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Together, we are all trying to build our fortune by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work -- scouring company earnings reports, scrutinizing key data, and assessing the competition.
Together, we are all trying to build our fortune by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work -- scouring company earnings reports, scrutinizing key data, and assessing the competition.
Warren Buffett has a track record that's the envy of the investing world. So if you had a chance to own shares of his company at a discount, wouldn't you jump at the chance?
Music subscription services have been hard sells in the golden age of Pandora Music and other free web-based radio alternatives.
Getting a buyout offer from Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) can be a perilous proposition. Say yes, and your company's engulfed by Big Goo. Say no -- as rumor suggests Yelp, Twitter, and Digg have -- and the world's largest search engine could simply roll out its own take on your signature tech. Twitter might now be poised to learn that the hard way.
Princeton's WordNet defines "moral" as "concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles." In other words, we're talking about good and bad, righteous and evil, Rebel and Imperial. The age-old showdown.
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) recently reported fourth-quarter financials, and its numbers were nothing short of spectacular. Net income was up a whopping 71%. Year-over-year sales rose 42%, compared to expectations for 25% growth. Media sales grew 29%, while sales in other departments grew as quickly as 60%. Clearly, non-media sales are Amazon's real growth driver, not only from the site's direct retail efforts, but also more and more from its third-party merchants.
Why settle for ordinary quarterly reports?
For once, the actual football of Super Bowl XLIV outshone the commercials as Drew Brees and the Saints outwitted Peyton Manning's Colts in a thrilling roller coaster of a game. Ad-wise, the usual fireworks from Anheuser-Busch and GoDaddy were OK, and PepsiCo’s (NYSE: PEP) "Snack Attack Samurai" was a favorite. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), however, made a splash precisely because it was a fresh face in the crowd. Google is growing up before our eyes, doing all kinds of mature stuff we've never seen before.
Historically, tumultuous times offer some of the best opportunities to buy stocks, and the market's recent mess surely qualifies. While many investors are getting more defensive these days, there's still quite a few who think memory maker STEC (Nasdaq: STEC) is buy material.
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