January 10, 2001
No Magic at MacWorld Questioning JDSU as a Rule Maker Latte Basketball Chatter Nokia Stumbles, Gets Trampled Cisco: Applying Logic to the Markets Why I Abandoned Mechanical Investing What's Your Money Personality? Planning a Wedding? Consider Eloping! Handling Those Credit Card Annual Fees
A few Apple Fools felt let down by Steve Jobs' presentation at MacWorld, asking, "Where is the whizz-bang-crash excitement of a whole new 'thang'? Nowhere in sight. No new market niche to be attacked, just more of the same product progression."
Fools express varied reactions to TMF Gibson's conclusion that JDS Uniphase was not an appropriate investment for the Rule Maker Portfolio.
News that Starbucks chief Howard Schultz may be buying the Seattle SuperSonics has shareholders hoping the diversion won't spell foul play for the coffee business.
"It's absolutely amazing that predictions of Nokia's coming decline are appearing even as Nokia's worldwide market share stands at record levels."
If the accepted logic is that the market anticipates the future by six months, and interest rate cuts don't begin to affect the economy for six months, why isn't this market reacting better now?
Azurefox tells the Berkshire Hathaway board of his "profoundly unsatisfying" experiment with MI. "I like owning stocks, reading annual reports, and watching them hopefully grow and prosper. With MI, you are just renting the flavors of the month."
The Retire Early board discusses whether an individual's personality has a direct bearing on her attitude toward investing and asset allocation. How else to explain why two people can analyze the same data and come up with opposite interpretations?
Preparing a wedding should be fun. But if all the details are stressing you out, consider how one LBYM Fool dealt with the situation. It won't make wedding coordinators happy.
Is there ever a reasonable situation for you to accept those pesky annual fees? A Fool encounters this unmovable force while trying to establish credit for his spouse.
No Magic at MacWorld
Questioning JDSU as a Rule Maker
Latte Basketball Chatter
Nokia Stumbles, Gets Trampled
Cisco: Applying Logic to the Markets
Why I Abandoned Mechanical Investing
What's Your Money Personality?
Planning a Wedding? Consider Eloping!
Handling Those Credit Card Annual Fees