Exclusive Economy » Market http://exclusiveeconomy.com Your Portal For Informal Analysis Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:21:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Apple Overtakes Microsoft As The World’s Largest Tech Company http://exclusiveeconomy.com/2010/05/apple-overtakes-microsoft-as-the-worlds-largest-tech-company/ http://exclusiveeconomy.com/2010/05/apple-overtakes-microsoft-as-the-worlds-largest-tech-company/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 23:08:23 +0000 EE Economist http://exclusiveeconomy.com/?p=1099 Apple has dethroned Microsoft. Apple is the world largest tech company by $3 billion dollars!

From the New York Times:

“As of Wednesday, Wall Street valued Apple at $222.12 billion and Microsoft at $219.18 billion. The only American company valued higher is Exxon Mobil, with a market capitalization of $278.64 billion.

The revenue of the two companies are comparable, with Microsoft at $58.4 billion and Apple at $42.9 billion. Microsoft is sitting on more cash and short-term investments, $39.7 billion, to Apple’s $23.1 billion, which makes the value assigned by the market to Apple — essentially a bet on its future prospects — all the more remarkable.”

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The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total March exports of $147.9 billion and imports of $188.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.4 billion, up from $39.4 billion in February, revised. March exports were $4.6 billion more than February exports of $143.3 billion. March imports were $5.6 billion more than February imports of $182.7 billion.

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  • Retail sales increased 1.6% from February to March
  • February was reported at $355.5 billion
  • March was reported $363.2 billion

U.S Census Bureau Report:

“The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $363.2 billion, an increase of 1.6 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month and 7.6 percent (±0.5%) above March 2009. Total sales for the January through March 2010 period were up 5.5 percent (±0.3%) from the same period a year ago. The January to February 2010 percent change was revised from +0.3 percent (±0.5%)* to +0.5 percent (±0.3%).”

This graph shows the monthly retail sales.

Graph Source: www.calculatedriskblog.com

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United shares up 8.87% at 2.45pm (eastern)
US Airways shares up 12.76% at 2.45pm (eastern)

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Where did all your (airlines) profits from the golden years of the 90′s go? I understand feul prices have gone up. However, when these airlines were raking in millions, ask yourself one question… why didn’t they save their profits in reserves? A rainy day fund? That would have been a great relief for airlines to have during this economic recession. Instead, they continue to take advantage of passengers for their mistakes! Enough is Enough!

Money doesn’t just disappear, mismanagement and lack of leadership results in failure. 

Check out this article “Spirit Air pushes the limit with $45 bag fee” by Kyle Peterson and Deepa Seetharaman

“The low-cost carrier is taking the blows that come with being the first to seize on an unpopular, but possibly lucrative idea. That does not mean that it will be the last.

A few years ago, paying up to $45 to stow a piece of luggage in the overhead bin seemed as unthinkable as installing a pay toilet in the coach class. But it’s a new day for U.S. airlines as many struggle daily for survival in a volatile business with razor-thin profit margins.”

Continue to article

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1.David Tepper, Appaloosa Management
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $4 billion

2. George Soros, Soros Fund Management
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $3.3 billion

3. James Simons, Renaissance Technologies
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $2.5 billion

4: John Paulson, Paulson & Company
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $2.3 billion

5: Steve Cohen, SAC Capital Advisors
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $1.4 billion

6. (tie): Carl Icahn, Icahn Capital
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $1.3 billion

6. (tie): Edward Lampert, ESL Investments
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $1.3 billion

8. (tie): Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investment Group
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $900 million

8. (tie): John Arnold, Centaurus Advisors
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $900 million

10. Philip Falcone, Harbinger Capital Partners
Est. 2009 personal earnings: $825 million

Reference: Pay of Hedge Fund Managers Roared Back Last Year

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Chart Source: Visual Economics

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  • Retail sales increased 0.3% from January to February
  • Jan was reported at $354.3 billion
  • February was reported at $355.5 billion

U.S Census Bureau Report:

“The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $355.5 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month and 3.9 percent (±0.5%) above February 2009.”

This graph shows the monthly retail sales.

Graph Source: www.calculatedriskblog.com

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You be the judge!


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