If you’ve made your holiday list and checked it twice, chances are you’ve still forgotten some folks: the service providers who are expecting holiday tips.
End-of-the-year gratuities can show these folks that you appreciate the work they do for you and thank them for helping your life run more smoothly. This extra cash may help foster [...]

Stars are align as retail sales are strong this holiday season with 14% jump in Visa card spending compare to prior year, Feds appears to be easing on the rate, energy prices are coming down, and there is light at the end of the tunnel in Iraq. All these reason points to a jolly [...]

Market Recap 11/23/05

Market Recap 11/22/2005

Mid Day Recap 11/21/2005

Market Recap 10/20/2005

Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 console has the largest slate ever of new game titles ready for launch, eye-popping graphics and an online suite of gaming services – all available this coming week. That’s months before Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, which the company maintains will come to market in the spring of 2006.
While the devices today [...]

In general no one would disagree that the real estate market is slowing down due to rise in interest rate. But this time not all home builders are created equal. During the tougher time these creme of the crop is going to rise to the top. Builders like Beazer Homes, Centex, and [...]

Surprisingly after the PPI and CPI data showed tame inflation ex energy, stocks are unable to move higher. The big caps like American Express and GM dragged the Dow down. Slight concern on higher oil.
Indexes are at resistance level and there is some reluctance from the investors to add more money into the [...]

Homebuilder D.R. Horton (DHI) upped its earnings forecast for the Sept. 2006-ending fiscal year after reporting a 61% rise in fourth-quarter net income to $564 million, or $1.77 a share with revenue up 45% to $5.1 billion on a 38% increase in homes closed. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call were expecting an EPS of [...]

Homebuilder D.R. Horton (DHI) upped its earnings forecast for the Sept. 2006-ending fiscal year after reporting a 61% rise in fourth-quarter net income to $564 million, or $1.77 a share with revenue up 45% to $5.1 billion on a 38% increase in homes closed. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call were expecting an EPS of [...]

Market Recap 11/15/2005

From hobby to business…
Bryant and his partner, David Dodds, started FootballGuys in 1999 as a free service that offered fantasy “cheat sheets,” newsletters that organized information about player injuries and match ups for each week’s games. The two were acquaintances and longtime fantasy players who were looking for more information than they found on traditional [...]

After the market closed, Target warned the November sales would be below forecast.
Discount retailer Target Corp. said on Monday its November sales at stores open at least one year would be below its forecast of a 4 percent to 6 percent increase.
[MSN Money]
But Walmart during its conference call are very upbeat about the [...]

Music, video, and now books will be slice and dice to your desire.
Google Inc. is discussing a plan with at least one publisher to all consumers to rent and view online copies of books for a week, according to a media report Monday.
[MarketWatch]
Amazon Pages will dole out the data in increments–by chapter, section or [...]

Beginning in January, In2TV plans to offer 300 episodes per month and about 100 shows in the first year on six channels ranging from comedy to drama, The Journal said, and Warner Bros. has cleared 300 series, or about 14,000 individual episodes, for use on the service. The streaming service will be available to users [...]

Weekend Review 11/11/2005

“Peter F. Drucker, revered as the father of modern management for his numerous books and articles stressing innovation, entrepreneurship and strategies for dealing with a changing world, died Friday. He was 95.”
[ABC News]

It looks like lower energy prices is triggering a year end rally for the World.
Europe, Asia, and United States

A computer security firm said Thursday it had discovered the first virus that uses music publisher Sony BMG’s controversial CD copy-protection software to hide on PCs and wreak havoc.
[CNN Money]

Hedge Funds, boys club…
Where are the girls? Is it skills, personality, or discrimination against her and her kids?
not surprisingly, is the notion that you can’t run a hedge fund and raise children. “The demands are not compatible with family life,” says one former (female) analyst who joined a hedge fund. Investors put money into [...]

Market Recap 11/10/2005

Dell released its earnings today and in line with lower estimates. Revenue is weaker than expected. CEO Kevin Rollins said the recent release of high end XPS is doing great. China grew 46% in unit sale and 26% in revenue.
Dell is continuing to focus on more profitable storage, server, and enterprise services [...]

Opening Bell 11/10/2005

Market Recap 11/9/2005

It’s no news that Toyota (TM) has been beating other auto makers worldwide, especially the Detroit’s big three: Ford, General Motor, and Chysler.
Toyota’s success is to continuously produce quality, affordable, stylish cars and trucks to stay ahead of its competitions. Its recent success is also coming from the foresight of investing in hybrid technologies. [...]

Market Recap 11/8/2005

Opening Bell 11/8/2005

Market Recap 11/7/2005

Looking at the earning releases of Expedia (EXPE), Sabor Holdings (TSG – Owner of Travlocity), and Priceline (PCLN) with the exception of Cendant (Owner of Orbitz) have surprised the street with their tremendous growth. Expedia reported adjusted earnings of 35 cents a share beating the consensus of 31 cents, Sabor Holdings reported 50 cents [...]