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Chinese Internet Stocks on the Rise
Stephen Oakes, Editor in Chief, Volume Spike Alert
8/13/2007
The future global players are just itching to break out -- and that means big profits if you get in now.
What Peter Pan, buffalo meatloaf, and oil shale have in common
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
8/13/2007
Most of the locals who lived through the previous oil shale booms say it comes along every 20 or 30 years or so and then disappears just as fast as it came.
A Man with a Plan... and $70 Billion
Adam Lass, Editor-in-Chief, TFN's Market Report
8/13/2007
After guys like Volker and Greenspan, we've become accustomed to -- if not more activity, at least a bit more theoretical vigor.
Turn Current Market Volatility Into a Double Profit Opportunity
J. Christoph Amberger, President, Taipan Financial News
8/12/2007
Learn how you can turn current market volatility into a double profit opportunity with tightly controlled risk -- and without buying a single stock...
Stephanie Grimmett, Managing Editor, Taipan
8/11/2007
Want to see gains of 600%? You might have to look somewhere you'd never thought of before: the world of Monet, Manet and Mondrian
So Who's Looking Forward to Fall! Anyone?
Adam Lass, Editor-in-Chief, TFN's Market Report
8/10/2007
Chartwise, BBY share price has stretched for $46 and failed three days running.
A 95% Accuracy Rate Is Just One Example of His Success
S. Lee Franks, Executive Publisher, The Taipan Group
8/10/2007
WaveStrength has been a consistent and accurate predictive model for the better part of seven years.
Medical Technology Stocks: A Cattle Ranch in California Could Make You 355% Gains
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
8/10/2007
Investing in medical technology companies that are allowing older Americans to enjoy life to the fullest and stay active for as long as possible is the smart way to long-term gains.
Investing in Precious Metals: "White Knight" Could Soar 11-Fold
S.R. Nunnally, Editor, Commodities & Resources Report, Taipan Financial News
8/10/2007
World demand for silver had exceeded annual production every year since 1990.
Tech Stocks: Cisco Becomes a Bit More Liberal
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
8/9/2007
I definitely believe that investor sentiment is starting to embrace technology stocks again, finally!
Real Estate Is Burning! (But Only Above the Fold)
Adam Lass, Editor-in-Chief, TFN's Market Report
8/9/2007
Publishers placed their most lurid headlines on the top half of the paper, leaving critical details either on the lower half (below the fold).
U.S. Dollar: China's Atomic Currency Bomb
Ian L. Cooper, Editor, TFN's Market Report
8/9/2007
If the United States imposes any trade sanctions, China may cripple the dollar.
Someone Else's Trash Really Is Your Treasure
Loretta O'Connor, Fear and Greed
8/9/2007
A better place to dip your funds is into, say, a natural gas distributor.
One of the World's Most Recognizable Brands
Ann Sosnowski, Editor, American Capitalist
8/8/2007
Young children, even as young as three, are part of the branded culture, and react to it as adults do.
Bryan Bottarelli, Market Report
8/8/2007
The strategy involves the homebuilding sector, and specifically news coming from a luxury builder.
Investing Wisely When the Big Money Doubles Down
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
8/8/2007
That’s how you’ll win in the booming oil sands and heavy oil markets.
Surefire Baby Boomer Stocks: The 2-Billion-Dollar Cure
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
8/7/2007
There's a reason why you're being bombarded with information about the baby boomer generation in the media: It's a surefire trend to play
Investment in Infrastructure: Growing Neglect Highlighted by Tragedy
S.R. Nunnally, Editor, Commodities and Resources Report
8/7/2007
Each and every state has bridges listed as structurally deficient, and this tragedy will serve to highlight the growing neglect of our nation's infrastructure.
A Yoga Master's Secret to Successful Investing
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
8/6/2007
Lululemon is in perfect position to capitalize on the yoga trend.
Ian L. Cooper, Market Report
8/6/2007
But even as the market soars on rate-cut hopes, the banks, the lenders and the homebuilders are taking it on the chin
What the Most Successful Investors are Looking for When Forming Companies
Andrew Mickey, Editor-in-Chief, Fear and Greed
8/6/2007
Thanks to the elimination of a 95-year ban on exploration, one of the potentially most lucrative areas in the Gulf of Mexico has been opened up for exploration.
How You Can Profit From the Dow's Volatility by December 2007
J. Christoph Amberger, President, TaipanFinancialNews.com
8/5/2007
The mortgage industry's post-boom downturn has injected a fresh new undercurrent of volatility into the markets...
Welcome to Colombia: Foreign Investment Finds a Home in the Jungle
Stephanie Grimmett, Managing Editor, Taipan
8/4/2007
In the last five years, Colombia has started cleaning up its act, and its economy is stepping out of the shady realm
Oil in the Mekong Delta and Pirates in the Malacca Straits
Christian DeHaemer, Editor in Chief, Crisis Trader
8/4/2007
Vietnam oil and the Mekong Delta is key to China's desperate need to avoid U.S. Navy, the pirates of the Straits of Malacca, and feed its booming southern costal cities…
Novice investor turns $36,000 into $291,404
S. Lee Franks, Executive Publisher, The Taipan Group
8/3/2007
You enter the ticker symbol of the stock you're interested in buying and Cycle Trends begins a series of calculations. Next thing you know, Cycle Trends will tell you whether to buy, hold or sell.
Housing Deterioration: It's Not Just Bad for Homebuilders and Lenders...
Ian L. Cooper, Market Report
8/3/2007
You enter the ticker symbol of the stock you're interested in buying and Cycle Trends begins a series of calculations. Next thing you know, Cycle Trends will tell you whether to buy, hold or sell.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Agreement Reached Between News Corp and Dow Jones!
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
8/2/2007
I'm sorry to say the mini soap opera between the Dow Jones Company (DJ:NYSE) and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWS:NYSE) is finally over.
Discovering black gold north of Texas
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
8/2/2007
Canadian oil sands starting to attract a lot of attention again.
TFN Commodities and Resources Report
S.R. Nunnally, Commodities and Resources Report
8/2/2007
World oil shale reserves are estimated at about 453 billion tons, and can yield about 2.9 trillion barrels of oil equivalent.
Tech Stocks: New Cell Technology Can Extend Your Cell Battery Life 200 Times
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
8/1/2007
The new cell technology is named femtocells (femto meaning one-quadrillionth of a unit). Essentially, femtocell technology works as an in-home, or in-area, wireless access point.
Test-driving in the Tech & Commodities markets
Loretta O'Connor, Fear and Greed
8/1/2007
Major car companies are exploring a variety of ways to power cars in the future, including higher concentrations of ethanol, as well as the alternative nickel battery.
Bryan Bottarelli, Market Report
8/1/2007
When you witness such extreme price swings like the Dow, the best trading tactic is to be extremely nimble. That means taking quick profits, playing smaller contract sizes, and withstanding some additional drawdowns in your open positions.
Telecom Stocks: Major Telecom Stays Afloat During Recent Market Correction
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/31/2007
I believe AT&T's (T:NYSE) success as a leading telecom provider will continue.
Investing in Gold: Unseasonably Hot Gold Prices...Should You Buy?
