- This Near-Perfect Indicator Says Investors Should Buy Stocks Now Minyanville - 15 hours ago
The election year indicator tells you which are the best performing months of the year.
- What Is the Real Price of Gold Signaling? Minyanville - Tue, 22 May, 2012 4:50 PM EDT
Growth-oriented producers offer the best risk-reward in today's market.
- How Apple Sellers Got Burned on Facebook Minyanville - Tue, 22 May, 2012 3:23 PM EDT
If you took a round-trip from Apple to Facebook to Apple again, it was an expensive trade. Here's the math.
- 10 Takes on the Facebook IPO From Investing Experts Minyanville - Thu, 17 May, 2012 11:07 AM EDT
Minyanville's top contributors discuss the metrics, technicals, and other factors they considered when sizing up Facebook. Who would buy, who wouldn't...and why?
- Natural Gas Stocks Are in Trouble Minyanville - Wed, 16 May, 2012 9:25 AM EDT
Some natural gas companies are dropping their hedges in a gamble that gas prices are going to rise in coming months; if they're wrong, it could be disastrous.
- Facebook Allows Users to 'Pay to Be Popular' Minyanville - Tue, 15 May, 2012 5:02 PM EDT
For a measly two dollars, you can be a bother and a burden to all your Facebook pals.
- Gold and Gold Miners Are Closing In on a Major Bottom Minyanville - Mon, 14 May, 2012 4:09 PM EDT
A great buying opportunity for gold, silver, and the miners may present itself in the near future.
- iPad Dubbed 'The New Nanny' Minyanville - Mon, 14 May, 2012 3:42 PM EDT
When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, my parents hired the TV and VCR to babysit my sister and me. We were plunked down in front of Mel Brooks for so many afternoons, the comedy director and actor ...
- Why Europe's Problem Is America's Problem Minyanville - Fri, 11 May, 2012 4:25 PM EDT
It's a little-known fact that European banks have been bailed out previously by the American taxpayer.
- Where Inflation Works for You Minyanville - Wed, 9 May, 2012 2:34 PM EDT
Higher-yielding bonds' spreads narrow as inflation expectations rise.
- Financial Face-Off: Warren Buffett Vs. Gold and Silver Minyanville - Tue, 8 May, 2012 3:21 PM EDT
And the winner is...
- How to Get a Piece of Facebook Minyanville - Tue, 8 May, 2012 3:04 PM EDT
Individual investors face more than a few hurdles to get in on the IPO next week. Plus, smart wallets may not open so quickly.
- RIM's Marketing Is the Absolute Worst Minyanville - Mon, 7 May, 2012 4:36 PM EDT
Two weeks ago, a busload of protesters clad in black swarmed the window of an Australian Apple Store ( AAPL ). Video blogger Nate "Blunty" Burr was able to capture the flash mob fiasco as a megaphone-wielding ...
- Marketing to the Ageless: How Companies Convince Consumers That They're Not Old Minyanville - Wed, 2 May, 2012 4:46 PM EDT
Getting the Boomer Generation to pull out their wallets means either embracing their denial about aging, or making it cool to be old.
- Who's behind the Android apps you use? Minyanville - Wed, 2 May, 2012 4:30 PM EDT
StartApp profiles the developers behind Android apps and showcases their tastes -- both personal and professional.
- Google makes more money From iPhones and iPads than Androids Minyanville - Thu, 26 Apr, 2012 2:05 PM EDT
Internal documents confirm that iOS's ad revenue was way more than Android's. And by the way, are you sure that your Mac is safe from malware?
- Apple: Earnings Are Coming, and Things Are Looking a Lot Dicier Than Last Time Around Minyanville - Tue, 24 Apr, 2012 2:45 PM EDT
Apple isn't seeing the volume of supporting anecdotes it did the last time it reported earnings.
- Former exec trashes Microsoft's bureaucratic dysfunction Minyanville - Mon, 23 Apr, 2012 3:55 PM EDT
Reminiscent of last year's scathing open letter by a member of RIM's team, recently axed exec Max Zachariades -- who blogs under the name Max Zografos -- detailed the hopeful optimism that permeated his early years at Microsoft and the crushing blow of bureaucracy that bogged down the end of his tenure.
