I have just been admitted into Forbes business and financial Network this doesn't mean I have a better blog than some of the bloggers out there it just means,that I know what I am talking about.Unlike some people, which just throw out some obscene theories that lack any means of helping people out.Today I am going to direct my post to all entrepreneur/webmasters.To develop a certain magnitude of success you will need people in high places backing you up.Even if you have a great product or service that appears to be great, you need authority. Authority is basically someone who is experienced and successful in whatever field saying some good things about your product or service.Why you need authority? because it makes what you have look that much better. That is why once a company starts to experience a mild session of success or make money they seem to hire a celebrity to promote their product.If people respect a person who is promoting your product they will eventually respect your product or service. So, what I am trying to say is, find authority or credibility to gain a mountain of success.Which can happen by massive promoting or just paying the big boys off(in cash or service) to take you to a level that you will only dream of.
This is the biggest news ever, so I felt that I have to give my take of situation of Microsoft new business direction.Microsoft has made an bid for Yahoo (the second largest search engine) for 44.6 billion dollars which is about $29.60 a share.Yahoo also had a 62 percent premium to boot on the bid.You know their has been a rivalry with Google and Microsoft since Google became the number one search engine, last year it had 56% of the total searches on the Internet. While Yahoo has just a mere 18% of he market share and MSN relative smaller 14%. So I think Microsoft probably was pissed off from the whole double click fiasco , purchase of youtube and Google coming out with a phone that competes for its phone Os.
Also Micorsoft saw it was a perfect oppurtunity to buy Yahoo since Google released their fourth quarter statement that missed their market target by 6.4%.Microsoft has raged war on so many rival companies such as; Sony with their X-box 360 , Apple with zune music player, and know trying to conquer the Internet. Remember not to long ago Microsoft with through a court case about the company turning into a monopoly. Back then,Microsoft had no competition n the software market. So it seems that Bill Gates had a change of strategy ,instead of becoming a dominant force in one market, He felt that Microsoft should own good share of multiple markets , so he may be able to avoid any accusations of starting a monopoly( But ultimately he makes more money).
So , I am wondering what will Google do about this situation. The only other leader on the Internet right is Aol Time Warner (who owns aol and myspace). So I am assuming that Google may be interested in acquiring Aol Time Warner , since Google doesn't have the cash to purchase Yahoo yet. Microsoft and Google may share common ground in the stock market but in bank account stats Microsoft is far beyond Google. So if this bid goes through Microsoft might become one of the biggest search engines around, matter of fact the biggest companies around. FREE Psychic Love Reading
The Federal Reserve cut rates by .o75% Tuesday January 22,2008 and stocks immediately fell 400 points. How can the government help us is in a deficit of 49 trillion dollars. It is like someone getting their lights turned and paying someone sless light bill.Well , at least we are the only people experiencing a drought bear market, the Nikkei fell too by 5.7%. The only option the government has for preventing the stock market from crashing and burning is charge more taxes and increase the workforce of America via the internet. This will improve America current situationby ten fold . So I am hoping that everyone pushes Bush to increase jobs in the government via the Internet.
It has to my attention that the Dow is getting further and further away for 13,000 mark. Citigroup is just getting trashed especially lately with a another 10 billion dollars in write downs. What could be driving this fiasco ? Well that is easy ,Consumer spending ! Basically after emerging from the Holiday season people have put a lock on their finances. This will have an inverse affect on the economy since when people spend less the more prices go up. Also someone is making a lot of money in the background getting rich from the receding economy.
How you might ask ? Well that can be numerous reasons since free enterprise consist of infinite possibilities. In a volatile market like this one we are in you have to go against the analyst predictions since everyone else is doing the total opposite. I am not telling you try everything out there I am just telling you invest in something you believe in. Remember something you believe in tends to be the best investment. Also in the real estate part of the market you can make out like a bandit buying tax liens write now . Also I think California has some hot places like forr example San Jose Real Estate,Los Angeles Real estate and Sacramento Real Estate. These are places that people think are to expensive but are great buys. So if you want know more ways to keep income in your pocket subscribe to my rss feed and be amazed Subscribe in a reader
I have found a great video from wallstrip telling what is really happening with digg. Also this video dismisses multiple rumors that have been traveling around the bloggsphere so watch this video and find out will digg really be featured in the stock market.
I know you guys like me are tired of hearing that the United States might be headed toward a recession. The problem that presents itself here is that America is one of the biggest consumers as far as spending money on stuff in the world. That means if we go into a recession now it would have an domino affect on thousands of countries that solely depend on the United States for exportation. The only country I think would probably be safe is China ,since they are kind of self supported at the moment. The cause of this recession I think was inflation in the area of the real estate market since, everyone was getting into real estate to make fast returns.
If too many people are investing into one particular market it usually rise the prices since people sell by scarcity of products. The way you could prevent inflation is to drive the population to diversify their income or spending into different regions leaving a balanced market. Recession is just an imbalance in the a certain economy usually by over indulgence. So what I am I suggesting ? i am just suggesting you to do is not ride a trend but to diversify your income for an healthier economy.
