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hyten1

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  1. welcome

     

    i think another aspect you should look into in addition to the technical aspect (valuation, understanding financials etc etc) is the psychological aspect of investing, figureing out what type of person you are, what your tendencies are, what to do when fear/greed grips you (and knowing when to recognize them)

     

    i find this aspect very important also on par with the technical aspect of investing

  2. i don't know enought about this industry

     

    i am alwasy curious why hasn't amazon gotten into the nflx game, not the dvd mailing one but the subscription online streaming one.

     

     

    right now you can already download/watch online call kinds of movie/tv show on amzn, but its just too expensive. i would like for amzn to have some short of subscription model that allow me watch whatever i want

     

    also i have sense stop using itunes (i hat itunes, the software etc etc). I bought my music from amzn, not only is it mp3, its just so much easier and not tie to me down to itunes.

  3. i think everyone has good points, for me its pretty simple

     

    do i see things getting better anytime soon (i believe in muddle through economy)? i don't so why buy now... unless its ridiculously valued. i also tend to like investment with a catalyst/special situation

     

    hyten1

  4. this is definitely interesting ...

     

    however i am still learning and reading up on this. I skeptic in mean can't help buy wonder and try to understand the advantages of MCF's corporate structure.

     

    they basically outsource everything (to say the company has only 7 employee is technically correct). So their competitive advantage is their corp structure (outsource things, and have the incentives be the potential for success of their activities). If this is the case why aren't others doing the same? Could it be because it fits the energy exploration biz, or is it because no one has thought of it or is it because something else?

     

    still reading...

     

    hy

  5. hmmm, i guess i don't quite understand the appeal of sonc as an investment

     

    i understand people mention the cost advantage, if its there, it hasn't shown up in the performance of the company (maybe the management if not doing what it should be, maybe that is part of the appeal, someone come in and clean house)

     

    with large amount of debt what is the appeal?

     

    i just don't see the appeal when you have some many other in the industry that just seem to have a lot more going for it

  6. i just find it funny, people always look for data to support their theories.

     

    its funny how the same set of strategies didn't work so well for apple in the desktop world for a very long time (you can argue if its working now or not). apple almost went out of biz. now that apple is on top, everything they do is right and perfect.

     

    at the end of the day which strategy is the better one. it probably depends on the time/market/industry/situation

     

    highly vertical/close system/proprietary

     

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    horizontal/open system

     

     

     

     

     

  7. eric

     

    just want to put this out there, you are assuming 2009 was a bull market while 2008 and 2007 is bear market?

     

    are we in bear or bull market?

     

    are you saying everytime market is up, buffett is up less and everytime market is down buffett is down less?

     

     

    as far as i can recollect (my memory is bad) i don't think buffett is always up less then market when market is up and down less when market is down

     

    hy

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