Sara Nunnally, Commodities and Resources
7/31/2007
The prop forcing gold prices to an unseasonable rise is the absolute failure of the dollar to gain any traction against other currencies, like the euro.
Google and YouTube discoverers found the next one
Andrew Mickey, BreakAway Investor
7/30/2007
Up until Tuesday, the Dow was humming right along and every investor was relishing in that delusional genius feeling that only a bull market can provide.
Christoph Amberger, Taipan
7/30/2007
Last week's drop in U.S. stock was caused by "concerns about sub-prime lenders."
Invest in a Workhorse for the Long Haul
Loretta O'Connor, Fear and Greed
7/30/2007
With the price of gasoline seemingly on a perpetual incline, the trucking industry might not seem like it is in a position to profit.
Who's Rising When the Dow Is Falling?
Adam Lass, Market Report
7/30/2007
What stocks bucked the big suck, and who made gains in a huge downdraft.
Stephanie Grimmett Editor, Taipan
7/28/2007
According to leaders from Senegal and South Africa, all of the funding for AIDS prevention and treatment in the continent is great, but Africa is in need of more than just health programs.
Tech Stocks: The Two Sides of Apple
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/27/2007
The fact that AT&T (T:NYSE) didn't see the high amount of iPhone activations it had expected sent investors in a flurry, selling shares and dropping AAPL down to $137.26 per share.
How to Play the Dow Plunge...in Brazil
Ian L. Cooper, Market Report
7/27/2007
With the Dow turning over, there’s further downside for the Sao Paulo and the EWZ ETF.
When Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett agree, watch out!
Adam Lass, Market report
7/26/2007
Investing for the long haul along with Carl and Warren is probably not such a bad idea.
Quick, Wake up the Plunge Protection Team
Ian L. Cooper, Market Report
7/26/2007
Dow surge prediction is not without caveats
Making something out of the infinitesimally small
Loretta O'Connor, Fear and Greed
7/26/2007
The amazing breakthrough recently performed by scientists is being able to make polyester from plants.
Tech Stocks: Play the Nasdaq, Not Its Components
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/26/2007
Although Nasdaq has seen some dips in short-term cycles, its long-term rising trend has continued to remain intact
30 Years in Development: The Next Telecom Revolution
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/25/2007
Earlier this week, Corning (GLW:NYSE) unveiled its latest and greatest innovation, bendable fiber-optic cable.
Merger Activity: Political Debates Mirror Preliminary M&A Research
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/25/2007
The recent debate at the Citadel is that it begins to shape in the American consciousness the potential President/Vice President candidate merger options.
Trading Tactics: Playing Apple's Earnings
Bryan Bottarelli, Market Report
7/25/2007
After the close of trading today, Apple Computer (AAPL:NASDAQ) will announce its Q3 results.
Large-Cap Investing: The Most Financially Stable Dow Companies
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/24/2007
So buying now while considering a topping formation soon will get you nothing but dividend gains going into the next few years
Investing in Crude Oil: What's Next? $65 or $85?
S.R. Nunnally, Commodities & Resources Report
7/24/2007
Since July 2, oil prices have climbed in nearly a straight line, up more than 6%.
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/23/2007
In a market that can be considered thriving when businesses increase spending by 6% or 7%, 9% growth will be a banner year.
Apocalypse postponed: Why we remain bullish on U.S. stocks
Christoph Amberger, Taipan Financial News
7/23/2007
Did the U.S. economy enter the often promised "epic decline"?
The Brokers Blow It Again: This Time It's Bad-News Banks They Won't Sell Despite Double-Digit Losses
Adam Lass, Market Report
7/23/2007
Before we get to the market, let's get a little housekeeping out of the way.
Government steps in to keep this sector soaring
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/23/2007
Ethanol production continues to increase and farmers are rushing to plant as much corn as they can.
Andrew Mickey
7/22/2007
It's now mandated. We knew this was going to be big, but now the government is stepping in to ensure it's a winner. First, let me ask you a question...
The economics of French lingerie
Stephanie Grimmett
7/20/2007
This is why I love my job: In the past couple of weeks, I've been doing a lot of research for our August Taipan issue. And much of that research has been digging up information on a global clothing retailer, which sells everything from urban hipster fashion to a line of classic French underthings.
"Don't hate the playa, hate the game"
Adam Lass, Market Report
7/20/2007
El Paso escapes the Enron tarnish
What You Can Learn From GOOG and SNDK's Earnings
Bryan Bottarelli, Market Report
7/20/2007
El Paso escapes the Enron tarnish
Solar Investing: Slack polysilicon supply gives some a license to print money...
Ian Cooper, American Capitalist
7/20/2007
Finding supplies to match a 50% increase in energy consumption is going to be increasingly tough and will require huge new investments in coming decades.
Tech Stocks: IBM Breaks to Six-Year High on Continued M&A Success
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/20/2007
Software acquisitions are working well for IBM
What they wouldn't let me say on CNBC about the Dow and energy stocks
Adam Lass
7/19/2007
Who says the gods have no sense of humor? After years of sniping about vapid talking heads mouthing meaningless sound bites, I have suddenly become one.
Turning a cup of coffee into big money
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/19/2007
And that's when I realized it...coffee. Not a chance to trade bean futures or buy some Starbucks stock and watch it continue to languish, but the small-cap opportunities that offer real growth.
Profiting from Different Types of Mergers & Acquisitions
Ian Cooper, American Capitalist
7/19/2007
The country's third-largest bank, Bear Stearns, just announced that the value of two of its hedge funds' holdings are pretty much worthless after making wrong-way decisions in the mortgage business
A Look at Some "Sinful" Mergers & Acquisitions Activity for Your Portfolio
Ann Sosnowski, American Capitalist
7/19/2007
Cigarette Manufacturing Competition from Overseas
MACD/DMI: New Buy Signal on Taser
Ian L. Cooper, Market Report
7/19/2007
Indicies show positive movement for taser.
Bryan Bottarelli, Market Report
7/19/2007
Is BWTR is going much higher, come along for the ride.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Not Without Some Scandal
Ann Sosnowski
7/18/2007
Who knew there was so much scandal in the organic food market? If you haven't been paying attention, it's like a modern-day soap opera out there in grocery land.
Another Look at this Winning Investment
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/18/2007
You've got to have leverage in the large-cap market if you want to beat out that 20% annual return goal that large-cap investors dream of.
We Listen to Bernanke So That You Won't Have to...
Adam Lass, Market Report
7/18/2007
I know more about who will die in the next Harry Potter book than Ben Bernanke does about where the economy is now or will be in the next six months.
And Down Comes the Market... Bear Stearns and All...
Ian L. Cooper, Market Report
7/18/2007
Conditions in the subprime mortgage sector have deteriorated significantly
The Hobgoblin of Wall Street: Make 127% Gains off This Red Zone Stock by Knowing What "Low" Is...
Christian DeHaemer
7/17/2007
I'm in the business of selling ideas. It's a nice business to be in because I'm one of those people who have them.
Buyout Rumors: Murdoch just can't catch a break...
