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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gold Makes A Near Clean Sweep</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[You'd have to be Rip Van Winkle to have missed the news of the fresh highs scored by gold recently. And just as Van Winkle is quintessentially American, for a long time, so too were gold's price records; gold measured in dollars scored 16 record-high days out of November's 18 trading sessions prior to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674445>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>S&amp;P 500 Emini Day Trading Gap: Tuesday December 1, 2009</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[S&amp;P Emini 500 Futures opened .75 points higher than the Friday close, but the small gap filled in the first five minutes.  Today’s trading was mostly sideways, with the index testing the day’s high to form a double top at 1096.50.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674443>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:21:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SPY</category>
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      <title>Current Basic Reasons To Own Gold</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A month ago I approvingly&#160;quoted David Einhorn on buying gold: &quot;... I decided holding gold is better than holding cash, especially now that both offer no yield.&quot; I made the same decision and effectively doubled my gold exposure over the next two weeks, doing so with gold and silver bullion-holding stocks (CEF and GLD)&#160;and some gold stock index funds (GDX and GDXI). My main holding is physical gold, but buying now at much higher levels it is easier and quicker to get out of &quot;paper gold&quot; if necessary.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674415>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:27:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Frontier Country ETFs</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674410</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In yesterday’s chart of the week, I looked at three ETFs with exposure to the Middle East:

Market Vectors Gulf States ETF (MES)Wisdom Tree Middle East Dividend ETF (GULF)SPDR S&amp;P Emerging Middle East and Africa ETF (GAF)<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674410>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:26:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Most Active Stock Options November 30, 2009 &amp; Trading Activity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The top ten most active option contracts today were:
 Home Depot (HD) January 20 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) December 44 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ January 44 Call OptionsS&amp;P 500 SPDR (SPY) December 105 Put OptionsFinancial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) January 12 Put OptionsS&amp;P 500 SPDR December 109 Put OptionsS&amp;P 500 SPDR December 110 Call OptionsFinancial Select Sector SPDR January 13 Put OptionsPowerShares QQQ December<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674299>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:07:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GOOG</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HD</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">QQQQ</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SPY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">STP</category>
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      <title>Trading Batteries</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674283</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Growing up with a brother close in age to play with, explore and discover interesting things with, that is a gift that lasts a lifetime. Reading the weekend news this morning causes me to ‘flashback’ to one of our economic lessons.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674283>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:02:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Solid 5-Wave Advance Reverses Morning Losses</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674242</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The markets started out the week on a positive note after some early session choppiness. They were down early at the get-go, rallied to session highs early on, and then rolled over hard to the session lows before noon. They meandered back and forth, held support and then launched a 5-wave advance over the last three hours to close with a solid advance.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674242>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AIG</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CAAS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GWF</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HGSI</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">KONG</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">NDX</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">NDY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">REV</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SEED</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SPX</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USO</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">WFC</category>
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      <title>BioMed News Bytes: Merck KGaA, BioMarin, Cytori, Theravance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On 11/27/09, Theravance (NASDAQ: THRX) announced that it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA for the telavancin New Drug Application (NDA) for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia (NP). VIBATIV (telavancin) is approved in the US/Canada for the treatment of adult patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674153>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:55:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AFT</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BMRN</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CRL</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CYTX</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MDCO</category>
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      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">THRX</category>
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      <title>Is It Time For A New Fed Chairman?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yves Smith has taken up the battle to prevent the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as Fed chairman. While I agree in principal with her cause, I do think her rationale for denying him the post misses the mark.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674140>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:50:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Vertical Integration In A Rapid World</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I have long been a student of organizational structure. In general, I've been a proponent of specialization and laser focus. This works against the concept of conglomerates specifically and vertically-organized enterprises generally. A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighting several recent examples of vertical integration piqued my interest. Just why is it that vertical integration seems more compelling today than it did even five or ten years ago? What has changed in the environment to have caused the perceptions of many to do a 180? Is this a rational adaptation to a different landscape or a costly fad that will invariably run its course?<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674085>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:40:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">ORCL</category>
