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Finance portals: Yahoo Finance still dominates, while Bloomberg, AOL, MSN Money fight for third

Comscore numbers for December 2010 in the online finance vertical: Beet TV’s Andy Plesser published this chart comparing Bloomberg, AOL Money, MSN Money and CNN Money since last summer: And here’s an interview Plesser recently conducted with Bloomberg’s head of global Web properties, Kevin Krim, on the company’s ambitions for […]

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Finance portals: Yahoo Finance still dominates, while Bloomberg, AOL, MSN …

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 23, 2011
A telling chart on Americans dipping into savings

The Wall Street Journal reports (emphasis added): Over the two years ending September 2010, Americans withdrew a net $311 billion — or about 1.4% of their disposable income — from their savings and investment accounts, according to the Federal Reserve. That’s a sharp divergence from the previous 57 years, during […]

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A telling chart on Americans dipping into savings

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 23, 2011
Wipeout! How the current economy resembles surfing

Here’s a great new Whiteboard from Marketplace’s Paddy Hirsch, illustrating the danger of a double dip recession and where we now stand in the process: Double-dip recession from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Outlook

Wipeout! How the current economy resembles surfing

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 23, 2011
The New da Vinci Code: Less invasive surgery system helps ISRG’s revenues grow (ISRG, ETRM, AMAC, VSCI)

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) announced its fourth quarter 2010 financial results Friday and the price of its shares shot up. It reported a 21 percent gain in revenues over the same quarter of 2009 and mentioned that this gain was largely driven by the increasing popularity of its robotic surgical […]

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The New da Vinci Code: Less invasive surgery system helps …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 23, 2011
Deep value investing to maximize total returns (NE, BP)

*See important disclosures In the Flexible Value Covestor model, manager Walter Lu uses a deep value investing approach that focuses on arbitrage opportunities and special situations. In his latest investment report for the model, Lu says, In August, I believed that the market was overreacting to the bleak economic outlook […]

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Deep value investing to maximize total returns (NE, BP)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 23, 2011
What Covestor Managers are Buying: Pimco High Income Fund (PHK)

*See important disclosures. Last week, BSG&L Growth added to their Pimco High Income Fund (PHK) position, which is the top holding in their Growth Plus Income Covestor model. The main objective for the PHK fund is to create a current income and the secondary objective is to appreciate capital. The […]

Strategies

What Covestor Managers are Buying: Pimco High Income Fund (PHK)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 21, 2011
Ebay sees gains after beating analysts’ expectations (EBAY, AMZN)

Shares of online auction site eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) jumped today after its quarter four 2010 financial results were released. The company reported a 5 percent increase in revenues year-over-year and a 10 percent increase when excluding Skype’s financial results. At $2.5 billion, EBAY’s actual revenues beat the average estimate of […]

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Ebay sees gains after beating analysts’ expectations (EBAY, AMZN)

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 21, 2011
A brilliant animation on the economics and opportunity of education reform

The talk is from Sir Ken Robinson with animation from RSA:

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A brilliant animation on the economics and opportunity of education …

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 20, 2011
The Golden Ticket: Partnership at Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs’ partners are its highest executives and its biggest stars. An examination of filings by The New York Times’ Dealbook and Footnoted reveals the power and wealth of this secretive group.

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The Golden Ticket: Partnership at Goldman Sachs

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 20, 2011
In the money

Improv comedian Craig Rowin gets the million dollars he asked for – Mediaite Woody Allen: Money can buy happiness – as if – New Yorker 6 money management lessons from a 107 year old man – BankRate LivingSocial’s Amazon deal: 1.3 million takers and counting; its biggest deals before this […]

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In the money

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 20, 2011
The bears talk China’s manipulated currency
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The bears talk China’s manipulated currency

by Mick Weinstein
Published January 20, 2011
Goldman Sachs Revenues Disappoint and the Financial Sector Edges Down (GS, WFC, RF, NTRS, BAC, HCBK)

Financial stocks were hit hard today after Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) announced revenues that missed analysts’ expectations. On average, analysts had anticipated $39.49 billion in net revenues for 2010, but at $39.16 billion, GS’ actual results were lower. GS’s EPS was down from 2009 but did beat analysts’ expectations. That […]

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Goldman Sachs Revenues Disappoint and the Financial Sector Edges Down …

by Yolander Prinzel
Published January 20, 2011

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