TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC » Krista Das http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com Today's Financial News offers an independent and very practial perspective on the U.S. and global investment markets. We filter out exactly what financial news is worth paying attention to... and what it means for your money and portfolio Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ en ©TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC admin@todaysfinancialnews.com (TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC) admin@todaysfinancialnews.com(TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC) Business 1440 financial, news Your premier video source for business news, stock market and investment research Today's Financial News offers an independent and very practial perspective on the U.S. and global investment markets. We filter out exactly what financial news is worth paying attention to... and what it means for your money and portfolio TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC admin@todaysfinancialnews.com No no http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/images/TFN_Podcast_Img.jpg TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com 144 144 One Commodity You Need to Play http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/news-that-matters/one-commodity-you-need-to-play/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/news-that-matters/one-commodity-you-need-to-play/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:53:43 +0000 Krista Das 350542786

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/news-that-matters/one-commodity-you-need-to-play/feed/ 00:01:01 After a huge upswing, commodities have returned to their beginning-of-the-year prices. Is it time to jump back in? Horacio Marquez talks about the commodities ... After a huge upswing, commodities have returned to their beginning-of-the-year prices. Is it time to jump back in? Horacio Marquez talks about the commodities sell-off and reveals one commodity you will want to play and when. by Krista Das Baltimore mdash; (TFN): After a sharp rise this year, it seems that most of the major commodities have returned to their prices at the beginning of the year. So is the bull market for commodities over? To examine the commodities market more closely, Horacio Marquez, editor of Money Map Report and one of the most respected global strategists, joins us today. Horacio welcome to Market Insights. Wersquo;ve seen huge jumps in commodities over the past year. For example, gross earnings for Potash Corporation, the worldrsquo;s largest fertilizer company, have tripled. What is behind these tremendous gains? Horacio Marquez: Well the reason is global growth, synchronic global growth. Basically we have seen a period of sustained, above average global growth that lasted quite a few years and that growth basically created scarcity in all of these commodities. Now in the face of these commodity price increases that in some cases, like oil and the prices of grains and the prices of fertilizer have been dramatic. Basically most of the countries around the world, starting by Europe and then emerging markets, have resorted to tightening monetary policies in order to slow down their economies a bit to have basically some abatement in the prices of those commodities. Right now what wersquo;re seeing is that gradual slow down of the global economy and we have seen some profit taking in the prices of those commodities driven by the rise of the U.S. dollar lately and at the same time, the fact that in the U.S. next year the capital gains taxes are going up and that motivates people to take their capital gains this year so that they can re-establish a much higher entry point if they want to keep investing in commodities. Krista Das: What else is contributing to the sell off in commodities? Horacio Marquez: Well, basically again itrsquo;s the commodity prices are a direct reflection of the growth in the economies and these economies are slowing down. In the U.S. we have seen the negative wealth effect of house prices that literally affect everything because consumers which drive about two-thirds of the U.S. economy feel a lot less wealthy, have less capability to borrow and basically with that they curb consumption. On the supply side, banks have been affected by severe losses in their mortgage products and some other products, especially structured products. Because of those severe losses they also have to resort to lower levels of lending which have contributed to the credit crunch and the slow down of the U.S. economy. But that situation is coming to an end and we expect that commodity prices have to find some stability at around these levels. ****View the video here... Krista Das: So what do you think is going to turn this around and bring commodities such as Potash back up? Horacio Marquez: Well basically the long-term story of emerging market industrialization and growth is still very clear today. That trend is going to continue unabated for the next ten, 15, 20 years as China urbanizes, as the population in China moves from the countryside to the city, their incomes go up, their