Garmin GPS Market

Garmin’s shares have been plummeting steadily ever since the last quartely report. IMO, I think it is merely an overreaction from the bad earnings and future guidance of the previous quarter. Garmin is a great company because of the superior management and healthy balance sheet. It is also very innovative with many of its products [...]

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"Dying" Tech Companies

Here are some companies that I thought are just “hanging over” in the tech industry:
AMD – Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
As I said earlier, AMD had lost ground and can no longer remain competitive with Intel. AMD has ambitious goals, but it doesn’t have deep pockets like Intel for research and development. Last week, it had [...]

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Apple VS Research In Motion: Cellphone War

The heat is on! Research in Motion just announced its new Blackberry Bold to compete with Apple’s new 3G iPhone. IMO, Apple and RIM are really good companies to invest in because they are innovative and always stay on the edge of the latest technology. Having competition is good and healthy because it allows companies [...]

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Go SHORT!

AMD – Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
It seems that AMD had lost ground and can no longer remain competitive with Intel. In the beginning of 2008, AMD was trying to turn around, but failed. Also, AMD just announced that it will cut its total workforce by 10% and its revenue will also decline by 15% from last quarter. They are getting [...]

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Apple Primes the iPhone for Enterprise

On Thursday, Apple went up about 6% because the company expects that it will sell more than 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. Apple also said that the iPhones not only target the everyday customer,  but also enterprises for people on-the-go.
IMO, iPhone is a great innovative product. Even though it is used more for [...]

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Bad Apple Options Investment

I’ve lost 100% of my investment (on paper) in Apple options. It is probably one of the worst investment decisions I’ve made. I am glad that it is just a paper trade and actually not using my own money to invest. I’ve bought 30 AAPL FEB ‘08 145 calls @ 1.42 average. On Feb. 15 [...]

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Microsoft is Buying Yahoo for $44.6 Billion

Sold 1000 shares of YHOO @ 27.75.
Microsoft is buying Yahoo for $44.6 billion! Now Google is facing some STRONG competition. In this market, it is all about timing. Microsoft released this news right after Google posted disappointing results yesterday.

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Motorola Gives Up Cell Phone Business

Motorola is going to spin off its cell phone business because they kept on losing money selling cell phones. IMO, the Motorola Razr phone was a hype after all. In 2005, many people bought it because it looks very cool and everyone else has it. Now, it had lost its market value and no one buys them anymore.

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