I am going to post Patrick’s comment in its entirety, because it is very insightful: > What’s your long-term on gold? As the half-life between bubbles gets smaller, we approach a 1987 moment most likely where not just extreme volume ratios but infrastructure drop the market. Remember in 2008 it was...

I suppose I have been too long in Europe, but the Google Superbowl ad just sucks! The first time I watched it I stopped. Then I read what it was about, and it sucked again… It is a dumb story! I suppose this is due to the fact that I live in Europe and the story is so cliche that it is not even...

I read the story on how everybody is nervous on the Euro. What I find completely hilarious about all of this is that for every cent the Euro looses strength it is about 0.50 to 2 cents earnings from many of the big global corporations in the US. Here is my list, Starbucks, Visa, Mc Donalds and so...

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...

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,...

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...

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). | | | | --- | --- |...

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. > > … > >...

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...