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New Yahoo Finance Columnists a "Predictable and Boring Bunch"

Yahoo Enlists Finance Writers For Original Content, by David Kesmodel.

"For the venture, Yahoo tapped authors of business books, rather than plucking business columnists from newspapers and wire services, which might have caused friction with some of its news partners, which include the Associated Press, Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal ... Yahoo Finance was the most popular online destination for financial news and information in the U.S. in August, attracting 12.2 million unique visitors... slightly ahead of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Money site, which drew 12 million."

My reaction to this news is identical to Paul Kedrosky's:

"... this is a predictable and boring bunch, little different from what you would read in any random newsstand financial publication. Where are some fresh, fun, and lively voices, people who you read because of how they say what they say, not just because they put out machine prose about personal finance?"

In other words, Kedrosky is wondering why they didn't hire Kedrosky. ;-) He also makes the good point that none of the columns apparently have RSS feeds, which is nuts. If you don't have a feed, I'm never going to read you, and even if these new eight columnists did have feeds, I still wouldn't read them.

Posted on September 27, 2005 at 7:30, GMT

Reinvesting Fat Dividends While We Wait

Merck is the top-yielding drug stock (~5.3%) followed by Bristol-Myers Squibb (~4.5%). I thought MRK and BMY were both cheap and buyable back in August 2004... then the Vioxx scandal hit and MRK got a lot cheaper. Adding more MRK and BMY in May of this year when the sentiment was poor hasn't yet paid off, but I'm patient and will gladly reinvest the fat, secure dividend checks while I wait.

BMY, MRK, Maoxian.com Sentiment Index: Weekly Charts

Posted on September 27, 2005 at 7:00, GMT


	Tuesday, September 27 New Yahoo Finance Columnists a "Predictable and Boring Bunch" Yahoo Enlists Finance Writers For Original Content, by David Kesmodel. "For the venture, Yahoo tapped authors of business books, rather than plucking business columnists from newspapers and wire services, which might have caused friction with some of its news partners, which include the Associated Press, Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal ... Yahoo Finance was the most popular online destination for financial news and information in the U.S. in August, attracting 12.2 million unique visitors... slightly ahead of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Money site, which drew 12 million." My reaction to this news is identical to Paul Kedrosky's: "... this is a predictable and boring bunch, little different from what you would read in any random newsstand financial publication. Where are some fresh, fun, and lively voices, people who you read because of how they say what they say, not just because they put out machine prose about personal finance?" In other words, Kedrosky is wondering why they didn't hire Kedrosky. ;-) He also makes the good point that none of the columns apparently have RSS feeds, which is nuts. If you don't have a feed, I'm never going to read you, and even if these new eight columnists did have feeds, I still wouldn't read them. Posted on September 27, 2005 at 7:30, GMT Reinvesting Fat Dividends While We Wait Merck is the top-yielding drug stock (~5.3%) followed by Bristol-Myers Squibb (~4.5%). I thought MRK and BMY were both cheap and buyable back in August 2004... then the Vioxx scandal hit and MRK got a lot cheaper. Adding more MRK and BMY in May of this year when the sentiment was poor hasn't yet paid off, but I'm patient and will gladly reinvest the fat, secure dividend checks while I wait. BMY, MRK, Maoxian.com Sentiment Index: Weekly Charts Posted on September 27, 2005 at 7:00, GMT Previous Entry >>> Picking a Top in Real Estate		Home Archive © 2000 - 2005 Chairman MaoXian