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$5 Billion: Facebook’s Price for Your Privacy
July 24, 2019 Great Stuff
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just smacked Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) in the face. The world’s largest social media company must shell out $5 billion in the biggest penalty the FTC has ever handed down. Why the big penalty? Remember Cambridge Analytica? You knew that wasn’t going away. The FTC is penalizing Facebook for how […] The $1 Billion 5G Deal With Intel Won’t Save Apple
July 23, 2019 Great Stuff
We get some interesting mail here at Great Stuff. You never know what’s going to show up in the GreatStuffToday@banyanhill.com inbox. I’ve seen everything from stock advice to insults to poetry. After last week’s Reader Feedback issue, I received a rather interesting question from Edward M.: In 30 years of financial writing, an economics writer […] Earnings Food for Thought: McDonald’s, Chipotle and Starbucks
July 22, 2019 Great Stuff
I have a weakness for ramen. Not the cheap Maruchan stuff that we lived on in college, but the “boutique” stuff you find at your local ramen-bowl restaurants. This weakness proved to be my undoing this morning. I had a bowl of some spicy, chicken-fire ramen last night … and I’m still on fire today. […] Ignore the “Experts”: We’re in a Bear Market
July 22, 2019 Stocks, U.S. Economy, Winning Investor Daily
Every analyst agrees a bear market is defined as a 20% decline from a high. But in old books, the definition of a bear market is more detailed. Friday Four Play: Boeing’s $4.9 Billion Q2 Loss, WeWork CEO Takes $700 Million
July 19, 2019 Great Stuff
This week has been very bizarre. How bizarre? (How bizarre. How bizarre.) People are planning a civilian raid on Area 51, and the Fed is planning to cut rates — despite a growing U.S. economy, for Pete’s sake. Unfortunately, you’re not in an episode of Black Mirror. This is the timeline we’re stuck in right […]