consumption of meat for example will escalate dramatically and that will mean that corn prices will remain very well bid for the next 20 years. As at the same time, the amount of arable land has decreased by about 50 percent in the last few years. The only way to increase your production for the existing arable land is basically to incur in higher consumption of fertilizers. Now in emerging economies such as China and India, the use of fertilizers is per amount of arable land is still about 50 percent of what it is in developed countries. So there is tons of room to gro... Featured,Video,,Gold,and,Resources,,Investment,Strategies,,News,that,Matters,,Podcast,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No Go Fish! http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/go-fish/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/go-fish/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:29 +0000 Krista Das 975917482

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/go-fish/feed/ 00:01:01 If you are a fan of fishing for bottom feeders, there are plenty of beaten down stocks. The hard part is figuring out which ... If you are a fan of fishing for bottom feeders, there are plenty of beaten down stocks. The hard part is figuring out which ones are investment-worthy. Trading expert, Rick Pendergraft reveals a few technical tricks. by Krista Das Baltimore mdash; (TFN): Bottom fishers are in luck these days. If yoursquo;re a big fan of fishing for beaten down stocks, this is the market to be in. But itrsquo;s not as easy as you might think because you can catch a lot of bad fish. Joining us today is trading expert and managing editor of Investorrsquo;s Daily Edge, Rick Pendergraft to tell us how to bottom fish effectively. Rick, welcome to the program. From a technical perspective, bottom feeder stocks donrsquo;t make a strong case for being investment worthy. What else should you look at if yoursquo;re considering adding one of these stocks to your portfolio? Rick Pendergraft: Well, I think you have to dig a little deeper into the fundamentals of companies that have been beaten up lsquo;cause the reason theyrsquo;re considered bottom feeders is that theyrsquo;ve been beaten up, beaten up, beaten up and the stock on a chart is going to look terrible. So yoursquo;ve got to be careful there. Yoursquo;re not going to find anything on a chart that tells you to buy this stock. So you have to dig a little deeper into the financials. One of the things that I like to look at is the cinema indicators on these stocks. If everyone in the world is bearish on these stocks, at some point they can turn and start becoming bullish. At that point in time theyrsquo;ll cause a lift in the stock. A couple things you can look for are short interest ratios. That tells you how many shares are sold short compared to an average daily volume and also the analyst rankings. If you see a stock that ndash; every analyst that follows it has it ranked as a sell, thatrsquo;s a good opportunity lsquo;cause all they can do from there is upgrade it and cause the shares to rise. Krista Das: Okay; good point. The American automobile industry has a lot of beaten down stocks right now. Going along your principles of bottom fishing, which companies would you recommend investing in and which ones would you stay away from all together for the time being? Rick Pendergraft: Well at this point therersquo;s really only two left in the industry. Yoursquo;ve got GM and Ford. If you look at the two of them they both have issues and without a doubt, theyrsquo;re both dealing with a lot of issues from the pension plans, the health insurance of retirees and so forth. Theyrsquo;re kind of bloated with the work force. But if you look at the two of them and compare the two, Ford has a lot more bearish sentiment towards it than does GM and also Ford has more cash on hand than does GM. So these are a couple of the things that again, looking deeper into the financials of the company, Ford seems to be in a stronger position financially and then the sentiment towards it, the analysts donrsquo;t like Ford as well as they do GM, therersquo;s a higher short interest ratio on Ford. So if yoursquo;re making me choose between Ford or GM, I would say Ford would be the better opportunity at this point in time. ****View the video here... Krista Das: Now going along the same lines, what about the financial sector. Bottom feeders abound. Would you go near any of them? Rick Pendergraft: No. I just think therersquo;s too much there. Therersquo;s still some skeletons in the closet there and I think that therersquo;s more to come out yet. We just see recently the naked short selling directive that was addressed by the SEC that protected the financials for about a month there and we saw a nice climb in the financials. That directive expired last week. Well now that thatrsquo;s expired, wersquo;ve seen the financials get beaten up again. Fannie and Freddie were down 20 percent, 18-20 percent on Monday. That just kind of tells you the position that the financials ... Featured,Video,,Podcast,,US,Stocks,and,Markets,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No Takeover Trading http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/takeover-trading/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/takeover-trading/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:31:40 +0000 Krista Das 1402863835

