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- Buried Treasure At The Federal Reserve?
By Keith Fitz-Gerald
Every market cycle has its genius.
Even a market cycle as wild and volatile as this one has been.
And the latest genius might be just what the U.S. Federal Reserve needs to restore order around here: She might even be able to bring credibility back to the global financial markets.
Elizabeth Duke goes by “Patsy.” And while the nickname may be soft, the person behind the moniker isn’t soft. In fact, we believe that Patsy Duke - a career … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Putting $1 Trillion Subprime Mortgage Loss In Perspective
I’m in Las Vegas at Freedom Fest 2008 and heard Steve Forbes speak yesterday. In his talk, he put the subprime mortgage meltdown in perspective by comparing the global subprime losses of $1 trillion (visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Staying Invested In The Energy Sector
On June 19, I posted my view that Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) is overbought short term and that DryShips (DRYS) is a good long term value, particularly in view of management's prescient and potentially very rewarding expansion into a related asset class, deep water drilling.
Here is an update. Since my post, SQM has corrected … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - No Bailout For Fannie And Freddie Leaves Financial ETFs Trying To Stay Afloat
Shares for the ailing Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) fell even lower earlier this morning after an immediate bailout was ruled out - throwing the housing market into question and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) lower.
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson said that the government's focus right now is supporting the companies in their current form, reports … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Friday: Wild Ride In The US Stock Markets
What a week! Everyone's been talking about the possibility of an oversold bounce, and yet every time it appears to be happening…..belly flop! The financial media and many analysts have been saying the “bottom is in”, or a financial institution just showed “the kitchen sink quarter”, and “the worst is behind us”. How many times can they say it and still have people believe them? If a trader gets burned often enough, they will not follow the recommendations or listen to the rumors one … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Investors Run For Cover Under Gold And ETFs
The price of gold jumped to a four-month high, sending gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) higher.
A dash of record oil (now more than $147 a barrel), a heaping teaspoon of mortgage-company concerns and a pinch of a falling dollar stirred together combined to leave a bitter taste in investors' mouths and sent them to gold in an effort to lose the aftertaste.
Wall Street particularly sputtered on news of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's woes, visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Gold Breaks Out And Another Wildcard Next Week
THE FINAL NUMBERS - ANOTHER WILDCARD NEXT WEEK NEWS: The major markets were moved once again by two reoccurring factors: oil and financials. Friday the indices had to deal with record oil prices and a collapse in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and managed to close off the lows. The Dow finished with a loss of 128 points or 1.1%, but did close 123 points off the intraday low. The S&P 500 moved in similar fashion with a drop of 14 points or 1.1%. The NASDAQ faired the best with … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - The Freddie/Fannie Saga: Short Sellers Of Dollar And Financial Stocks Profit
Early this year there has been talk about how the US economy could experience a V or W or L shaped economic situation, and now it seems that the economy could indeed be heading towards further deterioration. Although this past week has been one bereft of much major economic releases from the US or Eurozone, traders and investors have been subjected to more negative news coming from the US financial sector.
On Friday, the US dollar fell sharply against the Euro, Swiss franc, British pound and … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Fannie, Freddie 'Insolvent' And Lehman Brothers May Be Next Bear Stearns
Gold finished trading in New York yesterday at $940.20, up $13.90 and silver was up to $18.24, up 17 cents. Gold rose again in the New York Globex electronic market before trading sideways in trading in Asia and it has risen sharply again in early European trading to above $950 per ounce.
Gold continues to rally on the surging oil price (which is back near record highs), surging commodities and renewed weakness in the dollar. Not to mention safe haven buying on geopolitical … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - A CEF Warhorse: Adams Express
In the present era of micro-second computer program trading with the minute-by-minute explosions and implosions of worth,how many CEFs claim a history of over one hundred and fifty years? Adams Express (ADX) has thrived since 1854. The first seventy-five years or thereabouts, Adams Express was the nation’s leading independent express company. That’s stagecoach and the galloping mailman era, folks. The founder, Alvin Adams, actually began transport early in 1837 along the New … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Fred's Dead, Baby, Fred's Dead
Fabian: Butch, whose bond yield is this?
