Archive for February, 2008
Free Book Re-Visited
Well, after the review of Active Value Investing: Making Money in Range Bound Markets, Vitaliy was kind enough to contact me and offer another book giveaway for those of you who missed out on the first contest in October. This time, the book is coming autographed! Not only is it a $49.95 value (or $32.97 [...]
read more »Book Review: Active Value Investing
Active Value Investing: Making Money in Range Bound Market written by Vitaliy Katsenelson debuted in October. Vitaliy was actually gracious enough to send me a copy (or two) of the book to review and, unfortunately, it took me quite a while to find the time to get through the book. I feel bad, but hopefully [...]
read more »Super Bowl Indicator
It seems a lot of “market curiosities,” or stock market urban legends, tend to revolve around beginning of the year happenings. I guess that’s because we’re all looking for an edge or some kind of crystal ball to reveal to us what will happen to our money as the new year unfolds. Here’s one that’s [...]
read more »Internet Strategy (3/3): MS/Y!/Google
We’ve gone over the three major internet business models as well as the three major methods of monetization on the internet today. Interestingly enough, I feel that the Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google battle over internet supremacy is a perfect illustration of the multiple approaches I described about the internet. In fact, it surprises me that [...]
read more »Internet Strategy (2/3): Money, Money, Money
In the previous post, we talked about the viability of internet businesses being tied to their profitability. <begin sarcasm> Wow, what a revelation! <end sarcasm> When looking to invest in an internet business, the most important question has always been, “How will you monetize it?” The good thing about internet businesses is that, despite the [...]
read more »Internet Strategy (1/3): Business Models
Alright, one more post in this little series that bloomed from the Microsoft-Yahoo proposition. While these posts don’t directly deal with stocks, maybe they will help with how you view internet companies and investments in them. Today, I’ll start with the first post of three that I intend to write. I’m no business guru, but [...]
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