The S&P 500’s New 800-Pound Gorilla (or is it Albatross?) Unlike the practice of going “long,” investors who short a stock profit when it drops, not when it rises. So, shorting “TulipsRUs” at $500 share yields a $450 gain if the price collapses to $50. Ahhh, but what happens if “TulipsRUs” instead rockets to $1,000?...Read More
Comparing Yahoo’s Stock Price Then and Now “Sure, [today’s] stock market isn’t cheap by any rational standard. But if you want to see what an actual bubble is ” and the damage it leaves behind when it pops ” take a look at the latest iteration of the long-running deal under which Verizon is buying...Read More
I suppose that would be in contrast to the “expectedly” romantic cities — presumably, places like San Francisco, Manhattan, and Niagara Falls (is that a city??). P.S.: I didn’t take the photo (above) of the Stone Arch Bridge spanning the Mississippi — but I paid for it (sort of). It was taken by the (taxpayer-supported) Minnesota Department of...Read More
“I’m (Very Close to) #1!” “I’m (Very Close to) #1” What are the top Twin Cities real estate blogs as of mid-March, 2012? It depends which search engine(s) you use. Here’s how the majors tally up the hits: Google: 1. Twin Cities Real Estate Blog 2. City Lakes Real Estate Blog 3. St. Paul Real Estate Blog Bing:...Read More
PointCast . . . Yahoo! . . . Groupon?? Insiders say a tentative deal was struck in which News Corp. would acquire PointCast for $450 million. But before the papers could be drafted, issues surfaced over PointCast’s revenue projections and the price tag, insiders say. The offer simply went away. –“PointCast, The Rise and Fall...Read More