Android Is Dead - Part 8: The S4 Fights Back - BUT... [View article]
What customers want will make the difference, and there is a strong move away from proprietary OS towards transparency and licensing free. While my take also is that Android, as it stands today, has little future, I'd say Ubuntu based phones may well surprise us all. If you were in charge of security wouldn't you be worried about "no idea what the OS does" with iOS, Blackberry, or WP8?
Shale Gas Revolution: Greatest Boom Ever For The U.S. Economy? [View article]
With new technology I refer to a scientific research article in Science or Nature magazine I recently read: We are pushing the limits and have entered much new territory. Messing up creates irreversible damage, can't take that risk. As an immigrant: Why is it that in the USA it's always the government fault and always hear that business decisions are based on what's in the best interest of society (socialistic) and not for the corporate primary purpose, generate income?
And also heard MSFT bought ASPL too. A smart, double move by Steve Jobs, 1) "Bill Gates, put your money where your mouth is," and 2) sends the message MSFT invests in AAPL. What percentage was MSFT holdings?
4-Year Stock Optimist Turns Negative - 4 Signs Market Is On Thin Ice [View article]
One year ago I went to 100% cash with a 600% profit, and would have lost 20% if I hadn't. It depends on the stock one holds, not on the market! My selling decision was: Till now it was investing, stock increased based on something real, from now on it's speculation. As Buffet said: One can only make money when one knows more than everybody else - know your field (be an insider) - and then stay in cash till you find another "gold laying goose. Haven't seen a "this could be the goose" but many were "sell to a greater fool."
The day the 100th money realizes that Google's free services are not free and exodus can easily break Google as there are alternatives available. Apple enjoyed the cool factor and is "the product" to have. Moods can change quickly for a loos for Apple. That is why I conclude that Yahoo, Nokia, among others, may well take off; just wont happen tomorrow.
Shale Gas Revolution: Greatest Boom Ever For The U.S. Economy? [View article]
It's only the worst idea if we irresponsibly expand it without allowing the needed technology mature - put capitalistic profits before safety of the country. Fracking is a new technology in it's infancy, not a bad one.
Gold And U.S. Government Debt: Highly Correlated [View article]
The price of gold and debth do relate. However, other factors are driving the short term fluctuations or many would have gotten rich simply using this correlation. Also, from a scientific point of view, an R2 of 0.74 is insignificant and 0.46 is flipping a coin.
We May Have Avoided The Cliffs, But We Still Face High Mountains [View article]
Just to ponder:
Avoided the cliff? Or: Are over the cliff and all is fine because we are still in the air.
Heard from an European financial adviser: Neither Europe nor the US are okay, but while Europe is on it’s way out of the Intensive Care Unit the US is on it’s way in.
Gold Is Not Money - It's Something Better [View article]
Lending money is a big part how banks make money, no lending no income. Sitting on defaulted mortgages, being home owner, is how banks are loosing money. For housing, banks are brokers, and if they cannot sell a mortgage they wont take any from a willing borrowers.
Research In Motion: The Competition Is Falling [View article]
As a long time Apple I am painfully aware that the cool factor is a major factor for Apple. Moods can change quickly. The majority of users are either completely “security ignorant” if not even “security arrogant“ about the severity of malware. Once this sinks in, a run for the most secure can happen quickly and cool may not be that cool anymore. RIMM is still strong in Asia, is a business phone, and has the most secure OS. Many forget, money earned (net profit) is what counts, not market share.
This is a good lifeline to be on, but RIMM worse off than Apple in its worst of times and hardly has anything close to an Apple’s management. Can it remain afloat, and has a chance to win the race?
Taking A Longer Look At Apple's Secret Hedge Fund [View article]
As an immigrant of 30yrs+, all I can say: Why do Americans always blame the government yet totally ignore such promises [social welfare] were asked for and delivered by politicians who otherwise wouldn't have been elected by the public? In order to finance the campaign and be selected for office promises are made, and then delivered to special interest and big money. Handouts in all shape and form at all levels. It's an accumulation of decades of [better] bring home the pork as well as complain how wrong the pork is others get.
Politicians are neither selected and nor elected based on how well they will govern and do what is in the best interest for all concerned. We got what we have asked for and now don't like it.
The (Stubborn) Myth Of Green Energy Investing [View article]
We have a technology in it’s infancy but adults expect athletic performance. Green has and may never will be “cheap” as it’s not it’s base. If a driving force were “reduce foreign oil dependency” - military and economic base - and not “generating income” - make the investors rich - all would be just fine. Using “green” light bulbs helps the nation but a cost analysis will show it’s not money saving for the owner.