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/takeover-trading/feed/ 00:01:01 As with most of the stock market, takeover talk has slowed recently, but Lou Basenese, editor of Takeover Trader has pulled out all the stops ... As with most of the stock market, takeover talk has slowed recently, but Lou Basenese, editor of Takeover Trader has pulled out all the stops to make money for his readers and has posted a really impressive record. by Steve McDonald Baltimore mdash; (TFN):Today we are looking at the TAKEOVER TRADER by Lou Basenese. Lou is the Asst Director of Research at the Oxford Club and started his career on Wall Street as a top analyst and trading expert. He specializes in nontraditional investments such as hedge funds, managed futures, takeovers, and IPO's. He is also the editor of two other trading services HOT IPO and the Alpha intelligence alert, and is a regular contributor to the Oxford Communiqueacute; and the Oxford Insight e-letter. The TAKEOVER TRADER is designed to take advantage of companies that are giving off signals to the market that they are takeover candidates. As we all know, when a company is identified as a takeover possibility, the stock normally enjoys a big move up in price. As with most of the stock market, takeover talk has slowed recently, but Lou has been able to post a really impressive record in his current holdings. ***Can't bear to read more? How about you listen to it? *** He currently has four open positions in his model portfolio, and all four are making gains. In addition, Lou was the only guru I know of who recently recommended shorting oil when it was kissing its high in the 140rsquo;s. He still holds 1/4th of his original position in Dug and has given readers who took his advice a great profit on it. As with everyone who is managing to make money during this tough market, Lou has pulled out all the stops. He has positions in hardware, software, information infrastructure, biotechnology and the hotel and leisure industry. His newest pick is based in the growing demand, and decreasing supply of fresh water, an area that has just begun to be recognized as thee coming crisis for parts of the developing world. ********Tomorrow at 9:31 a.m. - Pocket an Extra $6,650 Starting tomorrow at 9:31 a.m., you'll have a chance to add an extra $6,650 to your savings or retirement account. You won't have to work, or fill out forms, or do anything other than log onto your home computer for five minutes. You see... over the past several days, an insider from Wall Street's 2nd-largest investment bank has been leaking his electronic banking "Pass Code" to regular investors. Using this code, you can tap into one enormous banking transaction after another... and skim a few thousand off the top for yourself. It's perfectly legal, and your first chance comes just hours from now with a transaction worth $3.14 billion... For details, please CLICK HERE now. ********* Now is not the time not to be following the herd and stuffing your investable assets in the mattress. This is the time when your decisions will determine if you will be making money when the market turns, and it will, or if yoursquo;re going to be chasing the herd with everyone else. Real pros know that now is the time to get in the market, before it gets too pricey. The TAKEOVER TRADER is doing exactly what it has to, to make money for its readers. It is getting in when everyone else is running and hiding their heads in the sand. Donrsquo;t let this buying opportunity get away. Give us a call at (888) 570-9830 and we will walk you through all the particulars of the TAKEOVER TRADER. **** Make sure you sign up for our FREE TFN News Feed for breaking news, special reports and new financial videos. Subscribe to our feed by email. Subscribe to our feed in your favorite RSS Reader. Featured,Video,,Investment,Strategies,,Podcast,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No IPO Investing: The pipeline is still running dry http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/ipo-investing-the-pipeline-is-still-running-dry/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/ipo-investing-the-pipeline-is-still-running-dry/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:35:47 +0000 Krista Das 1535527308

