Unlike other media, gaming makes us all participants. One of the really fascinating and sort of remarkable things to come out of the Mass Effect ending/DLC dissent movement is a discussion of story. What makes a good story in a game? How do we balance story with gameplay? And how can we [...]

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 00:46

Apple depends on its main competitor for the brains and the display of its newest device! How could this simple fact be a risk when the love of Apple pushes its stock price $20 everyday? Love is blind.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 16:30

Image by AFP via @daylife Greg Smith, an executive director at Goldman Sachs and one of the heads of its equity derivatives business, has written a devastating blast at the company in today's New York Times, charging that it has lost all integrity and doesn't serve its customers, with a note [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 13:44

Image by AFP via @daylife Goldman Sachs (GS) is not the only Wall Street firm to make people unhappy. But it now has the distinction of being the only one I know of with a partner willing to publish an angry resignation letter as a New York Times op-ed. The substance of that letter suggests that Goldman clients should [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 13:33

Following his attendance at the iPad launch last week, Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley reiterated his BUY rating on Apple (AAPL) and raised his price target to $710 from $665. Mr. Walkley said: “Since we attended the iPad launch last week, our checks have indicated record pre-orders with wait times [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 15:21

Greg Smith is no whistleblower.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 15:57

Greg Smith's resignation letter to Goldman Sachs in this morning's New York Times is going to strike a lot of people as pure theater. And, in a sense, it is. His tactic is straight out of Mad Men. Don Draper wrote a similarly high profile, stand-taking letter, "Why I'm Quitting [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 14:38

If the Supreme Court does not throw out the whole law, the voters will have to finish the job with their votes in November.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 17:27

Greg Smith has let us all know why he's leaving Goldman Sachs in an Op/Ed for the New York Times. Other commentary on this from Forbes can be found here, here, here,here and here. There's one more point I'd like to add from the economic and public policy viewpoint. In my [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 17:21

Astute investors know that sentiment plays a big part in the stock market. At extremes, sentiment is a contrary indicator. In plain English, very bullish sentiment is a negative indicator and a very bearish sentiment is a positive indicator.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 16:59