Also, I see an analogy to Reagan’s Star Wars - hype goes stellar once government money is for the taking, and soon justifications are based on future potential than past performance and present capabilities.
On a side line. It may be a good idea to read up on “The Blue Economy” to see the fallacies with Green.
Leading Swiss Banks Navigate Scandals And Shrinking Business [View article]
There has never been no such thing as a secrete Swiss bank account as every one who has an account is known. “Secrecy” means that only few inside the bank know who the person is. In some countries people do not have freedom from government “snooping” when it comes to their money, and not surprisingly, in these countries Swiss banks have been bad-mouthed the most, and still are. Btw, this absence of freedom has become even worse, and many banks in Switzerland refuse to give Americans working and living in Switzerland a bank account, and the same goes for Swiss living in the US and England.
Swiss banks provided a service that were not available in other countries for many reasons though mostly because of government regulations that encumbered free flow of funds. Times have changed and thus the raison d’être to use Swiss banks ended. Several years ago I read that one out of three Swiss working in a bank lost the job after governments in Europe got rid of the business-strangling banking laws. Also, as a service provider, the physical location of international banks is based on many reasons and has very little to do with the size economy of the country.
One can say that big banking has become a money-making industry and little is left of the service industry it used to be. Also, for banks, bigger isn’t better, it’s an increasing liability; reason many businesses now use smaller banks. Thus, can say that these two banks suffer from the same malaise as other financial institutions do, and has little to do with Switzerland.
Android Is Dead - Part 8: The S4 Fights Back - BUT... [View article]
Shale Gas Revolution: Greatest Boom Ever For The U.S. Economy? [View article]
As an immigrant: Why is it that in the USA it's always the government fault and always hear that business decisions are based on what's in the best interest of society (socialistic) and not for the corporate primary purpose, generate income?
Nokia Is On The Rise [View article]
4-Year Stock Optimist Turns Negative - 4 Signs Market Is On Thin Ice [View article]
As Buffet said: One can only make money when one knows more than everybody else - know your field (be an insider) - and then stay in cash till you find another "gold laying goose. Haven't seen a "this could be the goose" but many were "sell to a greater fool."
Nokia: HERE We Go [View article]
Shale Gas Revolution: Greatest Boom Ever For The U.S. Economy? [View article]
Shale Gas Revolution: Greatest Boom Ever For The U.S. Economy? [View article]
Gold And U.S. Government Debt: Highly Correlated [View article]
We May Have Avoided The Cliffs, But We Still Face High Mountains [View article]
Avoided the cliff? Or: Are over the cliff and all is fine because we are still in the air.
Heard from an European financial adviser: Neither Europe nor the US are okay, but while Europe is on it’s way out of the Intensive Care Unit the US is on it’s way in.
Gold Is Not Money - It's Something Better [View article]
Research In Motion: The Competition Is Falling [View article]
This is a good lifeline to be on, but RIMM worse off than Apple in its worst of times and hardly has anything close to an Apple’s management. Can it remain afloat, and has a chance to win the race?
Taking A Longer Look At Apple's Secret Hedge Fund [View article]
Politicians are neither selected and nor elected based on how well they will govern and do what is in the best interest for all concerned. We got what we have asked for and now don't like it.
The (Stubborn) Myth Of Green Energy Investing [View article]
Also, I see an analogy to Reagan’s Star Wars - hype goes stellar once government money is for the taking, and soon justifications are based on future potential than past performance and present capabilities.
On a side line. It may be a good idea to read up on “The Blue Economy” to see the fallacies with Green.
Leading Swiss Banks Navigate Scandals And Shrinking Business [View article]
There has never been no such thing as a secrete Swiss bank account as every one who has an account is known. “Secrecy” means that only few inside the bank know who the person is. In some countries people do not have freedom from government “snooping” when it comes to their money, and not surprisingly, in these countries Swiss banks have been bad-mouthed the most, and still are. Btw, this absence of freedom has become even worse, and many banks in Switzerland refuse to give Americans working and living in Switzerland a bank account, and the same goes for Swiss living in the US and England.
Swiss banks provided a service that were not available in other countries for many reasons though mostly because of government regulations that encumbered free flow of funds. Times have changed and thus the raison d’être to use Swiss banks ended. Several years ago I read that one out of three Swiss working in a bank lost the job after governments in Europe got rid of the business-strangling banking laws. Also, as a service provider, the physical location of international banks is based on many reasons and has very little to do with the size economy of the country.
One can say that big banking has become a money-making industry and little is left of the service industry it used to be. Also, for banks, bigger isn’t better, it’s an increasing liability; reason many businesses now use smaller banks. Thus, can say that these two banks suffer from the same malaise as other financial institutions do, and has little to do with Switzerland.