Saturday, November 07th, 2009

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The best way to get through a debt crisis?

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

What’s the best way to get through a debt crisis? Straight through was our advice last week. For at least a thousand years, the business cycle went round and round without help from central bankers or economists. It is only since these geniuses have been on the case that really serious problems have arisen.



Time to dump gold?

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Featured, Gold Market

Gold gained yet another powerful ally yesterday — hedge fund icon Paul Tudor Jones. The man who famously called Black Monday in 1987 and the Nikkei crash a few years later now thinks “gold appears to be cheap.” In a note to his investors, Tudor said, “I have never been a gold bug. It is just an asset that, like everything else in life, has its time and place. And now is that time… gold’s value should increase as its scarcity relative to printed currencies increases.”



The Three Roadblocks to Sony’s Turnaround

Oct 8th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Featured

Sony Corp. (NYSE ADR: SNE) is facing the first consecutive annual loss of its 63-year history.



H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) Is a Long-Term Keeper, but Will Struggle in the Months Ahead

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Featured

H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) dominates in the ketchup market.  There is no second.  And Heinz has taken advantage of its revered ketchup brand over the years to develop organically and acquire other brands.



Constellation Energy Group Inc. Has Long-Term Potential, But Short-Term Problems

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Featured, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

As the second-largest provider of electricity to the United States, Constellation Energy Group Inc. (NYSE: CEG) has a tremendous upside. At least, it would if the economy were growing strongly. 



Kimberly Clark Corp. Offers a Strong Defensive Position and a Generous Dividend Yield

Sep 21st, 2009 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

In the last few months we have seen a very strong stock market rally. The market has recovered from highly distressed levels and posted exorbitant gains.  In addition the “wall of money” from the U.S. Federal Reserve has pushed risk-prone investors back into the market, pushing its general level up. 



Oracle’s Future Clouded by Sun Takeover Complications

Sep 18th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

Despite earlier this week announcing disappointing first-quarter results, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) says it expects its second quarter will be stronger. However, many analysts are skeptical, as the company’s attempted takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) has not gone as smoothly as planned.



Hot Stocks: Motorola Throws Hat Into Smartphone Ring

Sep 15th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) last Thursday charmed investors when it revealed its Cliq smartphone, which will compete head on with Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry.



Buy, Sell or Hold: The SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) Continues to Offer Investors a Hedge Against Inflation

Sep 14th, 2009 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Featured, Gold Market

The just-concluded Group 20 (G20) meeting left us with a chorus of very “prudent” governments and central bankers singing the praises of easy monetary and fiscal conditions. So where can we take refuge when all the central banks in the world print money and governments run deficits in order to spend like drunken sailors? The answer is gold.



Kraft’s Bid for Cadbury Not Sweet Enough

Sep 10th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

Kraft Foods Inc.’s (NYSE: KFT) $16.7 billion unsolicited takeover attempt of Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBY) is the latest sign of consolidation in the highly competitive food industry, and will likely lead to two things: A bidding war for Cadbury and further consolidation in the sector.