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Crude storage: What happens when they are full?

Published on July 16, 2009

It makes economic sense to buy oil now, store it and sell it later. But what happens if we run out of storage space before prices pick up? According to some folks, $20 oil could be the answer.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.Com
Baltimore – (TFN): For the oil industry these days, it is all about storage. [...]

Back-door nationalization: A no-win situation for investors

Published on April 20, 2009

The Treasury Department is tired of dealing with Capitol Hill. Instead of getting permission to spend more money, it will change the rules in the middle of the game. It is going to cost us all a lot of money.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): The markets have a serious case of the “Mondays” [...]

The Fed is buying. Should you?

Published on October 15, 2008

The markets remain highly volatile. JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and others announced surprise third-quarter earnings, yet the future is bleak. The more data we get the more I believe you should buy gold and short oil.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): America is a changed beast. What once was a country willing to go to war over [...]

Ignore the bank bailout and profit from the financial sector

Published on October 1, 2008

Put your money into the financial sector? No, Andrew Gordon, of Investor’s Daily Edge, isn’t kidding. While WaMu (NYSE:WM), Fortress (NYSE:FIG), Lehman (OTC:LEHMQ) and all their friends have been falling to their knees, another side of the financial industry is thriving, with or without the bank bailout.
by Andrew Gordon
Baltimore — (TFN):  The financial [...]

First Quarter Results: Turn around or false signal

Published on April 22, 2008

“Most investors realized that earnings season would be dismal; so when the results came in (pretty much) as expected, many investors seemed to find that the news (especially among financials) was not worse and went on a buying spree.” — William Patalon
Blogger’s note: Financials like JP Morgan (JPM: NYSE) and Citigroup [...]

This Week’s Financial News: Paulson has an idea, Bear Stearns ain’t a cheap floozy and mind the overspray

Published on March 29, 2008

"At least the U.S. economy has started to look more like a soap opera and less like a Greek tragedy this week. Maybe we can get out of the current market situation without having to watch every player die a bloody, violent death, afterall… or maybe not. Either way, I’d bring a an umbrella to [...]

Dollar Bear: Bail-me-out Bennie

Published on March 28, 2008

"The current mess did not result from a failure of the free market, but from too much government interference. The real estate bubble, and the shaky securitized products it spawned, resulted from the Fed artificially setting interest rates too low." — Peter Schiff

by Peter Schiff, Dollar Bear

Baltimore – (TFN): Now that the Fed and the Treasury Department have clumsily come to the…

Foreign Investment: Tata and Ford set the date for Jag/Land Rover sale

Published on March 24, 2008

"The sticky trap for the sale seems to have been the unions involved. And the deal they’ve gotten out of two companies looks like a pretty sweet one." — Stephanie Grimmett

by Stephanie Grimmett

Baltimore — (TFN): The date is set. And these two (er, three?) crazy kids are finally gonna tie the knot… as soon as the divorce is final.

Yep, it looks like the Tata Motors (TTM: NYSE) buyout of…

This Week’s Financial News: Bear Stearns crumbles, mortgages now back the dollar and Visa comes to the rescue

Published on March 22, 2008

"You can just imagine the scene enacted last weekend: Ben Bernanke on his knees begging pal Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s CEO, to rescue Bear Stearns from imploding in a panic and creating a blackhole large enough to suck the rest of the U.S.’s banking industry in with it. Jamie agreed to help out his friend with a mere $240 million… because who wouldn’t buy one of the oldest investment…