Saturday, February 23, 2013
5 Top stock pics of the week.
Here are the five top stock of the week according to the web:
1. Apple
Apple kicked off the week by making a rare admission -- it had been hacked.
“Apple Inc was recently attacked by hackers who infected Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure describing the widest known cyber attacks targeting Apple computers used by corporations,” Reuters reported.Shares were dinged again after the Financial Times reported that Foxconn Technology Group, Apple’s key manufacturing partner, was implementing a hiring freeze as it slowed production of Apple products. Foxconn moved quickly to respond, saying the freeze was the result of “an unprecedented rate of return of employees following the Chinese New Year holiday compared to years past....This action is not related to any single customer and any speculation to the contrary is false and inaccurate.”
There was also further evidence this week that Apple is losing the faith among Wall Street’s biggest names.
“American International Group (AIG) has replaced Apple Inc (AAPL) as the hedge fund industry's favorite stock, according to a Goldman Sachs Group analysis of fourth-quarter regulatory filings,” reported Reuters.
"For the first time in three years [Apple] was not the top stock in our VIP list, instead ranking as the third most frequent top-10 holding," the report said, adding that funds reduced their Apple positions "by over 30 percent."
Shares of Apple fell 3.7% over the last five full trading days and are down 17.9% year to date.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is being handsomely rewarded for steering the bank back to prominence. This week it was revealed that Moynihan earned a 73% bump in his pay for 2012, bringing his compensation to $12.1 million and making him one of the top-paid CEOs on The Street.
“In 2012 Moynihan earned $950,000 in salary but received no cash bonus, similar to 2011, the source said. The CEO's 2013 salary will increase to $1.5 million, the person said,” Reuters reported, adding that shares rose 109% in 2012 and logged the best performance on the Dow.
Other areas of the company are showing growth. On Tuesday, the company said it saw a record 28% surge in new assets come into its 401(k)s sold through its commercial bank. Some $24.3 billion in new assets have come in, according to Bloomberg.
Shares were down 6% for the week and are down 4.9% for the year to date.
2. Bank of America (BAC)
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is being handsomely rewarded for steering the bank back to prominence. This week it was revealed that Moynihan earned a 73% bump in his pay for 2012, bringing his compensation to $12.1 million and making him one of the top-paid CEOs on The Street.
“In 2012 Moynihan earned $950,000 in salary but received no cash bonus, similar to 2011, the source said. The CEO's 2013 salary will increase to $1.5 million, the person said,” Reuters reported, adding that shares rose 109% in 2012 and logged the best performance on the Dow.
Other areas of the company are showing growth. On Tuesday, the company said it saw a record 28% surge in new assets come into its 401(k)s sold through its commercial bank. Some $24.3 billion in new assets have come in, according to Bloomberg.
Shares were down 6% for the week and are down 4.9% for the year to date.
3. BlackBerry
The early reads on sales of BlackBerry’s new BlackBerry10 smartphone are not cause for optimism. Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley cut his estimates for the year on Tuesday based on “mixed initial sales with limited initial supply cited as the reason for early post-launch stock-outs at some carrier stores rather than overwhelming demand.”
The next day, an analyst from Pacific Crest echoed those sales concerns. “We continue to believe the Z10 launch involves relatively small shipment volumes and only moderate sell-through so far in markets which have historically been some of BlackBerry’s strongest,” the report said.
Shares are down 13.3% for the week and up 12.5% for the year to date.
4. Facebook
CEO Mark Zuckerberg was among a handful of high-profile executives on hand early this week to announce the first Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences awards. The first round of awards saw 11 scientists each receive $3 million for their work.
The event also gave Zuckerberg a chance to try out a pair of Google glasses.
“There is perhaps no one more excited for Google Glass than Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg,” said Forbes, adding later that Zuckerberg was heard to say “I can’t wait to get my own,” as he tried on Google cofounder Sergey Brin’s pair.
Zuckerberg’s apparent enthusiasm over Google Glass and his desire to develop products for it should be a welcome sign as investors and analysts look for Facebook to move more quickly into the mobile arena.
Facebook shares fell 5% over the last five full trading days and are down 2.5% year to date.
5. magicJack VocalTec
Shares of magicJack have taken a beating this year after a Seeking Alpha blog post that ran in early January accused the company of improper accounting to boost profits.
Said a Bloomberg report:
“MagicJack, which sells voice-over-Internet services, dropped after a Jan. 8 blog post on the Seeking Alpha website attributed to 'Copperfield Research' said the company used “accounting gimmicks” to boost profits and that the ex-CEO used his common equity on margin as collateral for debt. Borislow, who relinquished his post to Gerald Vento on Jan. 1, said the post was 'clear and utter lies,' in a phone interview yesterday from West Palm Beach, Florida.”
