Archive for the ‘MSFT’ Category:

A Hundred Billion Reasons to Invest in Robotics Technology

{ Posted on Jan 23 2012 by Michael Robinson }
Here's a 100 billion reasons why space technology should be on your radar screen -especially if you're interested in robotics. According to the journal Nature, the Milky Way Galaxy alone contains at least 100 billion planets. Now forgive me if ...Read More »

Three Reasons Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) Could Rally Without Co-Founder Jerry Yang

{ Posted on Jan 18 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
Seventeen years after starting one of the first Internet content companies, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) co-founder Jerry Yang resigned yesterday (Tuesday) - giving Yahoo a fighting chance of rising from its dismal decline in the tech ...Read More »

Five Stocks to Avoid Like the Plague

{ Posted on Jan 10 2012 by Keith Fitz-Gerald }
There's no better time to take a good hard look at your portfolio than the beginning of a new year. I know this may not be your first rodeo and chances are you've already done at least a little ...Read More »

Five Stocks to Avoid Like the Plague

{ Posted on Jan 10 2012 by Keith Fitz-Gerald }
There's no better time to take a good hard look at your portfolio than the beginning of a new year. I know this may not be your first rodeo and chances are you've already done at least a little ...Read More »

All I Need to Know About Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) I Learned 30 Years Ago

{ Posted on Jan 09 2012 by Jack Barnes }
All I need to know about Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), I learned at my first job at a broker dealer. To this day, the firm I worked at is one of the largest assets under management (AUM) shops ...Read More »

The One Thing New Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Scott Thompson Needs to Do

{ Posted on Jan 05 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
Four months after chief executive Carol Bartz was let go, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) appointed new CEO Scott Thompson to salvage the sinking Internet company and do something Bartz couldn't - win shareholder support. Yahoo announced yesterday ...Read More »

How the Pentagon Will Create Space Travel Profits

{ Posted on Dec 22 2011 by Michael Robinson }
The mainstream media was all over Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen's recent announcement proclaiming he intends to "transform" the space industry. But they missed the real story - one that will make a few savvy investors a ...Read More »

No Debt and High Yield Make Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP) a "Buy"

{ Posted on Dec 12 2011 by Jack Barnes }
Most people aren't incredibly familiar with Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP), but it's a company every investor should know. You see, ADP, which provides payroll and human resources services to businesses, has two important traits that investors ...Read More »

Why Apple Stock Is Headed for $500 – And Beyond

{ Posted on Oct 31 2011 by David Zeiler }
Even with the product lineup it has now, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock has enough fuel in the tank to propel it to at least $500 a share. But it's about to add a booster ...Read More »

Unfair Chinese Business Practices Threaten Profits of U.S. Businesses

{ Posted on Oct 25 2011 by David Zeiler }
U.S. companies have become increasingly worried that unfair Chinese business practices are hurting their ability to compete and will start eating into the juicy profits they've been extracting from the Asian giant. Problems with how China ...Read More »