Market Mad House

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Market Insanity

Amazon the Growth Continues

Amazon is an incredible success story and a fast growing money machine but it is still a lousy investment. There are better ecommerce stocks out there that cost less and offer better returns.

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Crazy Stocks

Netflix Can Digital Entertainment Make Money?

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is proving that there is a vast market for digital entertainment out there. Unfortunately the streaming service

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Market Insanity

How Amazon is Copying WWE

The world’s largest online retailer is trying to buy the streaming video rights to a wide variety of sporting events, Bloomberg Technology reported. The idea is apparently to add some live sports; or reruns of sporting events, to Amazon Prime and provide some popular content that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) lacks.

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Market Insanity

Cord Cutting is not Hurting Cable & Satellite Providers

It looks as if pay TV’s customer base is slowly disappearing but the strange thing is the industry seems to be making more money than ever. Financial data provided by ycharts indicates that cord cutting is not hurting revenues, cash flow and income at Pay TV providers.

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Market Insanity

WWE is growing but it is not Making Money

Revenues at Vince McMahon’s wrestling empire grew to their highest level yet in Second Quarter 2016; rising from $653.69 million to $702.50 million. That made for a revenue gain of $48.81 million which is very impressive. The growth has been ongoing since McMahon launched his WWE network in February 2014.

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The Death Spiral

Can Rush Limbaugh’s New Contract Save iHeart Media?

At the end of the day, Rush and iHeart need each other desperately. iHeart is the only entity out there that can provide the kind of nationwide platform Rush needs to reach his audience. Nobody not even Sirius; nor CBS Radio (NYSE: CBS), has the reach of iHeart into the American heartland.

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Market Insanity

How long can Netflix keep growing?

All Netflix appears to be doing is running a distribution system for other entertainment companies. One has to wonder how long this can go on. There’s no way Netflix can keep it up with $850 million operating losses.

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