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Posted
Sep 25 2009, 07:42 AM
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Minyanville
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This article is written by Minyanville's John Kelly The last time NFL pro bowler Michael Vick played football was in Kansas. Specifically, Leavenworth, Kan., where he was serving a 23-month sentence at the federal penitentiary. In a scene straight out of "The Longest Yard," Vick, in prison for his involvement in a vicious dog-fighting ring, reportedly played quarterback in jail yard games as a way to kill time and keep in shape. See also, The NFL's Very Own Bernie Madoff. He'll have an opportunity to finally get back on more familiar turf Sunday, as his new team, the Philadelphia Eagles, hosts the Kansas City Chiefs at Lincoln Financial Field. And with Philadelphia's starting quarterback likely to miss the game due to a rib injury, the possibility of Vick playing is high. The game will attract not only Eagles fans and animal rights activists, but also that part of the sports industry whose main concern is sales.
The questions on everyone’s minds are:
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Posted
Jun 24 2009, 05:51 AM
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Minyanville
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 What to Watch: Monsanto (MON) was making investors money this morning as shares of the world’s largest seed manufacturer were up as of 8:15 AM Eastern after reporting Q3 earnings of $1.25 before the bell. Restructuring charges were also announced, with more information forthcoming on the company’s conference call. Ethanol seems so yesterday but the company is a key player in any feed-the-world portfolio and its results are worth watching for a market currently in dire need of direction. (Witness the OECD seeing the strongest economic outlook in two years, two days after the World Bank gave us gloomy Gus).
What Just Happened: U.S. stock markets dared to be boring yesterday after Monday’s plunge, treading water ahead of the Fed this afternoon. No sign of the terrible two’s as the Treasury hosted a solid two-year auction. Asia ended up in overnight action.
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Posted
Jun 15 2009, 04:57 PM
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Kelley Wright
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Investor sentiment can be visualized as an emotional roller coaster with highs and lows that gives new meaning to the term bi-polar. At the March lows sentiment was black bearish; all news was bad news. Almost on cue, the market reversed and began the first meaningful retracement of the declines from the October, 2007 highs, with green shoots and other assorted flora and fauna nonetheless! Hallelujah, happy days are here again!
As few current market participants were around for the last real bear market from 1966 through 1974, they can be forgiven for not knowing that all trends, be they bull or bear, move in waves. No market trend goes straight up or straight down from beginning to its ultimate conclusion. Both markets and participants need a time of pause to collect their breath, digest the preceding action and gather energy for the next phase of the primary trend.
The typical pattern in a bear market is three down legs interspersed with two very profitable retracements. In the case of this bear market the logical places for a retracement were sliced through like a hot knife through butter, in effect completing two down legs in one fell swoop (if 18 months of declines can be characterized as such).
With so much damage done to the market averages and investors psyches, it’s understandable that investors are hesitant to take long-term positions when quick profits have been readily available. While this approach works well in a bear market rally, it isn’t a long-term strategy with legs.
Shelby Davis (the founder of the Davis family of funds) has been credited with saying that “most of the big money is made by buying in a bear market; you just don’t realize it at the time.” That makes a lot of sense to us, which is why we put together a list of ten stocks we feel will outperform the market over the next five years in each issue of Investment Quality Trends.
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Posted
Apr 07 2009, 05:05 PM
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Louis Navellier
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The 2009 baseball season kicked off this week, with many cities across the country hosting Opening Day festivities.
In many ways, the mathematical aspects of baseball, combined with pure aesthetics of the game, are quite similar to what makes the stock market so interesting and exciting.
Beyond that, though, there is the business aspect of the sport. Indeed, the business of sports is huge in this country. Nine professional baseball clubs have payrolls that exceed $100 million. And billions of dollars are spent each year in participating in, viewing and equipping sporting activities.
As an investor, you can cash in on the fun by investing in companies that participate in the business of sports
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Posted
Sep 22 2008, 09:51 AM
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Kim Peterson
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Microsoft just added some zing to its ho-hum share price by announcing a $40 billion share buyback. It also raised its quarterly dividend to 13 cents from 11 cents. The message to the market: While everything else is in the toilet right now, we're a solid buy. Shares spiked on the news today but have since fallen back to about $25.95, or 3% above Friday's close. Two other companies announced smaller buybacks today. Hewlett-Packard approved an $8 billion share repurchase and Nike said it would buy back $5 billion over four years.
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Posted
Aug 06 2008, 11:55 AM
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Minyanville
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Talk about a marketing coup: American track and fielders will showcase Nike’s new Flywire shoes at the Olympics.
The lightweight, see-through shoe is expected to hit US stores in October.
Its materials and design are generating a lot of chatter: The Flywire features a strong thread, called Vectran, spread out in a fan-like pattern anchored at the top and bottom of the shoe, suggesting a suspension bridge.
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The new shoe is also unbelievably light, and is expected to be marketed under the names Zoom Victory Spikes and Zoom Matumbo.
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Posted
Jul 01 2008, 11:28 AM
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Minyanville
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1. Stocks are firmly in a downtrend.
The S&P 500 is down roughly 20% from the market peak on October 11, 2007.
2. Corporate spreads are rapidly widening.
Investment grade bonds yielded as little as 0.30% more than U.S. Treasuries did back in 2003 - but are now as much as 2.30% above U.S. Treasury rates.
3. Everyone I know is saying “All is well, buy America.”
The crowd is usually wrong at extremes.
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