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(09-01-2006) Mexican Land And Canadian Gold A successful amateur investor shares his strategies for capitalizing on the commodity bull market. (09-01-2006) Shiny Gold Alloy Goldcorp's buyout of Glamis signals that the gold bull has room to run. Look for more consolidation. (09-01-2006) Oil Services Slump Lingering optimism in the face of technical weakness is a big bearish omen for oil services stocks. (08-28-2006) End Of The Bubble Bailouts After stocks boomed and went bust, it's real estate's turn. But is there a new mania to save consumers? (08-23-2006) Five Funds For The Next Leg Up Stocks rebounded nicely in mid-July. If the rally continues, you might want to jump into one of these funds.
News/Economy
(02-06-2012) Obama vs. Reagan: A tale of two recoveries Faced with a strong jobs report Friday, Republicans tried out a new rhetorical message: This isn't a disaster, but Ronald Reagan could have done better. (02-06-2012) We're number one, says U.S. Postal Service Despite its financial difficulties and relatively heavy work load, the U.S. Postal Service has been declared the finest in the world by a British study. (02-06-2012) House bill bans welfare spendng at strip clubs If welfare recipients want to dole out the dollar bills at a strip club, they'd better make sure it's not government money ... at least if a bill in Congress becomes law. (02-04-2012) Nevada's triple economic whammy The Great Recession has dealt Nevada a losing hand. (02-03-2012) January jobs report: Hiring ramps up, unemployment falls American employers substantially stepped up their hiring in January, bringing the unemployment rate down for the fifth month in a row. (02-03-2012) Stealth jobs boom: 6 months, 2 million jobs Companies are saying the job market is getting better. Workers are saying it's already kicked into high gear. (02-03-2012) Kiss QE3 hopes goodbye. And good riddance! The strong January jobs report may finally put a nail in the QE3 coffin. (02-03-2012) Big drop in unemployment rate for blacks The unemployment rate for blacks fell more than 2 percentage points last month to its lowest level since March 2009. (02-03-2012) Jobs: Obama not out of the woods yet The January jobs report contains a slew of numbers that are likely to put a twinkle in the eye of Obama campaign staffers. (02-03-2012) New York sues banks over foreclosures The New York attorney general sued some of the nation's biggest banks on Friday, accusing them of unlawful and deceptive practices for relying on a private electronic registry that tracks mortgages.
Markets
(02-06-2012) Stocks edge lower amid Greece jitters U.S. stocks slipped, as investors anxiously await a Greek government decision on budget cuts that are key to securing a second bailout and avoiding default. (02-06-2012) This is NOT a tech bubble The Nasdaq is at its highest level since the end of 2000. Highly speculative companies like Netflix and Zynga are soaring, and investors are salivating about possibly paying 100 times earnings for Facebook when it goes public. (02-06-2012) Greece on the brink Officials in Greece were under pressure Monday to agree on the terms of a new bailout package, as the threat of a default hangs over the country. (02-06-2012) Citi wins OK for Chinese credit card Citibank won approval to issue its own credit card in China, making it the first non-Asian bank to enter that market. (02-03-2012) Kiss QE3 hopes goodbye. And good riddance! The strong January jobs report may finally put a nail in the QE3 coffin. (02-03-2012) Facebook IPO shrinks private trading market Facebook has played a big role in the private trading markets that allow eligible investors the chance to snap up shares of hot Internet companies years before they go public. (02-03-2012) Auto stocks gain on jobs report. GM up 7% Shares of General Motors and Ford surged on Friday following strong data on the U.S. job market. (02-02-2012) Facebook's ripple effect: Zynga spikes 17% Now that Facebook has finally filed for its much anticipated initial public offering, the enthusiasm for other social media investments has spread like wildfire. (02-02-2012) The risks that killed MF Global It's been three months since MF Global became the eighth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Did anyone see this coming? Well, a few people had some idea, and a Congressional subcommittee will hear from them on Capitol Hill Thursday. (02-02-2012) Facebook is great. But $100 billion great? Facebook is a great company. It proved that in its IPO filing. A billion dollar annual profit and $3.9 billion in cash for something that didn't even exist 10 years ago? That's impressive.