Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have surged in popularity in large part due to the low fees they promise for access to investable indexes. But many ETF investors pay much higher fees than what’s apparent from the advertised expense ratio, finds Paul Amery of IndexUniverse (“Beyond the Expense Ratio” Yahoo Finance, […]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
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Yahoo Inc (YHOO) is reportedly in advanced talks to exit its Japanese joint venture. This is the company’s latest effort to to cut costs and raise capital for its fight against Google (GOOG) and Facebook. Reuters reports: A deal to transfer Yahoo’s 35 percent stake in Yahoo Japan to Softbank […]
PlayBook, at least one company may be gearing up for a fight. Hewlett Packard (HPQ) is accusing RIMM of copying HPQ's well received WebOS tablet platform. As
Have you ever been in a buying situation where you think in principle the merchant should be wide open to haggling, but then they pull out some piece of Objective Information (eg. a nicely formatted and laminated price sheet) that has the effect of anchoring the price in their favor? […]
John Ballard manages Covestor’s Mid-Cap Fundamentals portfolio, which focuses on long term investments in companies operating in under-capitalized sectors. This portfolio holds Rosetta Stone (RST), which has recently been making 52 week lows. We asked John whether this changes his investment thesis for RST, or whether he is taking this […]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is set to make a major announcement at a special media event at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2. Expectations are high, with many expecting the release of the iPad 2. With Motorola’s (MMI) release of the Motorola Xoom last week, many […]
Billshrink put together this nifty infographic: punch in your year of birth and see how much it cost at that time for some basic American consumer commodities:
Mark Holder manages Covestor’s Opportunistic Arbitrage Long Only portfolio, which focuses on small- and mid-cap companies that appear fundamentally strong and operate in industries with attractive macroeconomic trends. Mark recently added a new position in ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. (CCIH) to this portfolio and we took the opportunity to ask Mark […]
Mark Holder manages Covestor’s Opportunistic Arbitrage Long Only portfolio, which focuses on small- and mid-cap companies that appear fundamentally strong and operating in industries with attractive macroeconomic trends. Mark recently added a new position in Radware Ltd. (RDWR) to this portfolio and we took the opportunity to ask Mark about […]
Lorillard (LO) shares are up strongly today as it became known that an FDA advisory panel is likely to find that menthol does not increase the risk smokers face. “Menthol tobacco products may not increase smokers’ risk of disease more than other cigarettes,” according to a draft report from a […]
When the dust settled on the 83rd Academy Awards Sunday night, it became clear that once again the major prizes went to big studio productions dominated by five public companies: Disney (DIS), News Corp. (NWSA), Sony (SNE), Time Warner (TWX), and Viacom (VIA). Let’s look at how the top movies performed and […]
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) created a social media fund that is rumored to be in talks to buy a 10% stake in Twitter. The New York Times’ Dealbook reports: JPMorgan Chase’s new fund aimed at investing in social media companies is seeking to buy a minority stake in Twitter that […]