Wayne Mulligan

Chief Investment Officer    Tech Stock Insider

Wayne is our “man inside” the technology sector. He has a rare combination of hands on experience in technology, and Wall Street credentials.

Before joining Tycoon, Wayne worked at Gilford Securities in New York, where he co-managed assets and was known as one of the premier technology analysts on Wall Street.

Prior to joining Gilford, Mr. Mulligan co-founded and operated an Internet consulting firm, ISI Studios. ISI Studios specialized in backend software development and Internet marketing with a focus on the entertainment and media industries. Mr. Mulligan began his career in technology at BPS SoftWare where he was responsible for developing and maintaining a number of award winning America Online add-in applications.

Today he runs Tech Stock Insider, where he leverages his vast experience to find the very best investment opportunities in tech.

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Tycoon Report Articles

A Sad Day at Tycoon...

Monday, December 10, 2007

Well, today is both a happy and sad day for me and for my colleagues here at The Tycoon Report. It marks the end of one ...
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Is the China Dream Finally Ending?

Monday, December 3, 2007

I’ve had a number of Tycoon members write in recently asking about the current downturn we’ve been seeing in ...
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Retail Stocks for the Holidays

Monday, November 26, 2007

Well, we’ve zipped through the first weekend in this year’s Holiday shopping season, and retailers are pretty ...
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The Wireless War - Who Will Win?

Monday, November 19, 2007

There are well over two billion wireless subscribers worldwide. Compare that to only 1.2 billion internet users. Yet, ...
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A Sleeping Giant for Your Portfolio

Monday, November 12, 2007

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve brought up this tech stock over the last 12 months, and have literally ...
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Tycoon Featured on Reuters

Monday, November 5, 2007

As you may or may not know, our e-mails and websites aren’t the only places you can read articles written by me and ...
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No Regrets

Monday, October 29, 2007

I’d like to tell you about a conversation I had last week. I’m not going to name the other party in this conversation, ...
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Is Yahoo! Gaining on Google?

Monday, October 22, 2007

Before I get into today’s article, I wanted to reach out to a specific Tycoon Report reader:  jester112358.  ...
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Who's Coming to Dinner?

Monday, October 15, 2007

Let me just say that this was one of the toughest and yet, most rewarding weeks of my life. Want to know why? Because ...
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Dinner's on Us!

Monday, October 1, 2007

Let me just start off by saying, WOW! The response to last week’s article about the idea for creating an “Investing ...
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Investing 101

Monday, September 24, 2007

So, after my little break last week, I’m back in action! First, I wanted to commend everybody for posting so many ...
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Blogging and The Tycoon Report

Monday, September 10, 2007

Before I jump into today’s topic, I want to address an article I wrote four weeks ago.  For those who participated ...
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Hot Stock Ideas

Monday, August 27, 2007

One of the questions we receive the most at Tycoon is, “How do I find new investment ideas?”  And it’s ...
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Democracy and Investing (Part II)

Monday, August 20, 2007

Good morning! I was on a short family vacation last week so I apologize for not replying to many of the comments you and ...
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Democracy and Investing

Monday, August 13, 2007

Well, there’s no need to talk about “why” I chose to write on the topic of democracy – with primaries ...
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Is Tech in Trouble?

Monday, August 6, 2007

I’m not calling for a Bear Market or a “pop” of a proverbial bubble – because the truth of the matter ...
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Tech Stock Comeback

Monday, July 30, 2007

The Internet giants have been slugging it out for some time now ... especially on the advertising front.  Everybody ...
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The Next Google

Monday, July 23, 2007

Happy Monday! As you know by now, I usually stick to covering Tycoon’s little corner of the financial publishing ...
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The Wisdom of Crowds

Monday, July 16, 2007

It seems that last week’s article provoked a bit of a firestorm on the website – Click here to check it out. Some ...
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More Trouble on Wall Street

Monday, July 9, 2007

I hope you’ve been enjoying the new Tycoon Report website since we re-launched it.  I know I’ve personally ...
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It's Finally Here ...