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/ipo-investing-the-pipeline-is-still-running-dry/feed/ 00:01:01 There may be pressure building. But with investors spooked, chances are the IPO market will remain as dead as Kevin Federlines singing career. by J. ... There may be pressure building. But with investors spooked, chances are the IPO market will remain as dead as Kevin Federlines singing career. by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore mdash; (TFN): Some analysts claim that to the untrained eye the IPO market looks calm. But there are supposedly hidden pressures building up in the new-issues market. I have to disagree. To the untrained eye, the IPO market looks as dead as the singing career of Kevin Federline. And after an entire quarter that didn't see a single IPO, chances are that it stays that way. Sure, there's pressure building. There's a dire need for investment capital. And Wall Street's investment bankers are increasingly pressed to book profits on deals. But there's one ingredient missing: The eager private investor with spending money burning a hole in his pockets. Heck, people are now SELLING companies that see revenues and profit growth! With investors spooked and institutions now as risk-adverse as a kindergarten principal on an excursion to the paintball club, chances are capital will come from investment funds seeking a home for their commodities cash -- or the Chinese trying to add to their proprietary technologies portfolio the honest way. Unless, of course, Adult Friendfinder goes public. Then all bets are off! ****Three Recession-Buster Stocks to see you through the next 6 months: This $5 company has a lock on the key technology in China ndash; and could generate gains of over 1,000%... Insiders are loading up on this battered contrarian energy play that could go up as much as 75% by November... And this tiny biotech holds the secret to crucial early detection of a debilitating disease AND could triple in value by next year. Get our FREE special report... ****Make sure you sign up for our FREE TFN News Feed for breaking news, special reports and new financial videos. Sign up through your favorite reader here. Or, if you prefer, have the feed delivered to your email. Featured,Video,,Podcast,,US,Stocks,and,Markets,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No Growth Investing http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/growth-investing/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/growth-investing/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:27:56 +0000 Krista Das 1678400582

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/growth-investing/feed/ 00:01:01 Has market and economic growth completely disappeared? Andrew Gordon, an expert in dividend paying stocks explains where to turn. by Krista Das Baltimore mdash; (TFN): ... Has market and economic growth completely disappeared? Andrew Gordon, an expert in dividend paying stocks explains where to turn. by Krista Das Baltimore mdash; (TFN): As the U.S. dollar retreats and gold and oil recover, not only are economic power houses shrinking, such as the EU in Japan, but emerging markets are at risk for growth, too. To fill us in on growth investing I have invited the editor and chief of Income, Andrew Gordon who is an expert in dividend paying stocks. Andrew, welcome to the program. Has market and economic growth completely disappeared? Andrew Gordon: Well, not completely, but as you said, therersquo;s been a big slow down in big economies like Japan. Theyrsquo;re down .6 percent last quarter. Europe registered a .2 percent slow down last quarter as well. As we all know, U.S. growth is slowing down. Itrsquo;s still in the black even though wersquo;re growing about 1.9 percent last quarter. Thatrsquo;s not bad. I expect that to be revised down by the way. So, the Euro zone has the biggest economy in the world. The U.S. is second biggest so we shouldnrsquo;t poo-poo that these economies are slowing down, but itrsquo;s not ndash; a slow down hasnrsquo;t his the rest of the economies. Therersquo;s some places where growth is pretty healthy. Krista Das: So which countries are showing the best growth right now in terms of say six percent and higher? Andrew Gordon: Well, six percent and higher in terms of the economic growth, therersquo;s a lot of countries. Letrsquo;s take Asia for example. China is growing at about 10.1, 10.2 percent right now. Now thatrsquo;s not the almost 12 percent they have been growing at, but double digit growth is nothing to sneeze at. India is growing at 8.8 percent growth. Thatrsquo;s pretty good. Again a little bit down from last year, but very good. Russia is growing at 8.5 percent. So you also have some smaller countries in Asia registering very healthy growth numbers, such as Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand. They all have registering growth of between six and seven percent. So Asia is, other than Japan, is still a fairly robust economic growth country. Letrsquo;s take Latin America. You have a lot of those countries with healthy economies. Okay; you have Peru and Uruguay. Theyrsquo;re over ten percent, but you also have Argentina at 8.4 percent. You have Brazil with healthy growth numbers. Eastern Europe or Central Europe, you have the central European countries are between five and nine percent growth rates. So a lot of countries all over the world are still growing at a fairly robust rate. ****View the video here... Krista Das: Now besides the bricks and emerging economies such as Vietnam and Argentina have captured investorsrsquo; imaginations, what is making these countries look more attractive right now? Andrew Gordon: For Vietnam, of course their growth rate is at about 8.4 percent. Thatrsquo;s very impressive. Itrsquo;s a low cost country. Itrsquo;s attractive to companies who want to invest there, like Intel. Theyrsquo;re