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The Expectations Game
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published Yesterday
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Preferred Stocks , Income and Dividends
I’d like a company I recommend to post improved numbers every quarter. That’s not necessarily earnings per share, or even distributions per share, but a group of metrics I consider to be important in gauging the health of the business.
The Ultimate Insurance
- By: Benjamin Shepherd
- Published Yesterday
- Related Topics: Friday Market Wrapup , Currency Trading , Metals and Resources , Precious Metals
India’s central bank bought 200 tons of the gold from the International Monetary Fund; the US unemployment rate has broken 10 percent for the first time since 1983; and the Federal Open Market Committee is continuing to hold interest rates at or near zero. All of these factors add up to higher gold prices.
Cleaning up with Cleantech
- By: GS Early
- Published November 5th, 2009
- Related Topics: New Tech Investor , Energy Alternatives , Energy , Green Investing , Growth , Europe , International
The movement founded by people pejoratively labeled as tree-huggers, enviro-Nazis and hippies has now been joined by governments, multinational corporations and the armed services. Here’s a rundown of recent news stories that demonstrate how Cleantech is moving forward, both as a concept and burgeoning industry.
Stay Positive and Hedged
- By: Yiannis G Mostrous
- Published November 5th, 2009
- Related Topics: Emerging Markets Speculator , Currency Trading , Metals and Resources
Cyclical names should continue to do well, especially in Asia, but investors should consider some defensive plays--I favor consumer staples names with exposure to Asia.
Anyone for THAI?
- By: David Dittman & Roger S. Conrad
- Published November 3rd, 2009
- Related Topics: Petroleum , Energy , Maple Leaf Memo
Estimates from experimental tests indicate that the process can recover as much as 80 percent of original oil-in-place while partially upgrading the crude oil in situ.
Parsing GDP
- By: Elliott H Gue
- Published October 31st, 2009
- Related Topics: Personal Finance Weekly
There’s enough slack in inventory data and additional stimulus in the pipeline to keep the economy growing for the next few quarters.
Beyond GDP
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published October 30th, 2009
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Bonds , Income and Dividends , Partnerships
Friday’s sharp reversal of Thursday’s gain is a pretty stark reminder of how little (if any) conviction investors have about things getting better, and how willing they are to sell at any provocation. That kind of sentiment is usually a bullish sign for stocks in the longer term.
Getting Off on a Technicality
- By: Benjamin Shepherd
- Published October 30th, 2009
- Related Topics: Friday Market Wrapup
Yesterday’s euphoria over a better-than-expected GDP reading gave way to reality after today’s release of sobering consumer spending data.
My Hedge Fund Portfolio Keeps Moving Ahead
- By: Bob Carlson
- Published October 29th, 2009
- Related Topics: Retirement
Hedge funds continue to make headlines, and most of them are not good. The big insider-trading case involved a hedge fund firm, and news stories indicate the investment process of the firm was to get an “information edge” that apparently included insider information on a regular basis. Forbes magazine had an article asking “How Dirty Are Hedge Funds?” Its answer was “filthy.”
ISM is the Key
- By: Yiannis G Mostrous
- Published October 29th, 2009
- Related Topics: Emerging Markets Speculator , Emerging Markets , Growth
The point to understand here is that the year-long rally in emerging markets isn’t based on the conviction that the global economy is completely out of the woods and that the Anglo-Saxon financial system has resolved all its problems.
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