Filed under: Major Movement , Competitive Strategy , Barrick Gold (ABX) , Commodities , Federal Reserve Back in the late 1970s, the Hunt brothers from Texas tried to corner the silver market . That drove prices to $48 an ounce. Now, 31 years later, silver is shooting higher again. The March silver futures contract closed at $32.296 per ounce , up 72 cents. Since gold is expensive, investors are turning to silver to hedge against inflation. Many fear that the Federal Reserve will not be able to control the spike in commodity prices. The Fed is buying $600 billion of treasuries and keeping interest rates near zero. Continue reading Silver Near a 31-Year High Silver Near a 31-Year High originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Microsoft to Feature New Chips With Next Windows
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Intel (INTC) , Advanced Micro Dev (AMD) , QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM) , Texas Instruments (TXN) , Technology For years Microsoft ( MSFT ) was the tech leader. Then, Google ( GOOG ) came along and Microsoft missed the entire search engine revolution. But Microsoft still dominated in software. Then came Apple ( AAPL ) with its iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Again, Microsoft missed the small device revolution. The Wall Street Journal reports that now Microsoft is playing catch-up again. With its next operating system it will use low-powered chips similar to those Apple uses. Continue reading Microsoft to Feature New Chips With Next Windows Microsoft to Feature New Chips With Next Windows originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Investing in unique – the TERMINATOR line – Voice of the People
Zacks’ Voice of the People Highlights user Vet67to82: “Investing in unique – the TERMINATOR line” from the People & Picks community. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Investing in unique – the “TERMINATOR” line When it comes to investing, the money clearly flows to companies with unique products that the competition can NOT readily replicate, or match. Like Apple, Inc. ( AAPL ), Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ ) is a company that keeps producing products the competition is hard pressed to copy and match. You have to read this: H.P. Sees a Revolution in Memory Chip By JOHN MARKOFF, NEW YORK TIMES – Published: April 7, 2010 HP has been reporting interesting info in their advances on memristors. The above article reports on memristors, advances in the design ” … of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing transistors as computer chips shrink closer to the atomic scale.” New chips that ” … hold out the prospect of fashioning analog computing systems that function more like biological brains.” “Biological” is the doomsday stuff of endless sci-fi movies, computers that can have independent thought, … independent decision making capability … computers and memristors … hmmmm! Look at “creations” the movie industry came up with are “real” products now … like the “jet pack” from “Buck Rogers,” etc. But the biggest achievement is hidden: ” … that they had devised a new method for storing and retrieving information from a vast three-dimensional array of memristors. The scheme could potentially free designers to stack thousands of switches in a high-rise fashion, permitting a new class of ultradense computing devices even after two-dimensional scaling reaches fundamental limits.” This is a wow … that could have Intel ( INTC ), AMD ( AMD ), Nvidia ( NVDA ), IBM ( IBM ), Apple, etc. running to HPQ …. and the rest of us “sci-fi” fans stocking up on ammo …. maybe HPQ will name their new chips the “TERMINATOR” line … catchy isn’t it? About the Zacks Community In 2008, Zacks Investment Research launched PeopleAndPicks.com, a stock-picking website where members of the Zacks community can test their strategies and share ideas with other members. Each user is scored on the accuracy of his or her picks, and top users are rewarded with free products from
Stocks To Buy – Long Stock Ideas for December 17th, 2009
AES Break out of a descending triangle. Strong Aroon cross above 80 (that never happens). Bullish signals on MACD and RSI NVDA super bullish chart, huge breakout. ‘nough said ADBEBreakout from rising channel on strong volume. bullish MACD cross..
