Which companies are likely to have a good Christmas and fourth quarter? A look at Amazon’s (AMZN) "Best Sellers" lists may say something. In the "Electronics" category the Apple (AAPL) iPod, Gamin…
The online e-commerce business is booming this year. The total value of goods bought online is up 19% for the period from November 1 through December 11 to $20.49 billion. This past…
Not many stocks are likely to double. Even well-run companies like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are not likely to move 2x even with great results. The market caps are already too large and…
The NASDAQ has issued its short interest report for month-end reading for November, and out of the "New Four Horsemen of Tech" it appears that Google was the only one who saw…
December 6 was the biggest online sales day in history, at least according to comScore. Online buyers spent $803 million dollars that day. up 28% from the same day last year. It…
We were quite interested in Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) upcoming product release for the new e-book reader, the Kindle. Interestingly enough it almost immediately sold out of its initial supply and gave its first…
Jim Cramer on TheStreet.com videos is staying positive on his "Horsemen of Tech" and he said that today is mark-up day and fund managers will want to own these winning names going…
There was an interesting event this week in New York City that was attended and covered by 24/7 Wall St., and that was the 3rd annual VALUE INVESTING CONGRESS. Fund managers, investment…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to comScore, "online retail spending was strong on both Thanksgiving Day (up 29 percent to $272 million) and “Black Friday” (up 22 percent to $531 million), outpacing the season-to-date growth rate."…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is apparently already sold out of its new Kindle electronic book reader. That is what the launch and intro page for the Kindle notes. What is not clear is if…
Douglas A. McIntyre Air France KLM SA (NYSE:AKH/ADR) shares traded up roughly 7% Thursday after beating earnings from price hikes and fuel hedging. After United Rentals (NYSE:URI) said it was suing Cerberus on the broken…
According to ValleyWag, the Microsoft (MSFT) Zune has the top spot among digital media players on Amazon (AMZN). That would put it ahead of the Apple (AAPL) iPod for the first time.…
Yesterday’s sharp sell-off in the Nasdaq showed the market something. In a downturn, the Apples (AAPL) and RIMMs (RIMM) of the world have an Achilles Heel. They have run up too much.…
In Barron’s semi-annual Big Money Poll, institutional investors are asked about their two favorite stocks and also which shares are most overvalued. For the latest poll, 112 money managers responded. On the…
Wednesday is much more than Halloween and it is more than the FOMC announcement date. We have an event that has been perhaps more influential to many key stocks than the upcoming…
