Draw Something Changes the Game Quickly for Omgpop - NYTimes.com
A Game Explodes and Changes Life Overnight at a Struggling Start-Up Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times Dan Porter, chief of Omgpop, which makes Draw Something. By BRIAN X. CHEN and JENNA…
Home Prices Hurt For Fifth Month In A Row
While winter is usually the off-season for home sales, this is the fifth month in a row where prices slid. With values at levels not seen since 2003, the strength of the housing market recovery…
Hey, Nice Android Phone... But Haven't I Seen That Name Before?
Marketing is an art. But what happens when you focus too much on the art rather than the market? Some rather comical overlap of product names...
by Harvey Sax
Feb 2012 Hedge Fund Results
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Indexes Performance data for Feb 2012 has been updated. Please visit our site at http://www.hedgeindex.com for further details. Dow Jones Credit…
What Does Apple Mean To Tech? Take A Look
Business Insider released an interesting chart from BarCap today that shows the astounding weight that Apple throws around the ring. Are you holding AAPL?
by Harvey Sax
Would You Buy A Broken BATS? Depends If It's Really Broken..
Last week saw the disaster of epic proportion that was BATS debut into the market with their IPO (seen here). As a result, BATS retracted their offering with the intentions of regrouping. However,…
An investment idea I'm working on
One area, probably the area that has the most insider buying by sheer numbers of companies and officers is the mortgage REIT sector. Names that I'm watching there are Annaly NLY, Chimera CIM,…
Bad Day? At Least You Didn't Break The Market The First Day On The Job
Imagine this: you're driving to the office the very first day on the job. As you casually hang a right into the parking lot, you begin thinking of how you are going to leave a stellar first…
What Really Happened with TVIX | ETF Trends
This is a good article explaining why these products don't work. I've been railing against synthetic ETFS for some time. What I mean by synthetic is an instrument that tries to mimic an index or…
Afghan Shooter Was A Broker? Joined Army To Escape Paying A $1.5 Million Judgement
With the recent sad news of the terrible incident in Afghanistan where a solider is suspected of shooting 16 civilians, information has been slow to be released on the situation. Reuters released an…