making I think a $300 million investment in Vietnam and theyrsquo;re so appreciative of the cooperation that theyrsquo;ve been getting from the Vietnamese government. I think theyrsquo;re thinking of raising that investment to a billion dollars. But a country like Vietnam which is just starting out, just getting going, itrsquo;s fresh meat to investors. Their stock market is at the baby stages right now. The total capitalization is only three billion. Itrsquo;s just very, very small in terms of number of companies, market capitalization, but by 2010 itrsquo;s going to have $10 billion. So this is a chance for investors to get into this country and to make investments and to grow as the stock market matures and it gets much bigger. So Vietnam is looking very attractive to investors as is Argentina. Argentina has very robust growth at about 8.4, 8.5 percent. Itrsquo;s the biggest soybean ex... Featured,Video,,International,Investing,,Podcast,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No An Oasis of Opportunity http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/an-oasis-of-opportunity/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/an-oasis-of-opportunity/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:55:19 +0000 Krista Das 535281452

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/an-oasis-of-opportunity/feed/ 3 Great Real Estate Plays http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/3-great-real-estate-plays/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/3-great-real-estate-plays/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:05 +0000 Krista Das 1835144880

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/3-great-real-estate-plays/feed/ 00:01:01 Waiting for the housing bottom? Lou Basenese, one of the industryrsquo;s sharpest analysts gives us the scoop on the U.S. Housing Crisis and explains ... Waiting for the housing bottom? Lou Basenese, one of the industryrsquo;s sharpest analysts gives us the scoop on the U.S. Housing Crisis and explains why he is jumping back in to play the real estate rebound now. by Krista Das Baltimore mdash; (TFN): It just keeps getting worse. Every day the number of foreclosures and bank owned property breaks record highs. Are we anywhere close to hitting the housing bottom? To give us the scoop on the U.S. housing crisis, Lou Basenese, associate investment director for Oxford Club and one of the industries sharpest financial analysts is on today to reveal three sure-fire ways to play the real estate rebound. Lou, welcome to the show. Many investors are watching the clock. They canrsquo;t wait to get their hands around the real estate market, but theyrsquo;re holding back until the first signs that house values are going back up and yoursquo;re doing the opposite. Why are you ready to jump back in and not willing to wait it out? Lou Basenese: Well, I think most investors are making a big mistake. Theyrsquo;re trying to wait for one sign thatrsquo;s going to signal the ultimate bottom. The fact of the matter is itrsquo;s just not going to happen. Therersquo;s not going to be one data point that says itrsquo;s all clear, time to get in. It wonrsquo;t be new inventories. It wonrsquo;t be building permits. None of that. The market looks forward. So by the time that datarsquo;s available, the prices of these home builder stocks and other real estate related investments are already going to be moving on. So Irsquo;m just making the calculated bet now that itrsquo;s better to get in albeit in a small portion, but get in before the rebound inevitably occurs. Krista Das: So whatrsquo;s your overall investment strategy for real estate? Lou Basenese: Well, the Oxford Club is very simple. We want to do it prudently and by that I mean if you look at the markets, theyrsquo;ve been up and down so your asset allocation is probably out of whack right now. So what wersquo;re simply suggesting is that you rebalance and bring your allocation to real estate back to the target. For us at the Oxford Club that means bringing your targets back to five percent and in so doing, do it with high quality assets. Irsquo;m really convinced that therersquo;s a lot more upside potential than there is down side risk at this point. ****View the video here... Krista Das: I was reading one of your articles from Oxford Club Communiqueacute; that you suggest investing in apartment rates. Is there a play that you recommend? Lou Basenese: Absolutely. I think apartment rates you really canrsquo;t go wrong with them right now for the simple fact that we know foreclosures are spiking. And that obviously means that the rental pool is growing. So my favorite play in the space is Equity Residential Properties; ticker EQR. Great track record. Returns about 15 percent each year. Run by a real estate guru. Itrsquo;s not Donald Trump, but itrsquo;s the next best thing, Sam Zell. On top of that yoursquo;re getting exposure to 165,000 apartments in 25 different states. More importantly you get paid to wait. The EQR sports a current dividend around four and a half percent. ********** THE INVESTMENT CLUB YOU CAN'T GET INTO The Wall Street Journal recently reported that "there are