Fat Prophets

The oil industry’s pain is airlines gain, especially for those that don’t have a fully hedged fuel book over the next six months or so such as JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU, initial buy at $8.77). With oil prices in the doldrums, airlines should continue posting super profits for some time yet. In the third quarter ended […]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM, initial buy at $10.76) has plans to build a new advanced semiconductor plant in Mainland China, placing a substantial bet that it needs to be on the ground to capture as much market share of the fast-growing market as possible. Chairman Dr. Morris Chang stated: “In view of the rapid […]

As we have stated previously, we think the predictions of the death of the console will prove incorrect for at least this generation. Of course Sony can’t stand still, because its competitors sure won’t and that takes us to the other part of the weekend’s event that we wanted to share. Besides new games in […]

Sony (NYSE: SNE, initial buy $13.64), held its second annual PlayStation Experience event in San Francisco over the weekend and wow, judging from the sizzle reels shown, 2016 is shaping up to be an exciting one for gamers! This bodes well for Sony, as there looks to be plenty of content and new hardware that […]

Toyota (NYSE: TM, initial buy $94.45) reported November 2015 sales of 189,517 units, an increase of 3.4 percent year over year on a volume basis. However, with two less selling days in November 2015 than in November 2014, sales were up a more impressive 12.4 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Group vice […]

Even for those who have travelled regularly to China, the scale of the country is often mind-boggling. Consider the news yesterday that Didi Kuaidi, the dominant ride-sharing company in China, announced it would be expanding its car hailing business to more than 400 cities over the next three months, to put in place what the […]

While the prolific author Isaac Asimov is perhaps most well-known for his Foundation series, he penned many a robot story during his career as well, with his canon consisting of dozens of short stories and at least four novels, depending on how one chooses to categorize them. Perhaps the most famous of the robot characters […]

The Chinese wireless carriers have published their latest monthly customer figures and China Mobile continues to lead the race in adding 4G subscribers. China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world by customer numbers had one of its strongest months adding 4G customers in October, since launching its 4G service back in early 2014. […]

  “It is more powerful than you know!” -Darth Maul It takes strength to resist the dark side. Only the weak embrace it.” -Obi-Wan Kenobi There is a battle going on over Walt Disney shares at the moment. On one side we have the growing buzz around the upcoming release of the latest chapter in […]

With the weekend coming up, a growing number of people will be looking forward to settling down on the couch, bean bag, or in some cases perhaps that super-duper gaming chair with speakers built into the frame, and getting ready to do battle on their video game platform of choice. For many, that is the […]