End 2010. [View article]
Current P/E: 20.29 +0.26 (1.32%) - not FTM.
Mean: 16.37
Median: 15.76
Min: 4.78 (Dec 1920)
Max: 44.20 (Dec 1999)
P/Es are based on average inflation-adjusted earnings from the previous 10 years (P/E10)
Data courtesy of Robert Shiller, Yale Department of Economics.
Court Decision Puts Pressure on Embryonic Stem Cell Stocks [View article]
Court Decision Puts Pressure on Embryonic Stem Cell Stocks [View article]
1. This doesn't effect GERN
2. This ruling effects ALL stem cell research, even those approved by G.W. Bush on the original stem cell lines.
Please keep your uninformed political comments off SeekingAlpha.
An Estimated 800,000 Households Abandoned Their TVs for the Web [View article]
Tivo 3 / Antenna /Netflix
Time for TiVo to Say Ta Ta [View article]
Internet's Future: Transformative Applications, Not Ubiquitous Entertainment [View article]
America's Commodity Crisis, 2010 Edition [View article]
Use taxes work when you lower the general tax burden -which is still historically low.
Another Crisis Looms Right Around the Corner [View article]
I believe this article is early and a little overblown. Yes - there is going to be the piper to pay for the growing debt, the above dire ending is probably not in the cards. Although the Japansese are holding 170% of the GNP in public debt the Yen has not crashed and burned the way the author has reported is the future for the Dollar.
On Nov 24 08:14 PM Donald Ingram wrote:
> Tried buying ammo lately? Shelves are bare. Gotta put your name on
> a waiting list. I'm really glad I invested in my own re-loader kit.
> One problem - need more shell casings! Granddad used to say, "it
> doesn't take a smart man to freeze to death!" Better safe than sorry.
>
Real Estate Recovery in Southern California: Home Sales Increase for 16th Straight Month [View article]
From the MDA Dataquick site
"Last month, foreclosure resales – houses and condos sold in October that had been foreclosed on in the prior 12 months – made up 40.6 percent of all Southland resales. That was up insignificantly from 40.4 percent in September and down from a high of 56.7 percent in February this year."
Real Estate cool aid, drink it.. come on everyone is doing it.
South California Home Sales: Let the Good Times Roll [View article]
I am not convinced that foreclosures are being reported timely.
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Is Fiat and Chrysler's Pullback on Electric Cars Bad News for A123 Systems? [View article]
Although, costs are higher for plug-in hybrids, public acceptance is much easier and the consumer receives an immediate impact in their monthly expenses.
In addition, hybrids have a substantial decrease in maintenance costs. Fears of replacing batteries (at least NiMH) have never materialized, with the Toyota Prius batteries now testing in at 180k miles.
The only reason that manufactures are pushing pure electrics is to eliminate one major component, the gasoline engine. Wrong direction manufactures! Toyota has recently INCREASED the size of the gasoline engine in the Prius and increased the efficiency.
By the way - I love the quotes "green" and "cut the mustard".
On Nov 09 10:03 AM William Taylor wrote:
> At this point I see no point or future in electric vehicles without
> very major technological advances in battery development. Despite
> all the media hype and "green" nonsense out there they simply do
> not "cut the mustard".
>
> Sure, a few enthusiastic, well meaning souls will fork over the extra
> money for underperforming vehicles but until we get those major breakthroughs
> like a super-capacitor that actually works and can be produced in
> quantity, (the EESTOR fantasy-dream), we are going to slog through
> a difficult market.
> Batteries are tiny chemical devices that not only have a high carbon
> footprint but an inadequate life, high weight and high cost. It makes
> no sense for our government to subsidize them with our tax dollars.