Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds.
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The continuing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is at least partially due to the lack of a coordinated response plan in the event of a well blow-out deep below the surface. The oil companies, and the federal government, adopted a ‘What-me-worry?’ attitude to the possibility of a blow-out.
Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) portfolio manager Bill Miller has gone out on a limb in his July investing outlook. Although Bill Miller’s observations do have many truths when it comes to value investing, many value investors and large-cap investors now know that investing solely because an asset is cheap may not keep it from [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Shorts Flee Strongest Stocks
Jul 13
Stocks with strong balance sheets that are likely to post good earnings have lost their interest for short sellers. Base on data as of June 30, short sellers abandoned the shares of Citigroup NYSE: C), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Ford (NYSE: F), and AT&T (NYSE: T)
Company Rank (last week) Symbol Comment Intel 4 (1) INTC Settlement of Dell probe of relationship with largest chip maker could take pressure off. SIA says that global chip sales hit extraordinary level in first quarter. Disney 3 (2) DIS ESPN about to get into potential gold mine with 3D ads.
The US Energy Information Agency has released its annual International Energy Outlook for 2010, and it contrast to its usually positive forecast for energy supply and demand, has seriously pulled back on its prognosis for petroleum supply. The following chart shows the EIA’s projections for energy use by fuel type through 2035. EIA has always [[ This is a content summary only
Warren Buffett does not have the same time frame as most investors. How many of you buy with a “forever” outlook? Buffett says he likes that term, short of whether he sees fundamental changes that wreck the forever thesis. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) disclosed its latest full public equity portfolio a week ago and [[ This is a content summary only.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is trading up better than the broad market’s current losses and is trading up far better than the nominal gains seen at NASDAQ today. The culprit is an aggressive analyst call from Morgan Stanley. The upgrade is on estimates, target and even in name as the stock is now on the [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
It is not certain that consumers and businesses want faster and faster PCs, especially notebooks which are often used for simple e-mail and web surfer, tasks which can also be done on most smartphones. But, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has released a series of powerful quad-core chips for portable PCs
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has now shown its latest holdings as of the close on March December 31, 2010. These are Warren Buffett’s most recent holdings, even though some may have changed slightly since the end of March. These have been broken down into 3 groups of ‘A to G’ and ‘H to [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
