How to Recognize Wall Street Winners

— Is the US economy steadying, and is order returning to global investment markets? The answers to these questions seem to play out differently day to day in stock prices.

A Stealthy Stock Market You Shouldn't Ignore

— Ahead of the vote for Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin set forth plans for a robust macroeconomic financial policy, reigniting the stock market to 2,280--a 3 percent gain--crossing the 2,200 mark for the first time since January as investor confidence swelled. Putin’s primary goal: Reduce the tax burden on the oil sector to stimulate production and crude oil refining and lower inflation to single digits within the next few years.

Investment Commentary

How to Recognize Wall Street Winners

Roger S. Conrad

5/9/08 — Is the US economy steadying, and is order returning to global investment markets? The answers to these questions seem to play out differently day to day in stock prices.

Cash in on Global Powers

Neil J. George

5/10/08 — Crude oil at $125 and climbing? Natural gas at $11 and climbing?

And it’s not just petrol that’s soaring in price or cost, depending on whether you’re buying or selling. Any real good that gets dug up or pumped out the ground is seemingly out of control. Prices continue to spiral upward; the Commodities Research Board’s general commodities index is up 38 percent for the trailing year.

05.09.08

Benjamin Shepherd

5/9/08 — Wall Street ended the week lower despite better-than-expected economic data after Microsoft walked away from its heavily hyped attempt to takeover Yahoo and crude prices continued to climb.

New MLP Buying Opportunity

Elliott H. Gue

5/2/08 — Publicly traded master limited partnerships (MLP) have had a rough run since last July despite generally strong fundamental performances. If history is any guide, this marks an outstanding buying opportunity for the group.

Britney vs. Nanotech: Breakdown or Breakthrough?

GS Early

5/5/08 — It’s likely that, if you follow the nightly news, read the paper or even scan your customized Google News browser, you missed one of the biggest scientific discoveries to come around in a long time. No, it wasn’t that Britney got the kids back.

A Stealthy Stock Market You Shouldn't Ignore

Yiannis G. Mostrous and Kate Zanoni

5/8/08 — Ahead of the vote for Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin set forth plans for a robust macroeconomic financial policy, reigniting the stock market to 2,280--a 3 percent gain--crossing the 2,200 mark for the first time since January as investor confidence swelled. Putin’s primary goal: Reduce the tax burden on the oil sector to stimulate production and crude oil refining and lower inflation to single digits within the next few years.

Can You Profit from the Rice Shortage?

George Kleinman

4/28/08 — Rice was in the limelight this past week. Costco and Sam’s Club limited the amount of rice customers could buy because of the irrational exuberance of its rice customers. The rice chart below (this is a fairly thin market that’s not too actively traded in the futures) looks like an accelerated rocket ride to the moon. Historically, these kinds of moves always seem to end poorly.

Sprott’s IPO and the Commodity Cycle

Roger S. Conrad and David Dittman

5/6/08 — We’ve written extensively here and in Canadian Edge about the global resource boom that sustains the economy up north and provides compelling stories for investors. So the headline “Sprott Hedge Fund IPO May Signal Top of Canada Commodity Rally” on a May 5 Bloomberg story caught our attention.

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