Share Price Appreciation in 2009: Amazon Beats Google and Apple

Jett Winter submits: For the year ending December 31, 2009, Apple (AAPL) led all stocks with an impressive 58 pt sentiment rating.

ByNick Chiu:On Friday's trading, the highlight was definitely on Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), which both missed the earning expectations. Surprisingly, AAPL managed to hang above $600 while AMZN gained 3% at the time of writing. This leads me to wonder if there is too much optimism in the market.

Apple's decision to collect a 30% tax on every digital item sold through the App Store may lead to its undoing, according to venture capitalist Bill Gurley.

By Dana Blankenhorn: I own shares in both Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) and both have done well for me, so I don't necessarily have a dog in this fight.But over the last three months I have noticed the trend of GOOG outperforming AAPL, Google continuing to race toward new highs while Apple remains stubbornly under $700/share.

By Chumpmenudo: Here is my dilemma: I've become a bit confused recently regarding DGI and total return. After reading some great SA articles this past year in the dividend and income section, I've begun to revamp my retirement portfolio with a focus on dividend growth investing. I've started posting my rules and holdings on my blog. So far, so good.

Third Party Feed: Media Tech Analyst submits: We continue to like ValueVision Media (VVTV) and believe that the shares can double from here. Further, as the fundamentals continue to improve, we think that ValueVision makes an attractive acquisition candidate for the likes of Amazon.com (AMZN).

By Muhammad Bazil:Amazon.com, Inc.'s (AMZN) reliance on the global market is undisguised and widely known. Nonetheless, it is a factor that has been greatly overlooked on countless occasions. This is mainly because a lot of analysts focus on the neck-to-neck competition that characterizes the U.S. market and fail to take note of the predominating sheers in the wider global market.

TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler