America Invents Act -- good or bad for innovation?

mhy729 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:58:58 GMT

Yes, I know this is old news, but from a search of fool.com for "America Invents Act" I've found nothing save for an older post on the Fool Boards, which seems to have been ignored (no comments following OP). That post is here:

mhy729 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:52:23 GMT

Hi, I am hoping someone can help me with the term "valuation allowance", and any related information that would be helpful in understanding what it is about. My original observation/question comes from the recent financial statements by XIDE, which I took a look at after reading the TMF article "Exide Technologies Misses on Revenues but Beats on EPS", at the following link:

what's up with Sandstorm Gold (SNDXF.PK)?

mhy729 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:51:45 GMT

SNDXF.PK just traded at 14 cents? What's going on?

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SNDXF.PK&ql=1

Guess I shouldn't be too surprised...been seeing these "flash cr...

The beginnings of a customer-driven shift away from the megabanks?

mhy729 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:13:20 GMT

Nationally, 650,000 customers and $4.5 billion have transferred from banks to credit unions since the Bank Transfer Day movement started.

Hazelwood Credit Unions Feeling the Love from Bank Transfer Day

I've been thinking about the use/purpose of money, and it seems that many agree that it is both a medium of exchange and a store of value. Our modern economies seem to rely on the free flow of money for smooth and proper functioning, which fulfills the 'medium of exchange' part. However, the store of value part presents a problem if a significant portion of money isn't circulated through the system (i.e. hoarding). I do find my...

LXRX has "flash crash"

mhy729 — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:23:04 GMT

It would appear that LXRX (Lexicon Pharmaceuticals) experienced a "flash crash" this morning. Google Finance shows a 0.69 intraday low (as does NASDAQ.com), but CAPS shows the low as 1.33. The recovery was so quick (now at 1.43) that my limit outperform at 1.39 never triggered.

CME Group Announces Further Margin Hikes For Comex Silver Futures

mhy729 — Thu, 05 May 2011 04:38:15 GMT

(Kitco News) -CME Group is hiking silver margins again, with a late-Wednesday notice the fourth such announcement in the last two weeks.

CME Group, which operates the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, announced margin increases that will become effective at the e...

John Hussman: Cracking the autism code

mhy729 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:23:09 GMT

Investor John Hussman has used intense research to build a strong record at the $6 billion Hussman Strategic Growth fund. Now he's using those same skills to take on autism.
Merck is buying Inspire for $5/sh in cash, and ISPH has been appropriately trading at a very slight discount to this price, yet this morning in PM trading there seems to have been 16k shares traded at $2.39, more than a 50% cut.
Pre-Market
Time (ET) Price ...

IBM's Tiny Technology Rips Up Drug-Resistant Germ Cells in Early Research

mhy729 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:22:49 GMT

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), the world’s largest computer-services provider, is developing a technology that searches out drug-resistant germs in the body and destroys them, addressing a
Thought I'd put a blog post up on it, seeing as nobody else seems to have. Anyone else read the letter from the Gardners re: the ZippyTrade2000? LOL

Handy feature for following your favorite Fools

mhy729 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:36:13 GMT

Everyone on CAPS no doubt knows of the 'Favorites' tab at your 'My CAPS' page, where it lists the players you have "favorited", along with a few recent stats. There is another feature that can be activated by visiting the 'TMF Boards Profile' page of a Fool you like to follow, and clicking on the 'Follow' button. Once you have done that, you can go your own 'Boards Profile' page, and click on the 'Following' tab to find a l...

Whoa...ROICU up 12,096.21%

mhy729 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:54:16 GMT

Hmm...there's something very wrong with that. Strangely it isn't just Google Finance, but NASDAQ.com is showing this as well (also Scottrade). Imagine bringing up your brokerage account and seeing that number show up if you are a ROICU holder, lol.

please help me understand this

mhy729 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:15:57 GMT

China, of course, is tightening monetary policy to curb inflation and cool an overheating economy. The surfeit of dollars forces the Chinese central bank to expand the supply of yuan to buy up greenbacks in order to control the exchange rate. Or China can opt to the yuan appreciate instead -- just as the Obama administration wants. So far, China has not acceded to that pressure.

tax management strategies

mhy729 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:56:27 GMT

I'm pretty much a novice to investing (opened my first brokerage account and purchased my first shares of stock in mid-2008...yeah, a good number of those positions are still 'in the red' or just close to even at this moment), and I've been doing a lot more buying and not too much selling with my modest portfolio. In fact my very first sell transaction executed on Oct 29, 2010, not too long ago at all. It feels to me that choosing wh...

Is the Deflation Pulse Returning?

mhy729 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:30:03 GMT

Seeking Alpha article (January 24, 2011) with some nice charts
Is the Deflation Pulse Returning?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/24826...

Sprott has new silver trust

mhy729 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:47:48 GMT

It has worked for gold plus a number of other metals including molybdenum and uranium -- though it didn't work for copper -- and the hope now for the promoters is that it will work for silver. We are talking about the Sprott Physical Silver Trust, which wants to raise capital via the sale of US$10 units.
As the name suggests, the issuer will use the proceeds to invest in physical silver bull...

Dendreon Option Traders Bet on 25% Drop in Two Months

mhy729 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:03:55 GMT

Options traders are boosting bets that Dendreon Corp. shares will lose almost a quarter of their value in the next two months as the maker of the first prostate cancer vaccine faces possible delays of its only product.
Trading of bearish Dendreon options rose to more than 19,500 contracts, double the four-week average, and investors bought new positions betting that the shares will fall to $29 by August. The stock ...

China Urges G-20 Caution on Economic Stimulus Exit

mhy729 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:21:24 GMT

June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren urged the Group of 20 economies to be cautious about exiting from stimulus programs and to preserve policy continuity.
“Countries should cautiously decide the timing and ways of exit strategy based on their own situations,” Xie told the G-20 finance ministers and central bankers at a meeting in Busan, South Korea, according to a statement posted to the Chines...

ECB Advocates Fiscal Tightening as Geithner Wants Demand Growth

mhy729 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:02:37 GMT

June 5 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet said tightening fiscal policy is the best way for Europe to help the global economy as U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner urged it to buttress weak demand.
The impact of fiscal retrenchment “on growth could not be considered negative because it would improve confidence,...

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America Invents Act -- good or bad for innovation?

what's up with Sandstorm Gold (SNDXF.PK)?

The beginnings of a customer-driven shift away from the megabanks?

LXRX has "flash crash"

CME Group Announces Further Margin Hikes For Comex Silver Futures

John Hussman: Cracking the autism code

IBM's Tiny Technology Rips Up Drug-Resistant Germ Cells in Early Research

Handy feature for following your favorite Fools

Whoa...ROICU up 12,096.21%

please help me understand this

tax management strategies

Is the Deflation Pulse Returning?

Sprott has new silver trust

Dendreon Option Traders Bet on 25% Drop in Two Months

China Urges G-20 Caution on Economic Stimulus Exit

ECB Advocates Fiscal Tightening as Geithner Wants Demand Growth