Seeding Wealth with Agriculture: The TFN 60-Second Buzz

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Baltimore — (TFN): Consider using the agro-related sell-off as a buying opportunity, as companies like Monsanto believe the future for genetically engineered crops business is bright. Declines in agro stocks, like Monsanto, were hardly surprising, as they came just days after they hit fresh 52-week highs. But how often do you find stocks like these [...]

Economic Stimulus: The idiocy of government handouts

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Blogger's Note: Economic Stimulus — last week, the White House turned Obama. Only instead of promising $250 bucks in pocket money, as Obama envisions will kick-start spending and economic expansion, the Bush Administration's proposed "tax rebate" is a little bit bigger. Now, we don't mind tax "rebates". When people can keep more of the money [...]

International Investing: Autos move to India and China

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'Cars with cheap labor costs couldn’t be manufactured in the third world for a long time because there were no big domestic markets. But now you’ve got two countries; China with a domestic market of about 8 million vehicles a year, and India, which has something over 2 million vehicles a year. Where there are [...]

Ron Paul: Small-town ideals for the global economy

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"At the core of Ron Paul's economic program are purist libertarian considerations that I find quite endorsable at least in principle." — J. Christoph Amberger by J. Christoph Amberger  Baltimore — (TFN): Ideals and reality — in every campaign year, the candidates lay on the first with the same dainty touch as the late Tammy Faye [...]

Ron Paul: TFN’s Dr Doom appointed economic advisor

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Baltimore — (TFN): Is it good news or bad news? TFN's weekly Dollar Bear Peter Schiff was just appointed economic advisor to Ron Paul's grassroots campaign for the nomination as presidential candidate of the GOP. Peter states: “We need a plan that stimulates savings and production not more of [...]

The Week in Review: Commodity crash, recession postponed, the best trading service, and a free contrarian bank stock pick

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by J. Christoph Amberger  Baltimore — (TFN): "What do you make of the markets today," was the first question I heard when I checked in with the office, after just having landed in Philadelphia last Monday. "What markets," was my response. After all, thirty-thousand feet above the Atlantic Ocean, few things can bother you — aside [...]

Auto industry moves to India and China

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Baltimore — (TFN): India’s Tata Motors recently unveiled the world’s cheapest car. Tata is also the preferred bidder to take over the up-market brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford. Is the company mad, or is there something big going on here? China and India have populations several times those of the US and EU, [...]

Commodity Crash: How US recession will affect the commodities supercycle

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'Probably over the next few months we’ll see some downside volatility in oil and in gold because of the concerns about global growth. Energy more so than gold because the dynamic behind gold has more to do with the declining U.S. dollar and worries about inflation.' — Mike Burnick, editor of Global Market Investor Baltimore [...]

Coal shortage creates a profit opportunity

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"The longer the coal shortage in China and mine closings in South Africa continue, the more bruised you’ll get kicking yourself for not getting into a good coal company in the U.S. or Australia before it's too late." — Stephanie Grimmett by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore – (TFN):  Peak oil, huh? How about peak [...]

The Air Car: Fuel of the future?

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"So come along my friends, hike up your skirts and take a line from the Foreign Legion, 'March or die.' That's right, onward to one of the most promising technologies of today… a car that runs on compressed air." — Field Palmer by Field Palmer, Green Chip Stocks Baltimore – (TFN):  [...]

Recession: Not gonna happen

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"A lot of the negativity spewed by the mainstream media is proving to be overdone or just plain untrue. " – Andrew Snyder   By Andrew Snyder Denver (TFN): I could not have said it better myself: "I think this recession mumbo jumbo is way out of line.  It is being pushed on the radio and TV, but out [...]

Societe Generale didn’t cause Monday’s market crash

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"The recent carnage in the markets was all down to one man. No, not Alan Greenspan, but Jerome Kerviel, a trader at French bank Societe Generale… It’s an appealing idea… But it’s also a complete fiction." — John Stepek by John Stepek, Money Week Baltimore and London – [...]

The U.S. has lost its financial dominance

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"Wall Street’s reputation, once its greatest asset, is also in jeopardy. Just as Detroit lost its reputation for high quality cars, bankrupted dotcoms and worthless subprime debt are creating similar problems for Wall Street. You can’t expect to keep your customers if you continually sell them shoddy merchandise." — Peter Schiff by [...]

A Modest Proposal: Why give a tax rebate when you could offer “Economic Stimulus Cards” instead?

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'For those who want to engineer spending, the problem is that the people who receive the funds may not decide to spend it immediately, if at all. They may, god forbid, elect to pay down existing debt or most perniciously, actually save it instead. Just recently, the Treasury Department launched a program to streamline Social [...]

Commodity Crash: TFN Smart Trading Video

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Baltimore — (TFN): A coming commodity crash is brewing. Drops in US consumer spending are translating into falling base metals prices. Copper is already down 20%. Could oil and gold be next?  Mike Burnick of Global Market Investor explains how to safely trade the trend. Click here to watch the financial video and find out more. ****Make [...]

Can emerging markets survive the U.S. economic collapse?

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"Now that the markets have gotten whacked, every Tom, Dick and Harry with a press pass is trying to prove his brute bearishness — and the whipping boy of choice is emerging markets." — Justice Litle by Justice Litle, Taipan Daily Baltimore – (TFN):  One of the small pleasures of visiting London is [...]

Oil Investing: Oil services under pressure

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"Despite attempts on the part of governments around the world to increase efficiency and stimulate domestic production, and efforts by consumers now shocked by gasoline costs well over $3 per gallon here in the States, global oil consumption is set to continue increasing in 2008." — Sam [...]

American Economy: Don’t believe the hype

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"The condition is creating a great buying opportunity. All sorts of stocks are selling at great discounts. " – Andrew Snyder  By Andrew Snyder  Denver (TFN) — I am sick of sitting on my butt.  Over the last 36 hours I have managed to criss-cross the continent.  I started in Juneau, flew across Canada into the nation’s capital, [...]

Bank Stocks: Buy this rock-solid contrarian banking play now

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  A Today's Financial News Research Report: "Bank stock valuations are collapsing. But contrarian investors can pick up excellent bargains in rock-solid banking equities whose balance sheets have been unaffected by the subprime melt-down." — J. Christoph Amberger by Stephanie Grimmett and J. Christoph Amberger, TodaysFinancialNews.com   Today's Financial News feed provides an independent and practical perspective on [...]

Contrarian bank stock to buy now: TFN’s Hot Stock Pick of the Week

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Baltimore — (TFN): Bank stock valuations are collapsing. But contrarian investors can pick up excellent bargains in rock-solid banking equities whose balance sheets have been unaffected by the subprime melt-down. Click here to watch the financial video and find out more.    Contrarian bank stock to buy now: TFN's Hot Stock Pick of the Week: Play Now [...]