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Why A GE Downgrade By Moody’s Would Be Wrong Now (GE)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 10:21 am

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has been trying to do everything it can to make its balance sheet better.  It has sold units through time and has limited its acquisitions ...
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SecondMarket Launches ‘The Facebook Fund’ To Buy Shares Before IPO (FB, GSVC)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 9:13 am

SecondMarket is taking a new approach to allowing investors to buy into Facebook ahead of the upcoming IPO, and it is quite different from any efforts to date from this ...
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The Case for DJIA 14,000… Or 15,000 (JPM, BAC, IBM, XOM, CVX, CAT, AAPL, MSFT, INTC, GE)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:43 am

2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade.  The S&P 500 Index has also ...
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The 10 Largest Hedge Funds in America

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:01 am

By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching ...
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Do Long-Term Berkshire References Matter? Stocks Versus Bonds (BRK.B, BRK.B, BAC, GS, GE, HOG, TIF)

Posted: February 29, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.B) is very widely followed due to the great performance through time and due to the following of the great Warren Buffett.  It has ...
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Will Taxpayers Get Burned By First Solar? (FSLR, TAN, PBW)

Posted: February 29, 2012 at 10:39 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is getting crushed with an 9% loss in its stock this morning.  The move is on the heels of earnings and a much lowered expectation ...
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Can You Make Money In Stocks On Leap Day? (DIA)

Posted: February 28, 2012 at 11:45 am

2012 is a Leap Year and that means one more potential trading day with February 29 on the calendar.  Stock market statisticians often try to look for patterns in anything, ...
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Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter Names His Successor, Sort Of (BRK.A, BAC, IBM, AXP, KO, WFC)

Posted: February 25, 2012 at 11:15 am

The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio.  Berkshire ...
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Economy Killer: $6 Trillion In Fake Treasury Bonds? Gold Next?

Posted: February 17, 2012 at 10:10 am

If you want to know about bizarre versions counterfeit, this one takes the cake.  A report out of Switzerland note that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutors ordered a seizure in Switzerland of... get this.. ...
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Dividend Investors Have To Weigh Shipping Fundamentals and Outlook (NAT, ALEX, OSG, ESEA, SFL, DRYS, SHIP, SEA)

Posted: February 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm

The world of shipping dry goods, sea containers, and oil and commodities has been in a very strange place so far in 2012.  Dividend investors need to start evaluating whether ...
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The Force: Star Wars Franchise Worth Over $30 Billion and Growing

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 4:17 pm

24/7 Wall St. has decided to calculate the total value of the Star Wars franchise ahead of the release of the 3D film "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" and while ...
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Political Fodder… Private Equity Firms Are Hiring!

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 9:55 am

Private equity firms are bad and evil because they fire workers to juice profits for billionaires who get to pay low tax rates!  Is that the right logic?  What if ...
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Fed Fund Futures Calling For December Rate Hike… In 2013

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:54 am

Fed Funds Futures are not widely used by Joe Public, and much of the public may not even understand or know what these are.  The layman explanation is that they ...
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iShares Launching Commodity Production ETFs To Take Share (BLK, VEGI, MOO, FILL, DIG, PICK, XME, RING, GDX, SVLP, SIL)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:33 am

They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector.  Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) ...
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The Facebook Halo-Effect Lifts All Social Players (SOCL, IPG, GS, MSFT, LNKD, ZNGA, FFN, GSVC)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 6:48 pm

The social media hype around the Facebook IPO is driving many shares in the sector of online social media.  Some of the Halo-effect may not even be deserved, and this ...
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