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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Eva Longoria Speaks for Microsoft, Her Index Outperforms the Dow	Last year, I developed the Eva Longoria Stock Index. Since Eva is now appearing on the new Microsoft (MSFT) TV commercials, replacing Jerry Seinfeld, I thought it would be appropriate to update her index for this year. Components of the Eva Longoria Stock Index: Hanes (HBI) celebrity endorsement New York & Company (NWY) celebrity endorsement BEBE (BEBE) SPORT celebrity endorsement Magnum ice cream brand owned by Unilever (UN) - celebrity endorsement Pepsi (PEP) celebrity endorsement Range ...	September 26, 2008
Do We Really Want Microsoft to Take Over Yahoo	The above is a spoof of what the Yahoo home page might look like if Microsoft took over Yahoo. Can you see where to log into Yahoo mail? Can you see where to do a web search?It may sound heresy to say this, especially since I own Yahoo (YHOO) at a loss, but maybe it is just as well that the company didn't get taken over by Microsoft (MSFT), which I also own. Have you looked at the Vista operating system? No wonder so many companies are unwilling to upgrade. Or even Office 2007. Have you upgraded...	September 22, 2008
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
Ben Stiller finally bests Batman	Filed under: Time Warner (TWX), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), News Corp'B' (NWS), Film, Marvel Entertainment (MVL)Has Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Tropic Thunder succeeded where the Joker has failed? Has the film beaten Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) The Dark Knight? According to early estimates at Boxofficemojo, it has. Can you believe it? Tropic Thunder, which stars Ben Stiller, right now has $26 million to its credit, enough to capture the top spot. That number will change most likely when final tall...	August 18, 2008
Supermodels Outperform the Dow	Three top celebrities, Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, and Angelina Jolie, all of which had celebrity stock indexes created by Fred Fuld at Stockerblog.com and implemented a Stockpickr.com, have had their indexes updated and compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The one thing that these three women have in common, other than the fact that they are wealthy, successful celebrities [two supermodels and one movie star who was also a model], is that all three of their indexes have outperformed ...	August 18, 2008
Comfort Zone Investing: Overweight doesn't mean speculate	Filed under: Dell (DELL), General Motors (GM), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), CIT Group (CIT), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Washington Mutual (WM), U.S. Steel (X), Deere and Co (DE), Wells Fargo (WFC), Comfort Zone InvestingTed Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of: Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth And Sleep Well At Night. In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just getting started. You may see a recommendation to "overweight" a stock or sector. An analyst is b...	August 16, 2008
N. America TV Sales Up 28%, Samsung Share Rises	Sales of television sets show no sign of slowing down, despite worries about consumer confidence, according to a report out today from research firm DisplaySearch. Sales of television sets in North America rose 28% year-over-year in the second quarter, to 9.3 million units. Amazingly, that was also up 26% from the first quarter. The firm said the rise in shipments was the strongest it has seen since it started keeping count in 2004. Samsung (SSNNF.PK) increased its share during the quarter, says...	August 15, 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
Corning: ThinkPanmure Cuts Ests On Weak TV Sales	Corning (GLW) shares are under pressure this morning after ThinkPanmure analyst Vijay Rakesh this morning cut his EPS estimate on the company, citing ongoing weakness in the U.S. television market. “Our checks through the electronic retail outlets indicate TV sales continue to decline despite Street expectations that August sales could stabilize,” he writes in a research note this morning. He says TV sales at both Best Buy (BBY) and Circuit City (CC) have continued to declined this m...	August 14, 2008
'The Dark Knight' continues its heroic box-office performance	Filed under: General Electric (GE), Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Hasbro Inc (HAS), FilmTime Warner's (NYSE: TWX) The Dark Knight will not rest. According to Boxofficemojo, the superhero flick finished in first place yet again over the weekend. It grossed an estimated $26 million at domestic theaters. Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Pineapple Express put forth a valiant effort to beat the Bat, but it came up a little short. That film came in second with roughly $22 million for th...	August 11, 2008

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