Blogs About "IBM"

Friday, August 6, 2010

Good news for International Business Machine (IBM), bad news for investors. On August 2nd, IBM sold $1.5 billion of 3 year debt at a 1% interest rate. This rate is a mere .3% higher than government debt with a 3 year maturity and 50% less than the dividend yield on the common stock.

The Wall Street Journal had a great article talking about IBM’s remarkable track record of being...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
This is a company we want to own for the long term and are buyers on weakness in price. Stock is down based on disappointing revenue number. Overall earnings slightly beat consensus. We expect the revenue number to be mixed over this sluggish period of economic growth. We are encouraged by the following positives:
1. Dividend has increased by 18%.
2. Europe and China did not slowdown.
3. Services were down...

Today we applaud IBM for raising its dividend 18%. Stock sold off last week on what some would say was mixed results. 1st quarter numbers came in $.04 above consensus at $1.97 while revenues were flat year over year. We continue to like the stock for the long term and view the sell off as a buying opportunity. Here’s what we like about IBM:
1. Margins continue to improve.
2. Revenues should show...

I read a terrific case study this morning on socialmediaexaminer.com on how IBM uses social media. Social media is about being, well, "social"...so how does #14 on the Fortune 500 list, a 114 year old global corporation, find it's inner-socially engaging, conversing self?

By losing control.

There is no corporate Twitter Account or corporate blog. That's right, not one. With nearly 400,000 employees in 170 countries, IBM is counting...