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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Friday saw some crazy trading, as investors reacted to a surprisingly good employment number. Price gapped up to start the day, proceeded to fall sharply, before gaining traction late in the day to close slightly positive on very heavy volume. The dollar also saw a strong rally, as traders considered the possibility that a stronger economy may result in higher interest rates.[More...]

Expanding Range Slightly On S&P 500; Next Key Area 1120

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:59:13 GMT

We've poked our head a bit higher than the highs of yesterday (S&P 1117) on the opening flood of buy orders; a small positive there. The last 2 sessions have been marked by new highs as the market poked its head out of the box, and then reversals back down - so it would seem unlikely for that to happen 3 days in a row.[More...]

A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:50:20 GMT

With the Jobs Report more than surprising the market this morning, let’s take a quick look at the current trendlines that will either contain this bullish surge… or break through to create a larger move to the upside.[More...]

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:27 GMT

If you take a look at the 30 min chart of the SPY, you find a market filled with landmines and gaps along with a clearly defined trading range in which the market trades currently.[More...]

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:41 GMT

Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus needs to have a well balanced hedge in both economic cycles. Harry Browne's permanent portfolio is designed over various major asset classes to tackle this problem. A more actively managed strategy is Doug Roberts' Follow the Fed Strategy.[More...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

Strategist Offers Investing Tips

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Nov. 3--Readers of The News Tribune first met Bruce McCain a year ago when he visited Tacoma to speak with a group of selected high-net-worth clients of Key Private Bank -- where McCain serves as chief investment strategist.
He has earned a doctorate in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Certified Financial Analyst.
Alongside speaking with clients and managing portfolios, McCain also appears regularly both in print and broadcast media.

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GDF SUEZ, Gulf Investment Corporation Achieve Financial Close on Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Jul. 26--Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) and GDF SUEZ have completed the limited recourse financing of the $2.1 billion Al-Dur Independent Water and Power Producer (IWPP) project (the Project), the largest privately-owned industrial project in Bahrain.
On the 28th of August 2008, the Project was awarded to GDF SUEZ and GIC by the Bahrain Ministry of Finance following an international competitive tendering process.
GIC and GDF SUEZ upheld their commitment to the Government of Bahrain and equally-funded project work, where the Project is presently almost 30% completed and is expected to meet the target completion dates agreed with the Government of Bahrain.

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Researcher ranks mutual funds by carbon footprint

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:49:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Quick: How green is your 401(k)?
On Wednesday, environmental researcher Trucost published what it says is a first-ever ranking of mutual funds according to their carbon footprints.
Trucost's analysis of 91 funds is meant to help investors gauge how emissions laws could affect a fund's holdings.

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Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis Column: Stock Market's Recent Rally May Rekindle Urge to Invest, but Tread Cautiously

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Mar. 29--Ready to give the stock market a try?
Rallies like the sharp upturn the market has had since March 9 tend to give reticent people the urge to invest in stocks again.
So the safest approach is to add a little money to stock mutual funds with each paycheck through a 401(k)-type retirement plan.

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3 Ways to Get into the Market

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:47:00 GMT

Ready to give the stock market a try?
And mutual funds allow you more safety than making a bet on one or two stocks.
If you do want to put some money into stocks all at once, exchange-traded funds are an easy option to obtain broad exposure to the market.

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Mull ETFs to Portfolio

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:49:00 GMT

Mar. 16--Consider adding exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to your portfolio.
Here are the ticker symbols (and some nicknames) for a few ETFs of major indexes: S&P 500 (Spiders, SPY), the Nasdaq 100 (Cubes, QQQQ), Total Stock Market (Vipers, VTI), Dow Jones industrial average (Diamonds, DIA), Russell 2000 (iShares Russell 2000, IWM), iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ).
Often sporting very low fees and tax-efficient infrequent trading, ETFs offer easy diversification into groups of businesses.

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Are Exchange Traded Funds the Future of Investing?

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Nov. 16--Larry Carrel is a big fan of exchange traded funds.
The Amherst native and former Smart- Money.com columnist calls ETFs "mutual funds for the 21st century" and touts them as a cost-effective way for investors to broadly diversify their portfolios.
Mutual funds do that too, but Carrel thinks ETFs are better because their fees are lower and they can be traded during the day, like a regular stock, rather than only after the stock market closes for the day, as with a mutual fund.

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Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP Announces Class Action Against ProShares' UltraShort S&P 500 Fund - SDS

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:45:00 GMT

Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired shares in the UltraShort S&P 500 fund (the "SDS Fund") (NYSE: SDS), an exchange-traded fund offered by ProShares Trust ("ProShares"), pursuant or traceable to ProShares' Registration Statement, Prospectuses, and Statement of Additional Information (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the SDS Fund's shares.
Investors who purchased shares of SDS Fund may have suffered losses that may be compensable under the law.
Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP has extensive experience in the prosecution of lawsuits on behalf of investors.

