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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:43 GMT

In my latest three blog posts, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Wells Fargo (WFC) Kicks The Can By Transofrming Option ARM Mortgages Into Interest Only

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:26 GMT

If you are not familiar with what an option ARM mortgage is, read this piece (Aug 13, 2008: Option ARMs- Who Thought Up these Time Bombs?)). I too was unfamiliar with it, despite following markets closely, until I read a BusinessWeek article in October 2006. Interest only mortgages? Yep I knew about those.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:55:26 GMT

As of today, the top ten most active stock options were:[More...]

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:29:19 GMT

US stocks rallied on Thursday as upbeat economic data and better-than-expected revenue forecast from Cisco bolstered investor confidence.[More...]

Your Kind of Day?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:06:48 GMT

As a rule, I try not to read too terribly much into a "Fed Day" as there is usually a big batch of volatility that may or may not mean much of anything come the dawn of the next day. Maybe, it's just me. Or maybe there are others that find themselves inclined to simply stand aside and watch the nuttiness from the sidelines on "Fed Days." But in any event, the volatility after a Fed announcement, while fun to watch, may not be telling as to what to expect in the future.[More...]

The Dollar-Proof Portfolio

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:14 GMT

Don't put off this important piece of the financial-planning process.[More...]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Inflation's coming back _ but we don't know when

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT

Nov. 8--The inflation monster is sleeping soundly, snoring away, and everyone hopes he'll never wake up.
It's for people who see a couple of trillion dollars in fiscal and monetary stimulus knocking around in the economy, amid rock-bottom interest rates, and worry that this means inflation is coming.
Worrywarts have no faith in the Federal Reserve or the administration of President Barack Obama.

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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Wells Fargo (WFC) Kicks The Can By Transofrming Option ARM Mortgages Into Interest Only

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

Your Kind of Day?

The Dollar-Proof Portfolio

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Inflation's coming back _ but we don't know when

Owners, lenders offered a hand

UPI NewsTrack Business

Citigroup issues employees stock options

Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. closed

Business surfaces to maintain troubled commercial properties

Small banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo. closed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Nicklaus column: The federal bailout of banks may not be as costly as feared

County will refund part of grocery bill

Business events scheduled for the coming week

Wells Fargo Named Best Consumer Internet Bank in North America by Global Finance Magazine

Primus Announces Third Credit Mitigation Transaction

U.S. Bancorp to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking & Financial Services Conference

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Ambac Financial Group Inc., Xerox Corporation, Kinross Gold Corporation, American Lithium Minerals Inc. and NovaGold Resources

U.S. Bank to Open Next Spring in New Ohio Union at The Ohio State University

U.S. Bank Receives $95 Million in New Markets Tax Credit Allocation to Attract Investment in Distressed and Underserved Areas

Carrollton Bancorp Reports Third Quarter Net Loss and Announces a $0.04 Quarterly Dividend

Latest Wells Fargo Survey: Expectations for Increased Revenues Improve Small Business Owner Optimism

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on WY, USO, NNN, WLT, TTI and AZO

Marlin Business Services Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

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