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Four Criteria For Deciding On A Safe Stock

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:36:51 GMT

Many investors shy away from a stock over a hunch or superstition. Fluctuations in the market, especially during this historically rough stretch for the American economy, can create massive investor insecurity. People are looking to shave off dollars from their bottom lines.[More...]

Recent Market Sell Off

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:20:50 GMT

The recent market sell off that has seen the Dow Jones go from 10,700 to 10,100 is a little more than a mere regulation pull back. Attempted bounces and recoveries have failed and I can’t say I am surprised. The economy shows little signs of recovery, and credit remains tight. Housing market has not exactly showed much improvement and now, President Obama is expected to curb spending by 17%, which will have an impact on companies that expected to receive government contracts (materials, engineering, infrastructure and energy come to mind). Inflation is still a threat even as gold prices hang around all time highs. In other business related news, [More...]

Android: Impact On Google's Future

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:01:04 GMT

In a short period of time, Google’s mobile operating platform, Android, which competes with Windows Mobile, Apple’s iPhone OS, Symbian and Palm OS has garnered plenty of attention and accolades. As was the case when Apple’s App Store was launched some 15 months ago now, Android’s Market, which is Google’s version of Apple’s App store, has generated a lot of attention.[More...]

ComScore (NasdaqGM: SCOR) Claims To Have A Larger Panel

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:16:50 GMT

ComScore (SCOR) and Nielsen are both market research and audience measurement businesses. They have a "panel" of independent internet users whose activities they monitor (with permission of course) and based on the internet usage of this panel, they publish broader internet measures like unique visitors, visits, page views, time spent etc. for most of the highly trafficked web sites on the [More...]

Kiplinger's Top 5 Stocks

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:13:34 GMT

This post was submitted by Laura Stevens of the Rosen Group. Dads, you're probably expecting a tie or a set of power tools this Father's Day. If you have enough of those already (or even if you don't), Kiplinger.com has a gift you'll really appreciate: stock picks in companies that cater to your tastes. Kiplinger’s Top 5 Stocks for Dad are: Diageo (DEO) This seller of such brands as Johnnie [More...]

Hedge Your US Dollar Risk

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:22:27 GMT

The US Dollar has recovered over the last 8 months or so, partly due to the weakness in global markets and currencies and partly due to the decline in oil. Now that oil has moved much higher from its January lows, the dollar is starting to show signs of resuming its long-term downtrend.So why is the US Dollar in a long-term downtrend? Well the trade deficit is one reason. The second being the [More...]

5 Reasons To Be Bullish

Fri, 29 May 2009 04:36:02 GMT

This market seems to come back strong after each small pull back. I believe the reasons for being bullish are:Too many bears out there questioning every rally. More bears is good for the bulls because that means more people can turn bullish and go long. This also means that those that are shorting this market willat some point, get squeezed out of their positions, propelling the markets even [More...]

Solar Stocks And Clean Energy In A Perfect Storm

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:53:00 GMT

It wasn't too long ago that Oil prices were at $35 a barrel and energy bears were betting on it hitting $20. But as I have pointed out time and again on this blog, oil, much like the rest of this market, does not trade rationally. Inventory, supply, demand - all these are a thing of the past. Today, markets don't care about these mundane concepts. They trade on speculation and at the mercy of [More...]

Jim Rogers likes Commodities: Says No to Stocks

Wed, 20 May 2009 01:45:18 GMT

Jim Rogers recently spent an hour with Bloomberg. Key points from his interview:Stocks and Bonds are too risky and Jim wants to stay away.He likes commodities and specially agriculture, due to lack of farmers, farming and shortage of food and fertilizer.He thinks government should let banks go belly-up and stop flooding the market with dollars.Dollar is not a good currency to be in and neither is [More...]

Google's Android Will Become The Default Mobile Platform

Mon, 18 May 2009 23:33:54 GMT

Google's Android OS is the hottest ever OS for mobile devices. In fact, over a handful of Android devices (some say as high as 20) are slated to launch this year alone from HTC, Sony, Samsung, and even Garmin. I have said this before but I truly believe that Android will be the single most commonly used platform on mobile devices in 2 years. Even cell phone makers local to China and Japan are [More...]

Top Stocks To Buy In 2009 (Part 3)

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:34:34 GMT

I realize this post is a couple of months late. Markets have rallied over 30% since March 9th, which was the lowest point in US equity markets in over 12 years. So I apologize to those that follow this blog for not getting this out sooner. Fact of the matter is that other priorities have taken over and it gets increasingly difficult for me to write meaningful and detailed posts each passing month [More...]

Is This Rally Sustainable?

Tue, 05 May 2009 02:09:47 GMT

Isn't that the million dollar question? I mean the market has raced up some 35% since the beginning of March and the S&P is now positive for the year, after having hit 12 year lows less than 50 trading days ago. Here are just a few things to consider: This rally could be nothing but shorts covering. S&P index, represented by SPY, while above its 50 DMA is still below is 200 DMA. Failure of the 50 [More...]

Don't Buy What You Don't Understand

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:10:00 GMT

A friend of mine asked me recently: "Would do you think of Citibank's stock. I understand the current situation of the finance sector, but what do you think of Citibank?"[More...]

Ford a Likely Survivor of the Auto-Industry Fallout

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:50:00 GMT

It is no surprise that Chrysler, GM and Ford (F) – the former Big 3, now the “Barely Surviving 3”, keep reporting abysmal sales month after month, while mounting their losses into the billions. Their... Visit http://stocksandblogs.com for FREE access to this and a lot more. [More...]

Top Stocks to Buy in 2009 - Part 2

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:38:00 GMT

The first part of this post was published last month. Please click here to see the Top Stocks to Buy in 2009 - Part 1. As I said before, these lists are guides for you to do your own research. We are... Visit http://stocksandblogs.com for FREE access to this and a lot more. [More...]