Pain Unites Nokia and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Shareholders

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For a company to survive, its products have to sell. For small cap investors, this is an advantage over Wall Street. Legendary investor Peter Lynch pointed out how consumers could see what was selling at the mall and then base investment decisions on that field research.

The same is now true with Nokia products. The recent launch of the Lumia 900 was a debacle; and the share price has plunged. Apple has soared after the iPhone4S hit the market. It will likely do so with the iPhone5 debuts later this fall. When Starbucks introduced its own single cup coffee machine, the Verismo, the share price of Green Mountain Coffee Roaster fell like a cup of java off the side of a table.

Ford Motors came back. Some are expecting that for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. It is difficult to imagine that for Nokia Corporation.