Monday, July 2, 2007

Ok, I’m going to keep today’s article short and sweet ... Reason being, today isn’t about me.  Today ...
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Makes My Blood Boil

Monday, June 25, 2007

Today I want to talk to you about something that really makes my blood boil – I mean seriously gets me angry to the ...
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The New Tycoon Report

Monday, June 18, 2007

Here I am – another week and another double-dose of Wayne’s Wonderful World of Wisdom.  Ok, that sentence ...
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A New Mission at Tycoon

Monday, June 11, 2007

You may be wondering why Ben Schott, our fearless Tycoon Editor, who usually writes to you on Mondays isn’t writing ...
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Dell Sells Out

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

I’ve written about this company before – in fact, you probably heard me defend it and its strategy several times ...
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Google Going Offline

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The recent success of many of these next-generation (“Web 2.0”) companies is unarguably due to a more advanced ...
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Dot Bomb Part II

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

When you’ve been around a particular sector long enough, you start to get a real feel for how it works. You know ...
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How to Identify a Great Technology

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

When I check out a technology (as part of a company I'm thinking of investing in,) I typically see if it possesses any or ...
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Coming Soon: Technology Takeovers

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Well, the Internet and Media sectors have been exploding with merger talks lately.  You can’t turn a single page ...
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Alert: Analysts Getting Dumber

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Question:  What happens when a company’s earnings fall short of analysts’ estimates? Answer:  The ...
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Steve Jobs Gets Fired?

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Well, well, what an interesting day it was yesterday – just as the former Apple CFO, Fred Anderson, cuts a deal with ...
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Vonage: A Sinking Ship

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Vonage (NYSE: VG) was one of the companies that helped pioneer the VoIP (Voice over IP – or Internet phone calls) ...
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Intel vs. AMD

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

OK, I’m going to do something a bit different today.  But before I get into that, I'd like to remind you to ...
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Watch Out, Microsoft

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

This week’s article is going to be a bit different from most ... I’m going to start off with my typical analysis ...
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What Would Buffett Do?

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

As a professional, I feel obligated to be completely and totally honest with you – and to be perfectly honest, I must ...
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The Wall Street Conspiracy

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

At the risk of sounding like a complete lunatic, I’m going to let you in on one of the best kept secrets in the history ...
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Are we Headed for Another Disaster?

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

How does that old saying go? “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it?” I think that ...
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Great Leap Backward

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

In 1958, Communist China embarked on a mission to turn its agrarian society into an industrial powerhouse.  By making ...
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Beware of These Stock Scams

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

I’m going to take a break from my typical tech stock commentary this week and talk a bit about a topic that really ...
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XM and Sirius Sitting in a Tree

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of days, chances are you’ve heard about the proposed ...
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Time Warner Going North for the Winter?

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Happy Valentine's Day! And while I didn't have time to send you flowers this year, I did make some time to read some of ...
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Tech Investors Beware!

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

I’m not calling for a Bear Market or a “pop” of a proverbial bubble – because the truth of the matter ...
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Is Blockbuster Dead?

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Is Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) dead?  A very good question that has been posed in tech and media circles for quite some ...
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IBM vs. Microsoft

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

I’m not sure if you remember, but one of the very first articles I ever wrote for The Tycoon Report was about social ...
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Get Ready for China.

Friday, July 1, 2005

How will the likely rise of China affect me both as an American and as an investor during the next ...
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Rule Number One of Investing in China

Friday, July 8, 2005

Is China the world’s next great super power? Can China’s “socialist market economy” ...
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Why China May Use the U.S. for Cheap Labor One Day.

Friday, July 15, 2005

THE VALUE OF EDUCATION IN CHINA

The first thing I learned about the Chinese ...
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INSIDE CHINA - Think the real estate market in America is hot?

Friday, July 22, 2005

 My third week in China and I finally made it out to Shanghai.

I have ...
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Apple: On Top of the World

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Well, last week was definitely action-packed in the tech world, to say the least. For those of you who don’t know, ...
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Is the Tech Boom for Real This Time?

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Google, iPod, iPod Mini & Nano, Social Networking, etc… All the new buzz words could drive ...
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Our Conversation with Bill Gates

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Well folks, I had originally planned to talk about the Apple iPod this week. And although I’m sure ...
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Time to go Long on Oil Again

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Ok people, we’re back on track with the second part of our  three-part tech series.

