Can you always resist that chocolate cake or bacon-burger just because you want to look good on vacation next month? For most, no is a frequent answer. In fact, consistently following any long-term strategy is not easy. Consider the trader who loses money chasing an impulse buy promising immediate gain. The fact is that impulses ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 22:25

Technical analyst Charles Nenner describes his cyclically-based methods and offers price targets.

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 21:27

(Sung to the tune of ?I?ve Been Working On The Railroad?) I?ve been working on a Sunday, almost all the day I?ve been working on a Sunday to finish deadlines and get the pay Don?t I hear my children playing? While in my office I lurk Don?t know if I?ll finish everything before I have ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 21:58

The iPad has a fatal flaw... you can't watch Blade Runner in the full aspect ratio in 1080p HD. But is that really a flaw? What about the higher operating temperature? Is that a flaw? Exactly...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 22:06

The pet food industry has historically spent more on research and development (R&D) than the electric power industry (as a percentage of net sales). To make matters worse, the electric power industry has similarly underinvested in the grid infrastructure. In 2005, the U.S. Navy?s Inspector General urged the military to reduce reliance on the private ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 18:55

Hunger ??is blowing away all the skeptics with it?s $155m weekend opening. ??Hunger Games is in the center of conversations among my kids, their friends, and the world. Hunger will end up being the biggest hit for Lionsgate ever. ??Why??is it such a runaway hit? Let me share the story of Hunger and how it ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 23:55

This morning, Morgan Stanley increased its price target on shares of Cintas (CTAS) to $32 as tighter costs controls and improving sales are trickling down to the company?s bottom line.?? In the report, Morgan Stanley raised its EPS estimates but maintained its underweight rating. Shares of Cintas were modestly lower on the day, falling 0.1%, ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57

Sumner Redstone, pervaded the aura of Viacom's recent annual meeting. Dauman assured the empire builder at the company's annual meeting in New York that his creation, Viacom, was "relentless in knowing our audience," and that the television and movie giant's mantra was " A Passion To Win," the title of Redstone's autobiography, published some years ago. That "passion to win" had multiplied Viacom's common stock 350% higher over the past 3 years-- magnifying the Redstone family net worth to many more billions than it had been-- from $15 a share in January, 2009 to $53 today.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57

Investors today are heavily armed with questions and research when they begin their process of selecting a financial professional. However, once their selected, very few have a process for monitoring and evaluating the stability, value and effectiveness of their relationship.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57

Set your iPhone to require a four-digit passcode, and it may keep your private information safe from the prying eyes of the taxi driver whose cab you forget it in. But if law enforcement is determined to see the data you?ve stored on your smartphone, those four digits will slow down the process of accessing ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57