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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 hard pressed [...]

Short These Dividend Stocks

July 7, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
“Today, I’d like to share with you a pattern that proves to be one of the best ways to make money in a down market.” — Charles Delvalle by Charles Delvalle Baltimore – (TFN): One of the simplest ways to make money in the stock market is to find a pattern with [...]

Stock Market Rebels on the Fourth of July

July 3, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
“Last week certainly rebelled against the pre-holiday pattern. We were supposed to get a nice lift starting last Tuesday — a mini rally to usher in the Fourth of July holiday. This is tradition. The eight-day pre-holiday bull pattern goes back decades, at least to 1901.” — [...]

Buy Small Cap at the Stock Market Bottom

June 16, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
“Since 1979, according to Ned Davis Research Inc., the small-stock Russell 2000 index has returned 19.6 percent in the first three months after a market bottom, against 13.6 percent for the large-cap Russell 1000.” — Andrew Gordon by Andrew Gordon Baltimore – (TFN): Sooner or later, the stock [...]

Foreign Investment: 10 global trends

May 7, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“If you do that on a consistent basis, you’ll soon discover that no matter what kind of ‘trick play’ the stock markets throw at you, you’ll be able to sidestep the tackle attempt.” — William Patalon by William Patalon Baltimore – (TFN): There’s an old Wall Street adage that tells us that [...]

Understanding Options: Strategies for effective options plays

A TFN Research Report: “Stocks are fine for long-term investors. But traders need high-powered precision instruments to reap short-term profits. By speculating with options, you have the potential to make triple-digit returns in a matter of months, weeks or even days. Of course, this type of profit [...]

Election-Year Market Boom: US equities won’t be winners this time around

January 8, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
"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 [...]

Dollar Bear: The fire sale of the American economic base continues

January 4, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
"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 [...]

3500% potential gains with options plays

December 20, 2007 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
Option trading has always been the most profitable portion of my own portfolio and, if used properly, can be a big boost to anyone's overall return. — Steve McDonald Baltimore — (TFN) From this week's TFN Under the Microscope personal finance video: Hi everyone and welcome to Under the Microscope on TFN. I'm Steve McDonald and this week [...]