Month: August 2009

Why You Need to Buy Apple

I’m a big fan of Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL). I’ve written about it here on several occasions. Apple is so far ahead of its competitors in product design and functionality that it’s hardly worth the comparison, except in a few…

The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare

Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit. by John Mackay “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” —Margaret Thatcher With a projected $1.8 trillion deficit for…

How The Mighty Fall, And Get Back Up

In the latest book by Jim Collins, How the Mighty Fall, Collins carefully outlines how great, thriving organizations can quickly and dramatically fall from prominence. While he spends a lot of time outlining what he calls the “Five Stages of…

Apple-Google Rivalry Goes Global

Forget Microsoft-Apple or Microsoft-Google. A new rivalry is developing in the tech world. Google and Apple are increasingly squaring off over lucrative markets like the mobile computing field. And there are many examples of the competition between the two for…

Where is Paulson investing now?

Billionaire John Paulson’s hedge-fund firm, Paulson & Co, filed its most recent 13F (institutional managers who manage over $100 million are required to report their long positions in the U.S. markets each quarter) for the quarter ended June 30, and…

How to Play the Coming HCIT Boom

$678 Billion Tech Explosion There is a proliferation of a new breakthrough that Popular Mechanics calls a “highly evolved…technology… changing the way humans interact with machines.” It’s a “touch” technology that will soon let you feel the texture of an…

How Toyota Became No.1

Applications from Toyota to Internet Marketing Online Toyota has grown profits quarter over quarter for 50 consecutive years. Today, the company grosses over $200 BILLION in sales, and recently leap-frogged both Ford and GM in one fell swoop to become…

Here’s How China Is Fleeing the Dollar

If you have massive coal reserves, an oil project in Kurdistan, or a boatload of gold bullion, China wants to talk to you. The Chinese government holds over $2 trillion in reserves. The dollar is an asset that has lost…

Inflation, Deflation or Reflation?

The question as investors we have been focused on for some time is whether we end up with inflation, or deflation, and what that endgame looks like. It is one of the most important questions an investor must ask for…

Gold Analysis & Strategy

Gold Spot Price Analysis 1.1. Gold in USD (1 ounce = US$953.90) • It’s really getting interesting in the gold market. The big question is, “Will gold break through the US$1,000 level and advance to new all-time highs or will…