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Baltimore — (TFN): The Insider Alert is a stock research service that uses the buying activity of officers of corporations to guide its readers to hot stocks. Essentially it tracks which corporate officers are buying stock in their own companies. This has always been one of the best initial indicators of moves to come in [...]

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“One thing to keep in mind when buying a company’s stock is the lifespan of its product. In other words, keep an eye on how often consumers have to buy replacements.” — Christian Hill
by Christian Hill, Early to Rise
Baltimore – (TFN): One thing to keep in mind when [...]

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“Either commodity prices must fall or junior miners must rise and close the gap. I don’t see commodity prices falling significantly from present levels. They stand as protection against currency debasement which happens to be a growth industry these days.” — Russell McDougal
Blogger’s note: Russell McDougal has [...]

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“Gazprom is a $239 billion company in terms of market cap. And in one of its latest reports, it bragged that it would surpass Exxon Mobil in revenue by 2014.” — Christian DeHaemer
by Christian DeHaemer
Baltimore — (TFN): Gazprom (OGZPY: OTC) is the world’s largest natural gas company. It holds 17% of the world’s total, and [...]

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“Today, the options for new construction have multiplied, and buying pre-construction is again an option for investing on the coast of Croatia.” — Lief Simon
by Lief Simon
Baltimore — (TFN): The Croatian real estate market has matured over the last few years. Prices appreciated rapidly as Europeans came in and bought coastal properties and farmhouses to [...]

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“Banks all over the world have spent much of the few years bingeing on cheap money, but Iceland’s taken the whole thing to quite an extreme. Its big players – the likes of Landsbanki and Kaupthing – have been on an extraordinary borrowing spree, sucking in vast quantities of cash to fund lending and acquisitions [...]

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“Could the next asset class to take off once again be technology stocks? Keep in mind that tech products are incredibly portable and scalable. What’s more, they are the least vulnerable to inflated commodity costs.” — Adam Lass
by Adam Lass
Baltimore — (TFN): Ever since the great tech bubble burst in 2000, everyone has wondered what [...]

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Baltimore — (TFN): On April 29, net shorts on a decline in the euro came in at 21,315— compared with net longs of 18,907 a week earlier, according to the CFTC. Currency strategists now expect the dollar reversal to reach $1.52 within the next few days.
So far, the U.S. currency has appreciated 4 percent from [...]

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Baltimore — (TFN): Net shorts on a decline in the euro came in at 21,315— compared with net longs of 18,907 a week earlier, according to the CFTC. Currency strategists now expect the dollar reversal to reach $1.52 within the next few days: The podcast for our latest TFN 60-Second Buzz video, featuring J. Christoph [...]

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Baltimore — (TFN): China is shutting down or idling polluting industries during the Olympics. That spells trouble for their already beleaguered Q3 balance sheets!
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by Christopher Corbett
Baltimore — (TFN): One of the things I’ve been recalling as I struggle along with the never-ending Democratic presidential primary was one of Hillary Clinton’s first bromides – “It Takes A Village.” Remember that? The answer for a Trivial Pursuit question of the future, I feel certain.
More than a decade ago, as the [...]

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Baltimore — (TFN): Short positions on the euro have been increasing. An increasing number of traders expect the dollar to appreciate against the euro and other currencies. But could a dollar reversal ring in a deflating of the commodities bubble?
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“You should continue to look at PE’s, but not give them as much emphasis…. If I see PE’s improving I wonder if the estimates of analysts have kept up with what’s happening on the ground with the economy. If I see the PEG, that is the price earnings to growth — [...]

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Baltimore — (TFN): As corporate earnings shrink and growth prospects contract during the economic slowdown, value investors have to account for dramatic shifts in their evaluative criteria. Wealth Advantage editor Andrew Gordon explains how to account for changed conditions using P/E ratios and PEG ratios: The podcast for our latest TFN Video Special Report video [...]

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by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): A Chinese friend of mine spent most of last week on the phone, checking up on family. He’s from Sichuan, the Chinese province most affected by last Monday’s earthquake. The death toll is now expected to exceed 50,000. But millions of homes and businesses have not just been destroyed. [...]

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by Krista Das
Baltimore — (TFN): The food crisis of 2008 is much different from any that we’ve seen in years past. It’s not about famine in one country anymore. It’s about poverty and malnutrition worldwide. Fifteen percent of the world’s population lives on just one dollar a day. With food costs rising on average by [...]

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Baltimore — (TFN): The podcast for our latest Hot Stock Pick of the Week video, featuring Krista Das and Material Profits editor Chris DeHaemer, can now be downloaded to your iTunes or PodcastAlley.com accounts.
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Baltimore — (TFN): As corporate earnings shrink and growth prospects contract during the economic slowdown, value investors have to account for dramatic shifts in their evaluative criteria. Wealth Advantage editor Andrew Gordon explains how to account for changed conditions using P/E ratios and PEG ratios.
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Baltimore — (TFN): As China grapples with the consequences of its devastating earthquake, it is finally confronting the destabilizing forces bubbling up beneath its economic landscape. This week, several key Chinese officials, usually not known for their candor, conspicuously noted the need to both stimulate domestic consumer spending and bring down roaring inflation. While at [...]

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“The Bush administration is currently disputing the International Monetary Fund’s claim that increased production of biofuels, namely ethanol, is the biggest factor in rising food prices.” — Jason Simpkins
by Jason Simpkins, Money Morning
Baltimore — (TFN): U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in the month of April, assuaging some inflation fears, but food prices experienced [...]