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« Previous EntriesMarket Scan for Small Cap Stocks on February 11, 2009
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Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on February 11, 2009
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.
Under $5.00
Over […]
2-12-10 Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
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Stocks are sharply lower after China said it would increase bank reserve levels
Chinese regulators are trying to contain rapid economic growth to prevent speculative investment bubbles there. The surprising move comes a day after a tame inflation report raised hopes that China wouldn’t have to further tighten its monetary […]
FROM RUSSIA WITH CAVEATS
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Is it me or is there a growing supply of video feed available gratis on the strategic and tactical investment topics du jour? In any case, the Russia Forum 2010 from last week offers some intriguing commentary by Marc Faber, Nassim Taleb and others (hat tip to […]
RETAIL SALES & EASY GAINS
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Today’s update on retail sales for January shows that the annual change in consumer spending has returned to pre-crisis levels in terms of 12-month rolling changes. In fact, the 4.7% increase in retail sales over its year-ago level as of last month is quite a bit better […]
HISTORY LESSONS ON DEBT, DEFAULT & INFLATION
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The Wall Street Journal today has an interesting look at the troubles associated with red ink. Among the resources cited is new research from Morgan Stanley with a clever title that asks: The Return Debtflation?
It’s a revealing look into the history and the implications of sovereign debt […]
Rise in Retail Sales Brightens Recovery Picture
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in January, suggesting consumers were feeling a bit more comfortable to spend and sustain the economic recovery. The Commerce Department said on Friday total retail sales increased 0.5 percent. In addition, December and November were both revised […]
Making The Case for Child Labor and Sweatshops
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“As any historian could tell you, no society has every pulled itself out of poverty without putting its children to work. Back in the early 19th century, when Americans were as poor as Bangladeshis are now, we were sending out children to work at about the same rate […]
What Does German Beer Have to Do with Fairness?
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All the leading brands of beer in the United States were created by people of German ancestry and so is the leading beer in China, not to mention breweries created by Germans in Australia, Argentina and elsewhere. Germans were producing beer in the days of the Roman Empire. […]
Retail Sales: Consumers Showing Some Life
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Today’s report on retail sales shows that consumers are loosening their purse strings, continuing a trend that is now about a year old, though with plenty of backsliding along the way.
Some of the increase in January may reflect higher prices for food, but we also saw gains in […]
Economics Newsletter: February Issue Up
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The February 2010 issue of the Businomics (R) newsletter is available. At the bottom of that page is a link to sign up. It’s complimentary to readers of this blog (free to everyone else). I have never shared the distribution list with anyone outside my […]
Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on February 10, 2009
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Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on February 10, 2009
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.
Under $5.00
Over […]
Worldwide Food Services, Inc. (WFSV) Files Financials
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BORDENTOWN, NJ–(Marketwire – 02/10/10) – WORLDWIDE FOOD SERVICES, INC. (Pinksheets:WFSV) announced today the Company has filed its financials with PinkSheets.
Worldwide Food Services, Inc. is 100% Debt-free. The Company owes no suppliers or manufacturers; inventories that are held have all been paid for-in-full.
For further information about this release, contact Rich […]
2-11-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
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Stocks are slightly lower despite plans to help Greece resolve its debt crisis
Stocks fell modestly Thursday morning as a pledge by European leaders to help Greece with its growing debt crisis failed to inspire investors.
Global markets had been shaken in recent weeks by concerns that debt trouble in countries […]
In a New Audio Interview at SmallCapVoice.com, J. Michael Parsons, President and CEO of XcelPlus Global Holdings, Provides a Significant Progress Report
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AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: XPGH) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/2-10-10-audio-interview-with-xcelplus-global-holdings-inc-pink-sheets-xpgh/.
XcelPlus Global currently supplies biofuels made from plant oils, fats and other waste stream products to customers in asphalt/road construction, paper […]
A TIMELY FALL IN JOBLESS CLAIMS
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This morning’s update on initial jobless claims is a timely bit of good news. In fact, the markets probably couldn’t wait another week for this. For starters, the decline of 43,000 in new filings for jobless benefits last week is the biggest weekly drop since last summer. […]
THE STRANGE WORLD OF INVESTMENT ADVICE
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Jason Zweig’s latest investing column in The Wall Street Journal is disturbing, but not necessarily for the reasons he outlines.
Consider this passage: “…many investors who followed the best advice were punished the worst. Someone who held a total-stock-market index fund lost more than 58% from October 2007 […]
Economic Report of the President, 2010
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The 2010 ERP was released today. The entire document is here. CEA Chair’s discussion is here.
Fiscal Situation: A Cross-Country Perspective
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Torsten Slok has a whole set of interesting pictures, two of which are particularly relevant in thinking about the US fiscal situation as compared to other advanced countries.
Gross debt as a share of GDP. Source: personal communication/Torsten Slok, based on IMF WEO data.
Structural budget deficit as a share of […]
Union Membership: Good News, Bad News
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Good News: Union membership as a percent of all U.S. workers is close to an all-time low of 12.3% in 2009, down slightly from 12.4% in 2008, but higher than the 12% share in 2006 and 12.1% share in 2007 (see chart above). In the early 1950s, almost […]
Quiz On Current Events from Pew Research
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Test your News IQ at Pew Research.
Full Disclosure: I got 10/12 correct, and missed items #7 and #8.
HT: Ryan Stinson
The Two Americas: Public vs. Private Sector, Part II Highest Paid Madison City Worker: $159k Busdriver
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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL – “Madison’s highest paid city government employee last year wasn’t the mayor. It wasn’t the police chief. It wasn’t even the head of Metro Transit. It was bus driver John E. Nelson. Nelson earned $159,258 in 2009, including $109,892 in overtime and other pay. He […]
Real World GDP Through 2030
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The chart above of historical real world GDP shares was featured on CD in November and generated lots of discussion (44 comments) and was also featured on Greg Mankiw’s blog and about 25 other blogs. Using the same international macroeconomic database from the USDA, the chart below plots […]
U.S. Patent Activity for the Last 125 Years
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The chart above plots the annual number of approved patents in the U.S. from 1883 to 2008, according to data from the World Intellectual Property Organization. It’s interesting that it took more than 70 years for patents to double from 40,000 to 80,000 (1914 to 1987), and […]
Worldwide Food Services, Inc. (WFSV) Signs Letter of Intent
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BORDENTOWN, NJ–(Marketwire – 02/10/10) – WORLDWIDE FOOD SERVICES, INC. (Pinksheets:WFSV) announced today the Company has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Veterans Consulting Group, Inc. Details will be made available upon completion of the acquisition.
Worldwide Food Services, Inc. is 100% Debt-free. The Company owes no suppliers or manufacturers; […]
2-10-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
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Stocks turn lower after comments by Fed Chairman Bernanke
The stock market is falling as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke details plans for dismantling the central bank’s economic support measures.
Bernanke says in prepared remarks to a House committee Wednesday that the Fed likely will begin tightening credit by raising the […]
