Lou Gutheil

The share price of BP (LSE:BP.) closed marginally down (0.05%) at 479.75 after reaching 484.20 in intraday trading, up at the point by 0.875%. BP continues to trade nearer to the low end of its 52 week range if 364.40 to 526.80. But today’s story is not so much about its share price activity today […]

Cambridge chip designer, ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) shares reached a record high of 1,233 today on the London Exchange following a first quarter earnings report that handily beat expectations. ARM shares closed on Monday at 1,150 and opened this morning at 1,218, a 5.9% increase in early trading. The share price reached its all-time high shortly […]

The Collaborative Economy made headlines again on 16 April as online marketplace, Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY), shares became available in its IPO on the Nasdaq. Etsy shares opened at 31.00 following an offering price set at 16.00. Etsy closed the day at 30.00, up 87.5% on a volume of nearly 20 million shares, giving the “artisanal eBay” […]

Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA) (LSE:RDSB) pushed other world news off the front page this morning, announcing that it has agreed to buy BG Group (LSE:BG.) for $70 billion dollars (£47 billion) at a premium of 50% on BG’s closing price yesterday, which was 910.40. That would price BG shares at 1,365.60. BG shares jumped to […]

On 10 October 2013 I wrote an ADVFN article about “3D Printing: A Sleeping Giant for Investors.” The basis for that article was grounded and personal experience with 3D prototyping and a familiarity with the commercialization of the technology, making it available to consumers. What followed, in terms of consumerisation, has been somewhat demoralizing as […]

“The are the times that try men’s souls,” especially if those men are invested in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP). The GKP share price has dropped to 35.23 today, continuing what has been a fairly steady decline that has been nearly unabated since 25 October 2013 when it was last traded above 180.00. It is now […]

Nikola Tesla was a genius. He was, arguably, much smarter than his competitor, Thomas Edison. Edison, however was much more shrewd in terms of business acumen. The man who leads the namesake company of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has the genius of Mr. Tesla and the business acumen of Mr. Edison combined. His name is Elon Musk, […]

I was preparing to write this morning when, as part of my normal routine, I checked the World Index Chart on ADVFN. Nikkei up. That’s good. FTSE up. That’s good. Dow straight up! What? It started with the opening bell. By 10:00 am EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) had  already gained 250.00 points […]

Share in Kraft (NASDAQ:KRFT) climbed by an amazing 40% today following news late Tuesday, 24 March, that a merger offer has been made by Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian company, 3G Capital, through their jointly-owned food product manufacturer, Heinz. The share price reached a record high of 87.88 before noon today.  Berkshire Hathaway and 3G acquired […]

Sometimes it is a lot more fun to step back and watch the FTSE for awhile. You know, just enjoy the view. Forget the stress and pressures of life and just enjoy the spectacle of it all. After all the excitement of the record-breaking day on Friday, 20 March, I pondered writing an article on […]