Ian Cooper, American Capitalist
7/17/2007
Murdoch will walk. But that's just my opinion
Betting to win in today's markets
Andrew Mickey
7/16/2007
It was ludicrous, ridiculous, irresponsible, and foolish. Most would have probably even said it was idiotic. Whatever you call it, most technology ideas are called that ever since the tech-bubble burst six years ago.
Is "Full Investment" Really the Bar You Want to Set?
Adam Lass, Market Report
7/16/2007
As we move toward the Autumnal-buying season...What are this market's risks and investment opportunities?
Uranium: Sky-High Prices Equals Sky-High Opportunities?
Sara Nunnally, Market Report
7/16/2007
Some stocks lose ground as problems seep into Uranium producing areas
Insiders are buying this high flyer
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/16/2007
And when you’re talking modern-day aircraft like the 787’s, they use vast amounts of titanium
Housing: Whistling Past the Graveyard...
Ian Cooper, American Capitalist
7/16/2007
There is no value in homebuilder stocks
Perfect Storm? Or perfect contrarian indicator?
J.Christoph Amberger
7/15/2007
Intelligence agencies draw conclusions on impending terrorist activity by the rise in terrorist "chatter" -- the increasing frequency of suspect phone calls and e-mail exchanges among monitored suspects.
Stephanie Grimmett
7/13/2007
My home state just introduced its first gun-permit law.
Investing in Dow Jones: Tick, Tock... Tick, Tock...
Ian Cooper, American Capitalist
7/13/2007
According to reports, Murdoch is apparently frustrated by Dow Jones' changing of the minds.
Oil Demand: Revised IEA Numbers Spike Oil Prices
S.R. Nunnally, Market Report
7/13/2007
With oil prices reaching over $73 a barrel; could A minor supply disruption would effect oil price forecast.
Oil Industry: Two Oil Refiners Worth a Look
Bryan Bottarelli
7/13/2007
Rising oil prices produce a strong buying opportunity in these two refiners.
U.S. Budget Deficit: The Incredible Shrinking Twin
J, Christoph Amberger
7/12/2007
The U.S. budget deficit will narrow to about $205 billion in 2007, the Bush administration announced. That's quite a bit lower than the $244 billion that the government had forecast in February, and down 17% over last year's shortfall.
Gaming Console War: Xbox 360 Haircut?
Ian Cooper, American Capitalist
7/12/2007
Price cuts fare well for any company that makes games for the console, including Take-Two Interactive (TTWO).
Loretta O' Connor, Fear and Greed
7/12/2007
Environmental Laws bode well for FuelTech
Foreign Investing: Prepare for New Russian Tech IPOs
Ann Sosnowski
7/11/2007
Beijing will be aflutter with tourists and, no doubt, businessmen looking for the stability and profit potential that spurs dreams of investing in everything Chinese in 2008.
It's not too late to get this one right
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/11/2007
What all of us got wrong, including me, were the total sales for the iPhone.
Alternative Energy: When New York Blacks Out, Buy BCON...
Ian Cooper
7/11/2007
What if, given today's lingering heat, the city had another blackout?
Buyout Targets: Murdoch Sees $5 Billion Potential in Dow Jones Company (DJ:NYSE)
Ann Sosnowski
7/10/2007
News Corp. and Murdoch received lukewarm reviews when it bought Myspace.com for $580 million in 2005. Today, it's at the center of NWS' $500 million Fox Interactive Media group, and is probably the most successful social networking site in the world.
Diligent 259% Gains on Mastercard
J. Christoph Amberger
7/10/2007
In this business, we measure success by how our recommendations perform for our subscribers. After all, you really can't argue with gains, especially gains on a new generation blue-chip stock like Mastercard Inc. (MA:NYSE).
Take-Two Interactive: Taking a Second Look...
Ian Cooper
7/10/2007
Things are looking good for Take -Two Interactive
Oil Supply: What We Already Know
S.R. Nunnally
7/9/2007
If OPEC supply could be in trouble several years down the road, traditional buy-and-hold investors could find some great deals on companies developing other parts of the world.
Andrew Mickey
7/9/2007
"There's no way. That's impossible." That's all Bradford Parkinson heard from his superiors at the Department of Defense. Little did the dozens of foresightless bureaucrats realize that Parkinson would go on to disprove them all. And in the process, create a technological revolution investment that can't be ignored.
Crude Prices: The Most Expensive Oil Ever?
Adam Lass
7/9/2007
Crude oil futures hit $73/barrel today. Not because of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico. Not because of a strike in Nigeria. Not because of Venezuelan saber-rattling. Simply because American's can’t back off.
Dow Jones: Foolish Buyers of UK-based Rumor...
Ian Cooper
7/9/2007
According to a UK publication, The Business, Murdoch has succeeded with his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones
These stocks should be flying high
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/9/2007
Boeing finally unveiled the 787 Dreamliner
Housing Crisis: Time to shop for dividends
J. Christoph Amberger
7/8/2007
U.S. construction activity fell 2.9% between May 2006 and May 2007. That's not all that much, to be sure... until you realize that residential construction is down 17.3% since May of 2006.
Housing Crisis: Waiting for the other shoe to drop
J. Christoph Amberger
7/6/2007
Are you ready for the other economic shoe to drop on the American real estate crisis? I hope you're sitting comfortable. Because it may take a bit longer.
Hilton Hotels: Unleveled Playing Field? That's hot...
Ian Cooper
7/6/2007
On a low volume July 3, 2007, shares of Hilton had unusually high volume of 7,461,700 versus daily average volume of 3,360,000.
Three easy steps to becoming a billionaire
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/6/2007
Do you know what you would do with a billion dollars?
Energy Stocks: Now that's cooking with gas!
J. Christoph Amberger
7/5/2007
When it comes to sheer corporate muscle, it's hard to compete with Russian companies. No Western company, with their pantywaist sensitivity training and employee empowerment rhetoric, comes even close.
One idea, three stocks and a 183% average gain
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/5/2007
I woke up thinking to myself, ethanol is going to be big, but there aren’t really any ethanol stocks worth owning.
Independence Day Busters: Two stocks poised for steep declines
J. Christoph Amberger
7/4/2007
A flyover of a squad of A-10s. Waving politicians and local news anchors in comfortable shoes walking uphill on glowing asphalt, or throwing candy from the back seats of vintage Cadillacs.
Shorting Dendreon: An Old Death Cross Trader Favorite...
Ian Cooper
7/4/2007
We shorted Dendreon above $20 and watched it sink $11 on our expectation.
Telecom Stocks: AT&T Pushes Up the Entire Industry
Ann Sosnowski
7/3/2007
Apple estimates that 500,000 Apple iPhones were sold on the first two days they were made available.
The fundamentals always pay off
Andrew Mickey
7/3/2007
The Cato Institute says, "Peak oil predictions about the impending decline in global rates of oil production are based on scant evidence and dubious models of how the oil market responds to scarcity."
Investing in Taser: $25 by 12/ 25?
Ian Cooper
7/3/2007
Investors and institutional buyers are speculating on the company's continued success
Environmental Technologies: Thank goodness for easy solutions
J. Christoph Amberger
7/2/2007
The road to heck, they say, is paved with good intentions. Last month, manufacturing activity in China, for example, expanded at the slowest pace in four months -- as Beijing clamped down on polluting and energy-intensive industries.
