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Not only were they using Facebook more because it was Summer, but it's a seasonal thing. School starts, people want a communications-based platform (find out when homework's due, where the parties are, and so on); platforms like Twitter might see a bit of a rise. Nothing beats Facebook and Instagram for sharing memories, things kids do when school's been out for a while. Not to mention it's a much harder thing to replace (now that everybody has all of their pictures on Facebook and Instagram).
The problem with the "Losing Teen Users" thesis:
Every year we hear this. Go to Google, search for something like: Facebook losing users 2011
It's in the headlines every year, it never happens. User counts increase, not to mention the increase in profits.
Here: 2009 - "Is Facebook Losing its Coveted Demographic?" (on 18-24 year olds leaving Facebook in 2009) http://www.briansolis.com/2009/12/is-facebook-losing-its-coveted-demographic/
2011 - Everybody is saying they've lost their touch, losing users:
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/11/22/facebook-is-starting-to-lose-its-touch/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/13/facebook-users-members-us-growth-drops-may-2011_n_875810.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-is-losing-users-in-the-countries-where-it-took-off-first-2011-6
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386884,00.asp
It never happens. Not to mention that Facebook owns the competition (Instagram).
@Yaakov - I use a Z10; it's my first Blackberry phone, coming from over 3 years of Android phones.
EPS also decreased because of large increase in R&D (50% over last quarter, almost 100% over last year). This is not a bad thing at all. The company is still growing nicely.
Don't you love when "before end of the day" becomes "before end of the hour"? :)
Exactly right; suppose that for some reason I decided I was always going to use Windows Phone forever, and never use any other operating system, then I would decide I'm not going to buy any of them. I would be counted 3 times. If everybody made this same claim (in some crazy world) then each of the three would have 100% of of people saying they won't buy, which legally adds up to 300%.
Well, no; while I don't agree with the survey/story, I also don't agree with your logic. If they asked each person all three questions ("Would you never buy Android?", "Would you never buy iPhone?", and "Would you never buy a Blackberry?"), then the sum of the percentages can be anywhere between 0 and 300% - because there are three questions.
That said, again, I believe this survey is pretty bogus and irrelevant. I mean, it took place when the Z10 wasn't fully launched in the US yet, and hadn't really been advertised. A survey done today might be a bit better due to advertising, reviews, and time, but it would probably still not be too favorable. Realistically, they need some time to get some traction with the new platform before the general public changes their mind.
Ratings on Amazon are looking good, too:
Unlocked Z10 rated at 4.6 stars (listed as 4th highest rating under unlocked cell phones, but actually the average rating/ star count beats the phones ahead of it - they factor total number of reviews in as well, I presume):
http://www.amazon.com/Blackberry-Z10-Black-Factory-Unlocked/dp/B00BC0WNUC
With ATT - rated at 4.5 stars (listed as #1 in ratings for its category):
http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Z10-4G-Phone-AT/dp/B00BSKET6M
Agreed. Not for me, though - I'm mostly calls with a couple puts as a minor hedge.
I personally wouldn't want to have many shares short this close to book value, but it takes different types to make a market.
Unbelievable. Short interest actually increased over the first couple weeks of March (when share price was mostly in the $12.50-$13.50 range). Short interest in BBRY as of 3/15/2013 is at an all time high, at over 30% of the total float, with 155,005,574 outstanding shares sold short.
Some people must be really hoping they drop below $10...
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/bbry/short-interest
It usually is, you're right about that, but this time it's premarket.
Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/idUSnCCNzkT5ga+1c8+MKW20130226
Quote:
If BBRY makes earnings Thursday at 3:45 will be too late - BBRY is reporting earnings before trading starts Thursday morning (8AM Eastern Time).
No he didn't, he put $100 million into a fund for quantum computing, totally unrelated to BlackBerry (but still totally excellent). This morning's pop is probably because Morgan Stanley has, apparently, upgraded their ratings on BBRY from a PT of $10 to $22
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=85882540
I personally enjoyed the Super Bowl commercial, but sections of this probably would have been a way better fit:
You're focusing on the inventory on the cash flow statement, which mostly indicates changes in their assets.
On the Balance Sheet there is a value of 8.7 million, meaning their remaining inventory has that value.