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Stull, Stull & Brody Files Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Investors in ProShares UltraShort Dow30 Fund

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:04:00 GMT

The law firm of Stull, Stull & Brody announces that it has filed on November 18, 2009 a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired shares in the ProShares UltraShort Dow30 Fund (the "DXD Fund") (NYSE: DXD), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") offered by ProShares Trust ("ProShares"), pursuant or traceable to ProShares' false and misleading Registration Statement, Prospectuses, and Statements of Additional Information (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with shares of the DXD Fund (the "Class").
In addition to the claims concerning ProShares DXD Fund, Stull, Stull & Brody is also investigating claims on behalf of investors in other ProShares leveraged funds (the "Funds") (see list below), such as whether ProShares failed to disclose in its registration statements: (i) that if shares of the Funds were held for a time period longer than one day, the likelihood of massive losses was huge; and (ii) the extent to which performance of the Funds would invariably diverge from the performance of the benchmark.
Fund Ticker Symbol Ultra Financials Fund (NYSE: UYG) UltraShort Oil & Gas (NYSE: DUG) UltraShort S&P500 Fund (NYSE: SDS) UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (NYSE: FXP) UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil (NYSE: SCO) Ultra Oil & Gas (NYSE: DIG) UltraShort QQQ (NYSE: QID) UltraShort Russell3000 (NYSE: TWQ) UltraShort MidCap400 (NYSE: MZZ) UltraShort SmallCap600 (NYSE: SDD) UltraShort Russell2000 (NYSE: TWM) UltraPro Short S&P500 (NYSE: SPXU) UltraShort Russell1000 Value (NYSE: SJF) UltraShort Russell1000 Growth (NYSE: SFK) UltraShort Russell MidCap Value (NYSE: SJL) UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth (NYSE: SDK) UltraShort Russell2000 Value (NYSE: SJH) UltraShort Russell2000 Growth (NYSE: SKK) UltraShort Basic Materials (NYSE: SMN) UltraShort Consumer Goods (NYSE: SZK) UltraShort Consumer Services (NYSE: SCC) UltraShort Health Care (NYSE: RXD) UltraShort Industrials (NYSE: SIJ) UltraShort Semiconductors (NYSE: SSG) UltraShort Technology (NYSE: REW) UltraShort Telecommunications (NYSE: TLL) UltraShort Utilities (NYSE: SDP) UltraShort MSCI EAFE (NYSE: EFU) UltraShort MSCI Europe (NYSE: EPV) UltraShort MSCI Pacific ex-Japan (NYSE: JPX) UltraShort MSCI Brazil (NYSE: BZQ) UltraShort MSCI Japan (NYSE: EWV) UltraShort MSCI Mexico Investable Market (NYSE: SMK) UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE: PST) UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (NYSE: TBT) UltraShort DJ-UBS Commodity (NYSE: CMD) UltraShort Gold (NYSE: GLL) UltraShort Silver (NYSE: ZSL) UltraShort Euro (NYSE: EUO) UltraShort Yen (NYSE: YCS) Ultra QQQ (NYSE: QLD) Ultra Dow30 (NYSE: DDM) Ultra S&P500 (NYSE: SSO) Ultra Russell3000 (NYSE: UWC) Ultra MidCap400 (NYSE: MVV) Ultra SmallCap600 (NYSE: SAA) Ultra Russell2000 (NYSE: UWM) UltraPro S&P500 (NYSE: UPRO) Ultra Russell1000 Value (NYSE: UVG) Ultra Russell1000 Growth (NYSE: UKF) Ultra Russell MidCap Value (NYSE: UVU) Ultra Russell MidCap Growth (NYSE: UKW) Ultra Russell2000 Value (NYSE: UVT) Ultra Russell2000 Growth (NYSE: UKK) Ultra Basic Materials (NYSE: UYM) Ultra Consumer Goods (NYSE: UGE) Ultra Consumer Services (NYSE: UCC) Ultra Health Care (NYSE: RXL) Ultra Industrials (NYSE: UXI) Ultra Real Estate (NYSE: URE) Ultra Semiconductors (NYSE: USD) Ultra Technology (NYSE: ROM) Ultra Telecommunications (NYSE: LTL) Ultra Utilities (NYSE: UPW) Ultra DJ-UBS Commodity (NYSE: UCD) Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil (NYSE: UCO) Ultra Gold (NYSE: UGL) Ultra Silver (NYSE: AGQ) Ultra Euro (NYSE: ULE) Ultra Yen (NYSE: YCL) Ultra MSCI EAFE (NYSE: EFO) Ultra MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSE: EET) Ultra FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (NYSE: XPP) Ultra MSCI Japan (NYSE: EZJ)

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