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Maybe We Should Stop Blaming Apple for the Woes of Chinese Factory Workers
As the world’s largest company Apple (AAPL) has become much like Wall Street banks a symbol of the kind of corporate gigantism that Occupy Wall Street protestors and their sympathizers rail against. Among the myriad controversies the Cupertino-based company has faced this year none has caused as much consternation or created as much media coverage as allegations that it had commmited labor abuses in China. The site of the media storm is of course the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen which though it also assembles products for Amazon (AMZN) Sony (SNE) Dell (DELL) Microsoft (MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has …
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3 High-Yield MLPs You Should Own Right Now
Each of these companies offer generous yields and good prospects distribution growth…
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Should You Pay In Cash?
Avoiding all forms of plastic payment can do wonders for your stress level and pocket book.
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How High Should a Non-Profit CEO’s Salary Be?
As the weather in New York creeps ever warmer the protestors of Occupy Wall Street have re-emerged as they continue to highlight economic inequalities through the 1% versus 99% framework. That the compensation packages of CEOs of public companies in America has exploded in the last few decades is nothing new. Viacom (VIA) CEO Phillip Dauman’s 2010 compensation was worth a princely $ 84 million while Starbucks (SBUX) honcho Howard Schultz took home a not-too-shabby $ 21.7 million in the same year. Apple (AAPL) head Tim Cook’s 2011 take is estimated to be about $ 378 million thanks largely to a grant …
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Why You Should Buy High-Growth, High-Yield Stocks
In short, the U.S. government has forced us into this strategy…
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How much should I rely on gut instinct when investing?
I manage my own portfolio. Do I need to use modern portfolio theory to allocate my assets? Or will my gut feel for the risk/return of each asset do? — David Wilcox, Orem, Utah
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3 Reasons Investors Should Stay Away from Netflix
On Wednesday, March 7, word got out that Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has been in talks with several cable TV service providers with the intent of adding a Netflix option to the content already being offered by these cable companies.
While no details of these meetings were divulged — and certainly no deals have been struck yet — the market initially applauded the idea with a little buying. Unanswered concerns popped up a few hours later though, and the stock managed to end the day in the red, despite what started out as encouraging news.
Are investors rightfully concerned, or is a partnership with a cable company a "no-brainer" idea that shareholders should get behind? Unfortunately for Netflix shareholders, the concern is merited.
Here's a closer look at three reasons why the not-so-secret meetings could be seen as a red flag of desperation rather than a creative idea for new revenue.
1. Cable companies don't need Netflix
Subscription-based online video content was novel back in 2008 when Netflix added the option to its fading DVD-by-mail business. Now that the dust has settled, Netflix doesn't have as strong of a digital content advantage as CEO Reed Hastings may want to believe.
Should You Pay Off Your Debt or Invest?
One of the constant, most popular questions I get on the site is, “Should I pay off my debt or invest?“. In one sense, it is a false choice because you can do both. However, human nature being what it is, a lot of folks seem to want to follow an all-or-nothing approach.
There are two considerations: The first is emotional, the second is purely financial. Which appeals to you depends on your personal psychology. Some people feel better being out of debt, while others feel better doing what results in saving the most possible money. Here are some things to consider …
Should You Pay Off Your Debt or Invest? originally appeared on About.com Investing for Beginners on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 01:31:35.
Should You Bet Against This Famous Value Investor?
It's pretty safe to say hedge-fund manager Edward "Eddie" Lampert has gotten far more headaches than he bargained for in 2005 when he bought a major stake in what has since become Sears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD).
Back then, he promised a more profitable company and more growth. He's subsequently delivered 18 consecutive quarters of declining year-over-year sales and managed to turn a reasonably profitable company into one with growing losses.
Oh, and there's no end in sight to the widening losing streak.
What happened to this American retail icon? To answer the question meaningfully, we have to go back to Lampert's beginnings.
Hedge fund pro turns retail wizard… or maybe it was just luck
By most accounts, 49-year-old Eddie Lampert started on the right foot. He formed his hedge fund, ESL Investments, in 1988 with the intention of following in the value footsteps of Warren Buffett. And for a while, he did it quite well, using Buffett's model and boasting of average annual gains of nearly 30% for the first several years of the fund's existence.
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