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Posted
Jun 25 2009, 08:44 AM
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Louis Navellier
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
 The housing market is slowly emerging from a very long slumber based on new and existing home sale data. Though the results may be artificially inflated by speculators taking advantage of big discounts, the news is most welcome to companies dependent on the housing market for business.
The depth of the recession in the home market has had major ancillary consequences across the entire economy. Those impacted the most include retailers in the home furnishing market.
Companies like Williams Sonoma (WSM), Pier One (PIR), and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) have all seen sales collapse and profits evaporate. A few, like Linens N Things, have actually closed up shop completely during the decline.
It has not been a pretty sight, but in most instances, the best time to buy stocks is when things are dire.
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Posted
Sep 21 2009, 03:58 PM
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Jim Van Meerten
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
For the MSN Top Stocks Blog I've gone ahead and picked two more stocks to add to my portfolio of 10. The picks are Pharmasset (VRUS) and Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V (DKT). These stocks were picked using the BarChart New High list for stocks trading over 100,000 shares today and sorted for frequency.
I then eliminated any stocks trading below $5 a share and tried to take out any EFTs or U.S. closed-end funds, then reviewed their charts.
Let's look a little closer look at these picks:
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Posted
Oct 06 2009, 08:27 AM
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Jim Van Meerten
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
The whole world seems to be fixated on the economy and the H1N1 Swine Flu.
News reports today that the first shipments of the nasal version of the vaccine, manufactured by MedImmune a unit of AstraZeneca, will begin today pushed me to find out if there might be an investing play in this fear.
The major manufacturers of the vaccine are GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Sanofi-Aventis (SNY), Novartis (NVS), AstraZeneca (AZN), Baxter International (BAX) and CSL (CMXHF).
None of these are pure plays. Each of these companies has a stable of drugs and products so you are really buying a basket of widely varied profit centers. How do I find the best one?
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Posted
May 28 2009, 09:05 PM
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Charley Blaine
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
With Thursday’s rally, the Dow Jones industrials, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index are poised to finish higher in May, the third monthly gains in a row for each index. The last time that happened was August, September and October 2007 -- when the market peaked.
It would require a loss of some 237 Dow points to turn May into a loser. It’s possible, but I suspect it won’t happen because the wild volatility of last fall seems to have worked itself out.
Nonetheless, the rally since March looks like it’s running out of gas
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Posted
May 29 2009, 11:53 AM
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Kim Peterson
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
Nobody ever got rich holding cash, proclaims Morningstar analyst Bradley Kay. And as the economy turns the corner, investors are thinking about jumping back in. OK, so if we want to pull those dollars out from the mattress, where should they go? Not to currency funds, Kay says. They're a hot topic right now, but currency investments fail even when they succeed. He points to the example of the Japanese yen in the 1970s and 1980s. The yen rose nicely during that time, giving an annual return from currency appreciation of 5%. Add to that an average 5% cash yield, and the annual return to U.S. investors was about 10%. But there's a hitch: U.S. inflation over that same period was a little more than 6%, meaning the real return
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Posted
Aug 20 2009, 06:25 AM
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Minyanville
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
This article was written by Minyanville's Quint Tatro Like many other traders, I had a great idea in the back of my mind, just waiting to be researched and put into action. I knew that swine flu hysteria would cause certain stocks to jump -- even if they were only remotely attached to the actual pandemic at hand. With the World Health Organization ramping up the media coverage and exposure of the current outbreak, I decided it was time to anticipate this fall’s flu season. While I trade only the technicals, I also knew that the panic of the general public would manifest itself in time in the charts. Bing: More on Swine Flu
What started out as an article investigating swine flu-related stocks ended up a mixed bag of pharma stocks that were worthy of a second look as they continue to shape good patterns. (See also, "Four Oil and Gas Stocks Powering Ahead.") I have also thrown in a couple of highly speculative (and I do mean speculative) charts that closely relate to the H1N1 issue at hand. Today’s review isn't so much a look at stocks from which to make money when swine flu is back, front and center in the U.S., but more a look at some possible trades that could set up in the next few weeks to months. Make your list, and keep your powder dry.
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Posted
Apr 28 2009, 01:56 PM
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Louis Navellier
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Conventional wisdom says that during a recession people will reduce their dining out frequency and opt to eat and entertain at home. Conventional wisdom is often not very prescient. As I said when I revealed my 5 Hot Stocks in Ice-Cold Sectors, there are always opportunities to profit if you know where to look. While stocks of food companies have been depressed for the better part of the last 18 months, stocks of companies engaged in the restaurant business have been among the best market performers during the same period. Companies in the casual dining business, including Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), BJ’s (BJRI), Panera, (PNRA), Darden (DRI) and California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) are all trading near the high for the last 12 months and are continuing to report sales and profits growth in spite of the recession
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Posted
Jul 19 2009, 04:54 PM
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AllStarPortfolio
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
A frequent theme of my blog on The Motley Fool's CAPS is income
investors using dividend paying stocks as an alternative to fixed rate bonds
such as the 10-year Treasury. Even after
the rally from March's lows, the market's decline over the past two-years still
offers up a number of quality stocks with dividend yields near or above the
10-year yield.
The primary rationale for choosing a dividend paying stock
over a fixed rate bond is the potential for increased income from the
stock. Of course, there is also a risk
of decreased income from a stock as many shareholders can confirm.
We'll use a screener to create an initial set of candidate
stocks an income investor might want to consider as replacements for part of a
bond portfolio.
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Posted
Sep 09 2009, 09:38 AM
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James Dlugosch
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Generally speaking, human beings are pretty smart. In a period of unemployment and low (if any) wage growth, we tend to gravitate toward industries that are growing. It is a pretty simple phenomenon.
It makes sense then that during the worst recession in decades, people are seeking out those businesses that are growing and actually hiring people. One industry that is seeing a tremendous surge is the death business.
As they say, there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. Some may choose to not pay or avoid taxes, but there is not a one of us who can avoid death.
With the baby boomers reaching retirement age, the death business is likely to see growth for many years to come. There are few, if any, businesses with such absolute slam-dunk demographics.
So if you can stomach the idea of working with dead people, you may very well be set. It would appear that many are doing just that.
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Posted
Sep 09 2009, 03:20 PM
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Tobin Smith
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Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money
FuelCell Energy (FCEL), as its name suggests, makes fuel cells for electric power generation. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the company powered up a third-quarter loss of $15.7 million, or 21 cents per share, compared to a loss of $26.8 million, or 39 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. And while top line revenues fell to $23 million from $27.9 million in the year-ago period, the bottom line earnings of 21 cents per share easily bested Wall Street’s call for a loss of 24 cents per share.
Shares sold off modestly on news of the earnings beat.
But besides the better-than-anticipated bottom line, FuelCell Energy showed me some very encouraging signs that its future looks very bright. This quarter, the company’s big order came in the form of 30.8 megawatts of modules from South Korea’s Posco Power, and my personal favorite, an order from Aircon Energy for a 1.4 megawatt power plant for California’s Sonoma County. Why, you ask, is this my favorite order? Well, because it combines two of my favorite passions: making money in green energy stocks and drinking fine wines made in Sonoma County
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