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Micron Melts on Earnings; Beyond Meat McBoosted; Unicorn Wrangling September 27, 2019 Great Stuff Friday Four Play: The “Boy, Were They Wrong” Edition It’s been quite the week for boneheadedness on Wall Street … especially among analysts. To paraphrase Mark Twain: “But I repeat myself.” The biggest farce of the week has been Wall Street believing that a U.S.-China trade deal is near. We saw upticks in the Dow […]
Vaping Crisis Causes Panic Sell-Off in Cannabis Sector September 27, 2019 American Investor Today, Cannabis, Investing Vaping products are linked to a severe respiratory disease. About a third of legal cannabis use in the U.S. comes from vaping. Cannabis stocks are selling off because of proposed vaping bans. Health officials linked the illness to a chemical additive in black-market vaping products. Anthony Planas explains how the vaping crisis could lead to a win for legal cannabis. (3-minute read)
Amazon’s Alexa Goes Full Samuel Jackson; Peloton’s Pricey IPO September 26, 2019 Great Stuff Say “Alexa” Again, I Dare You No, it’s not 2001. We’re way past that at this point. Alexa is taking over. Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) held a major reveal yesterday. There were no spiffy invitations like you get for Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) events … so you might have missed it. At the event, Amazon […]
Google Won’t Forget You … Ever; Snap Hands Over Project Voldemort September 24, 2019 Great Stuff Gone, but Never Forgotten Today, we’re going to talk about digital privacy. It’s not a sexy topic by any means. But it’s a vitally important one. Earlier today, Europe’s highest court ruled in favor of Alphabet Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Google. The case centered on Google users’ “right to be forgotten.” At its core, “right to […]
Facebook’s Altered Reality Glasses; Breaking up With FedEx September 18, 2019 Great Stuff Just Rolled Into the Shop Ever have one of those moments driving your car where things just don’t feel right? A slight pull to the side, an engine stutter, a weird hitch while shifting gears … and then everything goes back to normal. There’s no engine light, but you have a feeling that orange beacon […]





