Yahoo Stocks Game
Yahoo Stocks Game
Ignore the Media and Buy This Stock
When I set out to speak this article to you, I had to make sure I had a very tight outline. Yes, that’s right, I said speak this article.
This entire story was spoken into my iPhone and transcribed by a free application called Dragon Dictation. It’s made by Nuance, the company behind the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software for personal computers. NaturallySpeaking can start up programs on your computer, navigate menus, or help you surf the Web. And of course it also allows you to “type” in your word processing program much faster than you can with your fingers 120 words per minute versus 40, according to Nuance.
The free Dragon Dictation for the iPhone is quite a bit more limited than Dragon’s pay programs. For instance, I’m limited to about 30-second snippets as I speak this, though I just keep pressing the record button to add on to the current snippet. The resulting text can be pasted into an email or text message, stored in the clipboard, or even pushed out to Facebook or Twitter. If I decide to make a habit of speaking my articles, I’ll of course upgrade to the more robust NaturallySpeaking — but this free iPhone app is quite astonishing for what it can accomplish.
Nuance is a game-changing company, producing some of the most exciting and disruptive software in the world.
Meet the gamest changer of them all:- Another such company is Google. You’re certainly aware of its search capabilities, and probably many of its other applications: foreign language translation tools, the Picasa photo program, Google documents, the Chrome browser, Google Earth, etc. But the one that really gets my investing juices flowing is still relatively unknown: Google Maps Navigation. This is a GPS navigation system that’s currently available only on phones running Google’s Android 1.6 and higher operating system, but there’s little doubt it will eventually be available for a wide array of devices, including the iPhone.
The things Maps Navigation can do that other GPS devices cannot is impressive. For starters, it has an Internet connection that keeps the maps and software completely up to date. Unlike other devices, you can misspell words and as long as you’re close, Google says, “we’ll figure it out.” There is also voice search, meaning there’s no need to fumble around with a keypad while driving. You certainly can type in your destination if you want, but either way, Google makes it extremely easy to enter information. You can even enter somewhat vague information “Navigate to the museum with the King Tut exhibit in San Francisco” and Google has a very good chance of finding what you want.
There is also a live traffic conditions feature, as well as the ability to search along the route for virtually anything you need. There’s a satellite view. There’s Google’s street view, which, in theory, shows you exactly what you’ll be seeing along the roads as you navigate. But perhaps the most amazing thing about Google Maps Navigation is that it’s absolutely free. What a game-changer in the personal navigation devices market! This product is trampling on what is already a relatively new and dynamic industry. Yes, Google is disrupting even a disruptor like Garmin, which is under intense competitive pressures from many sides now.
When to invest in disruptors:- There is money to be made in seeking out the world’s most exciting companies and investing in them when others are still skeptical. Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner looks for these characteristics in a company: Top dog and first mover in an important, emerging industry. They can be obvious, likeIBM in computing, or subtle, like Toyota in viable hybrid vehicles. Has a strong, sustainable advantage. This is the toughest to gauge. Palm (now owned by Hewlett-Packard) and Yahoo!, for example, were strong early movers in their industries. Neither was able to maintain a strong competitive advantage, however, and both are still struggling to regain past prominence. Strong past price appreciation. Good management in place with smart backing.
Strong consumer appeal. David prefers consumer-facing companies with strong brands, like Netflix and Starbucks. These types of companies, that imprint their brand in the minds of the public, are better understood and stand a better chance of surviving. Has been called overvalued by the media. Google carries all these attributes and has been called overvalued by at least three analysts this year. But David feels you should ignore the media, because this is the type of company that can provide the highest possible returns, period, for a portfolio. This is why Google is considered a core Rule Breakers stock, and is a holding in the Million Dollar Portfolio.
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