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Is Google Really Here to Stay?

Thursday, November 3, 2005

Well folks, here it is: the Google article.

The word itself is a misspelling ...
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Why aren't share buybacks working?

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

A share buyback, for those who aren’t quite clear, is when a company, for one reason or another, ...
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The Final Frontier

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Printers: The last non-commodity product in the consumer hardware business.

But ...
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Oracle has dropped BILLIONS of dollars this year on aggressive acquisitions. Was it worth it?

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Belated Happy Turkey Day folks! I, for one, definitely enjoyed this Thanksgiving. Good friends, good ...
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Black Eye for the BlackBerry

Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Ok, people, let me give you a quick scenario. You tell me what you think.

Let’s ...
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Is there money to be made in a small-cap tech stock? Of course there is. Wait until you see this diamond in the rough.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

How goes it, folks? As for me, I’m just trying to get used to this nasty winter weather we’ve ...
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As Predicted -- Oracle Misses the Mark

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Well folks, I wanted to take this opportunity to look back on an article ...
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Life as a Tech Insider (Part III)

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

What a ride! Within a span of a few years I went from a snot-nosed hacker working on programs in my basement (instead of ...
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Life as a Tech Insider (Part II)

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Well, I hope you had a very happy New Year, and I wish you all the best in 2007! We're back at work over here at Tycoon ...
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Tech Stock Insider - Best of 2006

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Dear Tycoon Report Readers, Since this is Christmas week, and the markets are a bit slow, I decided to take some time ...
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Life as a Tech Insider

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Ever since I started writing for the Tycoon Report, and especially after launching Tech Stock Insider, I’ve gotten ...
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The Music is Over!

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

How do you know when the music’s over? How do you know when to run? How do you know when it’s time to get ...
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Good to Great

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

As I’m sure most of you know, I not only analyze the tech sector – I’ve owned and operated a number of ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: Want to say “Easy Money” in Chinese?

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

If you want to learn to speak Chinese, here’s your first lesson.

Roughly translated, “Easy Money” ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: Technology spending is expected to grow again this year – What you need to do is ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: Time to Cash in on Chips?

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Hey folks, how goes it?

I really love when an opportunity like this comes along. I have been watching a company ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: Mickey gets a Mouse

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

After a decade of making cutting edge, digitally animated feature length films together, it seemed as if Disney and Pixar ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: Google vs. PayPal -- Is Two a Crowd?

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

This has been an exciting weekend for tech news folks.

I read one of the most depressing articles ever regarding ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: RIM -- Up, Up and Away!

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Hey folks, I hope all is well.

This week’s article is going to be short and sweet -- I’ve been insanely ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: A Truce Between Carl Ichan and Dick Parsons

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Hey there, everybody, I hope you all had a great weekend.

I’m sure this was one of the most restful weekends ...
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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: ‘Origami’ -- Microsoft’s BIG Secret

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Hey, folks, I hope everybody is doing well.

Today I wanted to do something I haven’t done for a while and ...
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The Profits in Patience

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Good day, folks!

And a good day it is indeed -- well, that is, if you happened to read and take my recommendation ...
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SalesForce-dot-BOMB?

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

This is an article that might be a bit difficult for you to read -- it was very difficult for me to even write it.

The ...
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The Wall Street Conspiracy

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

At the risk of sounding like a complete lunatic, I’m going to let you in on one of the best kept secrets in the history ...
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Peanut Butter

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

In what has become not only an Internet sensation – but also a "call to arms" for one of the largest and ...
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2007: Technology's Time to Shine

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

I know the headline for today’s article makes a pretty bold claim – I mean, with the market being as unpredictable ...
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Hard Core

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Ok, I’m going to do something a bit different today.  

As resident “Technology Insider” ...
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The Big Apple

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

What a day, what a day. Since the sun rose this morning (and even before then) the Tech Community has been abuzz ...
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The Sounds of Profits

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

I’ve talked to you a lot about Web 2.0 – I’ve talked a lot about the impact this new set of ...
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The Wireless Wave

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

What if I told you that you could make a phone call over the Internet and pay a fraction of the price of a regular ...
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Investor Q

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

OK, I’m going to do something a bit different today in the Tycoon Report.

