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Inflation And A Weak Greenback On The Mind Of ETF Investors

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:29:13 GMT

TIPS and commodities funds draw investor dollars, as ETF inflows break through another barrier in September.[More...]

Sunstone Hotels Gives Up On The San Diego W

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:27:53 GMT

The W Hotel has been described a lot of different ways including trendy, upscale, and avant-garde. The posh hotels chain however has shown that it is not immune in the current economy as travelers are cutting back on expenses everywhere possible. Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), a REIT that owns the W in San Diego, in addition to 43 other hotels, has decided to forfeit the building to its lenders rather than pay its June mortgage payment. Industry analysts think that more hotels could follow suit if conditions do not improve. We know that air travel has been hurt as the International Air Transport Authority doubled (to $9 billion) its estimates of worldwide airline losses on Monday. Obviously, consumers are[More...]

The Most Contrarian Idea I Have

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:46:10 GMT

Any reader of my blog recognizes that I generally have an affinity for consumer products and retail facing stocks. In this recession, I’ve also become quite the fan of dividends as manifested in my recent investments - GE, VLO, [More...]

Phoenix Rising?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:47:00 GMT

With the US equity market averages either probing or breaking down through their November lows, is it time to buy Phoenix stocks? Others have picked up on that theme, with the latest being a Minyanville article on buying beaten up stocks. With that in mind, I screened the US market for stocks with the following characteristics: Stock price between $1 and $5 (low-priced stocks)Down at least 80% from a year ago (beaten up)Market cap of $100 million or more (were once "real" companies)Net insider buying in the last six months (some downside protection from insider activity) This screen gives us a list of low-priced[More...]

Stem Cell Index Down 1% in Past Week

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:22:00 GMT

The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes 29 companies in the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Emerging Stem Cell Index, which lost about 1% of market value in the past week and posted an 8.5% loss over the past year on an equal-weight basis. Results for benchmark indexes and ETFs include gains of 1.5% for SPDR S&P Biotech (XBI) and 1.2% for the ETFI Cosmetic and Reconstructive[More...]

Earnings Preview for Feb 9-13 - Earnings Preview

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:52:00 GMT

Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) could top expectations. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) and Terex Corporation (TEX) could miss. Though nearly 400 companies are scheduled to report, traders are going to keep a close eye on Washington. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will announce a revised bank bailout plan on Monday. This plan could include the creation of a bad bank to absorb distressed debts (what TARP was[More...]

Warning: These 5 REITs Still Pay Dividends, But Not In Cash

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:51:00 GMT

"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." Wimpy, character from the cartoon series Popeye As many of you may remember, Wimpy was not only a character from the Popey cartoon series, he was also a glutton for hamburgers, and he would consume them at a ferocious rate. Of course, "Tuesday" would never come, and Wimpy constantly secured himself a free lunch. These days, REITs are increasingly[More...]

AgFeed Addresses Naked Short Sellers

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:18:00 GMT

AgFeed (FEED) is a small cap Chinese company that today took an unusual step. It's stock is up 17%. Now someone might say this is due to their reiterating guidance but as we have seen in this market that means nothing. They bought 4 pig farms - again I fi[More...]

Reuters: SEC to Propose Short Sale Rules in Weeks

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:04:00 GMT

This is my favorite quote from the story: He said it is not intended to have any impact on the direction of stock prices.[More...]

ShengdaTech - Small Cap Opportunity

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:36:00 GMT

I'm increasingly looking at small cap opportunities in this trendless market, dominated by herd behavior - much of it computer generated. The hope is we find some companies that are outside the radar and hence not so reliant on hundreds of hedge funds moving in or out of stock en masse for us to profit. Now, the negative with under covered small caps is they can sit... and sit... and sit... for a long time without any movement. And then suddenly surge out of the blue on a catalyst - much like Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS) has done (Aug 7: Fuel Systems Solutions - Monster Quarter but Impairment Charge will Confuse). But this many times requires, months/quarters of no "benefit" (price appreciation) from holding the stock. And in a "what have you done for me" world with investors who[More...]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher Column: Shy Away From Real Estate Investments, for Now

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Aug. 2--If you're feeling sorry for yourself after losing big in the stock market, cheer up.
Real estate investment trusts are down 45 percent for the past year, as measured by the Dow Jones Equity REIT Index, compared with a piddling 20 percent for the S&P 500 stock index.
First, a short tutorial: Shares in REITs sell on the stock market like stocks.

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Inflation And A Weak Greenback On The Mind Of ETF Investors

Sunstone Hotels Gives Up On The San Diego W

The Most Contrarian Idea I Have

Phoenix Rising?

Stem Cell Index Down 1% in Past Week

Earnings Preview for Feb 9-13 - Earnings Preview

Warning: These 5 REITs Still Pay Dividends, But Not In Cash

AgFeed Addresses Naked Short Sellers

Reuters: SEC to Propose Short Sale Rules in Weeks

ShengdaTech - Small Cap Opportunity

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher Column: Shy Away From Real Estate Investments, for Now

Nation's Unemployment Rate Gets Even Worse When You Look Below the Surface

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on RDC, UDR, TDC, CPT, SHO and TOT

The M&Amp;A Advisor Announces Finalists for First Annual Global M&Amp;A Awards

Sunstone Hotel Investors Reports Results for Second Quarter 2009

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Schedules Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release And Conference Call

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. to Present at the Oppenheimer 9th Annual Consumer, Gaming, Lodging and Leisure Conference

Sunstone Hotel Investors Amends Credit Facility

Sunstone Hotel Investors Announces the Sale of the Marriott Riverside, California for Gross Proceeds of $19.3 Million

Sunstone Hotel Investors Provides Business Update

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Schedules Business Update Call

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. to Present at the 2009 NAREIT Investor Forum and Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant and Leisure Conference

Form 4/A Sunstone Hotel Investors For: Sep 10 Filed by: Cruse Kenneth Edward (10K)

Form 4 Buser Arthur L For: Oct 16 (10K)

Form 4 Cruse Kenneth Edward For: Sep 10 (10K)

Form 4 Sunstone Hotel Investors For: Dec 09 Filed by: ALTER ROBERT A (10K)

Form 4/A Buser Arthur L For: May 21 (10K)

Form 4 Buser Arthur L For: May 21 (10K)

Form 4 Lal Christopher M For: May 11 (10K)

Form 4 Sunstone Hotel Investors For: May 07 Filed by: WOLFF LEWIS (10K)

Form 4 Locker Keith For: May 07 (10K)

Form 4 LEWIS THOMAS A For: May 07 (10K)