One of the time-tested investment methods is the “buy and hold strategy”. Popularized by investment guru Warren Buffett, this strategy attempts to take emotion out of market peaks and valleys,...
For some people, a car is a status symbol or a collector’s item. For others, though, a car is an investment in transportation—a way to get from point A to point B—and the best return on...
The Covid-19 Pandemic and subsequent global lockdowns impacted billions of people, and its repercussions are still being felt. Within the financial industry, the S&P 500 took a hit from 3,337.75...
The Coronavirus was a globalwide epidemic that put millions of companies out of business. When the pandemic triggered lockdowns in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a thousand points...
As the first generation to grow up with television, baby boomers have a special relationship with media that has sculpted their discerning consumption habits. Raised in the glow of the small screen,...
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and IONA Technologies plc (NASDAQ: IONA) are going to see active trading today.  Progress is acquiring IONA in a cash buyout of $162 million and...
Sony-Ericsson is one of the great losers in the smartphone race, which has largely been won by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based phones. Yet, Sony (NYSE: SNE) foolishly...
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) managed to maintain its habit of posting quarterly losses. In its most recent fiscal quarter, the large Japanese consumer electronics company lost $194 million.The reasons for...
Sony (NYSE: SNE) shares have moved up recently on rumors that the company might be bought by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Apple could easily afford the deal. It has over $50 billion of cash on its...
On tohight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer reviewed Sony (SNE-NYSE/ADR) as a favorite foreign value and break-up play.  The company could trade at $61 to $72 instead of $45 today if the broke...
By Heather Horn of The Atlantic Wire BP Chief Tony Hayward is scheduled to appear before Congress at 10 a.m. Thursday, a day after meeting with President Obama  and promising a $20 billion...
Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony’s core problems are not. It is still in the TV screen...
NetFlix (NASDAQ: NFLX) lost Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) movie content and the premium content rental firm said the problem was temporary. The NetFlix announcement does not read that way, which should...
The new Sony (SNE) Walkman will not be a home run. Apple’s (AAPL) iPod has taken care of that. But, Sony management believes that the new version of its very old product will lift its market...
Late in the week, Intel (INTC) was accused by the EU of anti-competitive practices aimed at keeping AMD (AMD) sales as low as possible in the region. The complaint detailed Intel’s practices....