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“All of this news may appear to paint a gloomy outlook for investors, but it does not have to. After all, these sorts of announcements and business-strategy changes are all part of normal business and economic cycles.” - Andrew Snyder
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN)– Spring is a time of renewal and change for the environment. [...]

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"Blood-in-the-streets investing may sound cold, heartless, and a cheap way to make a buck, but we’re investors. We’re looking for the political turmoil… financial hardships… assassinations… bloody uprisings… the events that seed wealth." — Ian Cooper of Pure Energy Trader
by Ian Cooper
Baltimore — (TFN): The following was taken from the 60-Second [...]

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“The conglomerate sector was down 8.85% for the first quarter of 2008. That might not seem like an argument in favor of conglomerate investing, but when you consider that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 10.05% for the same period, it seems a bit better.” — Jennifer Yousfi
by Jennifer Yousfi
Baltimore [...]

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“Since the beginning of the U.S. credit crunch last August, U.S. indices and even some of the international indices have taken a nosedive. Investors are getting antsy watching their portfolios shrink.” — Krista Das
Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from the April 4 Market Insights video with Krista Das [...]

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by Peter Schiff
Baltimore — (TFN): Those blindsided by the recent financial meltdown are now loudly blaming the free market for its failure to police its own excesses, and are calling for greater regulation to prevent future disasters.
But for those who clearly observed the problems developing (in high-definition slow motion), the blame can be directed squarely [...]

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“The U.S. markets leaped into the second quarter with the strongest start since 1938, as a rally in financial stocks led all three major indices to post gains of more than 3% on the first trading day in April.” — Jennifer Yousfi
by Jennifer Yousfi, Money Morning
Baltimore – (TFN): [...]

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“By Memorial Day, the nation’s media will be focusing on the horrid demand for long-distance summer travel and rising fuel costs. ” - Andrew Snyder
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN) — Over the next two months, I will find myself taxiing to a runway nine more times. I have flights scheduled to cities across the nation from D.C. [...]

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"It’s time to re-approach bank takeovers in this market. Instead of betting on share prices to increase in anticipation of takeovers, it may now be time to go short on banking stocks as soon as the word buyout is mentioned." — J. Christoph Amberger
By J. Christoph Amberger TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): The following was [...]

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Blogger’s Note: My tax advisor’s cover letter informed me that the amount of economic stimulus handouts our household qualified for was $0. Well, someone has to pay for it, eh? Millions of other U.S. households will be luckier. Households with kids stand to collect a few thousand dollars by mid-year. Plus, another big cash injection [...]

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by John Browne
Baltimore — (TFN): On March 31, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson announced the laying of the government’s foundation stone for the next big financial bubble, heralding an era of hyperinflation and probable further runs on the U.S. dollar.
Of course, like most politics, there is usually a good reason and a real reason for actions. [...]

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“There appear to be two types of depression, one of which is much stronger and longer lasting than the other. Panics, like those of 1907 or 1987, are steep, but relatively brief; great depressions can last for a decade or more.” — Lord William Rees-Mogg
by Lord William Rees-Mogg, Whiskey [...]

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“With the greenback getting clubbed, China shocked the world recently by suggesting it would diversify away from the dollar. To which I simply ask, Into what?” — Louis Basenese
by Louis Basenese
Baltimore – (TFN): The world is short the dollar right now. But that could be a big mistake. The [...]

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‘As we see prices very low and the spread of the run on the financial set has been contained, it is advisable to start putting some of your money to work. For people that have a strong stomach, they could start playing in financials and pro-cyclical plays in the U.S., like materials, energy, industrials. For those [...]

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"Senators, representatives and presidential candidates have been busy calling for more government oversight of the financial industry. And maybe Congress will settle on Paulson’s idea as its "savior" in the current camera-mugging opportunity. It could actually save money and provide a simpler system for companies trying to follow the ornate business laws already in place [...]

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"The current mess did not result from a failure of the free market, but from too much government interference. The real estate bubble, and the shaky securitized products it spawned, resulted from the Fed artificially setting interest rates too low." — Peter Schiff
by Peter Schiff, Dollar Bear
Baltimore – (TFN): Now [...]

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"Contrary to what Wall Street would have you believe, this appalling sloppiness that created the subprime mortgage scandal has not been a feature of every housing boom for the last half century. It’s actually quite new, the result of the misdirected incentives caused by the mortgage-securitization business." — Martin Hutchinson
by [...]

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"Will Chinese banks and their bad loan loads withstand global investor scrutiny as the U.S. importers of Chinese-made goods find it difficult to finance their purchases?" — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Back in the early 1990s, they defined an optimist as an investment banker who ironed five shirts on a Sunday [...]

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by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): After trading for over $100 a share, investment bank Bear Stearns recently sold out to JPMorgan for the firesale price of $2 a share — less than a bottle of water. Less than the value of its New York headquarters.
The deal could provide new leverage for the prospective buyers [...]

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"To the U.S. economy and to investors in U.S. companies, the dollars current spiral is much closer to a strand of DNA - the spiral of life." — Martin Hutchinson
by Martin Hutchinson
Baltimore – (TFN): When some commentators see how steadily the U.S. dollar has declined against a basket of key [...]

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“The amount of money surrounding this potential landmark deal is staggering. Comcast has pledged up to $1 billion. Time Warner will toss in $500 million. Other operators would fork over somewhere between $100 million and $200 million. ” – Andrew Snyder
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN) — What do you do when the nation’s banks have [...]