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• Groupon: Not so Fast

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, GRPN

  Shares of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) were jumping more than 12% on Tuesday after the company reported earnings and revenue well above analysts’ expectations. The news comes as an important relief for Groupon shareholders who have been hit hard in recent months due to concerns over the discount site's business model and sustainable growth rate. Over the long term, however, investors need to pay close attention to the competitive environment more »

• Showrooming and Sporting Goods

  By Chad Henage - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, DKS

  There has been a lot made of the concept of showrooming. If you aren't familiar, showrooming is a new term where a customer shops for something in person at a retailer, and then goes online to make the purchase. This phenomenon has propelled companies like Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to new heights in the stock market. As Amazon grows, the company is in theory hurting traditional brick and mortar retailers like Walmart and Target. One retailer that seems to be holding up pretty well against this threat is Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS).

• Groupon Investors’ Selective Memory Warranted

  By Tim Brugger - May 15, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, GRPN

  To think it was only a month and a half ago – give or take – when the most recent “accounting irregularities” rocked the collective world of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) shareholders. After what can only be called a stellar Q1, Groupon’s earlier woes seem to be long forgotten. And why not? Management was clueless, they got called on the SEC financial carpet, and it’s safe to say all should be more »

• Google's Mobile Strategy is Paying off

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, ORCL, YHOO

  ComScore has released its Mobile Metrix report, which examines mobile media usage across both apps and mobile web browsing, and the data shows that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is being quite successful in mobile traffic. A nice victory for Google and its management team, which have taken considerable heat through the years for deploying resources and energy into Android, without a clear time horizon for profitability.

  According to the numbers from more »

• Will the Real Netflix Competitors Please Stand Up?

  By Demitri Kalogeropoulos - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, CSTR, CMCSA, NFLX, DIS

  Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) competitors, where are you? The world's largest subscription Internet video provider has spent the last year hobbled by self-inflicted wounds which sent its customers' satisfaction levels plummeting and forced the company to pause international expansion plans. With millions of angered streamers eager to shop around, and with choice international markets now open for the taking, its never been a better time to pick on Reed Hastings more »

• Best Buy, Now? It’s Just Crazy Enough to Work

  By Tim Brugger - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, BBY, TGT, WMT

  Already mired in the middle of what’s been a difficult time for the once high-flying electronics retailer, Best Buy’s (NYSE: BBY) recent scandal(s) have many analysts and investors concerned with the company’s focus. How are they supposed to manage the company in the soap opera like atmosphere? Not to mention rebound from what has dragged the likes of both Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGTmore »)

• RedBox- The Dinosaur will be Washed Away by Streaming

  By Richard Birecki - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, CSTR, DISH, MSFT, NFLX

  "Ain't giving up my vinyl records, for the new dangfangled CD's. Besides, CD Players cost too much, I like my records just fine."

  "MP3's??"

  "The idea that my grandfather will ever have a DVD player is a joke. He's still using Betamax."

  "I'll always shoot on film, the image quality is superior, and will always be so."

  Throughout human history, new technology has been met more »

• A New 7 Inch iPad Could be Another Right Move from Apple

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, RIMM

  According to Rene Ritchie from iMore, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is working on a 7 inch version of the IPad to be launched in October during the presentation of the new iPhone.  The most interesting part of the rumor is that the product is said to be priced in the $200 to $250 price range. That would be a very smart move from Apple, and it could deliver a nasty punch more »

• Netflix Making Moves to Boost Profits

  By Maxwell Fisher - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, CSTR, NFLX, WMT

  Simplicity is a major aspect of innovation today, being favored well over anything timely or difficult to understand. People do not want to take time out of their lives to do things if other options to accomplish the same thing faster and easier are available. For example, why would anyone prefer driving to a store to rent a movie that has to be brought back a few days later when more »

• Buying Opportunity in Mercado Libre

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, MELI

  Shares of Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI) fell more than 12% on Wednesday after the company reported results that were quite negatively received by the market. Looking at the numbers, the reaction seems widely exaggerated, and there is no reason to believe anything material has changed at the company. Long term investors should consider this unjustified fall as an opportunity to acquire shares of a high growth business at an attractive more »

• Amazon Prospers Most from the Social Media Craze

  By Helen Hagan - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, BBY, NKE

  Social media is all the rage today. Look on the homepage of most news sites, and you are likely to see some reference to—or advertisement for—social media. Social media connects people, places, and things together like never before.