Andrew Mickey, Fear and Greed
7/2/2007
Nautilus, with big money solidly behind it, will likely be another small-cap success story.
Coffee: Milk Does a Starbucks Bad?
Ian Cooper
7/2/2007
Milk prices drive up Starbucks' costs
The Chinese Stock Market Bubble: Follow the Money!
J. Christoph Amberger
7/1/2007
Beijing bureaucrats are now regularly talking about market bubbles. Politicians raise stamp taxes. The government authorizes enormous bond sales and encourages flows of capital to be redirected from the mainland stock exchanges abroad.
One secret of the wealthiest investors
Andrew Mickey
6/29/2007
By watching the top small-cap mutual funds like Royce, you’ll be able to get in early on some potentially big winners.
Tech Stock Investing: Taser Exhibits Its Comeback Stock Status
Ann Sosnowski
6/29/2007
I've pounded the pavement for almost a year now, exclaiming that Taser is the comeback stock of the year. Already since the beginning of 2007, TASR stock has moved from $7.95 per share to $13.77, nearly double.
Weaving a New Definition for Luxury
Stephanie Grimmett
6/29/2007
Every month Vogue arrives in my mailbox. I buy it for the articles, I swear. And all of those sumptuous ads and incredibly beautiful photo spreads of clothing that I will never be able to justify buying are icing on the cake.
Take-Two Interactive: Controversy, the Catalyst...
Ian Cooper
6/29/2007
We're here to make money off of what the games will do for Take-Two near-term.
Andrew Mickey
6/28/2007
As we enter the latter stages of the oil cycle, it will continue to be the smaller the better in the oil sector.
Welcome to the Revolution: Neo-coms are renationalizing resources
J. Christoph Amberger
6/28/2007
"Investors are going to the dollar as a safe haven." That's not a sentence you hear these days, when everyone and his grandmother is predicting doom and gloom for the greenback.
Rupert Murdoch: 58 Days Later...
Ian Cooper
6/28/2007
Fifty-eight days and counting... That's how long it's been since Murdoch offered his $60 bid to Dow Jones.
Technology Stocks: The Allure of the Apple iPhone
Ann Sosnowski
6/27/2007
I admit I enjoy ogling new technology: MP3 players, cameras and cellphones laid out in storefront windows, beaming in fluorescent lights, displayed like lollipops in a grownups' candy store.
Investing in ValueClick: Naivety and False Rumor...
Ian Cooper
6/27/2007
If you’re ever bored… in search of a good laugh… watch as the ValueClick herd gets burned for the sixth time in three months.
J. Christoph Amberger
6/26/2007
People's Bank of China assistant governor Yi Gang told the World Economic Forum in Singapore that China will continue to hold the "bulk" of its record $1.2 trillion of foreign-exchange reserves in U.S. dollars.
Private Equity: Are Two Finally Making A Downward Trend?
Ann Sosnowski
6/26/2007
While private equity investment may be far from reaching 2000 levels (although it's hard to gauge, since private equity investments practically doubled from 1999 to 2000 to $104.4 billion), the overwhelming interest in private equity IPOs could be a direct indication of another boom and bust private equity cycle.
Shorting Harley Davidson: Honda Denies Talks
Ian Cooper
6/26/2007
If you've got a bridge to sell, there are plenty of investors that'll buy anything these days...
BIllion Dollar Business Idea Heads North
Andrew Mickey
6/26/2007
The businesses that keep the resort towns going are not the profit machines they appear to be from the customer's perspective.
J. Christoph Amberger
6/25/2007
Taking 30 Boy Scouts on a 70-mile biking trip along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal is an interesting experience. For one, you get to appreciate breakthroughs in silicone gel technology...
Investing in Harley Davidson: On Honda Radar for Buyout?
Ian Cooper
6/25/2007
When it comes to the latest, most bizarre Harley-Davidson / Honda rumor, don't get your motor running just yet...
Pork-barrel spending: Greasing the "Dawn of the Solar Age"
J. Christoph Amberger
6/24/2007
Lobbying groups, popular wisdom has it, are bad. Evil. Criminal even. Nefarious shysters pushing shady deals out of sheer self-interest on corrupt politicians who will squander the taxpayers' hard-earned money on lining the pockets of a few fat cats with filthy lucre.
Building on Chickens and "Rolled Back" Prices
Stephanie Grimmett
6/22/2007
Let's get something out of the way. I was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas. No, I don't have the accent, although a few of the colloquialisms like "phooey," "slicker than snot" and the classic "y'all" do pop out at random times.
IPO Stocks: Private Equity's Blackstone Debuts, KKR Files
Ann Sosnowski
6/22/2007
Blackstone Group (BX:NYSE), the second private equity buyout company, rose as high as $38 per share after going public
Investing in Stem Cells: Wait Until 2008
Ian Cooper
6/22/2007
President Bush has his reasons for vetoing stem cell research legislation. And, as much as some Republicans and Democrats alike may not like that decision...
Buyout Targets: The Continuation of the Dow Jones Saga
Ann Sosnowski
6/21/2007
Due to the Bancroft family's insistence on making business deals extremely personal considering their hold on the company in a dual-class share structure, the board of directors at DJ is taking over the management of the bidding proposal with Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. (NWS:NYSE).
Oil ETFs: When is a drop a threat, and when is it a sterling opportunity?
Adam Lass
6/21/2007
Yesterday's XLE drop has once again triggered this most consistently profitable signal in my arsenal.
J. Christoph Amberger
6/21/2007
Midsummer is the season of meaningless reports and school graduations.
Investing in Taser: Ignore the Sensationalism
Ian Cooper
6/21/2007
You've got to love irresponsible journalism... Take a look at the latest Taser headline, "Man Shocked by Taser catches on fire."...
Loretta O'Connor
6/20/2007
We're all very familiar with government contracts and the contractors that profit from them...
IPO Stocks: Two Private Equity Stocks May a Trend Make
Ann Sosnowski
6/20/2007
After much anticipation, Blackstone Group, the world's second-largest private-equity fund, has decided to go public a week prior to its originally set date.
Investing in Housing: A Good Idea of where Housing is headed, per Pulte
Ian Cooper
6/20/2007
Housing inventory is up 29% year over year with a current 6.5-month supply of new homes...
U.S. Property Crisis: The Lessons of the Automotive Industry
J. Christoph Amberger
6/19/2007
Fed policy makers acknowledged recently that the housing recession will, in all likelihood, hold U.S. economic growth back for longer than they had originally thought. Building permits in April fell to the lowest since June 1997.
Investing in Housing: Vote of no Confidence
Ian Cooper
6/19/2007
Where supply continues to outpace demand, stay away. Where mortgage rates continue to spike, don't...
J. Christoph Amberger
6/18/2007
While Mother's Day falls on a Sunday pretty much worldwide, Germans have co-opted Ascension Day to honor the family patriarch. It's convenient, as the occasion usually falls on a Thursday. Take Friday off and you've got yourself three full days to recuperate from your hangover.
Buyout Targets: Update on Dow Jones
Ann Sosnowski
6/18/2007
Dow Jones is saying that it "can't comment on rumors" which in this business usually means something's brewing, and we won't really know until the kinks in the plan are worked out.
