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I Love Star Wars But Should I Buy Disney?

Star Wars is awesome… but is that investable? How do you win stock picking contests? How can you exploit deadweight loss from Christmas? In the current episode, we discuss the following question: If Star Wars is going to sell a ton of tickets and if Disney (NYSE: DIS ) owns Star Wars, then does it follow that I should buy Disney? We also chat about stock picking contests and the deadweight loss of Christmas presents.

T-Mobile, Equinix 2015 Telecom Stock Winners

Uncarrier-branded T-Mobile US (TMUS) and data center operator Equinix (EQIX) were among the best-performing telecom and Internet infrastructure stocks in 2015, as Comcast, Verizon Communications (VZ) and some other large cap stocks lagged. T-Mobile stock was up 47% in 2015 through midday Thursday, helping to boost U.S. shares of German parent Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) by 13%. And Equinix turned in its second strong year in a row, rising 33% amid

Midday Update: Stocks Remain Negative Following Weak Manufacturing Datal

The U.S. markets continued to deteriorate on Thursday despite a rebound in oil prices as year end positioning and a six year low in a key manufacturing index pulled the S&P 500 into the red for 2015, and dragged