Talk about having your thunder stolen! Reporting earnings at the same time as Apple is like playing the second stage at Lollapalooza as the Chili Peppers take the main stage. Supposedly, crickets could be heard on the Texas Instruments (TXN) conference call along with the quiet yearning of the second string sell-side analysts who wished they were…
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Crushing Earnings Estimates? There's an App for That.
I’m utterly in awe of the great American earnings machine that is Apple Inc (AAPL). This evening’s earnings report eruption was utterly remarkable given the environment. From All Things Digital: Apple’s September quarter saw, among other things, the release of Snow Leopard, the latest upgrade to its OS X operating system and the first public…
Hot Links: The Ugliest Buildings in the World
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Market’s quiet ahead of earnings from Citigroup (pre-market) and Google (after the close). (Reuters) Bloomberg should’ve bought a blog network instead of BusinessWeek. (VixAndMore) Happy Dow 7537! Ya know, in real dollar terms. (ZeroHedge) What’s the investment climate like Down Under? My mate Trader Mark knows. (FundMyMutualFund) Wait til you…
Market Recap: The New Beasts
The Reformed Broker, AKA Daddy Warbucks, here with today’s Market Recap… I thought I’d skip the averages today in favor of showing three charts of The New Beasts. From every bear market, a set of new leaders emerges, often, these are stocks that had nothing to do with the prior bull market. My highlighting of…
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…
People I Can Do Without: Winter '09
The greatest stand-up comedian of all time*, George Carlin, had a bit in the late 80’s called “People I Can Do Without“. While his version included people like “a dentist who has blood in his hair”, I will keep mine strictly investment-related. The Reformed Broker’s “People I Can Do Without” Magazine editors and advertising executives…
