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The Blue Whale of Wall Street!

The mammoth big blue whale that John Pierpont Morgan gave birth to approx. 150 years ago has not only survived Whaling by many a governments & its regulators but has thrived with its smart krill moves; be it the Glass-Steagall Act of the 1933 recession era (smartly hived off…

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The War for your Wallets — Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday. Who Won?

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The Wonder Years

Long before dark web markets like Silk Road and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin/Ethereum became the de facto place for buying/selling “illicit” stuff, eBay was the cool place to hawk things. Now it’s becoming a place to sell your annoying grandma or cranky kids — true story! Founded by Pierre Omidyar…

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Winter is Coming & White Walkers May Return? 2018 Musings

Dear Readers,

I’m sure by now you’ve gotten over the vacation blues and have given up on your New Year resolutions. As you are inundated with tons of articles and emails as to the “Best of 2017” and…

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That place where Coke Tastes SO good

Ronald McDonald is one happy mascot today — the McDees new Big Mac menu, $1 soft drinks and $2 coffees seems to be working its magic as McDonald’s shares hit an all-time high after it reported “stellar” first quarter results. Global same-store sales increased 4%…

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Jacked-up BezosPrime

“When forced to choose between optimizing the appearance of our GAAP accounting…
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Flying in moolah

“I don’t think we’ll ever lose money again…Those days are gone” said Mr. Parker, “Instead, American should be able to earn $3 billion pretax in bad times, $5 billion ordinarily and up to…
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Qualcomm vs. Broadcom Battle — “Snap-ping” at the “Dragon”

Qualcomm, the famed system-on-chip maker has an omnipresence in every mobile device sold in the world, be it an iPhone or an Android device. It is what some at Wall St. call a “moat business”. They not only make money by selling…

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Apple’s X Factor — Decoded in 5 simple charts

Apple launched its first iPhone on June 29, 2007, at a sticker price of $600…

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Black Thursday Blues

DEAR WALL ST ANALYSTS & INVESTORS,

AS YOU LEFT HOME FOR WORK EARLY TODAY, YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD YOUR FAMILY NOT TO EXPECT YOU UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING AS YOU WILL BE SITTING ON YOUR DESK CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS, LISTENING TO 4–5 BRUTAL EARNINGS CALLS, READING THE NEWS…

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