Since that time, a string of lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed against the company.
There were no new developments surrounding the company this week, but trading volumes have been high. Shares fell 8.7% over the last five full trading days and are down 34.4% for the year to date.
Learn a seceret to help make your money work for you!!!
Everybody is so caught up on earning more and more money. Right? But I have a good question. Where is the break off point? You cannot nor do you want to work forever. Even though I enjoy working and like what I do. I cannot work forever. And I would like to pursue other things in life. So you have to learn to leverage your money the right way. What I mean when I say leveraging your money is utilizing the interest that you can attain by putting it in the right places. If you do this the right way you will laterally have your money working for you. I realize that there has been a change in the economy and the interest is not as good as it was say a few years ago. But I still would rather earn some interest rather than nothing. I will give you a prime example of why the general public has no understanding of this. Everybody wants to get a huge tax return from the IRS. They always brag about how much they got and so on. Well the whole time that they are talking all i am thinking about is all the lost interest on that money. I am sure that the IRS gets plenty of extra revenue through interest on other peoples money. So I challenge you to be more competitive and find the banks that have high interest bearing savings accounts and different financial products. Make them work for your money and you will be able to get your money to start working for you.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Why paypal?
I like to use pay pal for several reasons first and foremost it is the best way to expand the use of different forms of payment the easiest for your business. It is all online it gives you the opportunity to diversify your banking enough to make better decisions when it comes to moving money. I have been using pay pal since eBay started with it and I have to say that it has served me rather well. This service is the only one of its kind were you can connect everything you do business wise online down to one single location. This is huge financially. You can concentrate all of your energy to one spot. With everything in one place it is easier to monitor and manage your finances. The way that you can monitor everything is also very customer friendly. I suggest you definitely give pay pal a shot. Until next time.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
How to apply adsense to your site to make money!!!
I like the way that they have perfected Google's ad sense. This is an amazing program for people to use to earn money by marketing off their web sites and blogs. It has been perfected to a science. You can check and see who is looking at your site what country what they are looking at and more. this is absolutely amazing stuff. I am not going to sit here and tell you that it is the easiest thing in the world and that anybody can do it because it takes work like anything else you want to succeed at. Google make it incredibly easy to apply to the site all you have to do is open an account with Google and you are off to your start. They even go as far as to give you the option as to what can and cannot be advertised on the user options. I will leave you with the three basic things that will help you to get views. Because the amount of views will equal the amount of money you will make. #1 Make sure that your site has the ads in a visible but not aggravating location. #2 make sure that you have enough of the ads visible so that there is a choice on what to the viewers are looking at. And #3 Don't forget to add the advertise products button in your gadgets. This tool will help you to advertise specific products related to what you are writing about. Good luck!!
Friday, February 15, 2013
Why are precious metals important?
There is definitely an upsurging in the precious metals market in reference to peoples finances. This is due to the lack of faith in currency. There is far too much going on globally right now to trust in anything else. I can't blame people for having concerns. There is a lot of stability in metals. The markets are so unstable it only makes sense to invest in precious metals. As these items become more and more rare there value will continue to increase over time. I never put all of my eggs in one basket but I would definable invest some in gold or silver. When I say gold or silver I mean the actual bullion not in anything backed by it.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Leverage your time!!! Make money online.
Alright it is 2013. We should be able to leverage our time to the best ability ever in the history of mankind. So everyday I ask myself why are people becoming so lazy and complaisant? I realize that everybody has a "career" job and this is normal but it is not the norm in it's entirety. Like I said earlier we are able to leverage our time more efficiently than in any other time through out human history. And after all it is all about time. All we have is time to accomplish things in life. Time to enjoy our lives. Beyond that what is the point if you spend all of your time making someone else rich so they can enjoy all of there time? So I encourage you to make a conscious effort to spend more time with the ones you love and enjoy your life. Take advantage of this time and make money and leverage your time use the internet to your advantage!!! Follow us for news and updates on how to make money and leverage time online!!
Monday, January 7, 2013
How do you start making your money work for you?
There are many ways to make your money work more for you. The basic idea that most people have is that they will stick most of there money in the bank and that this will cause them to "get more wealthy". The truth is is that the bank does not give you good interest for your money. They do charge good interest on your money but in return you get little or no interest in return. This is especially true if you include some banks fees and such. The first step in liberating yourself is to realize that your extra money can also make you money through the interest. All you have to do is shop around and see which plan will work the best for your personal goals. Yes I said shop around there are plenty of banks that offer a multitude of financial products these days take advantage of them while you can.
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