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Any Yahoo Stock Traders out there?I am really wondering if there are any stock traders out there trading Yahoo stock (NASDAQ:YHOO)! By now we have all heard of yesterday’s earnings report of Yahoo Inc. and the hiring of Google’s executive, Marissa Mayer, as its new CEO. However that news brought

In the eurozone, it will be interesting to see the political dynamics inside and outside Greece in the wake of this week’s elections. Will Greece be able to form a ‘stable’ and credible government? If so, how will the communication developed between Greece and the sponsors of the bailout package? It

The betting graphs of Formula 1 drivers’ championship reveal declines and uptrends, which can be beneficial for sports traders interested in motor sports like me. I often use technical analysis to predict sports events and, depending on the patterns, I occasionally trade the betting odds. Long term trading is one

Greek Election 2012: Technical Analysis of Betfair Graphs with Ascending and Descending TrianglesTechnical analysis of Betfair price graphs regarding the election in Greece reveals an ascending triangle for Nea Dimokratia party and a descending triangle for SYRIZA. Although volume isn’t sufficient enough for safe conclusions, the betting odds’ graphs show

Having grown up in America, where polls and survey are viewed like the weather report, because they are hit or miss, and never right when you depend on them, I find it hard to believe that professional investors and traders are risking billions of dollars on polls in Greece of

Microsoft Launches New Social Network, Facebook Drop Continues (MSFT, FB)Microsoft Daily stock chartWould there be a better time for Microsoft to launch their new social network, So.cl, other than on the heels of Facebook IPO? This week hasn’t been that perfect for Microsoft, as news of Google Chrome overtaking MS

How to Use StockTwits as a Stock ScannerStockTwits is the Twitter for stock and forex traders. As such, StockTwits users tweet almost exclusively about stock news, their personal fundamental or technical analysis and post stock charts from time to time. The chit chat about stock trading may be fun, but traders

A Quick Look at Facebook, Zynga and Morgan StanleyFacebook Selloff continued on MondayAs the Facebook selloff continued yesterday pushing the social media stock as low as $33 per share, Zynga stock had a better reaction than on Friday during Facebook IPO. In the meantime the major IPO’s underwriter, Morgan Stanley,

Microsoft vs Google: Is it about Web Browser Domination?Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock has had better months than May. MSFT shares lost 10% during the last month of spring and news about Google’s web browser, Chrome, overtaking Internet Explorer today is not exactly the best news for Microsoft shareholders! The effect’s

Money: Any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits. Dictionary.comIn this piece we discuss what money is, and also money analogs, and make comparisons. We also discuss interest rates as indicators of a healthy economy.When we discuss money, we discuss what people get for their work.

“All things will be revealed.”  Holy Bible“The truth always comes out in the end.” As they sayFact: physicists state that the universe is like a movie, which can be rerun/replayed. Everything is recorded.The advent of the networkThe social and economic effectsI have never understood the criminal mentality where they think

Facebook IPO (that is Initial Public Offering) didn’t start during the first hour of trading, but that is expected since other recent NASDAQ IPOs typically began at around 11AM ET. Upon logging in my Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation there were 2 unread messages, both about Facebook IPO. The first mentioned

Netflix: The Way ForwardFor the owners and shareholders of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), the only good thing about 2011 is that it is gone forever, and hopefully, the events that adversely affected this stock have also vanished for this stock too. 2011 for Netflix was a year that graphically depicts what

2012 US Presidential Election: Trading Barack Obama’s OddsBetting on the 2012 Presidential Election of USA has been available for quite long time at the sports betting exchange, Betfair. It is now though that the graph of Barack Obama’s odds can help traders actually make money before even the elections begin!

Yahoo! When Will the Sleeping Giant Awake?The current situation of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is potentially what business leaders are talking about when they offer the prophetic warning that taking your eye off the ball will allow misfortune to quietly creep in and wreak havoc. The company, an icon of early

What Next for Hewlett Packard?Judging by the quarterly results released in February, Hewlett-Packard’s (NASDAQ: HPQ) fortunes seem to have declined significantly over the past months and are a major indication that the company has not recovered from its poor performance under ex-CEO Leo Apotheker. Apotheker’s tenure was an incredibly bleak

MSFT: Good Times on the Horizon?After some glorious years in the 70s, 80s and 90s, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) virtually went to sleep in the first decade of the 21st century, bogged down by the dot-com bubble, antitrust lawsuits, disputes on patents, as well as a loss of market share from

SLW: Is Selling the Poor Man’s Gold Paying Off?Some things just don’t change. This timeless saying buttresses the fact that no matter how we try to dress something up to appear more attractive it will likely be short-term and superficial. This applies to the fortunes of silver which, for some

If I were President Obama, I would declare a “state of emergency” and open the taps of the strategic reserves to allow oil to flow freely until the speculators were pushed out of the markets and prices dropped below 100.00 and I would draw a line in the sand. Recently the

The Dow Jones climbed upwards to the tune of 8.1% for the first quarter of 2012, which, at least in terms of total points gained for a 1stquarter period, placed it at the very top of the heap. Not too shabby, when you consider that the Dow’s history encompasses a