Carping About Short Sellers

I’m struck by the wave of CEOs complaining about short selling.  Meeting or beating earnings estimates would seem to be a better strategy.  As CEO, you may not like short sellers, or agree with what they do, or how they do it or the impact they have.  However, it’s harder to dismiss the logic  and

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You Are Doing It All Wrong

Well, probably not all wrong.  But if you are looking for media coverage or traction in social media, you are probably guilty of at least one of the infractions on the list below.   

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Earn 100,000%

Sounds like a sales pitch from a shadowy investment firm.  It’s not. This is just information. There are in fact, 13 companies out there that have risen by more than 100,000% since they went public.    This also means there are some lucky investors who turned $1,000 into $1 million, or $10,000 into $10 million.  

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Amazon Summits A Dow That No Longer Exists

The addition of Amazon to the Dow with Walgreen’s unceremonious deletion, and the Dow’s current composition tells it like it is.  Yes, Walgreen’s was a retailer, and Amazon is a retailer, so the Dow’s “Consumer Goods” sector weighting was maintained.   But not really.   Of Amazon’s $25 billion of operating income for 2023, nearly

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Media Wary of AI

This story is from our February 2024 update newsletter that offers communications insights, and hopefully, some amusing diversion.

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Stock Market Predictions for 2024: Tesla, Apple and Rate Cuts

This article was written with Louis Navellier, founder and chief investment officer of asset manager Navellier & Associates. It was part of a series of articles developed under an agreement with Kiplinger negotiated by me to designate Mr. Navellier as a contributor and to deliver original articles for them on a regular basis.

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