Butch: It’s a stock price, baby.
Fabian: Whose stock price is this?
Butch: Fred’s.
Fabian: Who’s Fred?
Butch: Fred’s dead, baby, Fred’s dead
-Pulp Fiction, alternative universe financial version
Now, let Macro Man say right at the outset that he is not intimately acquainted with Freddie and Fannie’s balance sheets, and does not run his own models on their capital adequacy/requirements. That having been said, he’s been reading … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Wal-Mart Gets Boost from Stimulus Checks
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) on Thursday reported an impressive same-store sales gain for June, a trend also seen at other value-oriented retailers such as Target and Costco. These reports offer some evidence that consumers are indeed spending their government-issued stimulus checks. Wal-Mart's numbers were particularly impressive as the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retail giant reported a 5.8% jump in same-store sales—a whopping increase not seen at WMT in many years. The company had … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Jim Rogers Creates Commodities Index For ETF; Sounds Off On Economy
Investing legend Jim Rogers has put together a new index targeting commodity producers, which will soon underly an exchange traded fund (ETF).
The Rogers Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index (RVEI) gives investors a chance to ride the commodities bull by accessing a universe of producers from all over the world. Most of the index's components are producers of raw materials for agriculture, alternative energy, base and industrial metals, energy, forest products and … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Investment Performance Of Younger Fund Managers During Bubbles
Here is an interesting story from the NY Times discussing how the experience (in this case age was used as a proxy for experience) was directly related to their propensity to invest into Asset bubbles.
(From the NY Times) “….two finance professors have looked at the performance of mutual fund managers … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Solar Power Investments
In case you haven’t heard it, T. Boone Pickens is a worried man when comes it comes to the energy situation these days. America, according the legendary oilman, is in a heap of trouble—-and it’s only going to get worse.
And with the election season looming, he is quickly becoming the energy equivalent of Ross Perot, complete with charts, graphs and white board presentations delivered with a familiar Texas drawl.
But unlike that other famous Texas billionaire whose was long on talk and … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Excitment Begins To Spread Around The Globe For Apple's 3G iPhone.
With customers in New Zealand, Australia and Japan being the first in the world to officially get their hands on Apple’s (AAPL) anticipated 3G iPhone, the euphoria across the Internet is reaching another fever pitch. Customers waiting in the US and Europe for Friday morning launches of the device are patiently prying into Apple’s worldwide websites to get a glimpse of the updated software for the device and to get a sneak peek of the heralded application store.
Even though the updated … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Latin ETFs Deliver Heat Over Last Five Years
Over the last five years, Latin America's exchange traded funds (ETFs) have shown they've got the moves.
What's more, the region is exhibiting signs of being a reliable long-term sector, says Tom Sullivan for Barron's. Latin America gets a special boost in the area of natural resources, since it's known as a region rich in iron, copper and oil.
During the last five years, … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Stock Picks And Trade Ideas For Friday - GOOG, LDK, FSLR, RMBS, AAPL
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
Apple (AAPL) is sitting under resistance at $180.91. The stock needs to break this resistance or will revisit the $165 area soon. Watch for high volume and relative strength/weakness before you jump on … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Are "Dark Pools" Destined To Be The Capital Markets' Next Black Hole?
By Keith Fitz-Gerald
We can almost hear that ominous “Jaws” theme music in the background and can see that huge dorsal fin as it slices threateningly through the water - knowing full well that the real terror is hidden beneath the water’s surface.
But this time around, it’s not a “Great White” that’s sparking our fears; it’s a well-capitalized and broadly based series of secret stock exchanges known as “Dark Pools of Liquidity,” “Dark Liquidity,” or just … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Fannie & Freddie: Political Brownie Points At The Expense of the Economy
The topic of Fannie Mae (fnm) and Freddie Mac (fre) has been covered to death this week, and my overall opinion hasn’t changed from a few months ago so I won’t add to the “pixel & ink cacophony” by saying too much more. However I will say this:
The problem with politicians having influence or control over a business … [visit site to read more]
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