The week is not getting off to a good start for European stocks. Portuguese bonds ticked above the “bailout threshold” of 7%. Readers may recall that both Greece and Ireland requested aid once their bonds breached 7%. For its part, Portugal says it doesn’t need to tap into the EU’s...
Technology can fix anything: even the Federal government's deficit. At least, that's what the Technology CEO Council told White House officials yesterday. The council, headed by IBM (NYSE:IBM) CEO Sam Palmisano said investments in efficiency technology could save the U.S. government $1 trillion...
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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Your Daily Profit June 30, 2009 *****Boring! *****Home Prices *****Earnings Season Fellow Investor, Talk about boring. On Monday, around 10:30 AM , the S&P 500 rose above 924. By 12:30 PM , it rose to 927.99. Ignore the first hour of trading (when the S&P 500...
Your Daily Profit April 8, 2009 *****Earnings Season *****Signs of a Bottom for Housing *****Newsletter Advisors Fellow investor, It doesn’t happen often. Earnings season usually kicks off with either some bullish enthusiasm or bearish pessimism. But Tuesday afternoon, Alcoa (NYSE:AA) gave analysts...
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Gurus Ring the Bell Ahh, the newsletter crowd is getting bullish. My inbox is full of stock-picking gurus saying now’s the time to be bold and buy stocks. Fear is rampant, they say. Distant relatives are calling in the wee hours asking for advice. The VIX is at an all time high. 59% of respondents...
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10-07-2008
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