I’ve just finished perusing Amazon’s Top Ten Business and Investing Books of 2009, both the editors’ picks and the customers’ picks, and I gotta tell ya – both are terrible representations of what was worthwhile reading this year. I’ll keep my critique relatively short and then give you the lists themselves. Feel free to chime…
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The Danger of Earnings Season Extrapolation
Yes, we all get excited when an Amazon.com scorches their earnings forecast or when an Apple Inc. Suge Knights the whole sell-side with a massive beat, but should that enthusiasm really spread to other stocks? One of the dangers of extrapolating the good earnings reports out of Apple, Amazon or Intel is that in reality,…
Hot Links: Meet Poe, the World's Tallest Horse
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Spanish Banks may be hiding their losses, what this means for world markets. (Bronte) The StockTwits guys teasing the boss. Funny. (HowardLindzon) Sick! Step 1 – add $8 billion in debt to Tribune, Step 2 – steer into bankruptcy, Step 3 – pay bonuses. (DealBook) Red miniskirts, white jackboots and…
Stubborn Little Winners
Today we’re going to salute some little guys who wouldn’t give up. Small (er) cap stocks that refused to quit and have made their true-believer shareholders money this year, in one of the worst environments imaginable. What these names have in common is that they all are consumer-oriented companies, 4 of them are engaged in the…
Close the Book on Barnes & Noble, Kindle's Here
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2472318&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Amazon’s Kindle is about to light Barnes and Noble on fire and stomp on the ashes. Yeah, I said it. What. I’ve been a big reader all my life. In fact, I go through books like Mary Kate Olsen goes through pills, and if I can help it, I’ll go to Barnes…
