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Wall Street Hates YouI have a saying, “Don’t buy what someone wants to sell you. Buy what you have researched.”And so I would tell everyone: don’t give brokers discretion over you accounts, and don’t…


Record High In Sight - Barrons.com

By ANDREW BARY | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR At 14,009, the Dow is within a hair's breadth of its all-time high, set in 2007. Why the market could hit 15,000 this year—or more. Energy stocks and…


It's official- market makes no sense

Amazon misses revenues, misses earnings, lowers 1st quarter guidance and stock surges 9% after hours after announcing an operating income of $405 million.  Gee, Amazon makes $400 million stock surges…


Housing Market’s Future Still Has Many Clouds - NYTimes.com

ECONOMIC VIEWA New Housing Boom? Don’t Count on ItBy ROBERT J. SHILLERPublished: January 26, 2013We are beginning to hear noises that we’ve reached a major turning point in the housing market — and…


Amazons Profits Versus Apple - Business Insider

A Jaw-Dropping Statistic On The Difference In Profitability Between Apple And Amazon Jay Yarow | Jan. 24, 2013, 11:43 AM | 90,515 | Heres Why The Market Loves Amazon And Hates AppleWall Street…


Icahn, Ackman in Epic Showdown of Billionaires

Missed the Big Fight? Watch It Now Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn square-off live and insult each other on CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime" over a past deal gone bad and disagreements about current…


The Wall Street Journal summed up my thoughts on Apple

When a company as rich and valuable as Apple falls below private equity buy out values ,there are still no buyers.  Eventually Apple will buy its own stock back.  It's not a broken company, at least…


Best Advice From The World's Greatest Investors - Business Insider

Best Advice From The World's Greatest Investors - Business Insider. I found this handy slide show presentation of investment nuggets.  Very entertaining. I especially like the format of the idea with…


Thoughts on the Apple pain trade

I don't see the point in taking a needless loss.  They should have made a larger size screen phone and I assume they will.  When Google starts making a computer you really want to own then I'll get…


JP Morgan Trade of the Week

Of course the focus this weekend was on the NFL playoffs but we did try to put some reading time to work. JP Morgan's trade of the week is going long GE into Friday's earnings.  Wow I hate playing…