Netflix Might Not Stream Profits for Much Longer + MORE

How attractive are the shares of J Sainsbury?

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) suffered growing pains in 2011 and 2012 thanks to its botched Qwikster efforts and fears that momentum was waning as competitors got into the space.
But while the stock remains significantly off its all-time high of around $300 in mid-2011, it is up more than 100% in just a few months thanks to optimism over its international growth plans, new content deals and hopes for original content…

I am 2/3 of the way through "The Affluent Investor," by Phil DeMuth. His section on asset allocation upends conventional wisdom:1. He believes investors should have the correct allocation to meet their goals, rather than one matching their risk profile.2. If you have a low beta job (stable and uncorrelated to the stock market), you can afford to have a higher beta, more equity oriented portfolio…

As someone who works in finance, I talk to investors on a daily basis. While some are experiencing success, others are struggling just to stay in the game. Each one of them has a different way of investing, but they all have the same complaint.
In fact, in the past four years, this bone of contention about the market has only become more prominent…

March 27 (Bloomberg) — Stephen Smith, portfolio manager at
Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, discusses the
policies of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. Smith
talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg
Radio’s “Taking Stock.”

Best Buy founder Richard Schulze announced March 25 that he was dropping his bid for the company and rejoining the board as Chairman Emeritus. Two other former board members are rejoining as well. Clearly Schulze sees this as his best chance to realize a greater return on his investment.

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LONDON — Shares in supermarket heavyweight J Sainsbury have leapt higher in recent weeks, spiking more than 16% from mid-January’s multimonth lows to recent highs around 375 pence — the loftiest price in almost two years.
Sainsbury’s continues to grab market share from its main rivals, particularly other London-listed plays Tesco and Wm…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday March 26. Bullish Calls:
Movado (MOV), Tiffany (TIF): “Movado is pretty good. I like luxury goods. I just saw numbers from Tiffany. If it pulls back, I like that better, because Tiffany is getting its groove back…

There’s an old market adage, “Past performance is no guarantee of future results…”
But, used in the correct way, past performance – historical trend analysis – can give an indicator of where our investments should be focused for the best results.
The world may seem random. But it’s not…
The markets may seem random…