by Jason Apollo Voss | 29 04 2011 | Blog
Research in Motion (ticker: RIMM) announced that it expects second quarter earnings per share to by between $1.30 and $1.37, rather than between the range $1.47 of $1.55 that it just promised a month ago. Stock analysts hate this kind of revision and many who follow...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 04 2011 | Blog
U.S. Commerce Department calculations estimate that first quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 1.8%. By comparison, fourth quarter GDP growth was 3.1%. Analysis: Clearly this is a disappointing result. However, let’s review some of what...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 04 2011 | Blog
Japanese government statistics show that March factory production fell a whopping 15.3% from February’s number. Furthermore, the tsunami led to an 8.5% drop in household spending. Analysis: Each of the above numbers set records for statistical drops in Japan...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 04 2011 | Blog
Over the last week I have been tracking and blogging about Apple’s breach of privacy decency, as well as Google’s privacy violations, too. This morning Apple announced that it is going to be providing a software “fix” so that location data is...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 26 04 2011 | Blog
Consumer confidence rose to a level of 65.4 in April according to its tracker, The Conference Board. Meanwhile economists had expected a level of 65.0. March’s consumer confidence was revised upward slightly from 63.4 to 63.8. Analysis: I have said it so many...
