Global Payments (GPN) is one of the largest merchant processors in the world, and due to a suspected data breach on Friday the stock dropped about 9%.  Over the weekend Visa has said that they are removing their seal of approval which could make the small businesses that make up Global Payments client base, leery...Read More

RIMM came out with lackluster earnings today as expected.  This is going to be a rough year for the company as we await their new phone which won’t be out until later this year.  I think the WSJ did a great job outlining a few of the likely suitors for RIMM.  I think Microsoft and...Read More

At TTCM we see a vastly over-saturated retail market in the United States.  Retailers such as Best Buy, Target, and Gamestop have consistently added square footage to varied degrees of success.  Online retail and Amazon in particular has had a catastrophic impact on some of these retailers operations.  The three retailers named have been great...Read More

This was a really interesting article on market trends and the opportunity in internet stocks.  Penetration rates globally have a lot of room for growth so the winners are going to benefit from high returns on invested capital, and substantial revenue growth. http://www.gurufocus.com/news/170340/baron-funds-gives-insight-into-internet-changes-and-discusses-goog-aapl-nile-amzn-lnkd INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR...Read More

While most people seem to be a lover of both Apple’s (AAPL) stock and products, the list of once dominant consumer electronics companies that have come down to earth, is long and distinguished.  One of the great things about the Steve Jobs regime is that they avoided costly misfires that can occur on any product,...Read More

Bond insurer MBIA is the subject of this research report.  The premise is that MBIA is likely to win their lawsuit allowing the company to split its public finance and structured finance units.  I think it is highly likely that they will win this lawsuit and that should benefit MBIA’s stock price.  I also believe...Read More

Once again another fun article written by Geoff Gannon for you to enjoy. http://www.gurufocus.com/news/170053/how-warren-buffett-thinks-about-stocks INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.Read More

This is exactly why we sold whatever Sprint (S) stock that we owned at T&T Capital Management.  Management has been disastrous for years.  They have some of the worst capital allocation that I have ever seen so even though the stock is cheap, unless something drastically changes I wouldn’t invest in them. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577306053212343154.html?mod=business_newsreel INVESTING IN...Read More

This article outlines the dual benefit that cheap natural gas prices are having on the Steel Industry, particularly the domestic companies such as US Steel (X).  Some of these companies are switching from coal to natural gas to burn their furnaces which is saving a substantial amount of money.  Also demand for steel is increasing...Read More

Today Lennar reported revenue numbers that were quite strong.  This report seems to be quite different than what KB Homes reported last week, which is exactly what KB’s management discussed last week by saying that most of their problems were internal, or were the result of their mortgage affiliates struggles to get deals done.  Lennar...Read More