Checking In On The NASDAQ 100 – Interesting Changes

April 22, 2013

The NASDAQ 100 is made up of some great companies. One of the problems though is that it is market cap weighted and over the years Apple (AAPL) has become an outsized member.

In fact, just a month or so ago, Apple held an 18% weighting in the index. With the shares in a free-fall, that has now come down to just over 11%. There have been a couple of other updates to note as well. Google (GOOG) now has a Read more

The Apple iWatch – Hmmmm, Skeptical

January 1, 2013

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Telsey Advisory Group’s Tom Forte discusses what he expects from Apple in 2013. He speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)

3D Printing – Great Insight From DHUnplugged Listener (DDD) (SSYS) (ADSK)

December 13, 2012

After an interesting conversation with John C. Dvorak, I received this very interesting email from a listener. I thought I would pass it along (with his permission. We have been watching some of the companies in this space and it has become a very interesting area of investing.

Thanks for sharing!

“Hey Andrew, just listened to the last DHUnplugged and got me thinking about 3d printers. I’m in the architecture business so they’re not exactly new to us. We’ve been using them since the early 2000′s.

What 3d printers have done for our industry is basically kill the model builder’s job. Read more

Sunday Fun: Home Automation is Almost Here

December 8, 2012

Smartphones and tablets have reduced the cost of home automation. Something that was the passion of Bill Gates has now been taken over by the “other” Read more

Tech Coolness: ASUS Taichi Dual Screen Windows 8 Ultrabook

June 6, 2012

There are some very sweet tablets coming to market. Apple (AAPL) is clearly the leader, but Microsoft (MSFT) is looking to change that (or at least take a “bite” out of their dominance).

From Microsoft News: Read more

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