Filed under: Forecasts, Good news, Rants and raves, Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Stocks to Buy, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Recession, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) If there is anything that makes me think we could be close to a market bottom, it is all the peo...

Gartner’s new research on PC sales for 2009 is out and there it nothing in it to cheer the likes of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) or Dell (DELL). Sales of computers will drop so drastically this year that even the Apple (AAPL) Mac may be effected. According to the reseach company “the PC industr...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL) So, I bought a stock this past week. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). I was pretty happy about the purchase. Well, strike that. I was sort of happy about the purchase. I don't have to tell you why I hastily added that qualifier. The current recession, quite f...

He Co-Founded Apple and Invented the PC; How Hard Can It Be?Who wants to see the grandpa of the geeks get up and dance? ABC for starters, as it chose 58-year-old Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, usually just called "Woz," for the 2009 season of "Dancing With the Stars."You know that every engineer, s...

There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide margin, or they are in businesses which sell products and services which are a necessary part of everyday life....

Much of the crisis in the banking industry has been blamed on the inaction of the boards of directors at companies including Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C). Some of Citi's most prominent members have left, probably not entirely of their own volition. The board at B of A has been savagely at...

According to Reuters, Honda (HMC) sales in the US fell in January. Reuters reports that the premier of China sees hopeful signs in his economy. Reuters reports that hard times make government jobs more attractive. Reuters reports that online games are moving into Western markets as cheap entertainme...

Over the last two years, in the PC business Michael Dell has been beaten like a rented mule. His company continues to lose market share particularly in the US. Industry analysts would say that Dell has done a poor jobs of bringing out innovative and attractive products. Apple (AAPL) Mac sales keep r...

The indices continued their range-bound trading today. The early strength gave way to selling mid-morning. I’m not sure whether to blame it on Obama’s economic press conference or technicals — the Nasdaq approaching its 50-day moving average and the indices hitting last week’...

It’s hard not to be impressed by Apple… In their quarterly analyst conference call last week, Apple reported significant year over year growth in every one of their business lines. While some areas came in a bit weaker than expected (iPhone sales), they were easily balanced out by some t...