“Today finance is hard to come by, and the new issue market has slowed to a crawl. One company that has made a move to do something about this is the Braveheart Investment Group (BRH:London), which, as the name suggests, is a Scottish outfit.” — Tom Bulford
by Tom Bulford
Baltimore [...]
“Most investors think of the international markets only as another place to seek out stocks. But overseas financial markets are a great option for income investing, as well. And here’s why.” — Martin Hutchinson
Blogger’s note: The U.S. markets are detrimental to your portfolio’s health, and that situation isn’t going to change [...]
Baltimore — (TFN): The podcast for our latest TFN 60-Second Buzz video, featuring guest expert Stephen Oakes of BlackSheep Trader and Volume Spike Alert, can now be downloaded to your iTunes or PodcastAlley.com accounts.
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Baltimore — (TFN): "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana's quote may be popular. But was he right? Has remembering the past prevented mistakes… or merely created new ones? Iraq comes to mind… or the Democratic candidates' economic platform.
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"Gold is not in a bubble market: The Fed is sending the message that inflation is going to get a whole lot worse and that it couldn’t care less. As the price of gold continues to climb as a result, look for more excuses to minimize the significance of the move." — Peter Schiff
by Peter [...]
A Today's Financial News Research Report: 'In the global economy, cheap labor is your most valuable asset. With wages a third lower and industrial land cheaper than in China; Vietnam is more open to foreign companies who want to lease land and build their own factories; and the median age of country’s 90 million citizens is [...]
"For people who don't believe that the key to a stable future lies in coveting and confiscating your wealthier neighbor's property, 2008 presents the last chance to put your financial house in order." — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger (from the TFN financial video Amberger's Smackdown).
Baltimore — (TFN): The end of the calendar year [...]
"Perhaps the single biggest domestic achievement that President Bush can point to is the reduction in the Federal deficit to just 1.2% of GDP in fiscal 2007. However, in the wake of recent Congressional elections the president has been cast adrift by a legislature that is not now dominated by his own Party." — Jeremy [...]
Baltimore — (TFN): The year 2008 may be remembered less for dramatic events in the markets, but rather for missed opportunities. As the global economy begins to stutter and US politicians dust off old redistribution concepts rather than encouraging the creation of new wealth, the noose is tightening for the American middle class. J. [...]
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Baltimore — (TFN):
BreakAway Investor’s Lori O’Connor has duly noted the lackluster performance of this semiconductor exchange-traded fun (ETF). Due to the CAPEX of semiconductor companies and tightening economic conditions, this sector will be sold off through late 2008. Here’s how to come out ahead of this bearish trend.
Click here to join Lori at the video [...]
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"Whenever we see pullbacks in the U.S., we see it as opportunities to go in and pick value…" – Horacio Marquez
Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from Horacio Marquez’s appearance on TFN Smart Trading Action Alert with Laura Cadden. (Watch the financial video.)
Laura Cadden: Over the past decade the world economy has been expanding [...]
If you missed last week's TFN financial news coverage, here a few of the highlights!
by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): The first trading week of the new year began quite ominously, with a substantial drop in the American stock indexes. This meshed well with some of our most popular TFN contributions this week… [...]
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Baltimore — (TFN): Are the recent financial crises sufficient to derail global growth in 2008? The Money Map Report's chief stock expert Horacio Marquez forecasts renewed expansion worldwide and identifies the sectors you should be invested in to leverage current volatility into personal profits.
Watch Laura Cadden interview Horacio Marquez right now.
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"These two Pakistani ADRs still represent good entry points for a rebound of the Karachi stock exchange." — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): After hitting post-assassination lows yesterday, experiencing drops between 9-10% on top of the 4%-plus they had undergone on Wednesday Pakistani ADRs appear to have overcome the primary bearish pressure [...]
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"The reality is that despite some genuine economic growth abroad, governments are creating so much inflation that food prices are raising anyway." — Peter Schiff
by Peter Schiff
Baltimore — (TFN): As the US economic ship continues to spring leaks, the goldilocks crowd still clings to the false belief that the Fed can easily keep us afloat [...]
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Baltimore — (TFN): Given recent volatility and the prospects of lowered consumer demand from the States, should we continue to invest in China and India? Where is the US economy headed in 2008? William Bonner, founder of Agora Inc. and bestselling financial author, comments on the demise of the dollar, its effect on other [...]
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"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 [...]
"The bean counters of the financial industry peg the value of 2008 initial public offerings at $66 billion, up from last year's $63 billion." — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Looks like China's Shanghai stock exchange is one of the few global markets that is starting 2008 on a strong upswing. The [...]
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Baltimore — (TFN):
BlackSheep Trader Stephen Oakes has discovered one outstanding banking stock that has proven itself time and time again. The stock is quickly approaching a buying point. For contrarian investors, this is the time to make use of a lagging index and battered stock prices to buy at deep discounts.
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"Tax hikes will suffocate economic growth and domestic demand, resulting in a widespread relocation of US economic bellwether companies offshore." — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): I'll be the first to admit that I was wrong. Based on the fall surge in the markets, I had pegged the Dow Jones Industrials [...]
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