Zynga Is No Longer A Gamble, It Is A Strong Buy With Potential [View article]
I'm a poker player, live games, and Zynga's, to see what they are. I don't think Zynga can crack the big time real money games. It seems ripe for cheating if the stakes are high enough (chat--in all languages, for one), and players who buy chips for less than retail (they seemed to have stopped the advertising for chips on chat, but I still see people on the verge of zero chips betting like they are the house). For small stakes, for fun, yes. Will they be able to make a ton of money doing this....? Only if there are no other sites competing for players, in my opinion. So, Zynga for fun, and until they convince me cheating doesn't and can't happen, guaranteed 100%, I'll stick to live. btw...the randomness of the deal is biased towards straights, flushes, and those rare turn and river cards that make the improbable hand win. Play to river with Zynga and any two cards, it's fun.
So I've been long YRCW for a very long time, and am confident this company will succeed. It's been interesting reading the comments of many of the shorts here. I don't believe them but I've seen their price action. Without a picture or bio, they have no credence, especially to bad mouth a company they supposedly work for. If that is truly the case, you should get a new job with a company you respect. You are poisoning your mind staying at YRCW. For longs, don't put stop loss orders in as the shorts control the price action right now.
Is Sheryl Sandberg plotting a departure from Facebook (FB)? In a column discussing Lean In, the COO's upcoming book on women in the workplace, the NYT's Jodi Kantor notes speculation about "whether Lean In is the first step toward a new career for [Sandberg], perhaps in politics." New York's Kevin Roose, observing Sandberg has succeeded in her goal of turning Facebook from a hot startup into an online ad giant: "I predict she will leave Facebook within the next year. In fact, I think she would be crazy not to." [View news story]
Writers use gimmicks to get reader responses. He hooked you guys with his speculations and ruminations.
Government Properties Income Trust Is Not Cheap Enough [View article]
I'm in RE and it seems that buildings suitable for government use are limited so even if 25% are coming up for renewal, there are not many places a government agency could go short of consolidating its operations and vacating.
Getting 7% looks great right and it would have been a good time to buy when you wrote your article.
YRC Worldwide Story Continues To Gain Legs [View article]
My thoughts on YRCW is that shorts are controlling the price. Until that stops with some strong news, the stock remains under pressure and under valued.
Here's a thought about ZNGA....I have a friend whom I've known for almost 50 years. Yesterday, as we were talking about things, he mentioned he played Coasterville to relieve stress (attorney) and that he's spent at least $300 to speed up the game. I was amazed as I tried Farmville 2 just to see what the fuss was about. I like not paying for anything on ZNGA (poker chips) and Farmville 2, but apparently there are many others who do not think like me with regards to this. I Suddenly saw a bunch of retired boomers in a virtual world cheaper than the real world killing time.
So, looking at poker, I can certainly imagine a low stakes environment where the dollar is but a penny, and everything is still virtual. As a legal site, it could redeem "chips" and thus impose some internal controls, and it would not be worth much to cheats/scammers/hackers players. Since collecting a small amount from large numbers with some contributing an oversized proportion means big money, I think ZNGA has something unique and worth the price of its stock.
Is Apple's Threat Real In The Living Room? [View article]
I think Apple isn't getting into television, more like bringing television into the Apple computer age. Very good article, and it makes me want to wait a little before I purchase a 4k unit.
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
When you compare buying gold to purchasing insurance, the analogy is wrong. The "return" on insurance can be in the 10,000% compared to the premium paid. Will you double your trade? Smart money quadrupled it already. Are you thinking $6400/oz as your goal? The gold bug never sees gold's true value. Buy high, buy even higher. I don't short it, own what my mother gave me, don't really care to own 18k jewelry except for small pieces. Do you remember the 80's and those bare chests with all those gold chains? Well, that's still passe'.
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
It so happens that most farmers in India and China are illiterate. That however is not the entire population of those countries. So I suggest you are stereotyping 1/3 of the world's population. Did you forget that India is one of the leading countries in high tech, and China produces most of the worlds goods? These people are not illiterate, but highly educated. Are they buying the gold? I highly doubt it.
Gold bugs are laughably simplistic in their views of the macro economics of today's global economies. How many times have you bought something with your gold coins rattling in your safe deposit boxes? Are you still waiting for the right price to barter?
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
You might try, but I eat the results of the dividends, rent checks, money flow. Haven't tried to eat gold, but my wife bought some to put on her face. It was a farce, and we returned it.
