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Posts Tagged ‘ Share Prices ’

Time for the Famous Nifty Fifty to Soar Again?

Jun 16th, 2008 | By Steve Sjuggerud | Category: Stock Market Investing

The name “Nifty Fifty” came to represent the “one-decision” stocks of the early 1970s. They were the Cokes and the Disneys of the world… Fifty names you always bought simply because you couldn’t go wrong owning them. Or so investors thought…



Gold Lags Other Precious Metals - Potential Propping up of Dollar Blamed

Jun 6th, 2008 | By Doug Casey | Category: Gold Market

Gold had another lackluster day, slumping to $865 just after New York opened, then making its way higher in fits and starts, finishing just into positive territory at $878.00/oz., up 60 cents. Overnight, gold has fallen off.



The London Stock Exchange Listens to the Sleuth

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By Tom Bulford | Category: International Investing

Following close on the heels of my article ‘AIM – The Exodus Begins’ (May 20th) in which I criticised the London Stock Exchange for chasing new entrants to AIM rather than taking care of those companies already there, it has come up with a new initiative which it promises can offer the latter ‘huge value’.



The Best That Money Can Buy? Not By a Long Shot!

May 6th, 2008 | By Andrew Gordon | Category: Politics & Economics

We’re in the middle of a recession and there are a ton of expensive stocks on the market. Are they worth it? I just did a search of companies with price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios of over 100. These stocks are pricey. Buying reasonably priced companies in the best of times can be tricky.



Crashes, Crises and Big Profits

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Andrew Gordon | Category: Politics & Economics

Why are some companies starting to get real excited? Don’t they know what happens when the financial system goes dryer than Ms. Spears in rehab?



Banking Crisis 2008: Repricing the Bank Take-Over Candidates

Apr 5th, 2008 | By J. Christoph Amberger | Category: Stock Market Investing

It’s time to re-approach bank takeovers in this market. Instead of betting on share prices to increase in anticipation of takeovers, it may now be time to go short on banking stocks as soon as the word buyout is mentioned.



Profiting from the Fed’s Secret Meetings

Apr 5th, 2008 | By Steve Sjuggerud | Category: Politics & Economics

JPMorgan and the U.S. Treasury just saved us from the real risk of Depression…It was the Panic of ‘07. The economy was weakening. Stocks were falling. Banks had lent too much and were now seriously tightening up. It all came to a head when a major bank was about to fail. Something had to be done.