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Can you find a profit in a techno-slag heap?
That’s the promise of an up-and-coming stock I found on Morningstar.com this week. I do some consulting work for a mutual fund firm and this technology company fits the bill – across the board.
First some background. The company’s name is Fuel...
Read More | Nov 8th, 2007
You guys know how big I am on video game makers as solid stock plays.
But what about video game retailers?
One of the big ones -- GameStop -- has seen its share price double to $58 during the past year. One of the big reasons why is the mushrooming market for used video games, which analysts say...
Read More | Nov 3rd, 2007
Yesterday I laid out the risks and rewards of investing and trading stocks online.
As I said, it's easy to do and actually kind of fun, but like going to Vegas, you have to be able to walk away from the table if you're losing money.
To help you avoid that, if you really want to start trading...
Read More | Oct 31st, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Nov 1st, 2007
My friend and I were texting each other about the Red Sox World Series rout the other night -- way to go Sockies, how to beat 'dem Rockies! -- and, both being Boston natives, were having a grand old time.
My pal won some money on the Series and had a strange question for me. Or maybe my friend is...
Read More | Oct 30th, 2007
Six weeks ago I wrote that video game stocks were going to be a good play for the duration of 2007 - - and probably well into 2008.
As I said at the time, anyone with a 12-year-old boy in the house recognizes the familiar hoots and hollers from the den or playroom, when the kids fire up the Wii...
Read More | Oct 29th, 2007
Being sick in bed for the better part of the week is a real eye-opener.
Besides the curious experience of buying Advil, Orange Juice, and one of those comical sleep masks you see people wearing on airplanes, at a Wegmens' at three o'clock in the morning, you get to pass the hours alternately...
Read More | Oct 26th, 2007
You may not realize it, but in the 401K market, where the fees you pay to the advisors who manage your plan can mean the difference, financially speaking, between a so-so retirement and a great one.
How so? Check out the scenario laid out by the U.S. Employee Benefits Security Administration: For...
Read More | Oct 24th, 2007
I haven't spent a lot of time -- okay, "any time" -- talking about the fast-growing biometrics market.
Part of it was ignorance. I didn't know know much about it.
But I'm all amped up on biometrics after reading a new white paper from BCC Research entitled "The Global Biometrics Market".
Any...
Read More | Oct 23rd, 2007
It’s back.
The dot.com bubble, that is. And with it comes a new wave of venture capitalists that are pouring money not just into Internet companies, but in life sciences companies, as well.
And in increasingly larger numbers.
An October article in The New York Times says it all. “Internet...
Read More | Oct 18th, 2007
Are Americans brain-challenged when it comes to the economy? Or misinformed by the mainstream media?
It's a question that must be asked today, after a CNN-Opinion Research Poll released this morning shows that nearly half-of Americans think we're already in a recession.
That, after continued...
Read More | Oct 18th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Oct 22nd, 2007
In our last blog, I recommended that, whether you work with a broker or adviser or you trade on your own, you should always monitor your investments. By keeping an eye on your investments, you can prevent minor mistakes from turning into big problems.
Mastering the following steps will allow you...
Read More | Oct 16th, 2007
Suppose you were on a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Bombay and heard the following announcement: “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We’re now traveling west across the Pacific Ocean. In a few hours, you’ll be able to look down and see land. When that happens, we’re...
Read More | Oct 16th, 2007
Okay, Halloween is only two weeks away, so what better time to introduce five "weird" internet & media content stocks that might be more treat than trick.
The list is culled from the financial web site Barrellomoney.com. The site does warn that a few of the 'weird' selections might be high risk...
Read More | Oct 13th, 2007
Most 401(k) brochures that mutual fund companies hand out to companies are masters of the obvious – they don’t dig down and give employees the critical information needed to get the most out of a 401(k) plan. That’s an unhealthy situation for legions of 401(k) investors who deserve...
Read More | Oct 12th, 2007
Has there been a technology "leap" in the semiconductor market?
Some people think so. But should investors go along for the ride?
Earlier this year, George Scalise, the president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, was issuing talking points to the press over the relative health of the...
Read More | Oct 9th, 2007
I know a lot of so-called water-cooler "experts" who say they make a bundle trading in the technology stock sector every day.
But ask them what GDP means, or what the latest consumer confidence number say (and mean), and you get a decent impersonation of The Three Stooges doing their professor...
Read More | Oct 8th, 2007
On Wall Street there are investors and there are speculators.
I'd like to spend this blog explaining the difference. Investors usually take the long view, bring risk calculation into the equation, spread their investments around different sectors to avoid getting hammered in one investment, and...
Read More | Oct 2nd, 2007
We've been talking about "upside" in the technology stock sector all week.
Hand held devices and memory cards were the sectors at the top of that list, and should stay that way.
Another side to the upside discussion is who, exactly, will be buying these products? After all, a lot of traffic in...
Read More | Sep 28th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Sep 29th, 2007
I had to shake my head when I read about the latest GDP numbers today.
The news is good, maybe even great for the economy – a 3.8% upward spike in gross domestic product for the second quarter (the numbers were revised from the original GDP estimates, and were light years ahead of the 0.6% GDP...
Read More | Sep 27th, 2007 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Oct 2nd, 2007
90% of the game on Wall Street is picking stocks that will rise before they actually do.
It's not easy. If everyone could do that, then everyone would be doing that.
But stock-picking is not easy. It's akin to shooting an arrow at a moving target that you can't even see yet. Hockey legend Wayne...
Read More | Sep 25th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Sep 25th, 2007
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article out this morning touting a new defensiveness among investors -- and what they plan on doing to protect their portfolios against a possible recession.
"With the housing downturn, credit crunch, gloomy employment data and a parade of maudlin...
Read More | Sep 24th, 2007
I have to admit, on my perch here overlooking Wall Street, of the industries traders typcially jawbone about, video games arean't at the top of the list.
Exhibit "A". At a dinner Wednesday night with three options traders over some Kobi steaks and some good wine, all the talk was about consumer...
Read More | Sep 14th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Sep 14th, 2007
Allow me one last word on the credit crisis of last week.
I hope by now I've demonstrated that credit and debt aren't the sole domain of green eye-shaded numbers crunchers on Wall Street.
As the green-eye shaded numbers cruncher in your own company's finance department can tell you, bad...
Read More | Aug 19th, 2007
