Who Wins if Keystone XL Is Approved? + MORE

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday April 3.
Who Should Buy Netflix (NFLX)? Other stocks discussed: Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT)
With the rally in Netflix (NFLX), this might not be a good time for the company to be taken over, but on a decline, Cramer pondered a hypothetical scenario of which company should buy Netflix (NFLX)…

Commentary: Android’s rapid growth reminiscent of PCs lapping the Mac.

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Freddie Mac released its weekly update on national mortgage rates this morning.
Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages (FRM) retraced last week’s rise in this latest report, dropping three basis points to land right back where they were two weeks ago — at 3.54%. Shorter-term 15-year FRMs also declined a bit, down two basis points to 2…

Interesting, I’ve moved $400K to Vanguard since Jan 1 and not a single welcome phone call.

I was at a school function and had every reason to be depressed…
With kids in elementary and middle school, I was getting an earful from a teacher about everything that’s wrong with education in the school district.
Emphasis on standardized tests, teachers whose work and skill are given no respect and, most shocking of all, the administration insisting to this particular teacher that a nine out of 50 on his history exam is a passing grade (despite his vigorous protests)…

C-suite occupants nowadays evidently think highly of themselves. Investors, on the other hand, might want to do some thinking of their own.

April 4 (Bloomberg) — Melissa Sullivan, communications
manager for Mayflower, discusses Americans’ renewed faith in the
housing market. Sullivan talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and
Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio’s “Taking Stock.”

Commentary: They buy high, sell low, and the ending is predictable.

Which companies stand to gain if Keystone XL is constructed?

By now, most investors have heard of Bitcoins, a virtual currency that is “minted” by computers. According to recent reports, there are about 11 million Bitcoins in circulation worth roughly $140 apiece at current valuations.
Of course, those valuations are subject to change. A Bitcoin was worth around $30 a month ago … and if you believe the critics, it could be worth that again very soon…