Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

2 years ago it was the netbook, which was supposedly going to make the laptop obsolete. Technology experts predicted that maybe netbooks will replace laptops in just a few years, as most people will enjoy the portability and the flexibility of a netbook....

The market has closed up today (OK, slightly up, but better than 100 points down). The DOW closed at 10060 (20 points up), and the S&P closed up by 3.5 points at 1055. Now the market was down the whole day, but something happened at 2:30 PM (by the...

Like almost all other financials, Citigroup's stock is dropping like crazy. But Citigroup has more to worry about than just the economy: The treasury owns 18% of Citigroup shares and does not want them. 18% is just above 5 billion shares, and they're...

August 24, 2010 | In: Opinion

The Slump Stopped

Interesting... Existing home sales fell in July to 3.83 million annual rate, a horrible number which is even below the most pessimistic estimate of 3.83. But at the same time the data was made public (10:08), the slump of most of the stocks I'm...

While I always thought the most annoying song in the world was this one, it becomes even worse when I hear it every 15 minutes in a GM advertisement, who are generous and kind enough to give "employee prices" to the Canadian public that bailed out their...

August 23, 2010 | In: Financial, Opinion

Is AIG Becoming A Buy?

I first looked at AIG back in May, the stock around $34 then. I asked a friend who recommended avoiding this stock. But lately (with the exception of the last couple of weeks), the stock has been performing very well, as there were always good news...

Have you ever seen these ads such as: - Know your IQ? - Is the actor moving left or right? - Is the picture moving? And other dumb tests where if you win, you'll get the glorious ipad (at one point it was a PS3, WII, iphone, etc...) for free (of...

First of all, here's my opinion about the two companies. Intel is a top technology company mainly creating the best, and most sold, processors in the world. It is by far the best in its field, and light years ahead of competition. Now McAfee is a company...

August 19, 2010 | In: Opinion

The Market Is Overreacting

The jobless claims increased to 500,000, highest since November, and the DOW is down 150 points (until now). Most investors apparently that we're all going to die! Not! It's odd that nobody thought about the oil spill, and all the mess it created. The...

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