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ProActive HavRx Stock Indexes: Highlights And Opportunities

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:13:14 GMT

Below is a summary and some charts for popular and top performers among the 22 ProActive HavRx global stock indexes. Despite the FDA filing by Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) during the past week, the underlying ImmunoTherapy / Vaccines Index is off to a slow start and down by about 10% since mid-October.[More...]

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...]

Warren Buffet Bets On China With Burlington Northern

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32:18 GMT

Just when it looked like the prophecies of Nostradamus may be coming true, a white knight, in the form of Warren Buffet, strode in and saved the day. Buffet’s buy of Burlington Northern turned the US equities markets from ugly duckling to suave Prince.[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...]

Complex Motives In Buffett’s Burlington Northern Purchase

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:56:20 GMT

Some analysts have been puzzling over the high price Buffett agreed to pay for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). With 340+ million shares and $9 billion in net debt, Buffett essentially valued all of Burlington at $43 billion. That for a company that made $2.2 billion in the last 12 months, excluding interest expense, for a trailing multiple of 19.5. On a book value basis, the deal isn’t cheap either. Book value is $12.25 billion and Buffett is paying $34 billion.[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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ProActive HavRx Stock Indexes: Highlights And Opportunities

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

Warren Buffet Bets On China With Burlington Northern

Your Kind of Day?

Complex Motives In Buffett’s Burlington Northern Purchase

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

BNSF executives stand to reap big payoff from company's sale

Jury convicts N.J. man of southside Lebanon bank robbery

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

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

Guardium and The Herjavec Group Co-Host Executive Seminar on Best Practices for Data Security, Privacy & Compliance

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

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

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion On: UTS Energy Corporation, Research in Motion, Union Pacific Corp, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. And Cognizant Technology Solutions

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

Health Net Reports Third Quarter 2009 Adjusted1 Net Income of $69.6 Million, or $0.67 Per Diluted Share

Marlin Business Services Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

U.S. Bank Acquires FBOP Corporation's Banking Subsidiaries Through an FDIC Facilitated Transaction

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