Global Oil Supplies: Two more bullets aimed squarely at American energy consumers
Adam Lass
6/18/2007
Today, however, a 5.6-magnitude quake reminded all that the biggest threat to easy transport of Iranian oil to the industrialized West may not be political feistiness.
Investing in Rumors: Hey Buddy, can you pull the knife out?
Ian Cooper
6/18/2007
It's just unbelievable how gullible some analysts can be. Instead of doing required due...
Mobile phone networks: This emerging markets mega-deal spells tons of profits
J. Christoph Amberger
6/17/2007
On June 14, a watershed event took place that found very little resonance in the Western media. IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, announced it would provide a $320 million investment package to finance fast-growing mobile telephone networks in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Private Equity Buys a Casino
Ann Sosnowski
6/15/2007
If you ask me, if shareholders weren't so ecstatic about Fortress' IPO this year, Blackstone's media attention is making its public potential even worse.
Caesar's dead. Long live Caesar.
Stephanie Grimmett
6/15/2007
I've been watching the HBO series Rome religiously through my Netflix subscription. Last weekend, the patrician senators murdered Caesar on the senate floor.
Investing in Housing: Nope, Still no Bottom
Ian Cooper
6/15/2007
The naivety of housing bulls still surprises me, sending me into fits of hysteria as...
Consumer Spending: The Wealth of Nations
J. Christoph Amberger
6/14/2007
There's a funny thing about consumer spending. When people feel poor, they don't. Spend, that is.
Global Energy Crisis: Will Venezuela Torpedo the American Stock Market?
Adam Lass
6/14/2007
When our own stateside refiner's ailing plants proved inadequate, it suddenly became profitable for overseas suppliers provide us not only with raw crude but also with refined product.
Investing in Housing: Delinquencies Doomsday?
6/14/2007
It was March 13, 2007 when the Dow plunged on Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) news that...
Retail Stocks: Online Video Rental Fight Club
Ann Sosnowski
6/13/2007
Shareholders have seen Netflix drop more than $6 per share or 23% in only the last six months, but its technicals continue to point to continued selling.
OPEC: Painting a target on the West's back
Adam Lass
6/13/2007
"We would very much hope that OPEC production is at its seasonal low at the moment. We definitely do need more crude oil." - IEA analyst David Fyfe
Mergers and Acquisitions: Investment Banking Revenue
Ann Sosnowski
6/13/2007
If you want to measure the current strength of the M&A market, look no further than investment banks' earnings.
Investing in Taser: I love the smell of Burning Shorts in the Morning...
Ian Cooper
6/13/2007
It's cover or die time for millions of shorted shares...If all goes according to plan...
Copper Prices: Labor Dispute Spells Short-Term Profits
J. Christoph Amberger
6/12/2007
Super cycles are upswings in real commodity prices that are driven by exponentially increasing demand caused by the urbanization and industrialization of major economies. These days, that would be the growth in China, and more recently, India.
Oil Supplies: Negative Oil Production Growth in the Middle East
Sara Nunnally
6/12/2007
Even though the Middle East is seeing shrinking oil supplies, it will remain a huge supplier, particularly to the U.S.
FDA Investing: Signs of Life for Encysive?
Ian Cooper
6/12/2007
On March 26, 2006, the FDA issued an "approvable" letter to Encysive Pharmaceuticals, just about...
Climate Change: Apocalypse Now! Please!
J. Christoph Amberger
6/11/2007
As my business schedule ebbed and subsided toward the end of last week, I was able to combine my travels through Germany with visiting family -- and even a wedding.
Investing in Stan Lee: Profits with a Punch
Ian Cooper
6/11/2007
For as long as I can remember, I've been a huge fan of Stan Lee's...
Alternative Energy: Dead ends and secret passages
J. Christoph Amberger
6/10/2007
It's been a tough month so far for the alternative crowd. First, research reports picked up by the AP and distributed by almost every newspaper in the country painted silver bullet ethanol in a rather mottled gray...
Crude Oil: Which side of the next bullet do you want to be on?
Adam Lass
6/8/2007
If they want to call this an "oil low," well I say let them. And I say that you should buy low like crazy.
Emerging Markets: A Wealth of Resources
S.R. Nunnally
6/8/2007
Globeleq has five separate projects in Africa, including a 683 MW natural gas power plant in Egypt, and a 180 MW natural gas power plant, pipelines and processing plant in Tanzania.
Stephanie Grimmett
6/8/2007
I'm a bit of an India junkie. I love the culture. I love Bollywood. And I loved watching the country stake out a claim in the world economy as an outsourcing center for cheapskate U.S. and European companies in the '90s.
Rising Bond Yields: The run was nice while it lasted...
Ian Cooper
6/8/2007
It was nice while it lasted, but the ride's over for the market indices, thanks to...
Tech Stocks: Apple's iPhone Coming Soon
Ann Sosnowski
6/7/2007
Estimates are that Apple will sell 5 million iPhones by the end of 2007 and 15 million by the end of 2008, which comes to total revenues of $2.2 billion.
J. Christoph Amberger
6/7/2007
The last time I was in Dresden, the city struck me as dark and depressing. Of course, it was November -- and any German (or for that matter, North European) city looks about as cheerful as the old crematorium on Greenmount Cemetery in November.
Investing in Turkey: Out come the Bears
Ian Cooper
6/7/2007
As of 2 p.m. ET, Wednesday, we had conflicting reports of Turkey's commitment of...
Economic Growth: Price spikes that do not kill us make us stronger?
Adam Lass
6/6/2007
"So it is just not quite clear where we are in terms of the housing market, whether it has bottomed out." - Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Edward Lazear
International Investing: The Best IPO Stocks Over the Last Twelve Months
Ann Sosnowski
6/6/2007
Over the last two years, China has become known for debuting some of the best IPO stocks on the market. Chinese IPOs have allowed foreign investors to generate extraordinary gains.
Retail Investing: Bed Bath & Beyond Warning?
Ian Cooper
6/6/2007
If it wasn't Bed Bath & Beyond's troubling warning, it was Ben Bernanke's inflationary prognostication...
Andrew Mickey
6/5/2007
More than 100 years ago, the Dene tribe and the British Crown reached a formal agreement known simply as "Treaty Eight." Treaty Eight established that the Dene tribe's oil- and mineral-rich territories could not be mined without the permission of the Dene elders.
Commodity Stocks: Finding major returns in minor stocks
Andrew Mickey
6/5/2007
Stellar moves in minor metals
Investing in Apple: Heavy iPhone Pre-Demand
Ian Cooper
6/5/2007
When the iPod was first introduced in October 1991, shares of Apple were trading at...
M&A Activity: Merger Mania Monday
Ann Sosnowski
6/4/2007
To put the entire merger and acquisition trend into perspective, the Merger Fund (MERFX) has moved from a value of $15.64 in the beginning of 2007 to $16.38 currently, a gain of 4.73%.
Economic Reports: Which way are we going?
Adam Lass
6/4/2007
Today's 0.3% factory order increase is an "advance number," and is subject to endless revision. Before you get your hopes to high, most revisions of late have been downwards, and some by as much as 50%.
