As I have been saying before people are selling the Euro because of the worries regarding Greece. Folks, here is the interesting thing, most people in Euro land are not that concerned, whereas people outside of Euro land are.
Does that not seem odd to you? Should you not be asking why nobody in Euro land is concerned? Are the Euro land people that dumb? Notice how somebody appears to be concerned?
The Swiss Franc fell sharply against Euro and the Dollar very quickly. Such a moved could be motivated by an …

Adobe is crying that Apple is not supporting Flash on the iPad. Apple, I want to thank you that you are not supporting it. Sure I miss on certain applications, but thus far it has not hampered my browsing experience.
By Rochelle Garner      Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — Adobe Systems Inc., maker of the Flash video software, said Apple Inc. isn’t supporting Flash on its iPhone and the new iPad, making it difficult for Apple’s …

I just saw a report that said barefoot runners do less damage to their body, at least according to the study.
Runners who eschew shoes may be less likely to do serious injury to their feet, because they hold their feet differently, Daniel Lieberman of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and colleagues found.
Writing in the journal Nature, they said runners who wear shoes tend to hit the ground with their heels first, whereas barefoot runners put the balls of the feet down first.

They talked about this study in Germany and …

Wow, all I can say is wow! The iPad is quite impressive, and they nailed the prices. Good going Apple. Will I buy Apple shares? Nope, but I will probably buy an Apple iPad…

Oh yes, the pullback is due to the “politics” of the situation. Yes, yes let’s all delude ourselves on that issue.
After all was the election of Scott Brown not supposed to cause a market rally? John Stewart himself talks about it. (Fast forward to 7:30 minutes into the show).

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So I saw the earnings of Starbucks and thought, “really? That well? Really?”
And I dug into the earnings transcript and found something that made me think otherwise.
Favorable commodity costs and sales leverage in relation to our occupancy costs have also contributed to the improvement.
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Moving now to results in our international segment. International total net revenues increased 19% to $591 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 driven by favorable foreign currency translation, the acquisition of the France market and positive comparable store sales of 4%. The comp growth was …

When I saw how Kraft is buying Cadbury’s I thought it was a bad deal. Not because of the financials but because of what Kraft is doing. I decided to take a good look at their product portfolio and I gasped.
Kraft is a company that is going to get walloped by the governments. Kraft bought Cadburys to get into foods that people will buy no matter what. Yet what Kraft is missing is that we are about to get hit with a food tax. Obesity is a major problem. People …

Folks this blog posting is a must read, and I agree with it completely!
BTW I did read his book, gave it 5 stars at Amazon, and will be giving another book review via Video podcast.
Video podcast you ask? I am thinking of moving my blog into the next century, and do 2-3 minute regular video podcasts. So stay tuned…

Yet again the Greek boogieman has come out. Greece is going to take down the entire Eurozone. And there are studies on how to kick out a member of the Eurozone. So sell, sell, sell the Euro…
Meanwhile, all Eurozone CEO’s are cheering with each and every downtick. They are thinking, “hey we are going to have good earnings…”  Meanwhile the USD keeps cranking up, and wait until it starts damaging the earnings of the USD. After all was not the idea for the US to export its way out of …

And yet again a rating agency drops the rating of Greece. After all Greece is a problem yes? Let’s look at what Trichet had to say about this.
Comparing the euro zone to the United States in size and diversity, Trichet said that there are always more competitive and less competitive regions. Being part of the euro provides benefits, such as easy funding of current account deficits, as well as a credible currency. Beyond that, it is the responsibility of member countries to do their job to conduct structural reform. It …