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For all the Bulls,two scoops instead of three.After all,Hogs are known to get slaughtered.
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Direxion will launch a 2X leveraged ETF tomorrow
May 27 2014, 16:55 ET
Direxion has updated its filing on the Daily S&P 500 Bull …
"The precious metals were in steep downtrends for most of 2013, but you can see that they have stabilized into a sideways pattern so far this year. While the charts for gold, silver and platinum aren't necessarily bullish, it's good to see them for…
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Here is the article from a free weekly newsletter I subscribe to. It is cut and paste from the email. A nice review of some things happening in the nuclear energy field if you may be interested in the …
A little off topic,but it may save lives, if not the planet.
"Forecasters can’t forecast."
For weather forecasters,help may be on the way!
Jolly said the new satellite would give the government revolutionary new weather forecasting capabilities, off…
Hi! I'm From The Government and I'm Here to Help
U.S. private lenders not ready to replace Fannie, Freddie: regulator
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt said the two companies, which own or guarantee about 60 percent of all U.S. home l…
KraneShares Weekly:
Summary of this week's market update with Mainland Chinese broker insights translated to English:
China to Increase Stimulus Measures
Foreign Corporations to Have Greater Yuan Flexibility
Walt Disney Makes Further Investmen…
Scott Minard /Guggenheim Macro View
"Of course, with much of the U.S. fixed-income market now overvalued, we must guard against the pitfalls of overvaluation, but, as I have said before, markets that are overvalued and then become even more overvalu…
Energy News
Russia/Ukraine,Turkey,Mexico
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ed58b19f2b88e4a743b950765&id=46c686b5b9&e=41e04eb3d1
Can Mexico avoid the 'nationalist pull" of its past?
"For foreign oil giants such as Chevron Corp. (CVX), Exxon…
From the below linked article:
"Unlike traditional corporations, MLPs operate as limited partnerships and pay no tax at the company level, allowing investors to avoid the double tax on dividends.
But depending on how the mutual fund is investing in…
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/12630/thoughts-on-otter-creek-long-short-otcrx/p1
Nod to rsorden .After a month travelling out west, opened a new position in OTCRX after reading above post and a little home work.From the prospe…
Bruce Fund
Mannkind Cv 5.75% Portfolio Weight % 5.42
http://portfolios.morningstar.com/fund/holdings?t=BRUFX®ion=usa&culture=en-US
I hold BRUFX as a core holding.Late to the party ,but I recently opened a small position in ETNHX …
Thanks for your post sligo.Just a little research led me to this link.Clarion appears to have at minimum an M L P infrastructure analyst on staff. As Ted stated,the fund is worthy of further monitoring.
http://mlpguy.com/about
Edit 4/01 Plenty of …
Are Stocks Pricey or Cheap?
by Barry Ritholtz - March 29th, 2014, 9:30am
In their book “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff show that after a major credit crisis, recoveries are typicall…
bee said
I'll add TGINX for consideration.
You may also want to add DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Inc N
DLENX to your list.
Also as to cman's oil observation:
Thursday, Mar 27
11:55 AM Seeking Alpha
Investors shifting cash into energy ETFs o…
Also
11:36 AM Mar 27 2014 Seeking Alpha
ALPS will roll out a new emerging market E TF tomorrow
The ALPS Emerging Market Sector Dividend Dogs E T F (EDOG) will track an index of the highest-dividend-paying, larg-cap stocks based in emerging ma…
cman said; It is just a blogging platform for anybody to write anything even if the attention is negative as in readers blasting the authors for stupid analysis.
Charles Barkley says(Watch the full 1:18)
http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/college…
"One of the most telltale signs of whether it's a competitive jurisdiction is looking at the scoreboard," Reid Bigland, Chrysler Group LLC's head of U.S. sales, said in a Feb. 12 interview.
Canada received less than 5 percent of the $42 billion inv…
Plenty of Infrastructure Opps and Roadblocks!
