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Chinese Citizens Are Hungry for More Gold
Filed under: China , Commodities China is allowing its citizens to buy physical gold bars . This new program is unleashing an unbridled demand for the metal. The...
Brent Crude at $104 per Barrel on Spreading Mideast Unrest
Filed under: China , Middle East , Commodities , Oil When it comes to the biggest threat to world economies, oil scarcity is second only to nuclear war. What started...
A Self-Employed Carpenter’s Continued Thoughts on the Future
My first article on this topic concerned the sharp contraction of the residential construction industry in the U.S. I am a self-employed carpenter. The main thrust...
Oil Services Favorites: Schlumberger, National Oilwell Varco
Filed under: Newsletters , Schlumberger Limited (SLB) , Commodities , Oil , Stocks to Buy “Oil had a good year in 2010, rising 15 percent, and 2011 looks...
Research In Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM) to Gain Market Share of Nokia (NYSE:NOK)
Research In Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM) is about to benefit from Nokia (NYSE:NOK) losing market share from its change in OS strategy, according to Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS)....
Market Wrap-Up for Feb.3 (EL, NEM, YUM, K, CME, CVS, more)
The markets got off to a negative start today, but within the averages were several names that stood out on the upside, helping push the averages green by the market...
The Metal People are Dying For
Maybe the weak are simply being weeded from the gene pool so the strong may survive… This theory might help explain why people keep electrocuting themselves...
Answering Krugman on Austrian Economic Theory
I still get the sense that Krugman truly doesn’t understand the Austrian position. For example, he asks, “Why is there overwhelming evidence that when central...
China’s Housing Bubble Begins to Top
Round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows…. From Bloomberg entitled: China’s Housing Market Nears U.S., Japan Bubble Levels: Chart of...
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:EPAY) Shares Soar on Strongest Orders in History of Company
Shares of Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:EPAY) were up over 12 percent on the day, as they came of their best quarter for orders in the history of the company....
Immunogen’s (NASDAQ:IMGN) Expectations Too High, as is Valuation
Immunogen’s (NASDAQ:IMGN) valuation is too high, according to Needham, which is the result of expectations concerning late-stage T-DM1. Needham says, “We...
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) Clarifies Guidance Cut
A number of investors were stymied and concerned over the guidance cut by EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG), which wasn’t communicated clearly, and left many with concerns...
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