now more than 430,000 households in the U.S. with a net worth of $10 million or more." You're about to have the opportunity to join them. Investment intelligence powerful enough to put $500,000 in your pocket over the next 12 months. Learn more. ********** Krista Das: You also recommended looking at the timber industry. Why is that if that homebuilders are suffering so much now? Lou Basenese: Thatrsquo;s a great point. The homebuilders are suffering so inevitably lumber sales are down and prices for lumber are down, but the thing that most people donrsquo;t understand about timber is that i... Featured,Video,,Podcast,,Real,Estate,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No No Nonsense Plays http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/no-nonsense-play/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/no-nonsense-play/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:29:54 +0000 Krista Das 1713341075

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/videos/no-nonsense-play/feed/ 00:01:01 Donrsquo;t get trapped in a specialized sector play in this market. You will die a slow poor death. Karim Rahemtulla and the Xcelerated Profits Report ... Donrsquo;t get trapped in a specialized sector play in this market. You will die a slow poor death. Karim Rahemtulla and the Xcelerated Profits Report team use everything in their trading toolbox to return 23% per play on average this year. by Steve McDonald Baltimore mdash; (TFN): This market continues to spit out the rookies at lightning speed; thatrsquo;s what bear markets are for. The ups and downs are tough enough for the veterans, but this market with its up 300 down 200, will devour the new kids, and the unprepared. Fear not, I have another newsletter that has nothing but market veterans running it and has been pumping out winners while everyone else has been dying on the street. Karim Rahemtulla and the Xcelerated Profits Report. ***Can't bear to read more? How about you listen to it? *** If Karim is new to you, let me introduce one of the greats of the option and stock business. Hersquo;s a veteran of many market cycles and has the reputation of a no nonsense, do what it takes to make money pro. His newsletter has the track record to prove it. Letrsquo;s stop for a moment and get a fix on where the market is this year. We have been all over the map and have ended down 20%. From our high in the 14,000rsquo;s. While just about everyone has been running for money markets, Karim and his team have produced an average return per pick of 23% so far this year. 23%!! No one is even close to this type of performance. ********Al Caponersquo;s ldquo;Under the Tablerdquo; Cash Infusion Most of Al ldquo;Scarfacerdquo; Caponersquo;s businesses were lsquo;undergroundrsquo; in nature - like his booze operations during the height of prohibition - or the backroom gambling parlors - and the brothels he owned. All handing Capone millions of dollars in cash. You can read about this in FBI records or in many other popular accounts. But what you wonrsquo;t read about anywhere is an off-the-radar investment Capone made in the 1920rsquo;s that would change his destinyhellip; Itrsquo;s this same investment that could soon hand a small circle of Americans thousands of dollars each in ldquo;extrardquo; monthly payouts. It wonrsquo;t matter what the market is doing. Theyrsquo;ll begin pocketing huge, consistent payouts on a monthly basis. And just days from now, this forgotten Capone investment will let you do the same thinghellip; How? Herersquo;s the REST OF THE STORY... ********* Last year, which was another beast of a market, Karim, and the boys, gave their readers 31% per pick. Please tell me yoursquo;re wondering how theyrsquo;re doing this. How, they use everything in the toolbox to get it done. Thatrsquo;s the only way to make money in any market. Donrsquo;t get trapped in a specialized sector play in this market, yoursquo;ll die a slow poor death. You need to pull out all the stops and go for the gold. Karim has used puts, calls, gone long and short and has been in everything from gold, oil, pharmaceuticals, mining, banks, on the short side of course, and a China ETF. No rookie or Johnny come lately can do this. Performance like this only comes from years of market experience and a wisdom they canrsquo;t teach, it has to be learned the hard way, on the street. The best part is all this, 23% per pick this year when everyone else is picking out a window to jump from, is only $49 dollars and 50 cents. You heard me correctly. If you havenrsquo;t already picked up the phone to order this, let me give you the number to do so, (888) 570-9830. 49.50 for one of the best in the business. 30% per trade in 2007, 28% per trade so far in 2008. For 49.50, this is ridiculous. This is the way to make money in this market. Give it a try, it is as good as it gets. (888) 570-9830 **** Make sure you sign up for our FREE TFN News Feed for breaking news, special reports and new financial videos. Subscribe to our feed by email. Subscribe to our feed in your favorite RS... Featured,Video,,Investment,Strategies,,Podcast,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No Has Motorola (NYSE:MOT) seen the worst? http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/has-motorola-nysemot-seen-the-worst/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/has-motorola-nysemot-seen-the-worst/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:15 +0000 Krista Das http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/?p=3158

