BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest natural resources company, is restructuring its operations around the world.  This is resulting in change in the business model of the firm as its sells off assets and realigns its strcture. This is naturally causing short term pain in the stock price of BHP Billiton. As a result, […]

For long term investors, the positive outlook recently issued by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is very bullish news. BHP BIlliton is the world’s largest natural resources company. In that capacity, it has operations spanning the globe.  The better China does, the better it is for BHP BIlliton.  China gobbles up many of the industrial metals […]

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest natural resources company is down for the last week, month, and quarter of market action (chart below). As the business of BHP Billiton is natural resources, that means China is its biggest customer.  China is reporting problems in its housing sector as reported by the Financial Times, so […]

As previous articles on this site have detailed, there is much to like about Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).  Both are great companies.  Due to this and the bull market, both Microsoft and Apple are up sharply. Investors should also consider China Mobile (NYSE: CHL), the world’s largest mobile phone company. Like Apple […]

With the iPhone coming out in early September, there has been much media attention on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).  That is deserved as Apple is a great company with great products.  The attention on Apple should not divert investor attention away from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the long term. Many previous articles on this site have […]

This bull market has favored ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Kraft (NASDAQ: KRFT), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), among others.  What has taken the price up even higher than the liquidity of the bull market has been the robust dividend yield of each.  In a low interest rate environment, stocks with high dividend yields such as ConocoPhillips, Kraft, […]

Daily, there are more and more articles about how stocks like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) (chart below) have run up too far, too fast. Many commentators feel that a correction is long overdue.  For those who want to stay invested in the stock market but protect against a downturn, food stocks such […]

  As detailed in many previous articles on this site, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are excellent stocks for growth, value, and income investors.  The recent strong results have proven that to be true.  Apple is up more than 43 percent for the last year of market action (chart below).  Over that same […]

Cloud computing, or “The Cloud,” is described by Wikipedia as, “…the variety of computing concepts that involve a large number of computers connected through a real-time communication network such as the Internet.[1] It is very similar to the concept of utility computing. In science, cloud computing is a synonym for distributed computing over a network, and means the ability to run a program or application […]

With bond yields around 3 percent, many investors seeking income are buying debt rather than equities.  That is a move that should not be made as stocks with high dividend yields are far superior to bonds.  Many of these are well known, such as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), BP (NYSE: BP), and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). […]