Zuck Plays Checkers, Cook Plays Chess
When Facebook first grew to prominence, a lot was made of how much attention per day Mark Zuckerberg’s company captured among users. It was common to see the average daily usage was close to a full hour per day per person.
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Market Commentary: Undervalued Zombie with 41.6% Upside
Zombie companies are heavily indebted but continue to operate and service their debts, though usually they don’t pay them off. Because they’re so heavily indebted, small changes in interest rates can make them vulnerable to bankruptcy. So you might be wondering, why, in a rising interest rate environment they should even cross our radar.
Well,
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Market Commentary: If I Had To Buy 1 Stock This Would Be It
We were put on the spot recently when a colleague asked “if you had to buy just one stock what would it be?”
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Alert: 46.4% Upside In Midwest Mining Stock
Investment Alert: Buy ARCH Under $135/share; Sell $185
Disclaimer: Investment Alerts have a medium to long-term time horizon. These do not constitute financial advice and you should contact a financial advisor before deciding whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances.
Climate change proponents have their sights set on any company sullying the environment so betting on a coal company seems to be a risky proposition.
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Don’t Follow Buffett, Here’s Why
The decision to follow a billionaire investor makes intuitive sense. The logic goes something like this: A billionaire only became rich by making a series of decisions that grew their wealth, if I follow their next decisions, I can be rich too. It seems rationale but it can be hazardous to your portfolio.
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Market Commentary: #1 Oil Stock, Period
It’s easy to get distracted by the energy sector when Buffett is snapping up Occidental Petroleum shares with abandon and already owns so much of Chevron. But arguably both should be cast aside in favor of what might well be the #1 stock in the sector, Exxon Mobil.
With a market capitalization of around $400 billion and generating revenues of $338 billion,
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Market Commentary: 2 Sectors Will Hold Up Claims Buffett
Warren Buffett had a lot of interesting things to say recently in a discussion with CNBC’s Becky Quick, but a few really stood out to us.
Asked whether the economy is in a better or worse place than six months ago, Buffett was unequivocal. He first mentioned a business in his portfolio experiencing a 22% sales decline.
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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq futures edge up as Wall Street weighs Trump's tariff threat
US stocks opened mostly higher on Tuesday as investors weighed President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose fresh tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico, with Federal Reserve minutes on deck.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) inched up roughly 0.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped about 0.4%.