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Hot Commodities you Don’t know about!

7. October 2008

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Know some hidden “gem(s)”? Here’s an article I found on Fortune: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0810/gallery.demos_commodities.fortune/index.html

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Buffett Invests $3 Billion in GE

2. October 2008

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You know it’s a good time to invest when Warren Buffett is being aggressive. A few days ago, Buffett purchased 5 billion dollars into Goldman Sachs(GS). Yesterday he put in 3 billion into GE. Here is a quote from an article on why Buffett decided to buy in now. “G.E. is the symbol of American business [...]

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People-to-people lending

25. June 2008

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Recently my friend introduced me to www.prosper.com. This is a person-to-person lending site that he had a very good experience with. I personally have not used this site but I’ve gotten positive feedback about. Has anyone used a person-to-person lender before? Can people share their experiences? http://www.prosper.com/ Prosper, America’s largest people-to-people lending marketplace, connects people who [...]

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S&P 500 Map at Finviz.com

9. May 2008

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Finviz.com is a good tool for technical analysis as well as relative value information on most of the stocks that you will be looking at. If you are looking for easy to use screenners give them a shot. The site also features a map of the S&P that orginized the different sectors of the market [...]

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Delta acquires Northwest in $3.1B deal

15. April 2008

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Merger will create the world’s largest airline, could spark a round of deals that may leave three mega-carriers; labor groups may fight the deal. http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/14/news/companies/delta_northwest/index.htm?cnn=yes Personaly I don’t like flying delta (DAL) because the planes are very old and lack confort. I did like Song by Delta but Song went bankrupt. Hopefuly the new Delta will improve [...]

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What Warren thinks…

14. April 2008

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With Wall Street in chaos, Fortune naturally went to Omaha looking for wisdom. Warren Buffett talks about the economy, the credit crisis, Bear Stearns, and more. http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/11/news/newsmakers/varchaver_buffett.fortune/index.htm This is a very good article in forture. Let me know what you guys think. Key Quote. “Buffett says he ‘got a call’ about Bear Stearns, but bailing out the investment [...]

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more problems with the fed

13. March 2008

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More problems with the FED!!!!!!! Discuss:

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Inflation? That’s a best case scenario.

10. March 2008

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Odd isn’t it, but it’s the truth. For much of 2007 inflation was a concern across the country. The FED kept slashing rates and saying that inflaion wasn’t a problem, causing many to worry.  For those unfamiliar, a basic tenet of Macroeconomic Theory holds that when the FOMC pursues expansionary monetary policy (a la cutting [...]

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The Problem With the Fed

10. March 2008

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The Problem With the Fed

The Fed is taking a lot of action with this “crisis that we are in”. Cutting interest rates like crazy, flooding cash into the sytem. What does everybody think about this?  Seems like they are really looking in the short term and not worrying to much about the effects. Obviously its the Fed so they [...]

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America’s Most Admired Companies 2008 2007 2006

3. March 2008

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How does your company stack up??? From the list below the company that I personally admire the most would be Berkshire Hathaway. Over the weekend I read the most recent letter to the shareholders and was amazed at the clarity and the disclosure. Reading BRK.A annual report is a pleasure; it reads just like a book [...]

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