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Bravo Whitney Tilson!
Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson had a pretty rough 2011. He famously shorted Netflix on its way up, covered near its high, and then watched the stock plunge not long thereafter. Then in late...
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Check Out Frank Holmes' EPIC Presentation On The China Boom, And What It...
If you're Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, then there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic right now. In a presentation he gave over the weekend at Vancouver...
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Oil Prices Top $100 And Natural Gas Falls 5%
Crude oil for March delivery has slipped below the $100 mark and is well off its day-high of $100.45 per barrel. Prices rose after the Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates low until 2014,...
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A Deep Dive Into Four Key Sectors Of The S&P 500
On Monday, I noted that the underlying technicals of the market had changed; more aggressive, "growth areas" of the market were rising. Below are daily charts of (in order technology, financials,...
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The Manufacturing Industry Is Never Going To Solve Our Jobs Problem
Tuesday night, President Obama laid out his blueprint for an economy that's "built to last" in his annual State of the Union address – and according to Obama, "this blueprint begins with American...
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FINALLY, STOCKS FALL: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, DHI, LEN,...
Disappointing housing and jobs data gave reasons for people to sell stocks. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 12,734.6, -22.3, -0.2%S&P 500: 1,318.4, -7.6, -0.6%NASDAQ: 2,805.3, -13.0, -0.5% And now,...
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Starbucks Boosts Forecasts As Revenue Tops Expectations (SBUX)
Starbucks announced first quarter earnings of $0.50 a share after the closing bell, topping expectations by a penny, while saying full year earnings would come in at the high-end of previous guidance....
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Wow. China Is Just Getting Started
Earlier we published a recent presentation from US Global Investors CEO Frank Holmes on emerging markets, commodity, and gold demand. These two charts on China really stood out. And.. Please follow...
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Motorola Shipped A Measley 1 Million Tablets In 2011 (MMI)
Motorola's earnings for last quarter are out, and it includes some shipping figures for all of 2011. The big (or small) number: Motorola only shipped 1 million tablets in 2011. Again, that's shipped...
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Get Ready For The Q4 GDP Report That Will Show If The Economy Really Is On...
The first estimate of fourth quarter U.S. GDP growth comes out tomorrow, and investors are aiming high. We'll be covering it LIVE at 8:30 AM ET. Consensus is that the economy grew at an annualized...
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This Is Why The Housing Market Has Much Farther To Fall
There has been a deluge of articles recently about the upticks in the housing data. The consensus is that these data points are surely pointing , finally, to a bottom in the depressing decline of...
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CHART: Here's Why You Should Think Twice Before Becoming A Value Investor
Value investors often cite low price-to-earnings (PE) ratios as good reasons to buy stocks. If a PE ratio is below its long-term average and you assume PE ratios are mean reverting, then the ratio...
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Here Are The Key Market Moving Events For Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday closes out a busy earnings week, after more than 20% of the S&P 500 in the U.S. reported quarterly results. But more than just earnings, Friday is filled with a series of important macro...
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Americans Haven't Been This Angry About The Economy Since March 2009
According to the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index (h/t WSJ's Sudeep Reddy), only 23% of Americans trust the financial system. And 62% are either "angry" or very "angry" about the...
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The Fed Is Worried -- And You Should Be Too
The Fed is worried, and you should be too. That is the major take-away from yesterday's FOMC statement, combined with its release of updated projections and Bernanke's press conference. Despite the...
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Rehab-to-Rent: The Answer To Filling Homes Abandoned During The Foreclosure...
There are plenty of studies out there harping on the impact of the foreclosure crisis, but nothing better illustrates just how hard American consumers have been hit than the 500,000 shuttered homes...
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Good News: Trading In Asia Starts Friday In The Green
Asian markets started the day moderately higher, after good economic data out of Japan bolstered equities. Retail sales topped economist expectations by 30 basis points, while reversing negative...
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Samsung Earnings Beat Expectations Even As Legal Battle With Apple Weighs On...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 17 percent jump in fourth quarter profit on the strength of sales in flat panels and smartphones even as the company battled claims it had...
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The 20 States With The Most Unfriendly Tax Codes
Plains and Mountain West states lead the way in the Tax Foundation's annual ranking of states with the friendliest business tax climate, The Foundation calculates its proprietary index based on...
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ECRI's Recession Call Gets Even Weaker
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) growth indicator of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) posted -6.5 in its latest reading, data through January 20. The latest public data point is a reduced...
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