On the Cash Flow Statement there is a value of -6.8 million (which you pointed out) for inventory, indicating that the value of their inventory dropped by that much over the period - they sold or otherwise lost/spoiled/etc. $6.8 million worth of inventory. Simply put, it mostly relates to what they sold.
With MJNA you don't see very much red, so that should be a nice change of pace.
BlackBerry is on NAQSDAQ, so you can go here to see the after hours quote with nearly no delay: http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/bbry/after-hours
Speaking of apps, I'm looking forward to seeing how the ported Android apps work. Apparently the BB10 OS sports a JVM (Java Virtual Machine)and a Java Android Runtime, making it (apparently) dead simple to port an Android app over to BB10.
Looking forward to it! All calls from here for the time being.
Well that worked out well. Selling off my puts now, grabbing a few more calls. I've got a wonderful feeling about RIMM for the next few months!
I'd love if this kept rising, but the technicals are getting to 'overbought' state, especially RSI. Playing a bit of a straddle here: short term puts and longer term (couple months) calls. My calls have been enjoying the way this has moved lately, though!
The trading right now, this morning, is unbelievable! Looking forward to seeing the open.
They're definitely aiming for aggressive expansion. You can also tell by the way they're increasing debt (believe it or not, a very good thing to do in their position; they have more cash than necessary and are essentially investing in themselves - you don't grow by hoarding all of your profits). Looking forward to the next few months of MJNA, it should be interesting.
The price is 150% of what it was when you bought, but your personal gain is 50%.
If you invested $1000 at 0.06, then sold at 0.09, assuming 0 commission you'd have $1500 (50% more than you started with, so 50% gain). However your value would be 150% what it was at the start.
If it started at 0.06, and then ended at 0.06, there is no "gain" because you're at the same point, but your value is still 100%. It's just a bit of a semantic difference, is all. :)
Wonderful, thank you very much.
Does anyone have a current L2 screen capture?
Seriously, though, as big of a disappointment as prop 19 failing was, 2010 was a blast around now. This sector was a great place to be in late September and early October, and it's just as much fun now. Even better now that MJNA has established something that doesn't totally rely on legalization!
Those were excellent points to hear. For me, though, I was happy to hear them explicitly talk about plans to try to take advantage of legalization. I mean, the CBD products that don't require legalization are the most important, but the additional revenues attainable in the post-legalization market is definitely important as well.
Wonderful interview.
Basically what you said, except actually the 3 states are: Washington, Colorado, and Oregon. California will not be voting on legalization this year, unfortunately.
The statements are entirely different! Did you even open it?
For example, take the Income Statement:
Income Statement (in $):
Dec 2011 (Q4):
Total Income: 430,139.36
Net Income Before expenses: 220,626.40
Net income: -62,711.79
Mar 2012 (Q1):
Total Income: 1,776,445.64
Net Income Before expenses: 1,414,959.71
Net income: 1,208,135.90
Very, very different.
As for licensing?
A) Licensing fees can be recurring
B) The values are totally different
C) They could very well have been licensing for different goods (only the Q1 is specific: "Licensing Fees Hemp Oil".
You're just simply wrong about them being the same. The new financials (Q1 2012) are completely different from Q4 2011.
0.091 is the bid, which means he bought at the bid. Any action has both a buyer and a seller, it shows up as a sell if it occurs at the bid, and a buy if it occurs at the ask.
You're at the bid, so you have to wait for people to give you shares for 0.113.
If you're afraid you won't get your whole order, you can always switch to buying from the ask (0.115), at the cost of paying an extra ~2% in this case.
It is just the nature of bid/ask pricing.
No, the point is that you said:
Those are totally different devices! One's for capturing waste heat, the other is for capturing methane gases. They aren't the same.
That was explained as the main reason they're considering a RS if the bonds go well and investor confidence rises. They would do the RS to get the share structure to a point where more brokerages would be willing to trade it
It's still possible to sell. Believe it or not, at least some of those 0001s are people selling their positions, and people are actually getting out.
After I saw lots of talk about people waiting at 0001 for weeks and not being able to sell I decided to test it out and was able to successfully sell 3 million of my shares (I do hold plenty more) within a few days (my bank trades through NITE).
I, personally, would rather wait it out and see what happens. I'm holding the rest of mine for sure.
We have John K. Easton, the guy you posted about was a "John R. Easton". They're different people.