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Your Daily Profit November 16, 2009 *****A Good Christmas *****Obama in China *****Gold vs Silver Fellow Investor, The headline retail sales number for October came in better than expected, up 1.4%. Of course, sales were down more than expected in September, so a bounce isn’t a complete surprise...
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Dear Reader, David is taking a well-deserved week off, so this week you’re hearing from Olivier. While David may be off duty, it didn’t prevent him from submitting an interesting article sent by one of our subscribers, along with a couple of comments. Telegraph: U.S. cities may have to be bulldozed in...
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The Room Special Alert: We have set the date and are hard at work on our next Casey Research Summit, this one dedicated to Energy and Special Situations (including rare earth elements, agriculture, and more). The summit will take place September 18 – 20 at the Westin Tabor Center in Denver . Mark the...
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David Galland
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06-12-2009
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Filed under: Health Care, Government, Gold, Casey Research, Obama, Automotive Industry, Chrysler, Executive Pay, California, Electric Vehicles, Capital Gains, GM, Colombia
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Your Daily Profit May 19, 2009 *****A Bottom for Housing *****Fuel Efficiency *****Repaying TARP Fellow investor, Stocks are down this morning after a “surprise” drop in new housing starts and a fall in new building permit applications. This shouldn’t really be a surprise. After all...
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Your Daily Profit May 12, 2009 *****Second Half Recovery *****Retail Sales *****FOREX Trading Fellow investor, The first signs of the news cycle shifting to a bearish tone are evident this morning. Should we call them bearish “green shoots?” Or “brown shoots?” Retail sales came...
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Your Daily Profit May 11, 2009 *****Stress Test Rally *****Obama’s Economic Numbers *****China Fellow investor, The “Stress Test rally” didn’t last long. Bank stocks had a good day Friday. In fact, they had a good week. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) , for instance, went from $8.70...
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Your Daily Profit May 5, 2009 *****Stress Tests are a Joke *****The New Bailout *****How to Profit from Toxic Assets Bank Stress Test Profits The Feds continue to leak info about the Stress Test on banks. Some will do fine, others will be forced to sell off mortgage assets for pennies on the dollar....
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Ian Wyatt
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05-05-2009
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Filed under: Obama, Ian Wyatt, recovery, bailout, taxpayer, bank bailout, Geithner, unemployment, Congress, Treasury, stress test
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Sell in May and Go Away? The End of the Recession? Is the US Consumer Back? A Dangerous End Game A Few Thoughts on Swine Flu The old adage that one should "sell in May and walk away" has been around for years. I mentioned that bromide about this time last year, urging readers to head for the...
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John Mauldin
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05-01-2009
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Filed under: Recession, GDP, Market Valuation, S&P 500, Consumer Spending, Deficit, Consumer Confidence, Automotive Industry, Obama, Swine Flu, Prieur du Plessis
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Your Daily Profit April 22, 2009 *****The Quiet Coup *****Newsletter Advisors Fellow investor, Toxic Asset Profits In Act 1 of the Recession, AIG "whiz kid" Joseph Cassano killed the US economy with risky, hyper leveraged investments, while pocketing hundreds of millions for himself. Now the...
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Dear Reader, Being new to a profession is always a challenge. The neophyte wants to impress his superiors, but lacking experience, is left to rely upon what natural skills he possesses. And, often, will try to make up for any shortcomings in specific skills by displaying a double dose of enthusiasm and...
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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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Your Daily Profit April 6, 2009 *****Earnings Season *****G-20 vs. the Security Council *****Oil Stocks Fellow investor, Time flies. Seems like earnings season just ended and yet here we are again. But First Quarter earnings kick off tomorrow with Alcoa ( NYSE:AA ). Given how far the stock market has...
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Your Daily Profit April 3, 2009 *****Bailed-out banks may buy toxic assets *****G-20 *****23% Gains Fellow investor, There's a lot going on today. The unemployment rate “surprisingly” hit 8.5%. President Obama knocked ‘em dead at the G-20 meetings. OIL SHOCK 2009 If you missed the...
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Your Daily Profit April 1, 2009 *****Happy April Fools Day! *****Bankruptcy for GM? *****Newsletter Advisors Fellow investor, *****Even before they’ve had the chance to present a third (or is it fourth?) turnaround plan, President Obama has said bankruptcy is the best way for GM and Chrysler to...
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Dear Reader, The Las Vegas taxi driver was an old fifty-something, with a mullet hanging out of the back of his battered baseball cap and a potato sack gut hanging over his belt. Having driven a cab myself, long ago and far away, I habitually engage in cabbie chat, as I did now. “So, how’s biz?” “Horrible...