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The Here’s a “Turnaround Stock” to Buy When We Hit Bottom

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Matt Weinschenk | Category: Featured, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy, Stock Market Investing

Matt Weinschenk of Investment U recommends this oil transporting company as his favorite comeback stock. As oil and shipping prices go up and economic activity starts to increase, this company is likely to profit.



The Baltic Dry Index: The Only Economic Indicator Worth Tracking Right Now

Nov 14th, 2008 | By Louis Basenese | Category: Financial News

Forget unemployment. Inflation. Consumer confidence. Personal Incomes…

You can even ignore the ever-popular gross domestic product (GDP).

Most of the indicators that the market relies on to forecast the future are worthless in this type of environment. The truth is the data coming out of the traditional economic indicators isn’t current. By the time it’s being reported, the information is already weeks or even months old.

If you want to know when the global slowdown that’s erased $28 trillion in wealth (so far) will finally reverse course, pay attention to the obscure Baltic Dry Index. And nothing else. Here’s why…

What Is The Baltic Dry Index?

Despite the name, the Baltic Dry Index has nothing to do with markets in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia. Instead,…