U.S. Household Savings: Cowry shell monetarians
J. Christoph Amberger
6/4/2007
Shell money consists of seashells, or even fragments of them that nimble fingers ground into beads or tiny discs. The tribes of Alaska and California reportedly highly esteemed a particular species of tusk shell found along the northwestern Pacific Coast.
Investing in Dendreon: Known Knowns and things we know we know...
Ian Cooper
6/4/2007
Leading up to May 2007's FDA decision on Dendreon's Provenge drug, we were short...
Mergers and acquisitions: Reserve your share of $280 billion...
J. Christoph Amberger
6/3/2007
After almost a half-decade of rising earnings and low stock prices, American corporations are flush with cash. And to expand the base for making and keeping more cash, companies have begun to buy their way to even more money.
M&A Activity: More Good Headlines for the Newspaper Industry
Ann Sosnowski
6/1/2007
If the 125-year hold that the Bancroft's have held on the Dow Jones Company is finally coming to an end, it gives much hope to other newspaper companies' stocks that have also been decimated through dual-class share structures.
Emerging Markets: The Vietnamese economic miracle
Stephanie Grimmett
6/1/2007
Communism just never seems to stick. Marx may fill the heads of the young, idealistic or slow with a lot of fantastic rhetoric about the workers rising up to defeat the capitalist demons.
Naive Investing: Beating Murdoch's Dead Horse, T. Rowe Prices Steps In...
Ian Cooper
6/1/2007
Murdoch beat a dead horse and got nowhere with his $60 Dow Jones' bid. Now comes...
J. Christoph Amberger
5/31/2007
Every now and then, government officials of free market economies just can't sit on their hands when they look at their economies and stock markets.
Rallying Markets: The Weakest of All Four Seasons
Ann Sosnowski
5/31/2007
In my mind, a difference of 7-10% between major market average prices and 200-day Moving Average support is cause to start rallying behind a correction.
Consumer Reports: GM and GDP land with a dull thud
Adam Lass
5/31/2007
"We continue to expect a soft sales environment on the back of housing weakness, mixed employment data and higher gas prices." - Goldman Sachs' Robert Barry (via MarketWatch)
Investing in Taser: Break above $11
Ian Cooper
5/31/2007
It was May 3, 2007 when I recommended the underlying Taser stock, and the...
Investing in China: The World's First Eco-City Promises Alternative Investment Potential
Ann Sosnowski
5/30/2007
Green technology is taking a drastic turn in China. Does it surprise you? If there's a place in the world where new "socially conscious" strategies would be necessary, it's China.
Investing in "do-nothing" stocks
Andrew Mickey
5/30/2007
Investing in "do-nothing" stocks
Investing in Energy: Spiking energy prices push El Paso to five year high
Adam Lass
5/30/2007
These are not singular events. In 2004, gas never crested $2.50 a gallon. In 2005, it stayed above that critical threshold for 14 weeks. In 2006, it was 28 weeks. This year, we crossed that line six weeks earlier, and show every sign of staying over it for the duration.
Market Report: U.S. Markets Flex Their Muscle
Bryan Bottarelli
5/30/2007
Without question, it was yet another amazing display of strength in a market that’s already at very lofty levels.
Environmental Technology: $48 Billion in Projects
S.R. Nunnally
5/30/2007
Between 2007 and 2010, U.S. coal-fired power plants will spend $48 billion on 584 projects to reduce emissions.
Investing in Rumors: Sharper Image for Sale?
Ian Cooper
5/30/2007
With past buyout rumor speculation in Gap Inc, Rio Tinto, and Dow Chemical, we've always...
REITs Investing: The Only Logical Way to "Bottom Feed" in Housing
Bryan Bottarelli
5/29/2007
Today, the S&P/Case-Shiller index reported that U.S. home prices fell 1.4% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier.
Internet Commerce: The New Google SEO parameters and what they can do to your business
J. Christoph Amberger and Andrew Palmer
5/29/2007
Google is undertaking the most radical change to its search results ever. Last week, they announced a new "universal search model" that will change the way pages are indexed.
Investing in Taser: Shocking Profit Potential
Ian Cooper
5/29/2007
Shares of Taser International (TASR) are running hard on news that it won its 45th straight court case...
Resource Stocks: This speculative Australian mining stock is set to break out
J. Christoph Amberger
5/27/2007
The World Fact Book has not much to say about Somalia. When it comes to natural resources, it laconically states, "uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves."
U.S. Housing Crisis: Supply, demand and lower Prices
J. Christoph Amberger
5/25/2007
True to form, the National Association of Business Economists just recently lowered its forecast for U.S. economic growth from 2.8% in 2007 to 2.3%. To stay in character and do their profession proud, the majority of forecasters put the chances of a recession in the next year at above 25%.
Andrew Mickey
5/25/2007
The great ethanol hype
Investing in China: Is Growth Unsustainable?
Ann Sosnowski
5/25/2007
Considering the strange ideologies that mix and mingle in China (a collection of homegrown Communism and imported capitalism) its expected that if such a major correction occurs on the Shanghai index, the country’s government will most likely step in to alleviate extreme losses of personal wealth.
Investing with Murdoch: Pearson in the crosshairs?
Ian Cooper
5/25/2007
Just to give you a head’s up and a sneak peak, my latest Stock Breakthroughs...
This Company Gets a $5 Million Signing Bonus
Christian DeHaemer
5/25/2007
"It just gets better and better," was my reaction to the news that the small...
Computer Makers: This blue chip just chalked up $5.6 billion in government orders
Adam Lass
5/24/2007
What's a million or so between friends, when you are about to pocket several billion?
Tech Stocks: Taser on the Move Again
Ann Sosnowski
5/24/2007
Could this be the rumored international order that was considered a lock as soon as Nicolas Sarkozy was elected as President of France?
Alternative Energy Companies: New IPO on the Horizon
S.R. Nunnally
5/24/2007
This week a brand new alternative fuels company will begin trading on the Nasdaq.
Housing Market: Nice wrapper and a lovely bow, but the present itself is no gift
Adam Lass & Bryan Bottarelli
5/24/2007
With the S&P 500 unable to break convincingly through its seven-year highs, many market makers are calling for a drop. What's the real story?
Andrew Mickey
5/24/2007
A superior proposal
Investing in Commodities: Aluminum as an Alternative Fuel Source?
Ann Sosnowski
5/23/2007
Aluminum-based pellets have been proven to produce hydrogen when in contact with water. Is this a new alternative fuel source that could make both ethanol proponents and opponents stand on the same side of the fence?
Green Business: What's a million or so between friends...
Adam Lass
5/23/2007
For the next seven years, NASA tech buyers looking for anything from desktop PCs to network blades (not to mention help wiring it up and keeping it running) will shop exclusively at Hewlett Packard (HPQ:NYSE).
Global Oil Shortage to Blood in the Streets
Christian DeHaemer
5/23/2007
Political turmoil... financial upheaval... social unrest... coups d'etat... third world civil wars... and bloody rebel uprisings often spawn...
Information Technology Stocks: IBM Still Offers Fantastic Value for Tech Investors
Ann Sosnowski
5/22/2007
IBM has a lot of potential going forward over the next few years. Analysts have examined their earnings growth, and expect, at an extreme, 16% compounded growth by 2010.
