Jacob Steinberg

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• ExxonMobil Continues to Offer Value

  By Jacob Steinberg - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: BP, XOM, STO

  Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is the World's largest publicly traded company and it continues to offer a lot of value to investors. In the last 5 years, the company returned $145 billion to its stockholders in shape of dividends and repurchases and the company will continue to reward investors that believe in it for years to come. While Exxon's dividend yield is not very high, the company has more »

• An Interview With Copytele CEO Regarding Suing Microsoft

  By Jacob Steinberg - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: COPY, MSFT, NOK

  Last week, a small company called CopyTele (NASDAQOTCBB: COPY) announced that it would pursue legal action against Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for patent infringement. CopyTele claims to have patented certain technologies that Microsoft uses in its Skype software.

  In its website, CopyTele describes itself with these words: "CopyTele's management team has over 30 years of combined experience in Patent Monetization and Patent Assertion, and has generated in excess of $150 more »

• What If Apple Traded Like One of These Companies?

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, IBM, MSFT

  As each day passes by, the company and the stock of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) get more and more separated from each other. Over the last few months, Apple’s stock price hasn’t reflected the performance of Apple as a company, which is one of the most successful companies in the world. As of now, Apple is treated as if it will post no growth for a long, long time more »

• It’s Not Just Apple, It’s the Entire Smartphone Industry

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, NOK, SNE |

  Ever since Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share price took a dive from $700s to the $400s, a lot of analysts have been trying to come up with reasons behind the cause of the dive. People offered a lot of different explanations, but the most convincing explanations always seemed to be centered on Apple’s competition.

  It was not uncommon to see analyses where people make statements like “Samsung is eating more »

• It’s Not Just Apple, It’s the Entire Smartphone Industry

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, NOK, SNE |

  Ever since Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share price took a dive from $700s to the $400s, a lot of analysts have been trying to come up with reasons behind the cause of the dive. People offered a lot of different explanations, but the most convincing explanations always seemed to be centered on Apple’s competition.

  It was not uncommon to see analyses where people make statements like “Samsung is eating more »

• What If Apple Traded Like One of These Companies?

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, IBM, MSFT

  As each day passes by, the company and the stock of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) get more and more separated from each other. For the last few months, Apple’s stock price hasn’t reflected the performance of Apple as a company, which is one of the most successful companies in the world. As of now, Apple is treated as if it will post no growth for a long, long time more »

• It’s Not Apple, It’s The Entire Smart Phone Industry

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, GOOG, NOK, SNE

  Ever since Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share price took a dive from $700s and $400s, a lot of analysts have been trying to come up with theories about the cause of the dive. People offered a lot of different explanations, but the most convincing explanations always seemed to be centered on Apple’s competition. It was not very uncommon to see analyses where people would make statements like “Samsung (SSNLF more »

• What If Apple Traded Like One Of These Companies?

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL

  As each day passes by, the company and the stock of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) get more and more separated from each other. For the last few months, Apple’s stock price hasn’t reflected the performance of Apple as a firm, which is one of the most successful companies in the world. As of right now, Apple is treated as if it will post no growth for a long, long more »

• Has Facebook Found A Bottom?

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GOOG

  After having an IPO price of $42.00 per share, the share price of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) continued to fall for months until it bottomed at $17.55. Once the share price found the bottom, it rallied all the way up to $32.46 even though it started to fall again. Two and half months after reaching peak, Facebook shares currently trade for around $26 which means that the share more »

• Has Facebook Found A Short-Term Bottom?

  By Jacob Steinberg - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, FB, GOOG

  After having an IPO price of $42.00 per share, the share price of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) continued to fall for months until it bottomed at $17.55. Once the share price found the bottom, it rallied all the way up to $32.46 even though it started to fall again. Two and half months after reaching peak, Facebook shares currently trade for $25.53 which means that the share more »

• Did Nokia's Stephen Elop Do The Right Thing?

  By Jacob Steinberg - March 26, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, MSFT, NOK

  Last week, Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop made a rare appearance on live TV in Finland to promote Nokia's new line of Windows Phone 8 products. At some point in the show, when the host Hjallis Harkimo shows his iPhone (NASDAQ: AAPL) to Mr. Elop saying that "while he would want to give Lumia a try, iPhone is still the better phone" Mr. Elop grabs the phone more »

• The Turnaround Portfolio for Young Investors (Part II)

  By Jacob Steinberg - March 23, 2013 | Tickers: AMD, BP, CHK, FTE, IAG

  Both younger and older investors enjoy some benefits that their counterparts don't. Older investors tend to have more money to invest, but they are closer to retirement so they have to be a little bit more conservative about their investments than younger investors. On the contrary, while younger investors tend to have less money to begin with, they have more time to recuperate any losses they may sustain during more »

• The Turnaround Portfolio For Young Investors (Part I)

  By Jacob Steinberg - March 22, 2013 | Tickers: AMD, AAPL, BBRY, BP, CHK, FTE, HPQ, IAG, NOK, SNE

  Both younger and older investors enjoy some benefits their counterparts don't. Older investors tend to have more money to invest, but they are closer to retirement, so they have to be a little bit more conservative about their investments than the younger investors. On the other hand, while younger investors tend to have less money to begin with, they have more time to recuperate any losses they may sustain more »

• Is Coca-Cola's Growth Story Over?

  By Jacob Steinberg - February 21, 2013 | Tickers: KO, MNST, PEP |

  Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has more than 100 products in nearly every country in the world. When a company reaches the size of Coca-Cola, one can't help but wonder if the company's growth story is nearing the end. After all, unless aliens come down to earth to buy Coca-Cola products, there will be very few people that don't already have exposure to these products. Where does the company more »

• $430 Billion Is Ridiculously Cheap For Apple

  By Jacob Steinberg - January 25, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, NFLX

  The title might look absurd to some people, and it may make others wonder. I can already imagine a lot of people saying "well, of course if I had $430 billion, I would buy Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) within a heartbeat" whereas you will have the same people say "Apple is not cheap enough when it's $460 per share." Funny thing, many people don't realize that when we buy more »