Stock Reviews

What to Do In Times of Stock Market Mayhem – Your 5 Step Sanity Checklist

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It seems like 2008 all over again as stock markets around the globe continue to free fall against the backdrop of slowing economic growth and sovereign debt fears. I wrote a couple of posts back in ’08 on reacting to market volatility and it is eerily applicable to what we are going through today. The [...]

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Don’t Trade Earnings For a Short Term Gain

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Short term traders love earnings season and much like all things investing, the opinions of what to do with earnings season are as varied as the direction of markets tomorrow. Although every trader says they’re making money, are they telling the truth? Is trading during earnings season really a profitable venture? Let’s narrow this down [...]

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What Do Stock Buybacks Mean For a Company and Its Share Price

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The financial news media does it all of the time, don’t they? They assume that the millions of retail or part time investors know all of the terms used on a daily basis. When IBM announced another stock buyback, the financial news channels reported it leaving investors unsure of what that will mean for their [...]

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Banks to Increase Dividends as Fed Eases Payout Restrictions. Strong Bank Stocks to Benefit Include JPM, BAC, WFC, GS, USB, STT and BNY

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The Federal Reserve will soon allow banks with strong enough capital cushions to raise dividends, making them much more attractive to local and foreign investors. Only banks that satisfy new capital requirements from global regulators (Basel III) and domestic regulators (Dodd-Frank), will be able to raise dividends.  The potential for a significantly increase dividend payout  [...]

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10 Blue Chip Stocks to Invest in For 2011 Offering Growth and Dividend Protection

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With 2010 more than half way done and the economic outlook uncertain to say the least, investors are now looking ahead to what the best stocks in 2011 could be.  They need to ensure that they still have growth in their portfolios to deal with inflation and higher taxes, while also picking stocks that protect [...]

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Cash Rewards on Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) Earnings With No Credit Card Needed

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Going into the earnings season, credit card transaction processing companies like Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) have been hit pretty hard due to adverse impacts of the recently approved financial reform regulation which limits the interchange fees they can charge banks and merchants for card transactions.  However the actual regulation in the financial reform bill was [...]

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The Best Online Brokers For Stocks and Option Trading – Review and Ratings

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If you are thinking of investing in the rising stock market or just looking to start an IRA then you need an online broker. In today’s online world there are lots of good choices, but the key things to look for are still around cost, convenience and customer support. Luckily Barron’s, the leading investment magazine [...]

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How US and Global Stock Markets Performed in 2009 with an Outlook and Forecast for 2010

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It was a year in which governments and central banks around the world took extraordinary measures to get their economies growing. While the bailouts and economic stimulus boosts that many countries employed may have had mixed results for it’s citizens, the boost to stock markets was definitely real. The U.S. stock market ended 2009 with [...]

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The World's Best Companies Provides A Good List of US Stocks to Buy – AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, APA, COP, XOM, FLR, SLB

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Business week recently released it’s annual world’s best companies list and as usual there are a number of US companies present, albeit a much smaller number than last year thanks to the recession and falling US dollar. The list is particularly relevant this year because it highlights the companies that made it through one of [...]

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5 Blue-Chip Stocks Warren Buffet Would Buy – GE, MSFT, GS, CAT and Disney

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Could the economy and stock market be recovering faster than we expect? In terms of the Economy, Fed chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has technically ended and cited various signs of a recovery. Even President Obama has said that the embattled US economy is recovering spurred on by [...]

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OptionsHouse – Trading Stocks and Options – An Even Cheaper Online Brokerage Option than Zecco or Tradeking

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I have been a big fan of ultra-discount brokers Zecco and TradeKing, primarily because of their low trading costs and easy to use online brokerage platform. However it looks the low cost broker wars have intensified with a strong new player in the stock trading scene – OptionsHouse. They are an established broker in the [...]

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Apple Stock Soaring – A new iPhone and Media Tablet in the Works makes the Stock worth Buying

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The recent run up in Apple stock (AAPL) over the last three months has made me one happy stock holder indeed. My ill fated and much disparaged purchase last year (see comments) of the stock at $180+ had many saying that I was crazy to buy. I always had a long term view of Apple, [...]

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