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Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Does money matter? The answer depends on who’s talking. Suffice to say, however, Milton Friedman’s dictum that inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon is now debatable in the academic community as well as in the board rooms of central banks around the world.
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Investors Seeking Foreclosure Riches
Submitted by A Dash of Insight
One of the ingredients for “bubbles” is the quest for the home run. Investors look to how much they wish to gain rather than to risk and reward.
What happens when this quest intersects with a major downturn in an asset class?
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Why Did the Mortgage Crisis Happen, Part 3
Submitted by Businomics Blog
Previously, I posed the question of why the crisis emerged when it did, then I explained the role of the Great Moderation. Now I talk about how securitization formed a building block of the crisis.
The second factor enabling the mortgage mess was securitization. The first securitized mortgage transaction took place in […]
Looking for An Angel? Go to RaiseCapital.com
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
RaiseCapital.com is an online community, where entrepreneurs can display their business ideas and capital needs to investors. Whether your venture is a start-up or existing business, RaiseCapital.com is the perfect vehicle for entrepreneurs seeking capital.
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55% of Oil Execs Says See $100 Oil By End of ‘08
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
HOUSTON (AP) — Even as oil prices ascended to new highs of more than $124 a barrel this week, many oil and gas industry executives say they expect the price to fall significantly by year’s end, a new survey shows. Fifty-five percent of 372 petroleum industry executives surveyed by KPMG LLP said […]
Mexican Peso Rallies, Return of King Dollar?
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Over the last 12 trading days since April 22, the US Dollar has increased by 1.67%, as measured by the Fed’s Broad Trade-Weighted Dollar Index (data here and here), to 99.4439, the highest level since February 26, 2008 (see chart above). The 1.67% dollar appreciation is the largest 12-day gain in […]
What if we’d been on the gold standard?
Submitted by Econbrowser
If the U.S. had decided to go back on the gold standard in 2006, where would we be today? That’s a question my friend Randy Parker recently asked me. Here’s how we both would answer.
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Penny Stock Picks Submitted By Dr. PennyStock
Submitted by Dr. PennyStock
Attention to these penny stocks:
CKNN - Despite the red candle, it’s still a hold.
DEEP - Some positive signals, we have a higher low and a higher high, hold.
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Stock Picks and Trade Ideas for Friday/Trade Journal
Submitted by My Ambitions as a Trader and Investor
New Buy Candidates:
New Short Sale Candidates: OMG, PDX
Add To: APWR, BPSG, EPM, GENC, IDSA, IPHS, KBX, MRB, VSCI, WEL, WHT
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Penny Stocks to Watch by Stock Analyzer for May 9th
Submitted by Stock Analyzer
Penny Stocks to Watch
Looking for another very solid day from our chat room that had 25 members in it today with 4 calls over 30% gains and 2 big boards with 10% or more.
SWVC will see if we can hold .003, that will be a area we have to hold to test […]
Stock Promotions (05-08-2008)
It’s being reported on StockPromoters.com, the best site on the Internet for following all the details about stock promotions, that the following are new pink sheet stock promotions:
Beacon Equity Research has been compensated seven thousand five hundred dollars to promote TAOL.OB
OTC Picks has been compensated one hundred seventy two thousand free trading shares to promote […]
Ranking of WSJ forecasters: May update
Submitted by EconWeekly
The GDP estimate for the first quarter is out, so it’s time to update my ranking of the Wall Street Journal forecasters. (Remember: to pit forecasters against each other I use the Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) and the most accurate forecaster is the one with the lowest RMSE, among all who have […]
Thought for the new motorcycle converts
Submitted by Motorcycles Blog
Written by Michael Vass
With the warmer weather hitting the nation, the seasonal flux of new and occasional motorcycle riders is in stride. But in this year a new trend is also coming to fore. New motorcycle riders that converted from cars, trucks and SUV’s due to the increased cost of gas. Already […]
Creating wealth in the stock market - ideas
Submitted by Worth Blog
Written by Michael Vass
** Mr. Vass does not solicit nor recommend any tool, style, company, or other investment. This is meant as an educational and discussion tool only. **
From time to time I am asked questions about the stock market, investing, owning a business, and other questions relating to generating and maintaining […]
Penny Stock Picks Submitted By Dr. PennyStock
Submitted by Dr. PennyStock
Attention to these penny stocks:
CKNN - The news Tuesday evening after the market close just killed the run and had provoked the red candle yesterday, but, we have still a higher low and a higher high, let’s see what today’s day will bring, hold.
DEEP - It’s trading sideways and confirmed support […]
Stock Picks and Trade Ideas for Thursday
Submitted by My Ambitions as a Trader and Investor
New Buy Candidates: CGS, CTT, KBX, MEA, NGAS, NYNY, QSC, RDEA, SBLK
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The Ethanol Bubble: Is It Starting to Burst?
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Judging by recent financial results, the big villains in the ethanol story—the American companies that are responding to government mandates by buying about 20% of the U.S. corn harvest and processing it into fuel—aren’t exactly thriving. In fact, their bottom lines and stock prices are suffering pretty badly.
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Lazear Sees No Recession for U.S. Economy
Submitted by Econbrowser
From WSJ, Henry Pulizzi and John D. McKinnon write:
“The data are pretty clear that we are not in a recession,” Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Edward Lazear told a meeting of editors and reporters from the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.
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Could Be A Lot Worse. It Is A LOT Worse in Europe.
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
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Is The U.S. Peso Making a Comeback?
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
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Chinese Firms Outsourcing, Bargain Hunting in U.S.
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Chinese businessman Liu Keil spent about $500,000 for seven acres in Spartanburg, S.C. — less than one-fourth what it would cost to buy the same amount of land in Dongguan, a city in southeast China where he runs three printing-plate plants. U.S. electricity rates are about 75% lower, and in South Carolina, […]
The Individual Investor Experience
Submitted by A Dash of Insight
At “A Dash” we let the big guys do the marketing research for us. Television ads for online brokers indicate that “leading investors” are thinking for themselves instead of relying upon help from their former investment advisors. Not wanting to be completely alone, however, investors want some help […]
Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on May 7, 2008
Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on May 7, 2008
The table below identifies the stocks returned on my scan of the US markets for small capitalizations stocks likely to display the characteristics of stocks entering Phase II, as described by Stan Weinstein.
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ADLS: Management Discusses Q1 Results and Udates Progress with Cethromycin
Submitted By Knobias ClipReport
ADLS: Management Discusses Q1 Results and Udates Progress with Cethromycin
Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (ADLS) announced a first quarter loss $3.6 million, or $0.09 per share, compared to $10.5 million, or $0.37 per share, for the same period last year. Analysts had expected a loss of $0.13 per share.
The Company expects its […]
Stock Promotions (05-07-2008)
It’s being reported on StockPromoters.com, the best site on the Internet for following all the details about stock promotions, that the following are new pink sheet stock promotions:
Small Cap Voice has been compensated 50,000 rule 144 shares for services through 12/31/07 from the company to promote AMXG.OB
Stock Guru has been compensated $12,000 to promote AFSE.OB
Stock […]