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Date: 2008-12-28 11:30:02
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In Whom do we trust?
This is a guest post from Carrie Schmeck who writes at her blog Hope for the Bankrupt. I encourage you to check it out! Do we still trust in God? ... our futures, our jobs, and our retirements. Today’s economic news seems nothing but bad heaped upon ... have skipped right over this lesser evil to say we are headed for nothing short of a Depression. The s [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 20:28:06
Job Report Jolts Wall Street
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks tumbled Wednesday morning after a pair of weak readings on employment raised the alarm ahead of Friday's bigger ... were down in afternoon trading. The London FTSE lost 2%.The decline in futures and international stock indexes follows a relatively strong day on Wall Street. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:26:00
Where's the Fire? Nowhere.
A relatively orderly and uneventful day so far, with an early selloff after expected job declines. Bidirectional risk persists ... (flight to safety) or nothing if the Fed is monetizing the debt (prolly)Trading account indicators ... .Breadth negative, but off its lowsVIX pretty much stuck in neutral with Feb VIX futures modestly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:21:00
TOPWRAP 1-Japan eyes bank injections to counter crisis
Japan is reportedly considering cash injections for scores of regional banks in an effort to encourage lending as the financial crisis creates havoc ... rose 1.7 percent, heading for its longest winning streak since October 2007. “Obviously market ... liquidity in the market, and it might continue the strong upward momentum if Wall Street doesn’t return [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 06:09:45
Why are prices falling? Why does this scare the bourgeoisie?
by Eddy Laing“Credit Suisse chief economist Joseph Tan told The Straits Times that the dramatic fall in prices was due to ‘massive unwinding’ by ... . These speculators - whose bets on future prices drove prices to record highs - are fleeing to safer havens ... (a ‘commodity’ to Marxian economists) is determined by the amount of labor that goes into [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:02:15
Gold Investments Market Update - Geopolitical Risk Escalates and Will Lead to Further Safe Haven Demand
Gold has commenced the New Year as it did in 2008 – up sharply in early trading before selling off somewhat. Gold surged (along with oil) ... . Gold Price Rupees per ounce Indian gold futures MAUc1 gained more than 29 percent in 2008 ... currencies so far this morning, gold has given up its earlier gains. The reemergence of geopolitical [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 15:35:50
Tips for Improving your Investing
Many investors -- especially beginning investors -- want tips for improving their investing. There are a lot of tools out there ( ... strategies. However, Stock Trading To Go has some very basic and active things you can do in order ... as funds, bonds, currencies, options, commodities, futures and other opportunities might [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 19:38:01
Just lost your shirt? C’mon invest some more !
by Jordan Weir Every day, the stock market seems to continue its precipitous drop towards worthlessness, crushing hopes, dreams, ... the dividends from the stock far into the future, shorting a stock is a simple technique the masters ... in the future), hopefully for less. By doing so, you make a profit equal to the difference between [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 12:02:27
Buffett boosts Goldman Sachs with $5-billion investment
Warren Buffett to the rescue: His Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed today to invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group via a purchase of preferred stock ... banking titan, at a time when investors remain spooked about the future of Wall Street. "Goldman Sachs ... Buffett’s capital infusion "a strong validation of our client franchise and future prospects." [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 01:12:43
All signs point to explosive rise in the gold price: Part 1
“Downside protection and potential extraordinary upside participation” With more than 20 years of experience in the investment industry, ... s got to stimulate. Is it going to be enough and what will that mean for commodities? Or, if it doesn ... it was in ’02, but there’s less gold around, ostensibly because the rise in all the other commodities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:28:26
DrumBeat: December 29, 2008
Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30
Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings?
(CBS) About the only economic break most Americans have gotten in the last six months has been the drastic drop in the price of oil, which has fallen even more precipitously than it rose. In a year's time, a commodity that was theoretically priced according to supply and demand doubled from $69 a barrel to nearly $150 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:10:00
Green Ink: Gas Pains and Peak Coal
paper Crude oil futures hovered around $48 amid signs of tightening oil supplies and continued weak demand, Bloomberg reports ... at the compromises of Candian tar sands—plentiful crude, but bad for the environment. The week-long natural gas dispute in Russia is getting hotter, as Russia has shut off all natural-gas supplies to Ukraine [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:09:13
Debbie Downer Is Alive And Depressed In New York City
You haven’t heard from me because I spent half the day with travel delays –it’s cold and rainy in NYC, ... , we had 3 major stock dips — 1929, 1987 and 2008. Shiller thinks this latest episode is more like 1929 ... condo market overbuilt by hundreds of thousands of units. We got carried away: irrational exhuberance [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 06:45:48
DrumBeat: December 18, 2008
Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11
European stocks lifted by retailers, automakers
European stocks lifted by retailers, automakers European stock markets rose modestly Tuesday despite Wall Street's setback from the day before as ... Story European markets slide ahead of expected US drop Stock futures dip ahead of auto sales data Quote of the day Would we really be concerned about these geopolitical issues as it relates to oil [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:27:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
Financial Foundation Group - Assisting the United States Marine Corps AND Needy Children all in One Day
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Financial Foundation Group, also known as FFG, is excited to have been a big contributor to the " ... with securing their financial futures, but I am also a father and BIG supporter of our armed services ... , Inc. (ISI), member FINRA, SIPC. ISI, is a national full service Broker/Dealer offering investment [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 13:28:46
Real Estate Investing Success Stories
In our present time we need to be smart enough to choose what degree in college we want to finish ... in the future. While searching topics about real estate, I found nouveaurized.com. It is a very good ... is a real estate broker also. Nouveau Riche is the best University that you should see first [more...]
