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Blackstone Group Still Holds Many Large Stock Positions After IPOs (BX, BKU, FSL, GGP, NLSN, OWW, TMH, TRW)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 4:11 pm

The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) may look like it has a huge portfolio of public stocks to many investors.  While that is actually true, the bulk of this is ...
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Warren Buffett’s ‘Confidential Treatment’ Yields Huge IBM Stake (BRK-A, IBM, BAC)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:25 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is set to release its third quarter's full investment holdings very soon in an SEC filing.  An unusual pre-release interview was given by Warren Buffett ...
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David Versus Goliath at Green Mountain (GMCR)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Short sellers are an interesting lot, particularly when they go public and are vocal against a company.  In many cases they can rack some serious damage to a share price.  ...
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Does the KMI & El Paso Deal Make Williams & MLPs Cheap? (KMI, EP, WMB, PAA, MMP, BPL, AMJ, KYN, WPZ)

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 11:46 am

The energy complex in America was given a huge boost on Monday on the news that Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) was doing a record transaction to acquire El Paso ...
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Green Mountain: Does David Einhorn Understand Beans? (GMCR, SBUX, JOE, S, BBY, GM, AAPL)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm

David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long.  This is called whale-watching.  His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are single-handedly taking down ...
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Peer-to-Peer Lending: Opportunity for Investors & Borrowers Alike

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 1:01 pm

There are two financial issues in America that have been developing simultaneously: many borrowers have been locked out from the ability to access capital, and investors can no longer rely on bonds ...
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When Junk Bonds Are Just Priced Too Ugly (HYG, JNK, HYT, PHK, HYF)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Barron's is talking up junk-rated debt.  We have been expecting that some media outlets would begin to notice how the spreads over Treasury yields were growing and growing and now ...
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Digesting Top Holdings of New Russell Small Cap ETF Strategies (SGGG, SCOG, SCLP, SCTR, LQDT, ULTA, AMN, SUG)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:28 am

Russell Investments is already very well-known among mutual fund and index investors, but it is getting deeper into the world of exchange-traded funds. Word came today that four new exchange-trades funds ...
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Special Report: Chart Deaths of BRIC & Emerging Markets (EEM, VWO, EWZ, BRF, ECH, CH, RSX, TRF, CEE, EPI, PIN, IFN, IIF, FXI, GXC, TAO, HAO, CHN, TDF)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm

The old saying goes, "When the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold."  But what about when Europe gets the flu and when China and India drink ...
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Russell Fund Manager Survey: No Double Dip Recession!

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Russell Investments conducts investment fund manager surveys routinely, and there may be some good news for the cautious and timid bulls out there.  In short, Russell's survey noted that U.S. ...
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SEC Seeks To Change Market Circuit Breakers

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 3:43 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the national securities exchanges and FINRA are filing proposals in a move to revise the current stock market circuit breakers in an ...
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The Bursting Gold & Silver Bubble… Both Became The Devil’s Metal (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, TIF)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 3:59 pm

On the way up, you heard many $2,000 gold targets.  On the way down, the dooms-day crowd not only gets bold but they come out of the woodwork.  Monday marked ...
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In Shaky Times, Precious Metals Funds That Thrive (GLD, GDX, SLV, USERX, KGC, OCMGX, GG, FSAGX, ABX, NCM, GOLDX, GOLD)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 8:10 am

Owning gold or silver has been tricky up until recent years.  It has also been a wild ride. Now with the flourishing ETFs, investors can buy the most liquid gold ...
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The Most Mispriced IPOs of 2011 (ARCO, WIFI, DMD, EPOC, FSL, FFN, HCA, KIPS, LNKD, NQ, P, RENN, SKUL, FPX, IPOSX, TEA, CARB)

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 11:30 am

Everyone, or most everyone, loves initial public offerings and the allure of great gains on the great growth engines of the next decade.  Sometimes things just don't work out as ...
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Running Out of Room to Store Gold Supplies (BCS, DB, JPM, BCO, GLD, IAU, HBC)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Demand for gold as a safe haven has driven demand for more places to store that gold. And it's getting harder more difficult to find that storage, resulting in a ...
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