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Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now reached 1,400 again for the first...
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By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size of large...
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Gold is trying to recover on Thursday as it moves back and forth between being a risk-trade asset and an end of the world trade. While gold may be on the mend or at least trying to find some...
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The latest results from a 30-Year Treasury Bond auction did not manage to turn the bond momentum back in favor of lower yields and higher prices. The bid went out at 3.38% and the good news is that...
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Jon OggInvestors love dividends, and they should in good times and in bad times. What is interesting is that dividend investors have actually lagged so far in 2012 as far as the S&P 500 Index...
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2012 is a Leap Year and that means one more potential trading day with February 29 on the calendar. Stock market statisticians often try to look for patterns in anything, so 24/7 Wall St. wanted to...
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Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) have invested in banks on and off, and the public filings show that Berkshire is a larger and larger stake holder in Wells Fargo & Co....
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The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio. Berkshire...
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Jon OggDividend investors have two new vehicles to go out and earn monthly or quarterly income from equities. There is also an Asia/Pacific angle and emerging market angle to these. ...
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The Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) has been a total dud due to the fact that solar shares are only liked now by short sellers and the White House. These stocks have turned out to be just...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken...
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CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, and investors to push...
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They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector. Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) under its iShares ETF...
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The Institute for Supply Management has issued its reading for January non-manufacturing and the data is strong. Very strong. At 56.8, this is the best reading in almost a year. Dow Jones was...
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Fitch has joined in on the European sovereign credit rating downgrades. First it was S&P, but we might argue that this should have mostly been factored in already. Is it a secret that the...
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