Investors who played Apple since the launch of its first iPod five years ago have not to regret their dollars. The renaissance of the firm created by Steve Jobs which ensued resulted in increased by seven of his scholarship course. During the same period, that of Microsoft fell 15! Even if, unlike Apple, Bill Gates group has meanwhile converted to dividends and distributed approximately $ 50 billion, or 17 of its current capitalization, the difference is dizzying. The success and the stock market is often pendulum Affairs, it may be tempting to play this time return to grace of Microsoft, at the time where it will launch Zune, the online music service that wants to challenge the dominance of iTunes. Judging by the recommendations of the analysts, it would be a very minority choice, very "contrarian" in the stock market terminology. Apple, the course has already earned 35 a year, still lies in seventh position among the companies in the index Standard & Poor's 500 with the highest expectations of rising. If Google is in tenth place, Microsoft is banished beyond the hundredth. But it is likely that at 20 times its expected profits for the year in progress, against 30 times for Apple, Microsoft introduces a haircut who has more chance of resolves that the premium for Apple to grow.
Rhodia goes green

Help you, the sky will help you. After touching the bottom of the abyss, Rhodia had to take drastic corrective measures involving transfers of assets and financial restructuring. Today, the group key first tangible dividends. Beyond the mechanical effect of relief of loads caused by the improvement of the balance sheet and the lower costs due to assignments, the chemist took advantage of the improvement of the situation. Benefiting from an infected application, Rhodia combines with happiness increased volumes of 5.5 and possibility to pass the increase in energy and materials first in its selling prices. Quarterly sales of the former subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc progresses as 9.3, resulting in an exponential effect on the gross operating surplus excluding items outstanding , which increases by 60, while operating income is multiplied by 14. With a gross margin reached 13.6, the group led by Jean-Pierre Clamadieu could exceed its target of annual margin of at least 13. Of course, everything is not pink since chemist still supports a debt by nearly EUR 2 billion. But Rhodia may still assign some unneeded assets and a few hundreds of millions of euros of CO2 emission credits.
Mutual misunderstanding
Hermes is subject to stock market attention beyond its fundamental promises is undeniable. For two months, trade volumes and levels of development emerged from the standards. But this is not Recalling sponsorship status, control of the families and the Covenants linking that Patrick Thomas, Manager of Hermes, will be back the speculation. Some of those leading the may say that a bolder strategy, which would take better advantage of the very favourable context for the luxury and the considerable resources of Hermes industries, be more convincing, including its historical shareholders, which would thus have less reason to listen to alternative proposals. Since 2005, growth deficit is palpable, even though the House of the faubourg Saint-Honoré is generally better than its competitors in the difficult period. His caution is also obvious: despite the visibility of its new stores and the Champs-Elysées Seoul, it will invest this year 30 less in its trades in the repurchase of its shares. Hermes has, of course, a story, a culture and a vision which transcend the market logic. But it also maintains the speculation because, this degree of misunderstanding reciprocal, the best solution would be to withdraw a scholarship raises more problems than it solves.