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Small Pharma Stocks: This company turns skin problems into profits

This specialty pharmaceutical company is targeting the two largest and richest demographics in America… teenage echo-boomers with temperamental skin… and aging Baby Boomers with a life time of sunburn, smoke damage and the ingrained desire to look 29 at 65. Its stock trades for under $10 right now — and I’m giving it an upside [...]

Recession Investing: Vice stocks are not all they’re cracked up to be

Financial editors like to point out obvious investing opportunities. But the obvious is not necessarily the profitable. Vice stocks, especially, are not quite what they’re cracked up to be. Watch the video now… Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Commodities prices plunge: The drawback of basing investment advice on the weather forecast

As Hurricane Gustav fizzled, commodities prices have plunged… if gold, crude oil, and copper are moving with the weather forecast, it’s time to head for the relative safe haven of stocks! by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): “For now, based on our analysis, gold’s bull market remains in force,” wrote the Aden Sisters on August 27: [...]

TFN Financial Roundtable: Four stocks to buy now!

American Ecology Corporation (NASDAQ:ECOL), Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ),Sasol (NYSE:SSL), Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLE): Investors Daily Edge editors Rick Pendergraft and Andrew Gordon recommend four investments to make now to leverage volatility in the crude oil and currency markets! Click here to view… Read more

Go Fish!

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. Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Automotive exports: This company will benefit from every car built in China

Chinese-made auto parts have already claimed huge market shares internationally. In 2008, China exported twice as many auto parts to the United States than South Korea. This company best positioned to profit from China’s burgeoning car industry. Watch this video. Read more

U.S. GDP growth beats estimates

Just as TFN had predicted, strategically timed stimulus handouts created a boost in American GDP that will place a technical recession squarely into the next presidential term. Even better, since the Democrats’ economic plan relies heavily on government redistribution of private property, they can’t even question the validity of this growth without undermining their own [...]

Bumper crop in South Africa may just disprove the Rev. Malthus once again

As financial editors dust off the Reverend Mathus’ “Doomsday Doctrine” to scare up new subscribers for their services, an exceptional corn crop in South Africa promises to eradicate even more of corn’s shrinking year-to-date gains. by Carli Lourens, Bloomberg.com Baltimore — (TFN): South Africa May Produce Biggest Corn Crop in Thirteen Years Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — South Africa, [...]

Dollar rebounds on global economies’ weakness

The driving force behind the dollar’s comeback, after six years spent mostly in decline: the perception that, even though the U.S. economy is struggling, things are rapidly getting much worse in other countries. Currencies tend to reflect the strength of their home economies, so the buck now is gaining at its rivals’ expense. by Tom Petruno, [...]

Refiner Hot Stock Pick adds up to 32.4% average Hot Stock Confidential gains

On July 23, Laura Cadden recommended you “Load up on Tesoro Corporation (TSO:NYSE) while the gettin’s good”. The reasoning was straightforward: As crude oil cost declined, margins of U.S. refiners such as would expand again — and so would share prices. TSO closed at $16.67 that day. As of this afternoon’s trading range above $18.26, [...]

Hot Stock Confidential members book 20%+ on EBS in 3 weeks!

After booking 26.68% on Synta Pharmaceuticals (SNTA:NASDAQ) and 41% gains on Nymox (NASDAQ:NYMX) earlier this month, Hot Stock Confidential members were instructed to sell Emergent Biosolutions (EBS:NYSE) at $12.65 and above and book short-term gains of 20%. by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Remember our anti-anthrax play from 6 weeks ago? This was our last [...]

Takeover Trading

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. Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Empire of Debt: The suicide pact of global debt

The subprime meltdown has taken down lenders and borrowers alike. That makes the U.S. national debt look like a double-edged sword — especially to global creditors. Watch the video now… Read more

Dollar rebound: The Chinese are BUYING

Dollar Bears are proclaiming the world’s rummage sale of U.S. dollars is gonna start any day now. But actually, the Chinese have started to aggressively BUY dollars. The China effect is a key ingredient in the dollar comeback. Beijing’s Politburo is clearly disturbed by the sudden downward turn in the economy as export markets freeze, [...]

T. Boone Pickens wants your water

T. Boone Pickens has deftly leveraged capitalist predatory instincts with populist green claptrap to piggyback his water project onto a windmill project pitched as an alternative to oil by Timothy B. Carney, DC Examiner Baltimore — (TFN): Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is about to make a killing by selling water he doesn’t own. As he [...]

T. Boone Pickens’ green windpower and water plan is a windy boondoggle

Pickens’ recent environmental conversion is a perfect example. He has been buying water rights from the Ogallala Aquifer in the hopes of pipelining water to Dallas — which would provide him with a major windfall. by Zonia Pino, Phoenixville News Baltimore — (TFN): T. Boone Pickens is a smart businessman. In fact, he’s a genius at [...]

Clowns & Harlots: My Missionary Position

Our niece and a group from her church were going to Bangkok to bring the good news. Since they don’t speak Thai, they were going to use other methods— Christian Lite Rock, mime and Amy Grant tapes. Weapons of mass destruction! by Christopher Corbett Baltimore — (TFN): Hardly a day passes that I don’t get mail asking [...]

IPO Investing: The pipeline is still running dry

There may be pressure building. But with investors spooked, chances are the IPO market will remain as dead as Kevin Federlines singing career. Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Growth Investing

Has market and economic growth completely disappeared? Andrew Gordon, an expert in dividend paying stocks explains where to turn. Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jonah Goldberg: The Spoiled Children of Capitalism

Jonah Goldberg argues that in large measure our wealth isn’t the product of capitalism, it is capitalism. by Jonah Goldberg, National Review Baltimore — (TFN): In large measure our wealth isn’t the product of capitalism, it is capitalism. And yet we hate it. Leaving religion out of it, no idea has given more to humanity. The average working-class [...]