Wow the price of gold per hits $876 Tuesday Jan 8,2008 mourning. The price has happen in the wake of the weakening dollar. Could this be a sign of recession you may be wondering. I would say no at the moment because I think this a trend made for stock traders. Since about October different types of metals have been sky rocketing in price. I know you guys heard of the guys who stole man covers just to melt them down and sell the precious metals. This inflationary cost of gold came about from numerous amount of investors pouring in 100 Billion dollars in the commodity funds for protection against th weaker dollar.
Also their have been a large number of gold etfs acquired in the last couple of months, also plays a significant role in the inflation of gold. My investment strategy is to invest in gold but make sure you are diversified in other commodities too. Since gold isn't the only commodity with unprecedented growth. I think energy and timber are very good commodities to invest in and they both presented long term growth.
2008 is a new year filled with unlimited potential but what kind of potential? So to answer this question the crew from wallstrip went around asking a group of individual people what are their predictions for the 2008 stock market?
Happy 2008 everyone it is another year of new things to learn or things to accomplish. So here is my first post of the year I found this from scribd. This details the 1987 stock market crash and why everyone was in a panic. So read this e-book , so you might Know what to do or not do if another recession /stock market crash comes upon us. I hope you enjoy and you could download the e-book too so you do not have stay here and read all day.
Christmas is by far the busiest or shopper infested season of all other seasons which, usually means big bucks for retailers all around. This year expectations drop on the offline part and moved to the online segment. What do this mean for retailers ,This means basically traditional companies such as Wal-Mart and Target dropped in potential profits ,which were offset for gains to online retailers like Amazon. Amazon starting from December 10 till Christmas had increased their purchasing of products by 35%.Amazon hasn't revealed how much overall profits,but Jeff Bezos Amazon's Ceo suspects that 4th Quarter earnings will likely be an increase of 28%. That is a lot too look forward too but on the other hand Target and Wal-Mart lost out in about 1-2% of potential earnings. Also Target assumed its earnings would be well over 5% can you say Target has missed it's target.
Remembering the early dot com days when Jeff Bezos Amazon's ceo was worth in 1999 about 10.1 billion dollars. Because everyone had high expectations for online retailers. This time I think the driving force for e-commerence is the extremely high gas prices since oil almost hit 96 dollars. Wow, some of the contributing factors also can go to innovative companies such as Nintendo with a 26 release of the Nintendo Wii and ds ,and Apple which the iphone and ipod speak for themselves.So whats my prediction, Well expect online retailers to keep raking in the cold hard cash .Your portfolio to receive good returns should have proportion devoted to tech stocks since they ever changing
The savvy multi-billionaire of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffet always seems never seems to amaze me . On December 24 Warren Buffet made an offer to by 60% of Marmon stock for 4.5 billion dollars. The holding company is made up of a whopping 125 manufacturing company which will add to Warren plethora of 60 subsidiary company that are in Berkshire Hathaway.Warren is thinking of purchasing the other 40% in next 5 to 6 years based on the performance of the companies earning power. He acquired the transaction from the wealthy equestrian brothers Jay and Robert Pritzker which is super wealthy family who owns The Hyatt hotel chain.
Pritzker family stated the some of the funds Warren provide will be passed down to shareholders.So a company to watch now would be Marron because everyone knows Warren Buffet seems to have the Midas Touch and turn every investment he makes into gold
Social media site facebook is one of he fastest growing website on the net being worth nearly 15 billion dollars fathom that. Right now facebook is ranked number 7 on he Alexa ranking site of all website. Facebook was started by a young Harvard Student named Mark Zuckerberg who is 23 years old. Mark Zuckerberg has recently made over 150 million dollars from an array investors who wanted to own a piece of facebook. So far Mark Zuckerberg share of the facebook is appraised at 5 billion but remember guys his not liquid cash this like stock appraisal. Thier our social network sites out there like hi5,myspce, and orkut. But it seems like facebook is the only news worthy at the moment.
Even though Myspace is the largest Social Network out there Facebook seems to more valuable to more investors. Also lately since Myspace has became this spam paradise for all scam artist across the globe. It is not the Us growth that fueling this company popularity it is international growth now having over 50 million loyal users and 100,000 people joining the facebook community every single day. The thing I really like about Facebook are the applications it somewhat reminds me of the Firefox interface. having hundreds of tools for about anything that you can on the normal internet. So I guess that is the goal , which ever social network embodies the wal -mart theory , be everything to everybody wins the social network race. Right now Face book is untouchable interface having thousands to do then myspace. So when Facebook hits the stock market don't miss the next Google and disclaimer don't put your life savings in it too. P.s. Here is a little video I found title why is facebook better than myspace
One of the most powerful segments now in the investing communities is something called social media sites.Many people call this trend web 2.0 which is something that has taken the internet by storm. A lot companies such as Google, Microsoft and Aol time warner have been acquiring these nifty sites. These site usually operate on a user base created content meaning that these sites are really search engine friendly.At the moment these sites are the most saturated sites other than search engines. You may heard of some like Facebook for instance be appraised for 15 billion dollars and recently a site called digg was initial being offered for 300 million dollars.These social media sites are in top ranks for Google page rank Like a lot analyst are thinking that social media sites are going to fade away similar to the .com revolution. I think they will be around for a long time because people usually never get tired of interacting with other people with similar interest. I am usually a conservative investor in certain things but i think sites like these would make exquisite addition to any investors portfolio. So, keep your eyes open and with these sites go public on the stock market be prepared to buy thier stock of course with a fund.
