Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… What to make of the recent surge of IPO issuance. (SmartMoney) Hedgie Leon Black and his Apollo Management buying up the debt of CT’s Foxwoods casino. (NYP) Morningstar‘s new Shareholders tab let’s you keep track of who else owns your stock. (Morningstar) Eric Sprott on the pickup in momentum for…
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Newspaper Stocks Ruled the 3rd Quarter
Guess what the top-performing industry group was in the 3rd quarter? What if I told you it was the left-for-dead Newspaper Publishers? No, seriously, it was. According to data from Morningstar, the newspaper industry stocks posted a gain of 89.14% over the last 3 months and were the top performing group by a long shot…
Hot Links: Nat Gas, Mark Mobius & the NY Yankees
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Greenback’d posted the July mega-list of activist investor situations. Awesome. (Greenback’d) Piker gamblers hurting the casino business. (WSJ) Taobao.com is a monster of e-commerce in China. (NYT) Community newspapers doing ok, small is beautiful. (AP via YahooFinance) The 3 stages of a bear market illustrated. (InvestmentPostcards) My boy Todd Sullivan…
Barron's Mid-Year Roundtable and January Picks Report Card Up
I don’t look forward to much in the world of newspaperage, but I love me some Barron’s Roundtable. Before posting a link to both the mid-year feature from this weekend as well as the report card from the 12 panelists’ January 2009 trading ideas, I’d like to print a phrase that has probably never been…
Market Recap: Build-a-Bank
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egT8-06AcSY] The Reformed Broker, AKA The Pastrami King, here with today’s Market Recap… OK stocks and sectors, take one step forward if you were lookin’ good during today’s market melt-up… Not so fast, Newspapers! The 3:30 look at the Newspaper Sector: Laggards in Price Performance (Intraday) E W SCRIPPS CL A [ssp] -9.46% A.H. BELO…
Paid Newspaper Sites? What. Ever.
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2371771&w=425&h=350&fv=] Here’s another venture trying to figure out how to throw up a 20th century gate in front of online newspaper content: From the New York Times (still free): Three longtime media executives are building an automated system to allow newspapers and magazines to charge for online access…Journalism Online L.L.C., aims to supply publishers…
