Employee stock plans can be a significant benefit to your net worth but you must know how best to use them for your situation. There are a variety of employee stock plans and each has their own benefits and considerations.The… Read More
The Two Factors Building Intuit’s Business Moat

Intuit’s QuickBooks Online is its Software As A Service (SAAS) business. It is replacing Intuit’s legacy QuickBooks Desktop software. QuickBooks Online is part of Intuit’s effort to transform its revenue from highly repeatable transactional sales to highly recurring subscriptions. I… Read More
How Much Revenue Does Charles Schwab Generate from Trading?
This morning JP Morgan Chase announced their new commission-free mobile brokerage platform, a trading app. New accounts will get 100 free trades during their first year and if they maintain a balance greater than $15,000 they will continue to get… Read More
Humira Biosimilar Threat: Who Gets the Customer First?
The concern with AbbVie’s blockbuster biologic Humira is the lost of patent exclusivity in the U.S. and Europe over the next two years. The worry is revenue from Humira will drop off a cliff as generic drugs enter the market…. Read More
Starbucks’ Float
It’s Christmas time. A good time for Starbucks. Not because they will sell more hot drinks. They will. It’s because of all those Starbucks gift cards given out. You know you will receive at least one. Any funds loaded onto… Read More