All items from today @ Seeking Alpha
Keystone foes now gunning for Dominion's Cove Point LNG export project
Green groups call on Pres. Obama to reject pending applications to build liquefied natur…
Ran parameters through accipiters' search tool.Using rule of "72" for an ave return to double your nest-egg in 8-10 years( 7.2-9.0 Ave return). With a 20 yr standard deviation lower than it's ave return, BERIX is worthy of your stated goals.I do no…
Volatility/Precious Metals Lead, Japan/China Off as well as Solar
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers posted on Seeking Alpha
Gainers: VXX +7.97%. GDX +5.92%. GDXJ +4.98%. IAU +3.15%. PHYS +3.13%. Losers: TAN -7.79%. FXI -5.60%. EWJ -5.15%. URA -4.70%. REM…
Scott said;I believe the Seadrill CEO also owns a substantial amount of newly listed (in the US, at least) Marine Harvest
From Seadrill corporate site;
John Fredriksen has served as Chairman of the Board, President and a director of the Company sinc…
Also;
http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/fund_snapshot.html?symbol=BRUFX
Type your fund symbol into
Enter a company/mutual fund name,
Example BRUFX
As of 3/12/14
NAV: 484.79 1-Day Net Change
up 1.53 1-Day Return
up 0.32% YTD Total Return
Up …
More Than Sabre Rattling?
Russia holds war games near Ukraine; Merkel warns of catastrophe
BY STEPHEN BROWN AND TIMOTHY HERITAGE
BERLIN/MOSCOW Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:26pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140…
Scott,Maybe a lot of investors saw your video post!Thanks for your timely takes on
investment opps and current trends and long term ideas.
Aeropostale -12.3% AH on FQ4 miss, guidance, $150M financing deal
Aeropostale (ARO) is guiding for FQ1…
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From conference call Hercules Technology Growth Capital's CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Feb. 27, 2014
Question from Jon Bock - Wells Fargo
...where are you starting to see on a venture stage the most v…
In some states,spare change won't even help.
Tesla Motors Inc will stop selling its luxury electric cars in New Jersey on April 1, after the state said Tuesday it would not license the company to sell vehicles directly to consumers, bypassing franc…
A note on Junk Bonds
March 12, 2014, 11:50 A.M. ET Barron's
Junk-Bond Covenant Quality Hits Record Low – Moody’s
Bond covenants typically govern things like how much additional debt a company can incur or how a company is allowed to distribut…
From Seeking Alpha
Alarm bells ring over small caps
"We are getting increasingly concerned about the extended nature of small-caps," writes MKM's Jonathan Krinsky, noting the Russell 2000 as of last week closed 42% above its 200-day moving average, …
10:27 AM Seeking Alpha
REIT investors eye weak retailer results, store closing plans
Notably lower today with the major averages in the green are retail REITs Realty Income (O -1.5%) and National Retail Properties (NNN -1.7%), and shopping-cen…
New Today.China A Shares E T F
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SQM board agrees to maintain dividend policy, shares +5.3%
Shares of Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM +5.3%) shot higher this afternoon on news that it will maintain its dividend policy, paying 50% of the distributable net income obtain…
Russell joins S&P in booting BDCs from indexes; sector slips
Seeking Alpha Mar 4 2014, 15:30 ET
It's no little deal as an estimated 8% of all BDC shares are owned by funds benchmarked to the Russell 2000 index.
In a big green down for the mar…
Be careful what you wish for?
Fed may need to let inflation run hot to meet goals: Evans
The Fed has made it clear that an unemployment rate of about 5.5 percent and an inflation rate of about 2 percent are indicative of a healthy economy, he said.…
BNP Paribas upgrades India to overweight
'Reuters | Updated On: February 26, 2014 17:12 (IST)
India and Indonesia, previously at risk from severe currency depreciation and liquidity tightening, have recovered in terms of their trade and current acc…
Growth and the phenomenon of compounding combined with the years your loved one has on her side.
http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/investing/investment_help/investment_research/mutual_fund_research/mutual_funds.html?path=/Prospect/Research/Mutual…