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      <title>SPY Intraday Doji Into Fibonacci With Divergence Example</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674080</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Friday’s intraday trading action in the SPY gave us a great opportunity to see an example of at least three non-correlated trading strategies/methods coming into ‘confluence’ to create a low-risk, high probability trade set-up.&#160; Let’ see it in action!<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674080>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:38:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SPY</category>
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      <title>The Good, The Bad And The Ugly In Real Time</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anyone who has visited New York has probably seen The National Debt Clock, a digital readout of how much the federal government owes its creditors. The speed at which that number grows is daunting. A more comprehensive monitor can be found online at USDebtClock.org. Not only do you get the total national debt of $12 trillion (and rising), you also get a raft of other key economic trend data for the country and its citizens based on information gathered from reputable sources that include the Census Bureau,<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674065>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cyber Monday: The New Black Friday</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As anyone who shops online is well aware, today is Cyber Monday, the day where online retailers strut their best deals in order to capture more holiday shoppers.&#160; The days following Thanksgiving are among the most important for the retail industry as many workers have those days off.&#160; More recently, ecommerce sites have latched onto the concept in trying to grab market share and capture the attention of workers returning to their desks still with holiday shopping in mind.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674057>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AMZN</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BBY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BKS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">EBAY</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GME</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SKS</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">WMT</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674057</link>
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      <title>Bargain Hunters Turn Out For Black Friday</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[More shoppers turned out for the Black Friday weekend this year, but they spent less per capita and favored lower-priced items, according to a survey by the National Retail Foundation.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674054>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:26:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MA</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">TGT</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">WMT</category>
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      <title>Increase In LNG Imports Is Creating More Pain For The Natural Gas ETF</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674049</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for natural gas, a glut of global gas is starting to make its way to U.S. shores . In a global natural gas report, Goldman Sachs says they expect LNG imports to grow 42% in 2010. See the highlighted area in red, below,” Vincent Fernando Reports From Business Insider.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674049>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:25:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Alternative Assets Internship</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674035</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Alternative Assets Internship
 Applying for an Internship at an Alternative Assets Firm
Below is a guest post by Theo O'Brien of Private Equity Blogger.com on landing an internship or job in private equity and hedge funds. Also see our collection of hedge fund career resources here.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674035>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:23:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dubai's Debt Crisis Primes The Panic Pump</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674021</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Dubai reminded the world last week: this crisis isn't over.
With a surprise debt restructuring request by Dubai World – Dubai's corporate front – and a plea from the tiny UAE for creditors to accept delayed payment, nervous global markets swiftly headed into reverse.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674021>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
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      <title>Bank of America Mortgage Rates</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674014</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Interest rates are very low. If you have good credit, then now is an excellent time to lock in a long-term loan at favorable rates. If interest rates soar, then you are hedged for inflation since you can replay the loan with depreciated dollars.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674014>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674014</link>
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      <title>Driving Miss Dollar</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674007</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's not at all clear how well the title above works with Caroline Baum's latest commentary at Bloomberg, but, my guess is well enough. There's something about Morgan Freeman driving Jessica Tandy around that somehow oddly fits the current U.S.-China relationship, particularly in light of the current Newsweek cover story.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674007>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674007</link>
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      <title>Weekly Market Outlook - November 30, 2009</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Economically speaking, last week was quite a positive one… particularly on the housing/real estate front. Confidence scored a couple of decent victories as well. The slate is full for next week as well, with unemployment, construction spending, and factory orders on tap. See the table below for the full line-up.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3674002>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:16:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wall Street Ends Higher As Dubai Jitters Recede, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) Rallies</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[US stocks finished up on Monday on hopes that the Dubai debt crisis would have a limited effect on the global economy.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3673998>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AXP. CAT</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">JPM</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">TRV</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">UNH</category>
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