Welcome to the nasty world of disconnect, where a high-flying company can say anything it wants, even if true, and the stock market prefers to look for troubling news. Of course, that’s a part of that is our tabloid mentality, where we’re always searching for the juicy headlines that make a person or corporation look […]

They say that you reach your physical and mental peak in your 20s, and you decline slowly but inexorably thereafter. You may extend your lifetime somewhat by eating healthy food, exercising regularly and watching your weight, but you can’t control the influence your genes have on you. There’s only one final end to the great […]

Consider the situation: A company earns record profits, exceeding analyst estimates in most respects. Despite the skepticism, and dire predictions from over the years, just about everything the company touches turns to gold. At the same time, journalists don’t want to make it seem that they are fawning over the company, and they no doubt […]

In the Wall Street universe things don’t always operate in a logical fashion. Take Apple’s latest quarterly report. The company reported record earnings of $430 million, or $.50 per diluted share. Revenue reached $3.68 million, and Apple shipped 1,236,000 Macs and 6,451,000 iPods. Compare this to revenue of $2.35 billion, and $106 billion, or $.13 […]