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The Tiger Woods Portfolio
By Adam Levy - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, ELY, EA, NKE
I didn’t write anything over the weekend. I was too busy watching the Masters golf tournament. And if it weren’t for a tragic hole 15 on Friday, my (and the world’s) favorite golfer, Tiger Woods, may have won his fifth green jacket.
I think Tiger will be fine. At least financially. His sponsorships made him the first billion-dollar athlete back in 2009. And while he may have more »
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The Tiger Woods Portfolio
By Adam Levy - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, ELY, EA, NKE
I didn’t write anything over the weekend. I was too busy watching the Masters golf tournament. And if it weren’t for a tragic hole 15 on Friday, my (and the world’s) favorite golfer, Tiger Woods, may have won his fifth green jacket.
I think Tiger will be fine. At least financially. His sponsorships made him the first billion-dollar athlete back in 2009. And while he may have more »
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Will Fantastic Game Launches Help These Stocks Soar?
By Nihar Patel - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, TTWO
I am going to do some serious backpedaling, because BioShock Infinite from Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) is game of the year material. I was wrong to question whether it would be a good game. This is based on reviews and what I have heard from people I trust. I have not had the time to sit down with the game yet. I am a player that needs to get to more »
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The Tiger Woods Portfolio
By Adam Levy - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, ELY, EA, NKE
I didn’t write anything over the weekend. I was too busy watching the Masters golf tournament. And if it weren’t for a tragic hole 15 on Friday, my (and the world’s) favorite golfer, Tiger Woods, may have won his fifth green jacket.
I think Tiger will be fine. At least financially. His sponsorships made him the first billion-dollar athlete back in 2009. And while he may have more »
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Zynga Is Rather Too Slow Right Now
By Ron Chatterjee - April 13, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, FB, ZNGA
The last year has rather been rough on Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). The stock price dipped by over 75%. Can it again reach last April's price level of $12 again? It is too early to comment on that. But it would be wise to keep a watch on the company. There is future potential, which relies on effective management of the company.
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How You Should Play These Gaming Stocks
By Shweta Dubey - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, TTWO
Looking at the historical trend, game makers have always faced “air pockets” whenever any next generation console is launched. 2013 seems to be one of those years, as the console-transition era begins.
Sony recently issued specs of its latest PS4 console. On the other hand, although Microsoft has not officially declared its next-gen console, but looking at Sony's plans for PS4, the company will not wait too long.
This more »
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Watch this Pair of Mobile Game Stocks Under $4
By Chris Lau - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, GLUU, ZNGA
The steady rebound in the share price for various game makers will attract investors looking for investments undergoing a sustainable turnaround. Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) are two companies that closed recently well above lows reached in November 2012. Zynga is up nearly 70%, while Glu Mobile is up 43%.
Prospects Improving for Zynga
Investors underestimated the turnaround potential for Zynga before February more »
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How You Should Play These Gaming Stocks
By Shweta Dubey - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, MSFT, SNE, TTWO
Looking at the historical trend, the game makers have always faced “air pockets”, whenever any next generation console is launched. Year 2013 seems to be one of those years, as the console-transition era begins. Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) recently issued specs of its latest PS4 console. It may launch the product by this May. On the other hand, although Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has not officially declared its next-gen console more »
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Wanna Get Rich? Stop Buying Stocks. You'll Probably Live Longer, Too
By Jason Hall - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, BRK-B, BRK-A, RSP, SPY |
A few years ago I spent 17 days traveling around Europe. It was something that my wife and I had planned to do for years, and was the culmination of lots of effort, and money. And I was stressed for most of the trip because I wasn't able to constantly monitor my portfolio. To say that I was distracted puts it lightly. I think that this will put it more »
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Why Cancelling Star Wars: 1313 Is Such a Good Thing
By Jon Quast - April 7, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, DIS, ZNGA
On Wednesday, Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced something of a surprise. They are shutting down LucasArts. LucasArts is the branch of George Lucas' company that develops video games. Over the years they have made dozens of games based on the Star Wars universe. But they also have developed other classic properties such as The Secret of Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle.