- Apple Stores Rake in Astounding Amounts of Cash Minyanville - Fri, 20 Apr, 2012 4:55 PM EDT
Much like the plundering magpie that steals rings and tinsel to accent its nest, the average American consumer is very attracted to shiny objects, wanting nothing more than to surround himself with bright, ...
- Who's Behind the Android Apps You Use? Minyanville - Wed, 18 Apr, 2012 4:15 PM EDT
StartApp profiles the developers behind Android apps and showcases their tastes -- both personal and professional.
- Exploring Both Sides of the RIM Trade Minyanville - Wed, 18 Apr, 2012 3:41 PM EDT
The friction between opinions is where education is found.
- Investor Psychology: Faster, Investor! Kill! Kill! Minyanville - Mon, 16 Apr, 2012 3:22 PM EDT
Does investing wisely turn you into a psychopath?
- Just Saying...You Can't Compare Coke to Pepsi Minyanville - Fri, 13 Apr, 2012 4:10 PM EDT
Why Apple is a phone company, and other haphazard market observations.
- Did Facebook Buy Instagram Just to Keep It Away From Google? Minyanville - Wed, 11 Apr, 2012 10:20 AM EDT
Plus: What Netflix, Google, Amazon, and ATT are working on.
- Four Long-Term Risks Facing Apple Minyanville - Wed, 11 Apr, 2012 9:55 AM EDT
Yesterday BTIG downgraded Apple from a "buy" to "neutral." But the reason it gave is just one concern facing the tech leader.
- Just Why Are Those 'Stupid' iPhone Games So Addictive? Minyanville - Thu, 5 Apr, 2012 3:45 PM EDT
From Tetris to Angry Birds, mobile video games that have become so integral in our lives are "pure intoxication."
- Intel Launches Massive Marketing Campaign for Ultrabook Minyanville - Tue, 3 Apr, 2012 4:05 PM EDT
The plot thickens as next-wave laptops hit the market and the chipmaker launches a huge marketing campaign to support them.
- Microsoft Destroys Beloved Franchise's Last Shred of Dignity Minyanville - Tue, 3 Apr, 2012 4:05 PM EDT
Out-shaming even the Ewoks and Jar Jar, the new Xbox 360 game "Kinect Star Wars" features dance-offs with Han and Leia.
- Gap Enters South Africa: Will Shoppers Follow? Minyanville - Fri, 30 Mar, 2012 3:20 PM EDT
As usual, Gap enters a new market with a premium pricing strategy.
- Starbucks Admits Its Mistake in Hiding the Use of Cochineal Beetle Extract From Customers Minyanville - Fri, 30 Mar, 2012 3:20 PM EDT
In fact, most vegans were never opposed to the use of the natural ingredient.
- RIM to Die With Its Boots On Minyanville - Fri, 30 Mar, 2012 3:20 PM EDT
Contrary to early reports, Research in Motion is not pulling out of the consumer market.
- Apple gets sued for being 'too sleek' Minyanville - Tue, 27 Mar, 2012 4:55 PM EDT
Over the years, Apple (AAPL) has been accused of a lot of things: engaging in anti-competitive practices, having a stranglehold over portable music, setting superficially high prices, and committing labor abuses in Chinese factories -- just to name a few.
- 'Dump Starbucks' Campaign Gets Push Back From Left Minyanville - Mon, 26 Mar, 2012 3:45 PM EDT
While Starbucks has its detractors for supporting gay marriage, it has far more supporters.
- 5 Things You Didn't Know About McDonald's New CEO Minyanville - Mon, 26 Mar, 2012 3:40 PM EDT
Who is Don Thompson? Some little-known facts about the man who will take over the iconic burger chain and global fast-food behemoth.
- Further Uses for Apple's Cash Minyanville - Fri, 23 Mar, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Some say there are better uses for Apple's cash hoard than just paying off stockholders.