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Not Everyone Likes Windows 7

Explain how aapl machines are under powered?

Are you spouting gibberish from the msft mothership, are you using an old PPC Mac or is this firsthand knowledge of a current Intel Mac?

How Apple's Market Share Will Propel Stock to $500, Part 1

The question is when $500?

What Is the Deal with Steel Production and Prices?

I'd be interested in your thoughts on mea schn and the like as far them benefitting based on your analysis.

Even at $185, I'm Sticking with Apple

Lets make some assumptions
The regular people -not the my stock predictions are always correct class- are in a financial slump.
Assuming regular people last bought a cool thing for themselves in late 2008 early 2009 and assuming that this "mess" we are in does not see real light until October/November 2010 in time for Christmas then I predict AAPL to be @ approximately $250 to $275 @ close of options January 2011.
This is based on a surge of buying for back to school and Christmas 2010 and option pumping in late December '10 and early January '11.
Disclosure: I am an iPhone carrying Mac tech support providing, Apple fan boy that got burned last year by buying Jan 2010 $200 calls @ $40 -sigh-.

Dividends Get No Respect

The biggest problem I see is that discount brokers DO NOT REINVEST dividends. They put the cash into your account every quarter.
If anyone has a discount broker that reinvests PLEASE clue me in. I see/saw the power of reinvested dividends with my mom growing her small shares in the original ATT as an employee and following through to the divestiture into "regional" telcos and the shares growing and growing and NOW she is taking the dividends as supplements to her pension which has not grown in 20 years of retirement.

Why Water ETFs Are Worth a Look

is it 1% of the 3% or is it 1/3 of the available supply is readily available.... big difference.

Google: How One Wedding Video Shows YouTube's Potential

I wonder how much of that cash generation goes to the poster of the video or do you need to create a channel and sign up for profit sharing.

Blackberry’s 26 Advantages over iPhone

the problem is, everyone wants to be everything to everybody.

lets look at this observation;
bb had great market lead and with their first phone apple took away the bb cache.

now bb plays catch up to a computer company.

imagine if apple decided to put out as many models as bb does.

ps. nothing like bumping into or tripping over smartphone users on the the streets and stairs of nyc. I have personally stepped on 1 iphone and 2 bb as users try to multitask. no i did not apologize. F 'em.

10 Reasons Not to Buy Apple

Don't buy apple?
for the next six months?
until 2011?
ever?
While I am not a professiona investor I do know apple is a leader.....
you think palm would have come out with the pre as designed without the development of the iphone.
ipod is the equivalent of xerox scotch tape or kleenex.
and apple computers vs msft based machines is only growing.

YOU ARE WRONG AND I AM GOING TO PUT A NOTE IN MY ICAL FOR THIS DATE IN 2010 AND 2011 TO UPDATE THIS POSTING

Cisco: Despite Difficult Year, I Smell Value

csco has done zip since the internet bubble burst. think of the change in internet use and services since the bubble and how has csco capitalized on that growth to move their stock price.
no splits or dividends in 10 years.
all the growth was in csco first 10 years when you would have gone to 72x the number of shares you started with if you got in before the first split.
move along, nothing to see here

Japanese Consortium to Build Smart Grid Project in New Mexico?

obama could make a huge splash by announcing every federal installation -likely mostly military type- in arizona, nevada, new mexico, texas and california will install solar energy.
and wit 2 years of proven savings before reelection would have another accomplishment to stand on -saving money operating those "socialist" services-

Why You Don't Want Berkshire to Pay Dividends

I will repeat what i have said elsewhere.....
Buffet hates poor people.
yeah, great if you got in a long time ago but if you want to get in now you have to be "wealthy" and then you'd likely only be abale to afford 1 share -there goes portfolio diversity-.

Will Consumers Give Up Their Credit-card Protections?

if you don't want them, don't use them.
what is your complaint exactly?
that card companies -issuers really- won't make money by approving a charge that puts a card holder over their limit which results in fees?
it is called a limit for a reason and I have yet to hear a reasonable explanation why a card holder would be allowed to go over it without raising their limit.
Here is my prediction fiscal q3 2011 card issuers are doing fine.
debit cards
2 christmas'
2 summer seasons
and oh yeah, an improved economy and those flat screens, coach bags and big watches will be "paid for" with plastic.

Credit Cards: Not Dead Yet

cc are better because by law they offer you protections for your purchases.
by using a debit card you open yourself up to having the wrong amount taken out of your account with difficulty getting it returned

Looming Wave of Option Repricing?

a"greed"