New iPods Overshadowed By iPhone Price Cut

As the Apple iPod event was going on yesterday, I posted this comment on RealMoney.com: “New colors for the Shuffle, a redesigned Nano focused on an improved video experience, higher capacity classic iPods topping out at 160GB, and iPod Touch – it seems like an iPhone without the phone. Seems like a very good lineup […]

September 2007 Model Signals

For the third consecutive month there were no changes to Northlake’s Market Cap and Style models. The signals remain large cap and growth. Client portfolios own the S&P 500 Spyder (SPY) and the iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF) to take advantage of the current signals. The large cap signal from the Market Cap model remains […]

Central European Media Enterprises Attracts Important New Shareholder and Director

Central European Media Enterprises (CETV) announced yesterday that it had sold 1.275 million shares at $86 for $110 million to Igor Kolomoisky and given him a seat on the Board of the Directors. Kolomoisky will own 3% of CETV, becoming the third largest shareholder after founder Ronald Lauder and private equity firm Apax Partners which […]

Summer Box Office Shows Finishing Kick

The summer box office ended with a bang with the best ever Labor Day weekend. Led by the latest edition of Halloween series, the box office for the top 12 films rose 21.6% over last year’s holiday weekend. Based on data from BoxOfficeMojo.com, ticket sales for the weekend should be the highest since at least […]