By Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Spot gold Tuesday hit a record $1,274.75 an ounce,drifted lower on Wednesday as the dollar surged 3% against the yen when Japan intervened in the currency market for the first...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions On Labor Day, President Obama announced a new $50-billion infrastructure plan next year as a way of a second stimulus for job creations as well as for the faltering economic...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions In response to HP’s suit against its former CEO Mark Hurd to block him from working at Oracle, Larry Ellison stated that “Oracle has long viewed HP as...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Hewlett-Packard Co. slapped Mark Hurd, the CEO it ousted last month, with a law suit soon after rival Oracle Corp. named Hurd as Co-president and Director. HP claims that...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions The 3PAR saga finally came to a close on Sep. 2 with Dell Inc. (DELL) beaten by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) in an 18-day bidding war. The final price tag of 3PAR is at $33 a share,...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts Opinions Well, it is official now – in addition to the Great Wall, the Great Traffic Jam started on Aug. 14–60 miles and ten-day long on an...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Merger mania is definitely back in the Tech sector. HP (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) are still seriously locking horns over 3PAR (as of this writing.) Intel’s (INTC) acquiring...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions While the fierce 3PAR bidding war is becoming even more exciting than a live Sotheby auction, the most active market sector in terms of consolidation is undeniably Technology,...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions As I’ve been saying for some time that the bond market is screaming for an imminent burst, now Dr. Marc Faber and Mr. Peter Schiff also spoke with CNBC on...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions The 10 year T-Note is currently yielding 2.5%, and the Fed`s latest quantitative easing initiative is becoming counterproductive to their stated purpose of trying to stimulate...
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