Best Stock to Buy: 6 Days to “Judgment Day” for this $2.50 Microcap
March 18, 2009 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comment
On March 23, 2009, government approval for this Massachusetts microcap’s drug could trigger a volume spike that carries the stock to triple-digit gains.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: By March 23, 2009, behind closed doors, one of the government’s most notorious “Judgment Day Tribunals” will decide the fate of a $2.50 microcap. Our analysts believe that its [...]
10 Tips for Options Trading
July 23, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · 1 Comment
“Trading options is all based on anticipation.” — Mark Louie
by Mark Louie
Baltimore — (TFN): Options can be a menacing trading practice. Once you think you have it figured out, it shifts. Like any investment, there’s going to be some sort of gamble. Although viewed by bitter traders as confusing, risky and unprofitable at [...]
Second Fiscal Quarter Results Bode Well for Stewart Enterprises Inc. (STEI:NASDAQ)
June 10, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comment
by Laura Cadden, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore — (TFN): Back on February 28 of this year, I recommended Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (STEI:NASDAQ) to TFN readers as a long-term hold. Check out my initial research report here.
Slowly but surely, we’ve seen our stock value increase about 5% for this national supplier of “death care services”.
Today the [...]
Green Energy Investing: Get in on the Air Car
April 7, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comment
“You’ve probably heard about air cars. They’re idyllic. They travel 1,000 miles on one fill up and, using the force of compressed air to move the engine pistons, produce little to no emissions. They’re a green investor’s dream. But for years, a dream was all they were.” — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore [...]
Investing in the Nanotechnology Market
March 27, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comment
“We are at a stage in nanotech that can be very frustrating if you forget the big picture. We are tantalizingly close to seeing a swarm of startups come out with world-changing products. These products will provide investment opportunities unlike anything ever seen before. The problem, though, [...]
Commodities Investing: Profiting from the wheat price bubble
February 29, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comment
"I don’t mean to sound like a harbinger of doom, or perhaps I should say Grim Reaper, but the whole grains sector – whether it’s wheat, corn, soybeans, barley, whichever – has become worryingly reminiscent of uranium this time last year." — Dominic Frisby
by Dominic Frisby
Baltimore – (TFN): [...]
Technology Investing: The best tech stocks for the recession
February 28, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comment
“Avoiding tech stocks this time around would be a classic case of learning the wrong lesson.” — Andrew Gordon
by Andrew Gordon
Baltimore – (TFN): If you had invested $1,000 in semiconductors, you would have lost $840 in the last recession (2000 through 2002). Mobile telecoms would [...]
Commodities Investing: The truth behind the agriculture supercycle
February 27, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comment
"The world population is growing and the amount of available farmland remains virtually unchanged. The end result is less farmland per person." — Andrew Mickey
by Andrew Mickey
Baltimore – (TFN): Sometimes it really is just that simple.
Why have agriculture stocks outperformed the overall market? Wheat, corn and soybean prices are all [...]
Real Estate Investing: Lawsuit Avoidance 101
February 26, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comment
“You need to be fair when dealing with all parties. You need to outline agreements with partners, vendors, contractors, etc. And you need to respond to tenants’ complaints. These are good business practices - what I call Lawsuit Avoidance 101.” — Darius Barazandeh
by Darius Barazandeh, Early to Rise
Baltimore – [...]
International Investing: The land without subprime debt
February 25, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comment
"It was as if they had subjected the Japanese economy to waterboarding and forgotten to pull it up out of the water. The economy drowned. Even now, 18 years after the Nikkei Dow went under, the poor thing is still coughing up suds." — Bill Bonner
by Bill Bonner, The Daily [...]
Commodities Investing: Bring in profits no matter what the market does
February 22, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comment
"Overall it looks pretty bad. There is, however, an opportunity that’s just starting the next leg of what I like to call a ‘baby bull market.’" — Andrew Mickey
by Andrew Mickey
Baltimore – (TFN): It’s all starting to happen. We’ve entered the tumultuous period when the markets are up one day, down the next two, [...]
Biotech Investment: Where to turn in a stock market crash
February 21, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comment
“As all of us have learned the hard way, if you’re not looking in the right place it can be almost impossible to find winners. That’s why today we’ll turn our attention to a sector that didn’t just survive every recession in the U.S. over the past two decades… [...]
Real Estate Investing: The UK’s subprime collateral damage
February 21, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comment
"It’s refreshing when you get to see an analyst really laying into something. And that’s exactly what Dresdner Kleinwort’s Alastair Stewart did to the housebuilders yesterday." — John Stepek
by John Stepek
Baltimore – (TFN): Strongly expressed opinions are a rarity in analysts’ notes.
Comment is usually hedged and [...]
Investing in Commodities: The proof is in the potash
February 20, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comment
“Even if CEO Doyle’s logic is a little, shall we say, biased, he isn’t wrong, and farmers will have to produce more and more grains in coming years if they want to keep up with the rising demand in emerging markets, which means a perfect opportunity for you to profit.” — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie [...]
Recession Stocks: Investing in “one man’s trash”
February 20, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comment
"Over the last five years, the company has averaged revenue growth of 21 percent and return on equity of 24 percent. But despite its positive performance, Wall Street has yet to warm up to the stock. There are almost a million shares sold short, and it trades [...]
Real Estate: Three steps to foreclosure gold
February 5, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comment
“With foreclosures soaring, there’s rarely been a better opportunity to buy quality properties at steep discounts - and have owners thank you for getting them off the hook” — Marko Rubel
by Marko Rubel, Early to Rise
Baltimore – (TFN): When done right, foreclosure investing can be one of the most [...]
Solar Stocks: What to buy right now
January 29, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comment
“This year will undoubtedly turn out to be a transitional year for the solar industry. It will be the year when clear winners are chosen and losers are exiled.” — Nick Hodge
by Nick Hodge, Green Chip Stocks
Baltimore – (TFN): Solar stocks may go down in the short-term. There, I said it.
With [...]
Real Estate Investing: The comps
January 23, 2008 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comment
"Many a good deal has appeared to be not so good once you take a closer look at the right comps." — Justin Ford
Our friend Justin Ford at Early to Rise gave his readers some very sound advice if they're looking to get into the current real estate market. And I thought you'd appreciate [...]
The Next Asian Tiger: How you can profit from Vietnam’s economic miracle
January 11, 2008 · Filed Under Hot Stock Pick of the Week · Comment
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 [...]
Asset Protection: Protecting your money in a divorce
December 27, 2007 · Filed Under News that Matters · Comment
“Divorce takes financial problems and makes them worse. In marriage every burden is shared. In divorce every burden is doubled. And not just emotionally, but financially too.” — Merryn Somerset Webb, MoneyWeek.
Blogger’s note: This article is a bit offbeat for us, but as MoneyWeek editor Merryn Somerset Webb reminds us all, “more divorces are filed [...]