The secret to Apple’s success comes from the fact that the company makes products that people love to own. I now believe that Apple could at a minimum be the first company to hit the $1 trillion market capitalization mark.

Apple is becoming one of the most shareholder-friendly companies around when judged by the amount of money it returns to shareholders. Peter George Psaras discusses Apple's free cash flow yield and whether or not it is attractive.

General Electric is trying to reorganize itself by splitting off its various parts to shareholders. The reason it is doing so is because its levered free cash flow numbers are terrible.

Twenty-First Century Fox's Rupert Murdoch is determined to buy Time Warner Inc after the media conglomerate rejected an $80 billion buyout offer from Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, the New York Times reported.

These early earnings results are clearly showing, we can no longer blame the terrible weather from this past winter as the reason for retailers reporting terrible results. They are doing so because the consumer is feeling the pressure from the excessive debt that they piled up over the last 5 years

The name of the company causing all this confusion is Outerwall (OUTR) and recently it got downgraded and its stock price took a hit as a result.

With Coach, I am going to sit on the sidelines and watch and wait for a sharp V reversal. Retail investing is a dangerous domain and you better get the quantitative, qualitative and technical picture right.

Reuters recently reported that Italian lottery operator GTECH (LTOMF) said on Monday it was in preliminary talks to buy Las Vegas-based slot machine maker International Game Technology (IGT) in a deal that could involve a cash and paper offer. In the article I also mention a lot of bidders interest.

Medtronic plans to pay about $93 a share for Covidien, which is a great deal as my research says that Covidien would be fully valued at $110.21. Therefore you may just see Covidien trade much higher than $93 in the near future as I am sure Johnson & Johnson’s management is not unaware of this deal

Panic has spread though out the global markets as no one has decided to investigate that this whole event is just one big bank robbery. Baghdad has a population of 4 million people and I very much doubt that 2000 rebel terrorists can seize and control the city.

What we clearly have here is a unique special situation and if the Real Estate market here in the US were ever to get back to full strength, then my estimated fully valued price for NVR Inc. of $1630.75 may be too low.

Women are so much better at financial planning than men. Some light humor to end your day.

Historical Statistical Indicator Analysis of the S&P 500 Index 1964-2014

International Game Technology has just put itself up for sale and is up 14.39% today. With its tremendous free cash flow I don't see how they can not get at least $30 in a buyout if not more.

Two foreign ADR's that are a must own for everyone's portfolio.

Hewlett Packard (HPQ) is making its shareholders very happy today as its stock price is way up after it released its latest quarterly earnings report. In that report, the company also updated its FY14 earnings guidance. Follows is my long term technical and quantitative analysis of Hewlett Packard.