Investing with Rupert Murdoch: Preparing to Just Walk Away
Ian Cooper
5/22/2007
Utterly surprising are the actions of retail investors that believe the $5 billion bid...
The Next Frontier in Oil Exploration
Christian DeHaemer
5/22/2007
Political turmoil, financial upheaval, social unrest, coups d'etat, Third World civil wars, and bloody rebel uprisings often have one thing in common: They spawn unfathomable wealth. In many cases, one country's extreme pain is the savvy trader's gain. Consider the collapse of the Soviet Union...
Peak Oil Theory: Unlocking 3 Trillion Barrels of Oil
Andrew Mickey
5/21/2007
Just nine months ago during an exceptionally hot August, oil ran all the way up to $78, when Iran announced to the world that it had made significant progress in developing weapons-grade uranium.
Alternative Fuels: The Great Ethanol Hype
Andrew Mickey
5/21/2007
If you were drilling for oil and found out that you would have to burn 100 barrels oil worth of energy to find and recover 95 barrels, would you do it?
Trading Tactics: The Sector Rotation to Tech Continues
Adam Lass & Bryan Bottarelli
5/21/2007
Another of our "Post-Oil" tech picks, Qualcomm (QCOM:NASDAQ), is looking to rack up yet another 52-week high.
Christian DeHaemer
5/21/2007
Oil is hitting new yearly highs, hurricane season is just starting and oil demand ...
Buy this Chinese electronics giant now, before its Shanghai IPO!
J. Christoph Amberger
5/20/2007
If you listened to Alan Greenspan's famous "irrational exuberance" warning back in 1996, and pulled your money out of the stock market, you missed out on one of the biggest booms in stocks the world has ever seen.
The Last Sane Oil Play of the Summer
Adam Lass
5/18/2007
Oil, oil, oil! Are we sick of it yet? Maybe. Maybe not. We claim that we are tired of paying out the nose for it. But we don't do much about it.
Ethanol Industry: A Rebuttal, con.
S.R. Nunnally
5/18/2007
This is totally absurd... The oil industry getting less than $1 billion a year?
Uranium hits $120, France loses control and Africa's U308 gold rush...
Christian DeHaemer
5/18/2007
It was reported in yesterday's Wall Street Journal that France's new president Nicolas Sarkozy will be closing ...
M&A Activity: Betting on the Big Deals
Ann Sosnowski
5/17/2007
Just announced a few days ago, HedgeStreet is listing seven new contracts that allow investors and traders alike to bet on whether certain big-name deals will occur.
China's Bouncing Economy Rolls Out the Door
Stephanie Grimmett
5/17/2007
In February, the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell 9% in one day. And China's investors are still twitchy from the events of that day, as the yo-yo ride earlier this week proves.
Sara Nunnally
5/17/2007
It's unfortunate that the authors chose to highlight an almost hyperbolic example.
Investing in Big Pharma: WOW Wins a Round Against a Veteran Boxer
Adam Lass
5/17/2007
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK:NYSE) halted its voracious sucking up of loose Johnson & Johnson (JNJ:NYSE) shares.
Christian DeHaemer
5/17/2007
The African proxy fight is on...It will shift the winners from the losers ...
Alternative Energy Companies: Are All Green Companies Good Companies?
S.R. Nunnally
5/16/2007
Nearly any technology that can help reduce carbon emissions or has a decidedly green tinge is great for business, right?
Banking: What you should be buying when consumers are dying
Adam Lass
5/16/2007
Why "scary?" We are talking about an economy that grew a tenth of a percent in March, give or take a certain margin of error. In point of fact, that growth is smaller than most studies' margin of error. So for all we know, we are actually moving backwards.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Marriages Worth $2 Trillion... and Counting!
Ann Sosnowski
5/16/2007
It's actually funny what you find when you type "define: marriage" into Google.
The Buzz is Gone - the Bees are Dead
Johann Bergfort
5/16/2007
Don't tell my girlfriend, she wouldn't believe you, as she just got stung on...
Clowns & Harlots: Great Days for the Irish
Christopher Corbett
5/15/2007
First off last week, the news that the Irish, now wildly prosperous, are buying real estate like pricey condominiums in Midtown Manhattan.
Credit Card Industry: Strong Stocks With High Gain Potential
Ann Sosnowski
5/15/2007
Following Mastercard's IPO, Discover and Visa plan to go public, and will boost the credit card industry as a whole.
A little financial alliteration
Andrew Snyder
5/15/2007
A little financial alliteration
Investing in Unlock Dates: Wall Street's Dirty Little Secret
Ian L. Cooper
5/15/2007
Having received an unlock date-related question the other day, I wanted to answer...
Happy Anniversary: The salted gold mine and Z's on a plane
Andrew Mickey
5/14/2007
It's taken a few years and more than a few thousand of miles of sitting cramped in an airline seat. But I finally figured out one of the great mysteries that has plagued millions of travelers: how to fall asleep on an airplane.
Automaker Investing: And again, Mopar is sold down the river
Adam Lass
5/14/2007
After five years of million dollar losses, Dieter Z. and crew are unloading the whole mess, hair-thin margins, polluted factories, swelling pension liabilities, and all onto a private American investor group, who, in a fit of hubris, feel that they know the magic stroke that will solve this Gordian puzzle.
Investing in Rumors: Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton Cool Off
Ian L. Cooper
5/14/2007
Buying a stock based solely on unconfirmed news isn't the best way to make...
Green Investing: The do-gooder quandary
J. Christoph Amberger
5/13/2007
A few weeks ago, ailing Communist icon Fidel Castro condemned the recent U.S. trend of aggressively ramping up ethanol consumption.
Steven Lord
5/11/2007
Some things strike immediate fear into the hearts of American investors.
Retail Stocks: Organic Grocery Misses Earnings Target
Ann Sosnowski
5/11/2007
They already knew Whole Foods' plans to open more stores and the impact that sales would have on its bottom line.
Investing in Dow Jones: The Next Dendreon-Type Gap Down?
Ian L. Cooper
5/11/2007
Before getting into why Dow Jones could plummet to its pre-Murdoch offer price...
The truth about oil prices: The "Scarsdale Effect" turned upside down
Adam Lass
5/10/2007
What really moves the price of oil and natural gas? Is it supply and demand? To a certain extent, yes. We here in the States demand about as much of the stuff as we can get our hands on to fuel our SUVs and light our faux Georgian mansions.
Eco-Friendly Investing: Are Americans Getting "Smarter" About Cars?
Ann Sosnowski
5/10/2007
United Auto Group Inc. (UAG:NYSE) announced today that it has received 12,600 deposits of $99 over the last five weeks for DaimlerChrysler AG's (DCX:NYSE) two-seater Smart "fortwo" mini car.
Economics and Investing: Shocked and Spineless
Adam Lass
5/10/2007
"Suddenly" the automakers, grocery stores chains and chain retailers cry in pain, and corporate America looks to the government for help.
Investing in Housing: Are We There Yet?
Ian L. Cooper
5/10/2007
We've spoken in-depth, ad nauseam about the troubles in housing... for good reason...
