Stock markets are in violent flux. Safe-haven currencies are melting down. And Porsche punters just put hedge fund managers on notice: There is now massive pressure on funds to liquidate assets. Investors are piling into gold. But one top financial expert warns:
“Oil at $50… Gold at $500: This Crisis will affect ALL asset [...]
Ford (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are two very different companies with significantly different product offerings. Yet investors continue to value the two companies as if they are both doomed for failure. Smart investors are making money from the flawed theory.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): Workers in Detroit are celebrating today. After wave upon wave [...]
Things are looking way up for Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ:PENN) and if Marylanders vote “yes” to slots this Nov. 4, they could get even better.
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On November 4, Americans will elect liberal super majorities to absolute control of White House and Congress. Within a year, the Judicative, too, will have been reshaped based on redistributionist dogma. Press and academia are already under their control. And recent “bailouts” have entrenched government deep in the heart of key industries. We’re entering the [...]
With the equities market experiencing wild volatility, many investors are turning to the world of bonds. Are they making a good move or are they following the herd right off a deadly cliff?
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): With the stock market in turmoil over the past month or so, it is no wonder bonds are [...]
Markets are in violent flux. Double digit drops are followed by enormous gains.Why? Simple: Hedge funds use every up to liquidate assets, driving prices down after every upward surge. How long will this last?
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With its main source export revenues plunging down over 50%, the outlook for the Canadian economy and the Canadian dollar is getting bleaker by the day.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Oil prices dropped once again after the U.S. government reported a 0.3% contraction in the U.S. economy in the third quarter.
Light, sweet crude oil [...]
If you are going to invest in the mining industry, you had better have nerves of steel. Companies like Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) are reporting drastically slashed earnings, yet share price is on the rise.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): It is a confusing market for the world’s miners. Commodity prices are dropping, global demand is [...]
The nation’s airline industry is soaring today. Thanks to the Delta (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest merger, companies across the industry are jumping.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): After nearly a decade of getting kicked around by the nation’s investors, airlines are finally starting to get some positive attention. More importantly, the barrens of the friendly skies are [...]
There is some positive news hitting Wall Street today. Pay attention to the clues you are given and there are is huge profit potential. Already, shares of James River Coal (NASDAQ:JRCC) are soaring in value.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): This is a day worth celebrating. After weeks of report after report pointing to a [...]
The commodities markets rallied today. The price of crude, natural gas, gold, silver, and coal were all on the rise. Investors that followed my advice and bought shares of James River Coal (NASDAQ:JRCC) are sitting on 28% gains.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): It turned out to be another wild day on Wall Street. The equities [...]
The trouble in the subprime market is not limited to the home-mortgage industry. Companies that dealt with low-quality car loans are in just as much trouble, or more. Lenders like AmeriCredit (NYSE:ACF) could be out of business quite soon.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): If you thought lending in the home-mortgage lending industry was tight, you [...]
The consequences of government meddling in the markets and the economy have a disastrous track record. Just look at the stock market from the post-Kennedy high in early 1966 to the pre-Reagan low in August of 1982. The average annual real return for U.S. assets compounded annually was -6% per year for 16 years. That, [...]
The net result of an Obama Presidency, supported by a rubber-stamp Congress, is that the legal left will once again have a majority on the nation’s most important regulatory court of appeals.
by Steven G. Calabresi, Wall Street Journal
Baltimore — (TFN): The legal left wants Americans to imagine that the federal courts are very right-wing now, [...]
The prospect of a neo-Marxist White House and a rubber-stamp Congress does nothing to relieve the selling pressure in the markets!
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Remember the good old days? Gasoline cost over $4… oil was at $140 a barrel… gold at $900 an ounce… and your financial e-letter gurus were chiding American consumers [...]
Strong cash flows and steady revenue streams are more important than ever. Companies, like SIRIUS XM Radio (NYSE:SIRI), that do not have the cash to get them through the next few months are in trouble.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): With the debt markets essentially closed, corporate executives and investors are realizing the vital importance [...]
Investors are making a big mistake today. Out of all the companies trading at fantastic prices, why invest in an over-priced company like Under Armour (NYSE:UA)?
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): You have to search the equities market pretty hard to find any companies still trading at overvalued prices, but if you look hard enough they [...]
Falling oil prices have hurt a lot of investors, even some of the nation’s so-called energy experts. One of the nation’s oil heroes, T. Boone Pickens, has lost billions in 2008.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): I am not sure this country should follow the advice of a man that has lost over $2 billion [...]
Take 29%-34% short gains on Apex Silver (AMEX:SIL)
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Unless your trailing stop kicked in yesterday at $1.20, today’s the day to cover your short position of Apex Silver (AMEX:SIL). Based on our entry price of $1.70, our $1.20 exit price would have generated of 29.4% in 7 trading days. If [...]
The Japanese yen has soared in value over the last month. To the uninitiated it may sound like a boon for the country’s economy. But in reality, it is creating some huge problems and destroying a lot of wealth. Companies like Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) are in trouble.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): Financial crises [...]