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/has-motorola-nysemot-seen-the-worst/feed/ Bear Market for Crude Oil? Profit from falling oil prices. http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/oil-and-energy/bear-market-for-crude-oil-profit-from-falling-oil-price/ http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/oil-and-energy/bear-market-for-crude-oil-profit-from-falling-oil-price/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:51:25 +0000 Krista Das 152005334

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]]> http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/oil-and-energy/bear-market-for-crude-oil-profit-from-falling-oil-price/feed/ 00:01:01 Crude oil prices have dropped dramatically from record highs. What was behind the boom? What is ahead for oil? And how can you profit? ... Crude oil prices have dropped dramatically from record highs. What was behind the boom? What is ahead for oil? And how can you profit? Hot Stock Confidential's J. Christoph Amberger answers all questions. by Krista Das Baltimore mdash; (TFN): Crude oil hit historical highs near $150 per barrel this summer. Since then prices have declined. Experts blame a drop in demand, especially by U.S. drivers. American politicians believe the lifting of offshore drilling restrictions has relieved speculative pressure. My guest today is J. Christoph Amberger, president of Todayrsquo;s Financial News.com and editor of Hot Stock Confidential. Christoph, welcome to the program. Some analysts have stated that oil is now in bear market territory. Whatrsquo;s your take? J. Christoph Amberger: Well, after a 20 percent drop from its recent highs, wersquo;re very close to at least meeting the technical definition of a bear market. Of course itrsquo;s a very volatile market so Irsquo;d be inclined to wait it out for confirmation of the trend over the next three or four weeks. Krista Das: A lot of analysts consider the run up in oil prices a result of demand from China and India. What factor do you think pushed oil from $80 to $150 in just six months? J. Christoph Amberger: Well, obviously demand from China and India did not increase 100 percent over the past seven or eight months. So really what we have been seeing is speculative pressure and when I mean speculative pressure, itrsquo;s not the good honest trader generated speculative pressure. It is really a kind of lazy manrsquo;s investing lifeboat speculation. All those fund managers who are out of ideas and short on profits who are piling into the one commodity or one of three commodities that are still generating profits for their portfolios and allow them to keep their job for a little while longer. So itrsquo;s really the pension funds, the hedge funds who have driven up the stock price ndash; not the stock price, but the price for oil, for gold and for a lot of commodities over the last couple of months and I think it may not continue to be quite as easy anymore. ****View the video here... Krista Das: So do you think the speculative pressure is over now or soon to be over? J. Christoph Amberger: Well I think the speculative pressure now has a good chance of turning into a negative pressure. Speculative capital behaves like water. It always seeks the path of least resistance and in this regard, oil is no longer safe. It has risk. It has resistance so we will see pressure, negative pressure on oil and other commodities that will probably be good for a considerable down side for oil in the next couple of months. ********** Hedge funds are now gambling serious money on falling oil prices. Find out what stocks theyrsquo;re buying right now... and how you can profit from what they know! Click here to learn more... ********** Krista Das: What down side do you see for oil at this point? J. Christoph Amberger: Well, just last week the president of OPEC pegged the down side for oil at about $70 per barrel. Thatrsquo;s over 50 percent lower than the recent highs. Irsquo;m not sure if I see it happening this year and the next couple of months, but I definitely believe we will see prices below $100 come fall. We shouldnrsquo;t forget that the first push over the $100 benchmark was generated really by one single trader in the low volume trading days. I think once the speculators are out, we have a considerable down side left for oil. Krista Das: What are the best ways to profit from a decline in oil? J. Christoph Amberger: Well I think oil will continue to be in high demand obviously. Indiarsquo;s not going away. Chinarsquo;s not going away. Their industrial growth, even the maintaining of the status quo is going to consume vast amounts of oil and you never know if gas prices fall, American drivers may rediscover the SUVs again. ... Featured,Video,,Oil,and,Energy,,Videos TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC no No