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Nicole Kidman Stock Index	Nicole Kidman is the most overpaid actress in Hollywood, according to a recent report by Forbes Magazine.Components of the Nicole Kidman Stock Index: News Corp. (NWS-A) which owns 20th Century Fox, distributor of the movies Australia and Moulon Rouge! in which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Appeared in commercials for SKY Italia is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation. Time Warner (TWX) Warner Brother's which distributed Margot at ...	September 17, 2008
It was a hot July for Nintendo -- worth watching the stock?	Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI), TechnologyNo, you're not surprised. Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) moved the most video-game consoles in the U.S. in July. According to this Bloomberg article, which cites monthly data supplied by market-research firm NPD, gamers purchased over 550,000 Wii systems. Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 3 was snapped up by almost 225,000 players, and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 sold about 205,000 units. T...	August 15, 2008
Sony (SNE) sees operating profit tumble 47% in latest quarter	Filed under: Earnings reports, Sony Corp ADR (SNE)The financial news at Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) just won't stop raining red. The world's second-largest consumer electronics company reported a 47.4% drop in profit for its first quarter. The disappointing quarter was partially blamed on lower cellular handset sales from its part in the Sony Ericsson joint venture, but there's more here.Sony's CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, continues to be someone who just doesn't get it. Sure, he's made smaller cultural...	July 29, 2008
Strength Exists and My New ‘TELL’ - Wells Fargo (WFC)	If you read this blog regularly, you know I follow market ‘TELLS’. Before the recent meltdown, I was using Federal Express and Fannie Mae’s January lows. When both broke - eg. Fannie below $19, I had a good idea we were going much lower. We did. I don’t want to own banks (except mine), though I traded Visa, American Express and Goldman Sachs the last week. With Wells Fargo’s earnings being treated with a ‘Glass is Half Full’ attitude, I have a basis ...	July 18, 2008
Microsoft and its Xbox 360 franchise gets competitive with a price reduction	Filed under: Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Activision Inc (ATVI)Sorry, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but your problems just got worse. According to a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) piece, sources say that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) intends on executing a price reduction for its Xbox 360 unit that is packaged with a 20-gigabyte hard drive. It now costs $349. The new price will be $299 sometime soon. This is not good at all for the PlayStation 3 system. ...	July 12, 2008
Activision Blizzard set to rock the market	Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)Activision closed on its transaction with Vivendi Games Thursday and officially became Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVID), according to an article at SmartMoney.com. And I am pretty excited at the prospects for the new business (I am a shareholder). It's going to be a tough competitor against Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO). (Of course, the latter two might mer...	July 11, 2008
Sony and the debacle known as PlayStation 3	Filed under: Products and services, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE)Man, it stinks to be Sony (NYSE: SNE). According to Forbes, the media company has lost $3.3 billion on its PlayStation 3 console so far. Wow. When the mighty fall, they fall hard. The PlayStation 3 is a heck of a powerful system, but the Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) Wii has captivated players not only with its innovative nature, but with its affordable price. Right from the start, Nintendo decided to go with less costly components...	June 25, 2008
Investing in brain health	Filed under: Next big thing, Activision Inc (ATVI), TechnologySpurred by a near epidemic occurrence of brain-degenerating conditions as we age, people of all ages and backgrounds are stepping up their personal efforts to improve and maintain their brain health. According to a story in USA Today, sales of brain fitness software reached nearly $230 million in 2007. USA Today stated, "SharpBrains, (a market research firm) estimates the brain fitness software market will reach $2 billion in 2015 in ...	June 24, 2008
If We Rally….	I am long a lot of stocks right now about 40 percent invested. No short positions. I have a lot of money to put to work, but if we rally, there are going to be some new leaders quickly. I am eyeing a bunch of new stocks for sure. Right now, gun to my head, if I were to pick my five favorite stocks assuming a 1,000 point rally: 1. Interactive Brokers 2. Nintendo 3. Amazon 4. American Expree/Visa/Mastercard 5. Inflation plays like oil and metals. OIH, PAAS etc… 6. Not sure about how...	June 16, 2008
May was another merry month for the video-game industry	Filed under: Products and services, Microsoft (MSFT), Marketing and advertising, Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)Take-Two Interactive's (NASDAQ: TTWO) Grand Theft Auto IV game stole the number-one position on the software sales chart for May, according to data from market research firm NPD. It sold over 1.3 million copies last month, and it has moved over 4 million since it hit the street. I figured Take-Two would be taking the top slot here, but the big questio...	June 13, 2008

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