Date: 2008-07-04 10:09:02
Energy Investment Opinions by Bill Paul
Jan 4, 2009 - Bill Paul is a former Wall Street Journal energy and environmental reporter with more than 30 years of experience. He recently wrote an article titled, “Stay Ahead of the Energy Curve” for Stocks, Futures and Options magazine. As he has been reporting on energy issues before many of the green energy advocates [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 19:38:53
Wine and the economic downturn: a sense of paradox
It’s a story about the Emerald Inn in the New York Times that got me thinking about the whole, strange relationship between wine ( ... reaction to all the economic bad news, people have been trading down the scale and buying less ... , thereby offsetting the savings they were apparently looking for:At Wine.com, a large online alcohol [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 06:47:41
Another Ponzi Scheme
Broken Record I’ve said it all before. The following press release can be found here ... the funds in an account that would trade in securities futures contracts, including S&P 500 stock index futures. According to the complaint, despite the impressive and consistent returns he reported [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 03:37:41
Gaming and Investing
A new online game has been brought to my attention, it’s called Wall Street Survivor, ... with a simulated, risk-free platform designed to help individuals take control of their financial futures. Utilizing the web’s sophisticated trading simulation engine, Wall Street Survivor enables users [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 14:52:38
A Big Year for Small Wind: Mariah Power Closes Cash
Startups haven’t been seeing a lot of venture-capital money lately, but Mariah Power, a company with a small vertical-axis turbine that can turn low-speed gusts of wind into electricity, recently managed to squeeze cash out of the slowed-down funding environment. The company — named [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 13:00:49
Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Dec. 17th
*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, I wrote yesterday: The range is wide ( 805- 920) ... has used a variety of operating targets through the decades, including the discount rate and monetary aggregates. The Fed also lowered the discount rate paid by commercial and investment banks for Fed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 21:13:00
DrumBeat: December 31, 2008
The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest Before grappling with 2009, it might be useful to remind ourselves that there is a dark side to what lies ahead. There was a little flurry in the news last week when it was discovered that the Army War College had released a report talking about preparing for civil unrest in the U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:58:02
Real estate-a great way to invest
A property is an asset which will always bring in good returns as the value of real estate keeps increasing with time ... . There are quite a number of real estate brokers who will find you the best properties according to your space ... in vestments will never disappoint you in terms of future profits. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:34:09
Give me the physical, not the paper
#fullpost{display:inline;}Ambrose Evans Pritchard over at the Telegraph has filed this report (hat tip Domus) ... their stockbroker to buy shares of one of the many gold ETFs or some commodity futures contract ... ," he said, referring to exchange trade funds listed in London, New York, and other bourses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:44:00
Porn. The new financial bubble?
Hedge fund invests in porn-related businesses, claims 50% gain last year. Whole new categories of financial derivatives are, no doubt, about to be launched to take ... shorts.” But heck, why stop there? How about a futures market on Afghan heroin production [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:07
YET ANOTHER PONZI SCAM...PHILADELPHIA'S JOSEPH FORTE
Another scam surfaced over the weekend, this time it was a Philadelphia scumbag by the name of Joseph Forte ... . Joseph Forte raised funds from as many as 80 clients and withdrew millions of dollars in fees while ... said. “He recognized that his inability to raise additional funds would result in the scheme collapsing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:30:00
Get Buy / Sell Call on BSE, NSE & NSE F&O Shares: 13 Jan 2009
1. Satyam has proved itself as Zhootha and Raju7 has become a Conman from being a gentleman. The real story and Raju motive behind the whole story is as assessed by me and a few pertinent questions which needs to be probed by SEBI. 2. Raju in a deliberate move kept inflating the profit to keep Satyam ahead in the race in so many years but his [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:21:56
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam Jennifer Rubin - 12.29.2008 - 7:44 AM Goodnight Caroline? “The wheels of the bandwagon are coming off. Fantasy is giving way to inescapable truth. That truth is that Kennedy is not ready for the job and doesn’t deserve it. Somebody who loves her should tell her.” Perhaps the tide has finally turned [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 12:44:17
Sensex down 9% in two days as Satyam scandal rattles investor confidence
A massive accounting scandal at IT major Satyam Computer and caution ahead of the US non-farm payroll data for December 2008, pulled the market down for the second day in a row. IT pivotals surged as investors churned portfolio after Satyam's scandal. FMCG stocks gained on defensive buying even as realty and metal stocks fell. Volatility was high [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:37:00
Will Obama Open NAFTA Up For Renegotiation?