  Social media includes sites that connect people and invite them to share things with each other. Examples include Facebook, which IPOs May 18, LinkedIn (LNKD), Twitter, Youtube, owned by Google more »

• Microsoft Makes a Smart Move

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 10, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NFLX

  Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has recently launched a subsidized $99 Xbox 360 package with a Kinect motion, the plan requires a two year subscription for Xbox Live, which costs $15 per month and customers are subject to an early termination fee.  Microsoft could be making a very smart move with this last initiative, generating both a convenient deal for customers and, perhaps more importantly, generating a strong entry point into customer more »

• How to Play the Death of Paper

  By Mohamed Mounir - May 10, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL

  When it comes to the Tablet Revolution and the death of paper, two companies come to mind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Now which company should you invest in? Well let’s take a closer look at each of them:

  Valuation Ratios	Amazon	Apple
  Price Earnings	185.10	13.80
  Price/Sales	1.96	3.71
  Price/Book	13.88	5.16
  Price/Cash Flow	53.10	12 more »

• Microsoft in Transition

  By Peter Pham - May 10, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT

  Analysts were surprised by the Redmond, Washington giant’s 3^rd quarter 2012 results recently.  Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) top-line revenue expanded 6% on very strong sales of Windows 7.  And, really that comes as no surprise.  Win7 is an excellent OS.  And Office 2010 is an excellent product even though in both cases the major changes that came with their interfaces were met with resistance.  Office 2010’s ribbon more »

• Don't Count Atmel Out

  By Harsh Chauhan - May 9, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, ATML

  A couple of months back I told you why Atmel (NASDAQ: ATML) looks like a stock for the long-term. However, if you judge the company on its performance and guidance issued in the just-concluded first quarter, chances are that you won’t be impressed. Although Atmel managed to beat the Street’s top line projections and met on the bottom line, it saw a sharp drop in its margins and more »

• Groupon: Are There any Coupon Deals Also for Investors?

  By Jihong Wei - May 9, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, GRPN

  Companies and their underwriters tend to price their stocks for IPOs in a way that mostly benefits company founders and original investors. In other words, a stock may be overvalued and thus its price can become unsustainable in post-IPO trading. All these can come at the expense of public investors. A fresh example of IPO over-valuation from the most recent memory would be the stock issuance by Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPNmore »)

• These Two Things Must Continue for Amazon to Succeed

  By John Mylant - May 8, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL

  Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) investors are filled with excitement at the possibilities of where the company can go! Does it get any better than this with Q1 2012 revenue growing to $13.18 billion, up 34% year-over-year? Electronics and other general merchandise sales grew around 43% in the North American and International markets. Yet one little grey cloud looms in its bright sky! Its operating income declined significantly due to margin more »

• Is Zynga a Prime Short Candidate?

  By Eric Novinson - May 8, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, TGT, ZNGA

  The studio OMGPop struggled before it gained a major success with its Draw Something app, but this app soon became so popular that it convinced Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) to buy OMGPop for $200 million. In Forbes, Paul Tassi reports that Draw Something lost almost a third of its audience in April, illustrating a major flaw in Zynga's business model.

  Zynga's main strength is game monetization, not game design more »

• What We Learned from the Apple eBook Lawsuit

  By Maxwell Fisher - May 8, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS

  The twelve DOJ Attorneys of Record for the United States in US v. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), requested that their case be assigned to Southern District of New York Judge Denise Cote because she already has before her a prior federal civil case brought by Hagens Berman, a relatively small Seattle based law firm.  Hagens also has smaller offices in nine other cities, including San Francisco where the case was initially more »

• Coinstar Gets No Respect – Part 2

  By Chad Henage - May 7, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, CSTR, NFLX

  I've said it before, I'll say it again, Coinstar gets no respect. Here's the thing, ignore what you've heard, the DVD is far from dead. If you want proof, look at Coinstar's (NASDAQ: CSTR) recent quarterly report. I can't even count how many articles I've read saying that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) should kill off its DVD division because everyone is going to be streaming videos anyway. Someone failed to tell that to the millions of people using their local Redbox machine. Oh, and that whole streaming threat, yeah Coinstar has something up its sleeve for that too.

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