By Andrew Boral:
The latest news for Blackberry [Research In Motion (RIMM)] has not been all that positive. The top management is going through transitions. Meanwhile, Apple’s (APPL) iPhone and Google’s (GOOG) Android phones are have fantastic years. Blackberry is a pure play in the phone business. Rather than single product companies, Apple and Google make  [ Read More ]

By Shareholders Unite:
We continue to feel the market is tired and in need of a little pullback, so looking for stocks that are in the same condition. We had some notable success with this strategy already, racking up two 20% gains in the space of 1.5 trading days.

Bio-Reference Laboratories (BRLI)

What do they do?  [ Read More ]

By Insider Monkey:
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens made a name for himself in the oil industry before venturing into the hedge fund game via his BP Capital. His experience has served him well. From mid-2001 to mid-2007, Pickens fund averaged returns of roughly 38 percent a year. On October 27th, we published an article about  [ Read More ]

By Analytic Firepower:
After listening to the AT&T (T) and Crown Castle (CCI) conference calls today, I have the following observations. These are in addition to my other recent notes on American Tower (AMT).

DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) – The Panacea for Spectrum issues?

ATT did not mince words this morning to convey their disdain of  [ Read More ]

By Braden Holstege:
Zynga (ZNGA) had been a tricky stock for the market to price. The general excitement over social networking has been counterbalanced by concern over the reliance on Facebook and sustainability of a virtual goods model. Recently the stock received a boost on news of plans to move into the legal gambling sector. These  [ Read More ]