Published on Saturday, January 10, 2009 by Foreign Policy In FocusObama and NAFTAby Laura CarlsenWill he or won't he?In the shadow of the economic crisis, a war of words rages over whether President-elect Barack Obama will hold to his campaign promise of opening up the North American Free Trade Agreement for renegotiation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 16:58:00
Email discussion on the usefulness of file format specifications
This is a summary of an email exchange on the DCC Associates email list over a few days in late November, early December. I thought it was revealing of attitudes to preservation formats and to representation information (in the form of both specifications and running code), so I’ve summarised it here [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:33:00
Can China Avoid a Post-Olympic Economic Downturn?
By Adam Kritzer Economic analysis indicates that countries that host the Olympic Games typically suffer from economic decline and currency depreciation in the months following its conclusion. The "so-called ‘Valley Effect’ is mainly caused by a dramatic increase in investment in the pre-Olympics stage, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:39:56
Oxford Analytica on the DRC´s mining sector
With prices for most base metals currently at two-thirds of their earlier peaks, and futures contracts being exchanged at or below their marginal cost of production, any hopes ... (Camec) have already suspended some copper and cobalt operations, and further shutdowns are expected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:43:55
CASINO WALL STREET
Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his attempt to Encapsulate All of Modern Economic History ( ... to me like you guys are a couple of bookies.’” -Trading Places (1983 movie about the commodities market) “ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 23:28:11
Should You Modify Your Investment Direction To Forex Trading?
You already know about the futures market, you know all about how to trade stocks on Wall Street, but have you ever heard of Forex? ... need to investigate and use some great forex software that establishes full control of your trades ... If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not the only one. Most people have no idea what Forex [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 12:29:40
Getting Ready to Close the Books
Trading The last day of trading beckons with markets on target for the worst year since 1931, a year when investors elected to give their money to the government in exchange for nothing, lest they find a way to lose it themselves. Futures are a bit higher, for whatever that means [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:12:07
Weekly Futures Positions Review - November 30, 2008
Top posts from the past week: Are Any Grains Worth Buying At These Prices? ... are the most attractive investment opportunity I see today. They are actually trading below the prices they were at when the entire bull market in commodities began. Other existing positions I've got [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 21:31:00
5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success
5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success Posted By katie George on @ 8: ... long term investment commodity, many more people are committing to purchasing real estate abroad ... which can mean that real estate related rules and regulations may change in the future. Make sure you’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 20:43:47
Sunday Reading: Broder on the Republican South
Sunday Reading: Broder on the Republican South FT. WORTH, Texas -- Maybe it's because The Fix is in the Lone Star State for the Christmas holiday but this morning's column by David Broder -- the Dean of the political press corps -- struck a chord with us. The piece starts as a look at how retiring Illinois Republican Rep [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 16:32:00
Energy Storage in Short Supply
Last Summer, we were reminded over and over how we were running out of oil ... just buy tanker futures. Despite the latest jump, they are roughly a third of where they were six ... ) More volatility coming and more ETF options Bill Ackman: Pershing Square Q3 2008 Letter World Markets [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:33:28
5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success
5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success Posted By katie George on @ 10: ... long term investment commodity, many more people are committing to purchasing real estate abroad ... which can mean that real estate related rules and regulations may change in the future. Make sure you’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 10:14:09
Do we still trust in God? giveaway list
Do we still trust in God?It happened with such subtlety that we scarcely noticed ... for nothing short of a Depression. The stock market looks bleak and many bemoan great losses ... alone—in every area of our lives—including our futures, our jobs, and our retirements.Today’s economic [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 04:39:00
White House Hotelier and Barista Terry McAuliffe to Run For Virginia Governor
Terry McAuliffe wants to be governor of Virginia. Which means we in Virginia get to relive the sleaze of the Clinton years all over again. When Bill Clinton rented out the Lincoln bedroom in return for campaign contributions - that was Terry McAuliffe's idea. Let's take a walk down memory lane to the White House Motel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 00:16:00
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