Richard Stoyeck

Mayor Bloomberg says, “Shooting Unacceptable”

Several days ago, an unfortunate shooting took place in New York City. A team of five undercover police officers were sitting in a van outside a strip club doing surveillance. There was an additional officer outside on foot in radio contact with the van. ... Read >

Iraq Study Group – Calling Thomas Jefferson

Next week, the Iraq Study Group, a committee of so-called WISE MEN, will go public on what they feel the United States should do to extract itself from the current civil war in Iraq. I believe that among their recommendations will be: ? Entering into d... Read >

Dell versus Hewlett Packard

Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck There is a war shaping up that involves two giant companies facing off, and soon there will be three. The war is between Dell Computer, and Hewlett Packard for supremacy in the personal computer world. The first battles h... Read >

General Motors & Ford-It's the cars “Stupid” part I

Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck When Bill Clinton ran for the Presidency in 1992, his platform was basically, it's the economy ?Stupid?. When we look at the state of the American automobile industry, we believe both companies are on the wrong track. Gen... Read >

This is not your dad’s Republican Party anymore

Stock markets are strange because they reflect the sum total of all our hopes, fears and prejudices at the end of each day. Every so often something big comes along that can have very strong influence on the stock market, and the direction the market is g... Read >

Tom Cruise, Paramount and Hollywood Power's Shift, and now Hedge Funds

Until the 1950's, Hollywood was controlled by seven major motion picture studios. More importantly it was controlled by moguls, all of whom were men they of eastern European descent, who ruled the studio in the same way that the kings of their previous co... Read >

Bias-So what else is new?

Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck Have you ever notice how biased the media is? Let's look at the press for the moment. The New York Times is thought to have a liberal bias. How do you go about checking it out to see if it's true? What you have to do is ... Read >

Dell-Case Study in corporate self-destruction

Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck All companies go through various cycles of growth at various speeds. This is also true in the way in which the stock market embraces them, and then spits them out, and throws them away. The market darling at the moment go... Read >

The Need for Diversification in the Stock Market

Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck Why is it that some people only buy one or two stocks? Others may have 15 stocks but have 50 percent of their investment assets in just one of those 15 stocks. In Wall Street we refer to this type of behavior as concentra... Read >

The Magic of Compounding-Part II

Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck The New Slant Really understanding compounding will make all the difference in investing. I believe that Warren Buffett, the world's greatest investor, is hardwired to think geometrically. He is rich beyond dreams beca... Read >