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Moneymaking strategy: Don’t sell, rent

November 10, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comments 
The real estate market is downright scary. Houses across the country are selling for a fraction of what they were just a few months ago. But smart investors are using a unique strategy to buy without selling. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – (TFN): It is a great time to be buying a house, but an [...]

Credit Crisis Abroad: Iceland heading for bankruptcy

October 8, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
It may be a nice place to live, as long as you don’t mind the cold… or the dark, but Iceland could be the first country to declare bankrupcy in the credit crisis. Will the country previously said to have the “highest standard of living in the world” collapse under the weight of its own [...]

Hershey (HSY): Kisses sweeten the recession

October 8, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
While the rest of the world has been growing more bitter by the day, The Hershey Company (HSY) has been gaining back a little of its sweetness. Unlike the rest of the market, HSY may have already seen its bottom and be one the way back up. Should you buy? by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — [...]

Four stocks to buy on weakness: Rexam (REX), Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Aggreko (AGK) and HSBC (HSBA)

October 6, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
With the markets in turmoil, it’s time to grab some great stocks at their current cheap prices before they return to pre-crash levels. And Julian Chillingworth, chief investment officer and manager of the Rathbone Income and Growth fund, picked his four favorite London “weakness stocks” for MoneyWeek. Included in the list: Rexam (London:REX), Scottish & [...]

Crude Oil Prices Set to Spike Again — Soon!

September 2, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
"Of course, crude oil prices control more than just stocks. I don’t have to tell you what US$150 does to the overall economy and more specifically to your own personal wallet." — David Newman by David Newman Baltimore — (TFN):  Let’s talk about oil and gas. Right now, you’ll be [...]

Is HBOS Selling to National Australia Bank (NAB)?

June 26, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“So far HBOS has posted nearly GBP 4 billion (about $7.95 billion) in writedowns from the UK’s failing real estate market. And in lieu of selling chunks of itself to foreign banks to bring capital back into the company, HBOS’s shareholders just voted today to issue 1.5 billion new shares in a rights sale [...]

Investment Strategies: Profit from the dog days of summer

June 2, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
“Last summer, the volume on the New York Stock Exchange was higher in June, July, and August than it was in the three months prior or the three months after.” — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN): Beware, we have now entered the dog days of summer. [...]

How to fix the U.S. Credit Crisis

March 12, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
"The global credit crisis isn’t just ‘a’ crisis - it’s ‘the’ crisis of our time." — Keith Fitz-Gerald by Keith Fitz-Gerald Baltimore – (TFN):  Last Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee something that’s becoming more evident by the day, "I don’t know [...]

Credit Crisis: International banks call for increased regulations

March 5, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
"Few folks have the ethical strength to turn away that kind of opportunity. And those that do will never see a corner office. It takes greed to succeed. " – Andrew Snyder  By Andrew Snyder  Baltimore (TFN) — You would think that an executive in charge of billions of dollars of other people’s money would be more responsible.  [...]

Avoid the credit crisis: Put your money in Germany

January 31, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
"To get a correct picture of Germany, don’t listen to what Germans say about their economy. They are consistently negative… To get a more accurate picture, check the economic stats and compare them with stats from other countries." — Antony Mueller by Antony Mueller, Whiskey and Gunpowder Baltimore – (TFN):  Maybe [...]

Forecast 2008: Outlook for the Chinese economy

January 3, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
"We will be seeing the first cracks to appear in the system when the Chinese real estate bubble begins to deflate about three months after the conclusion of the Beijing Olympics. If you think subprime was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet." — J. Christoph Amberger by J. Christoph Amberger This is the continuation of yesterday's "Forecast [...]