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
Gold Bugs, what are you going to do with your gold when the price reaches what you consider fair value? Sell it? Eat it? Bury it in the yard? My mother bought 1000oz of gold in the first rise, held it through the drop and passed away half way into the new rise. It was her worst investment fortunately.
When the price starts rising, gold bugs like to buy more because it means the sky is falling. When the greater fool theory kicks in, they are usually the greatest fools, as a sinking tide shows who is not wearing clothes.
Why don't you purchase something more tangible like income producing property or dividend stocks? Must you be like the poor illiterate farmers of India or superstitious Chinese cited as the reason consumer gold demand remains high? Really!
Lots Of Real Estate Value At Assisted Living Concepts [View article]
So my family was involved in SNFs and I ran one of their facilities. Poor staffing is a strong indication of poor management. Your reputation is dependent on your staff and it's relations to your patients.
If they were not staffing to state regulations, or having a difficult time filling positions and perhaps retaining key employees and competent staff, their reputation and ability to attract private pay would be in jeopardy.
Was the transition from Medicaid to private forced on them?
It's not the hacking of personal accounts that the problem here. It's the hacking of Zynga poker that's the problem. It is a minor issue when it's all fun and games, but it becomes a very BIG problem when it is real money.
Imagine if you will, the US government doesn't pay attention to counterfeit $100 bills showing up in its money supply, and people know you can purchase them for much less than $100 real dollars.
What do you think happens in such a scenerio?
So in answering your question Modernist,why I'm still holding ZNGA, I hold 10000 shares of the 20k original that were purchased in the lows. Those 10k shares are there because they cost me very little, and baring bankruptcy, I can hold them til the cows come home. I like to play with risk and that's why I haven't closed the position out entirely.
Zynga Is No Longer A Gamble, It Is A Strong Buy With Potential [View article]
Investing In Gold: Is A Bubble Popping? [View article]
10 Reasons To Buy YRC Worldwide [View article]
Is Sheryl Sandberg plotting a departure from Facebook (FB)? In a column discussing Lean In, the COO's upcoming book on women in the workplace, the NYT's Jodi Kantor notes speculation about "whether Lean In is the first step toward a new career for [Sandberg], perhaps in politics." New York's Kevin Roose, observing Sandberg has succeeded in her goal of turning Facebook from a hot startup into an online ad giant: "I predict she will leave Facebook within the next year. In fact, I think she would be crazy not to." [View news story]
Government Properties Income Trust Is Not Cheap Enough [View article]
Getting 7% looks great right and it would have been a good time to buy when you wrote your article.
YRC Worldwide Story Continues To Gain Legs [View article]
5 Myths Distorting Zynga's Supergeneric Potential [View article]
So, looking at poker, I can certainly imagine a low stakes environment where the dollar is but a penny, and everything is still virtual. As a legal site, it could redeem "chips" and thus impose some internal controls, and it would not be worth much to cheats/scammers/hackers players. Since collecting a small amount from large numbers with some contributing an oversized proportion means big money, I think ZNGA has something unique and worth the price of its stock.
Is Apple's Threat Real In The Living Room? [View article]
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
Gold bugs are laughably simplistic in their views of the macro economics of today's global economies. How many times have you bought something with your gold coins rattling in your safe deposit boxes? Are you still waiting for the right price to barter?
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
What The GDP Report Says About Gold [View article]
When the price starts rising, gold bugs like to buy more because it means the sky is falling. When the greater fool theory kicks in, they are usually the greatest fools, as a sinking tide shows who is not wearing clothes.
Why don't you purchase something more tangible like income producing property or dividend stocks? Must you be like the poor illiterate farmers of India or superstitious Chinese cited as the reason consumer gold demand remains high? Really!
Lots Of Real Estate Value At Assisted Living Concepts [View article]
If they were not staffing to state regulations, or having a difficult time filling positions and perhaps retaining key employees and competent staff, their reputation and ability to attract private pay would be in jeopardy.
Was the transition from Medicaid to private forced on them?
Personally, I think this is a company in trouble.
5 Myths Distorting Zynga's Supergeneric Potential [View article]
Imagine if you will, the US government doesn't pay attention to counterfeit $100 bills showing up in its money supply, and people know you can purchase them for much less than $100 real dollars.
What do you think happens in such a scenerio?
So in answering your question Modernist,why I'm still holding ZNGA, I hold 10000 shares of the 20k original that were purchased in the lows. Those 10k shares are there because they cost me very little, and baring bankruptcy, I can hold them til the cows come home. I like to play with risk and that's why I haven't closed the position out entirely.
The $150,000 Portfolio: Excess Cash, Aggressive Trades In Part Three [View article]
Stop writing!