But for the last couple of years the more »
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Why Disney Shut Down LucasArts
By Adam Levy - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, DIS
Apologies in advance for my lame references to Star Wars.
In a move that’s been expected for a while, Disney (NYSE: DIS) shut the doors on LucasArts on Wednesday. The video game developing arm of LucasFilm, which Disney acquired in October of last year, LucasArts has struggled mightily since 2006. Revenue for the company fell from $173 million that year to just $55 million in 2012. Disney’s decision more »
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Watch this Pair of Mobile Game Stocks Under $4
By Chris Lau - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, GLUU, ZNGA
The steady rebound in the share price for various game makers will attract investors looking for investments undergoing a sustainable turnaround. Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and Glu Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU) are two companies that closed recently well above lows reached in November 2012. Zynga is up nearly 70%, while Glu Mobile is up 43%.
Prospects Improving for Zynga
Investors underestimated the turnaround potential for Zynga before more »
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Wanna Get Rich? Stop Buying Stocks. You'll Probably Live Longer, Too
By Jason Hall - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, BRK-B, BRK-A, RSP, SPY
A few years ago I spent 17 days traveling around Europe. It was something that my wife and I had planned to do for years, and was the culmination of lots of effort, and money. And I was stressed for most of the trip because I wasn't able to constantly monitor my portfolio. To say that I was distracted puts it lightly. I think that this will put it more »
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Scholastic – Victim of Unrealistic Expectations?
By Toby Bordelon - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, SCHL, DIS
Scholastic Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHL) suffered a bit of a decline after its recent third quarter earnings report. Management blamed lower than expected sales of “The Hunger Games” trilogy for much of the publisher's almost 19% revenue drop from the prior year, and lowered forecasts for the full year. Lower sales and lowered expectations leading to a lower stock price seems reasonable. But let’s take a step back for more »
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How The Undead Can Breathe Life into Investors’ Portfolios
By Scott Levine - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, AMCX, VIA
There’s no denying it any longer. Zombies are everywhere, and people couldn’t be happier . . . well, not all people. Some actually believe that they are in imminent danger--so many people, in fact, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually released a formal statement in June 2012. In an e-mail to The Huffington Post, agency spokesman David Daigle wrote:
“CDC does not know of a virus or condition more »
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A Casualty of a Changing Market
By Reuben Brewer - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, SNE
Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) CEO just stepped down after a six year run. Unfortunately, the last six years have been a period of intense change in the video game market. Despite the uncertainty in the video game market, EA still has lots of potential.
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts is one of the two biggest players in the video game space. The company has a strong collection of massive multi-player games more »
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Turnaround for Electronic Arts As CEO Resigns?
By RyanGlosier - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, TTWO, ZNGA
Video-game publisher Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) has come on hard times in recent years as the company has attempted to transition itself into a cutting-edge gaming provider and not just a disc and console-centric developer. The stock has lost around 64 percent over the last five years and the company's CEO, John Riccitiello, resigned last week after "shortcomings" in EA's financial results for the last fiscal year.
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Do Great Games Equal Great Stock Opportunities?
By Marie Flanigan - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) has delivered what may turn out to be the most critically acclaimed video game of all time with Bioshock Infinite. It is also taking impressive pre-orders for the highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto V, so I thought it was time to look at Take-Two as a company alongside some of the competition to see if now is a good time to invest in video game stocks more »
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Are Video Games the Next Consumer Staple?
By David Mercer - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, TTWO
As you may know, people of all ages, but in particular 20- and sometimes 30-somethings, sometimes spend an inordinate amount of time playing video games. While I personally stopped playing this form of entertainment over 20 years ago, many still find these activities both pleasurable and arguably addicting. Obviously there's a market for this form on entertainment, and as you might suspect corporations have been meeting the needs of more »
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Can The Magic Support A Game System?
By Reuben Brewer - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, DIS
Disney (NYSE: DIS) is set to launch a new game system called Infinity that is very similar to Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ: ATVI) popular Skylanders product. Is the Disney cast of characters enough to make this effort a success?
A Game “System”
Infinity and Skylanders aren't exactly game systems in the vein of a Wii or Xbox, but they do require special add-ons in order to work. In addition more »
