When Google announces their Nexus 7 tablet, and I read over the specifications I knew that Google had a winner.
Google was able to get the price and specifications to a level where it is balanced and consumers will be getting a very decent product for their money.
Just look at the ARM processor alone, a Quad-core Tegra 3 processor and also it’s communications capability with
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth. Hands down this beats both the Kindle and Blackberry Playbook (worst of bunch).
The number is staggering how many households are on foodstamps and disability amid the recent news that the level of poverty today is at its highest since 50 years ago.
There are a lot of people suffering in the U.S.A, yet I still cannot believe the U.S Government continues to advance on its war plans into Iran. The truth is the politicians say they are pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan, however that is the furthest from their intentions which is “occupation” of those countries and it is costing American taxpayers trillions of dollars.
This 1 hour audio book is definitely worth a listen by anyone wishing to achieve in the endeavor of trading or investing. If can get past 2 years without blowing your account, you are on your way.
However, to really be a consistent trader, investor it would realistically take 4-5 years at which time all the money you lost is just the “tuition fee”.
I recently closed off a few AMD PUT option contracts/LEAPS. These were AMD PUTS for January 2014 at a strike price of $4.00. I purchased these when AMD’s share was trading around $6.75 (contract price was $0.53) and sold the contracts when AMD’s share price hit $4.26 (contract price was $0.91). See above MetaStock chart.
The transports are always a good indicator of where the economy may be heading, and the fact the UPS (United Parcel Service) has cut their forecast and is possibly laying off people is not a good indicator.
This usually means that companies/business and people worldwide are buying less which reflects in less goods being shipped. All a sign of a slowing economy.
6 quarters (1.5 years) of slowdown, so the IMF think it is bottoming (this view is too optimistic). I think there is more slowdown to go. One thing to remember is that when Europe’s and America’s economy slows, China manufacturing will slow, which means Chinese citizens losing their jobs.
If unemployment in China gets worse, then people spend less over there as well, affecting their domestic GDP. Now, we can how see high unemployment has affected the U.S economy, it may have the same effect in China.
Here is a great documentary on Quants. Those genius mathematicians that come up with financial products to be sold to investors. Some of the formulas they come up with are so complicated that the people that sell them don’t understand them.
The investors do not understand the consequences of these financial products as well. Well, heck even the Quants do not know the true extent of the consequences if these products react to unforeseen circumstances. Some of these products were responsible for causing the 2008 crash due to complicated credit default swaps and mortgage backed securities.