Hello guys this Allen at again today I have a wall strip Video telling a little bit about Warren Buffet and his holding Company Berkshire Hathaway. This Video tells of little Buffet childhood and the investing strategies he use before acquiring an company. so watch this wall strip of the stock market guru.
The apple iphone due to popular demand is heading to Japan to promote its international distribution plan. Steve Jobbs Apple Ceo is has put a plan to cell 10 million Iphone before the end of 2008. Like everyone in the world knows the countries that usually have the higher quality of cell phones are Japan and the Korea's. Some people think Apple stocks Have reached a plateau of growth but I am here to tell everyone it is still plenty of room to grow. The Iphone is not just a mere rend it shows the innovation of a great company.Since the Iphone has debut in early June of 2007 i has sold 1.4 million and still is progressing even though has a hefty price tag.
I also think by putting Iphone in Japan would be a great a market strategy that could amass the company to hit a new in the first quartet of 2008. So guys definetly keep Apple in your portfolio because the Iphone has took over he world. and here is little parody video about the PC or Mac I love these these things
The talk of wall street this year is Goldman Sachs the world largest holder of security and how it faired to sub prime lending crisis. Their stock rose to an promising $7.01 in amongst the sub prime lending crisis and totally beating their last year results by$.42 can you say amazing. Not only that the company revenue soared 14% smashing all records the company had .You probably are asking yourself as an investor what do that mean for me. Well big big profits on a consistent level. Goldman Sachs has surpassed all banking organizations for the year 2007.How did they get this successful you say ,well they had high performance sellers to off load the real estate they had in their pool off setting 33% losses in write downs. In regular English they got rid of real estate that they had because of the falling market and made a nifty profit. So I will highly recommend that Goldman Sachs would would be a perfect addition to your portfolio.
Check out This video is taken from someone recording a CNBC show, which features Hilary Clinton talking about the death tax and her opinions of how it affects Americans. Also, Warren Buffet talks about how unemployment how it can be significant factor in a future recession.
A Buffet strategy strikes again but this time it is worth a excess of 2.1 billion dollars. That is an hefty investment surely not to many people can match that. Since I mention 2.1 billion dollars you might be thinking what fool would be willing to put that much up. Me on the other hand would say that guys a genius. The story The second richest man in the world Warren Buffet has just purchased 2.1 billion dollars in junk bonds under the company TXU. This is an utility company that makes its home in the longhorn sate of Texas.
Youmight think the name Junk bonds are just what they sound like junk. let us keep it mind Warren Buffet made more money than other investor in history. With a track record like that you should give this strategy a second glance. Since Junk bonds usually have an higher yield than their brothers and plus this is the only junk bond Warren Buffet i interested in. Also imagine this his stock started this year at $103,000 a share and now it increased by $40,000. So this is my opion I should model Warren Buffet.
When the Iphone made its first appearance, many stock market analyst assumed that it would quickly come to an conclusion of thinking it would boost apple stocks momentarily and recede back in a matter of time. At that moment of time Apple was sold at approximately 32 times the profit it brought in or as analyst may say" trail earnings" of $89 a share. At that time traders all over was predicting that the stock would drop at a much lower value. But,surprisingly it soared to $109 which was 48 times it's earnings.This is called a black swan (highly improbable cause) which baffled thousands of investors.My take on apple stock at the moment is I believe it still has room for growth especially in the software development region ,since the leopard x operating system was released not too long ago . I also believethat the IPod has not yet hit its pinnacle of performance , Apple still can add wireless internet on thee EVDO network onto their IPods Which could boost their earnings from Itunes and the the Ipod. The IPhone still in its beta stages has endless possibilities of add ons that could allow the company to be on level grounds with Microsoft.
Oil has a new high of $99.29 surpassing the previous record $98.69 can You say highway robbery. The cause the rapidly increasing prices seem to come from an insufficient amount of oil production from the northern hemisphere for the winter heating cost and the falling dollar. Experts predict that oil can hit a high of $103 in the coming months.Also chrsyler and Gm motors are combated this by coming up with a new hybrid car that will give on average a 25% increase on mileage per gallon.My predictions on stocks I would say ethanol and solar power would be a sound Investment.Even though they seem as trends now they could replace oil energy in a matter of time