Ever since I launched my new ...
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Google Steals the Show

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

I hope you remember my article on August 2nd when I discussed a start-up company that was shaking up the online video ...
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Insider Q

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Happy hump day!

I love Wednesdays; the week is half-way over, and the weekend is half-way here.

Since ...
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What Makes a Technology Profitable?

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

I guess my article from last week got everybody a little excited – the responses I received were tremendous!

So ...
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Net Neutrality and You

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

I rarely discuss politics in my writing – I tend to focus on the finance and the technology. But there’s an ...
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40% Profits in 7 Weeks

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Wow, it sure was nice to get that extra hour of sleep this weekend – ...
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After failing to block the roll out of municipal Wi-Fi networks, Cable and Telecom companies are shifting gears and bidding to build these networks themselves... But at what cost?

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Well, I'm writing to you on a new day. I actually prefer Wednesdays as opposed to Tuesdays … I get a better feel ...
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Ride this Tidal Wave of Cash

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

There is a wave of money on its way to the US - Do you see it coming? I see powerful clouds on the horizon. I see a ...
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What's really going on with Apple Computer

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Imagine you could be a fly on the wall of Apple Computer's (SYM: APPL) CEO Steve Jobs. Imagine the vast amount of information ...
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The Biggest Tech Opportunity in China

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Ok, I'm not going to mince words here … I'm going to get right down to business. I say that because the time ...
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Great Profits Behind the Great Wall.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Good morning! I hope you had a great Easter Weekend. Being that the market was closed on Friday, I had a little extra ...
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The Year Dell Fell? »

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Could this be it? Could this be the year that one of America's biggest modern day success stories comes to an end? Could ...
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How we made 40% profits in 4 days.

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Tech Stock Insider’s last trade recommendation just gave members a 40% PROFIT in only 4 days! Yes, you read that ...
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A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Internet 1.0 reigned supreme and profits were an afterthought. My, my, my how things have changed since then.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

That's certainly true of the monumental battle shaping up on the World Wide Web. Back in the days of the Commercial Web ...
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Why the sky is NOT falling

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

First, some sobering statistics: The Nasdaq has been down almost 5% in as many days … The S&P ...
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Is Microsoft a Growth Stock? »

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

When I think of the greatest growth stories of the 20th century, there's a certain software company that comes to mind. ...
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Salesforce-Dot-Bomb (Part II) »

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Sometimes I hate it when I'm right … Especially when I know that some people didn't take my advice when I gave ...
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What would Buffet Do? »

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

As a professional, I feel obligated to be completely and totally honest with you – and to be perfectly honest I ...
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It's all fun and games until .

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Well, the market has been getting spanked over the past 2 months – Bernanke and his crew are certainly doing their ...
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Why the "Dotconomy" is Still Buzzing!

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

OK, we all know the Nasdaq hasn’t been the most popular Index on the block lately. As a matter of fact, if this ...
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Your Portfolio - Beware

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

I know I may have sounded like the “voice of doom” for the past few months – I recommended selling ...
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Mobile Money

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Back in February I talked a bit about the "online payment war" that was brewing between Google and PayPal.

On ...
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Going Once, Going Twice ...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

They used to say that America was “the land of opportunity.”  Although I definitely agree with that ...
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Have you dumped these 2 stocks yet?

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Well, I always told myself I would never be the guy that said, “I told you so!”, so I won’t start now. But ...
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Why you should not invest in this technology yet

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all year, chances are you’ve read at least 1 story about the battle ...
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The Web Wars 2.0 (and why Steve Case is a genius)

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

For years the company would blast out massive amounts of diskettes and CD’s into people’s home mailboxes ...
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Web Wars!

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

It may not happen today; it may not happen tomorrow.  But someday – and someday soon – the Nasdaq ...
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Where the huge profits in the tech sector are right now! »

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Bob Dylan said it best.  “The times, they are a changin’.”  That is certainly true of the ...
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Why Amazon should be scared ... »

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

I love the Internet!  I love the web!  I love doing business on the web! 

Want to know why? ...
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