Cowboy Capitalism: Is the U.S. economy doing too well?
J. Christoph Amberger
5/9/2007
Just about 15 years ago, the last Republican era petered out with almost the same lack of fanfare as the current Bush administration.
Automaker Investing: General Motors is Ready to Throw in the Towel
Adam Lass
5/9/2007
GM is resorting once again to steep incentives including either $1,500 rebates or interest free financing.
Investing in Marvel: The Spidey Factor
Ian L. Cooper
5/9/2007
Sure, the third installment of Spiderman banked a cool $148 million. And sure...
How to play the real estate market right now
J. Christoph Amberger
5/8/2007
Blue skies and sunny weekends in spring trigger a series of cyclical events in my neck of the woods. In the master bathroom, a thin, patchy trail of diminutive ants begins to appear around the fixtures in search of something I don't care to know about. (A line of anti-ant gel usually takes care of them.)
Current Interest Rates: Unanimous Expectations
Bryan Bottarelli
5/8/2007
The verdict is almost unanimous that the Fed will hold rates steady at 5.25% for the seventh straight meeting.
Technical Analysis: Sell in May and Go Away?
Ann Sosnowski
5/8/2007
But how much of that is going to resonate with shareholders this year, considering the Dow Jones Industrial Average just posted 24 days of gains in the last 27 sessions?
Metal Stocks: The Merger of the Aluminum Giants Unlikely...
Ian L. Cooper
5/8/2007
Multi-billion dollar buyouts are a dime a dozen with no let up in...
Renewable Energy: Profitable Global Companies
Johann Bergfort
5/7/2007
The world climate council (IPCC) published in its new report that carbon dioxide pollution must be reduced within the next eight years.
M&A: Aluminum Giant In the Making
Ann Sosnowski
5/7/2007
The resulting Alcoa/Alcan entity will have twice the aluminum capacity of OAO Russian Aluminum.
Economics and Investing: Handicapping the Next Fed Meeting
Adam Lass
5/7/2007
What's keeping "Helicopter Ben" form carpet-bombing the market with liquidity?
The new frontier in northern mining
Andrew Mickey
5/7/2007
It's official. I can now call myself an honorary Newfoundlander. It's quite a process. The age-old ritual requires a visitor to Canada's frigid easternmost island to complete a long list of less-than-pleasurable tasks, capped off by planting a big, sloppy kiss on a local cod fish, followed by a shot of Screech brand Jamaican rum.
Investing in Motorola: Bitter Marriage of Intellect by Monday?
Ian L. Cooper
5/7/2007
Come Monday, Motorola shareholders could seat Carl Icahn on the Motorola board, marrying intellect...
This mining stock will profit from Chinese jewelry demand
J. Christoph Amberger
5/6/2007
China's middle class is growing. And they do what the middle class everywhere in the world is doing. With growing prosperity, consumption increases.
J. Christoph Amberger
5/4/2007
Another record for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And the S&P 500 Index ended the day above 1,500 for the first time since September 2000.
Tech Investing: Taser's French Connection
Ian Cooper
5/4/2007
Say France picked up 300,000 tasers at $1,200 per taser. That's an easy $360 million windfall.
Earnings: Will Wynn Buck the Trend?
Bryan Bottarelli
5/4/2007
But before you pop open the bottle of vintage 1998 Dom Pérignon, do not lose sight of the downside threats we're currently facing.
Aussie Environmentalists Take a Stand
Andrew Mickey
5/4/2007
Aussie Environmentalists Take a Stand
Global Investing: The French Connection
Ian L. Cooper
5/4/2007
There's a good chance that Nicolas Sarkozy will win in Sunday's French election, as...
Tech Stock Investing: Cisco and Hewlett Packard are looking like the next hot stocks
Adam Lass
5/3/2007
There is no point to carrying protection if you have no plans for the weekend, as it were. And that lagging sector, Nasdaq and the Tech stocks have caught my eye...
Renewable Energy: Delay in the U.K.
Sara Nunnally
5/3/2007
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) in the U.K. is asking the government to delay a paper outlining the country's energy goals...
J. Christoph Amberger
5/3/2007
The Dow Jones Industrial Average powered to another record close at 13,211.88 yesterday -- not without setting an intraday high of 13,226.99. How about some perspective?
Investing in Dow Jones: Deal or No Deal?
Ian L. Cooper
5/3/2007
Keep close watch on Dow Jones (DJ). The stock may have soared $20+ on...
Merger and Acquisition Strategies: News Corp. Bids for Dow Jones Company
Ann Sosnowski
5/2/2007
A few weeks ago, the news that the Tribune Company was being taken private renewed an interest in an industry that's been clobbered by lower circulation rates and even lower advertising revenue.
Investing in Newspapers: Murdoch Bid a Boon for the Industry
Ian L. Cooper
5/2/2007
News that newspaper readership slipped 2.1% certainly wasn't a catalyst for newspaper stocks, but...
Supply and Demand: The Next Price Push in the Commodities Super-Cycle
J. Christoph Amberger
5/1/2007
When they built my house in the late 1960s, the developer was quite innovative. He put in aluminum wiring. That was considered the cutting edge in electrical wiring back then, a choice helped along by the fact that a strike in South American copper mines had put a premium on copper prices -- and made aluminum a worthwhile alternative.
Global Oil Reserves: A Shift in Power
S.R. Nunnally
5/1/2007
The Orinoco Basin is absolutely huge. If he can swing it, Chavez can leapfrog Saudi Arabia and take over the number one position in crude oil reserves.
Earnings Reports: Avon's Restructuring Pays Off
Ann Sosnowski
5/1/2007
I really do get impatient. If a play doesn’t pan out after almost a year, I'd rather take the money and run and invest in something much more worthwhile for the short-term.
Investing in Copper: Peru Strike Boon for Copper
Ian L. Cooper
5/1/2007
It was 2005 when the price of copper last hit a high of $4/lb...
Investing in Energy Stocks: World energy markets finally get some good news
Andrew Mickey
4/30/2007
After months of waiting, uranium investors can finally breathe a sigh of relief. On Saturday, Australia's Labor party held its annual meeting and took a vote that would determine the fate of the country's burgeoning uranium industry.
Investing in Dendreon: Approvable Letter Likely
Ian L. Cooper
4/30/2007
It's been a bad couple of days for Dendreon longs. Take it for what...
Steven Lord
4/27/2007
Allow me to mix my agricultural metaphors: The bulls have been crowing loudly this week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crested 13,000. The first calls for a Dow at 15,000 are on the table.
Investing in the Eco-Friendly: A "Bright" Investing Idea
Ian L. Cooper
4/27/2007
Save some tissues? Save the world? It's not a big surprise that recent...
Stock Market Rally: The "Now What?" Moment
Bryan Bottarelli
4/26/2007
In my view, the markets are currently sitting at a "now what?" moment. In other words, now that the Dow has crossed the magical 13,000 level, now what happens?
Investing in Uranium: Profiteers of the nuclear age's second coming
Andrew Mickey
4/26/2007
Now, after seeing a remarkable surge in uranium prices, we see the companies that have sold out their futures in exchange for downside protection.