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Silver’s Re-Run: The Devil’s Metal Lives On (SLV, GLD, AGQ, SLW, PAAS, HL)

Posted: February 28, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Is it starting to feel like the silly season all over again?  On a day after higher consumer confidence and weak durable goods, spot gold is up just over 1% ...
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Valuation Reality Check In Whole Foods (WFM, KR, SWY)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) may have posted a 33% gain to earnings and it may still have a lot of growth ahead of it.  The reality is that ...
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Caesars, A Sham Of An IPO… Beware The Ides of March (CZR, APO, GS, WYNN, LVS)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 11:41 am

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) is beyond weird when it comes to initial public offerings.  This was one of our TOP 17 IPOS TO WATCH IN 2012.  We also make ...
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Caesars IPO… From Odd To Just Bizarre (CZR)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 3:02 pm

Caesars Entertainment Corporation is supposed to be one of the Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2012.  That remains the case, but it is not because we have such admiration ...
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Amazon.com Gets More Active in Sports Collectibles, Going After eBay (AMZN, EBAY, CLCT)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 10:15 am

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching a new Sports Collectibles Store and it is claiming to offer more than 2 million unique collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events.  ...
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Alternative Investing: Two T206 Honus Wagner Cards For Sale In Same Month (CLCT, EBAY, MSFT, AAPL)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 12:18 pm

Almost all investments rise and fall in price through time, and the same is true over the value of sports collectibles and baseball cards.  The 'investing' rule in sports collectibles ...
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Top Brands in 2011 (KO, IBM, MSFT, GOOG, GE, MCD, INTC, AAPL, DIS, HPQ, NOK, CSCO, TM, AMZN, F, HMC, DE)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 9:24 am

Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers.  ...
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Capsizing Royal Caribbean With Carnival… (CCL, RCL)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 8:42 am

Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) is getting hammered this morning after one of its Costa cruise lines grounded and partially capsized, resulting in the loss of life and resulting in million ...
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The Rich Continue to Give — A Little

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:29 am

The list of people who gave gifts of over $1 million includes 513 for 2011, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. That may not seem like many unless it is ...
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Why Gold Traders Are So Concerned (GLD, GDX, AU, GOLD, ABX)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Asking a technician or chartist about directional movement is often mind-numbing for fundamental investors.  Basing future price movement prediction solely on the past without a care about the underlying fundamentals and ...
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Gold Challenges Silver for “The Devil’s Metal” Name (GLD, SLV)

Posted: December 14, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Gold continues to take it on the chin.  It all depends upon what you want to blame.  Dennis Gartman, the 50-day moving average test, or the rising U.S. Dollar against ...
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Is $150,000 a Year Rich?

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 6:41 am

How wealthy does someone have to be to be wealthy? Not too much, according to a new poll by Gallup. The data show that Americans, who the government says have a ...
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J.C. Penney’s Ron Johnson Transformation… With Martha Stewart (JCP, MSO, AAPL, M, SHLD, HD)

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 10:00 am

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is a company which many investors and outsiders expect to be in a transformation.  The first such addition under new management is a ...
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Fashion IPO Filing From Michael Kors (KORS)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 1:51 pm

Michael Kors Holdings Limited has filed its paperwork with the SEC to conduct a U.S. initial public offering.  The luxury goods and apparel maker sells to the jet-set crowd.  The ...
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Tiffany, An Earnings & Spending Preview for the 1%-ers (TIF, NILE, ZLC)

Posted: November 28, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) is expected to report earnings Tuesday.  If there is one barometer on what the 1% are willing to spend money on, Tiffany may be it ...
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