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Cocoa Shortage Could Be Sweet for Cocoa ETN	Rising food prices have been a boon to commodities exchange traded funds (ETFs) this year. Corn, wheat, soybeans, sugar, you name it - it's getting pricier by the minute. But...chocolate? Precious, precious chocolate that many of us consume by the pound? Yes, indeed. The world's cocoa supply is threatened, reports Scott Jagow for Marketplace. Now, let's everybody stay calm - there's no reason to run to your local Sweet Shoppe and hoard the chocolate goods yet, unless you've got a craving th...	June 27, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - June 27, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Global Oil-Supply Worries Fuel Debate in Saudi Arabia Sadad al-Husseini and Nansen Saleri raced up the ranks at Saudi Aramco, the world’s most powerful oil company, working together for years to squeeze more crude from Saudi Arabia’s massive fields. Today, the two men have staked out opposite sides of a momentous industry debate. Oil Prices Hits $142 a Barrel Oil prices climbed to a record $142 a barr...	June 27, 2008
Cramer’s Market Take	“On days like today, where the market is selling off, We circle the wagons around the stuff we really like and we sell the stuff we don’t,” Jim Cramer told fans of his “Mad Money” TV show Thursday. Cramer advised investors to raise their cash positions and start looking for stocks they like. He mentioned that the airlines can’t buy planes, so investors are selling out of Boeing (BA) and Honeywell (HON). He explained that investors found out that General Motors...	June 27, 2008
Do New Commodity ETFs Signal a Top?	Kind of like PowerShares launching their private equity ETFs, does the slew of new commodity ETFs signal a top? In my inbox Wednesday:iPath® Global Carbon (GRN) iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Softs Total Return Sub-Index (JJS) iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index (JJP) iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Total Return Sub-Index (JJU) iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Cocoa Total Return Sub-Index (NIB)iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Total Return Sub-Index (JO) iPath® Dow Jones-AI...	June 26, 2008
Weekend Reading at VIN	Here are the week's best at Value Investing News1. Value Investing Works, and That Won’t Change(via www.circleofcompetenceblog.com)In a speech in 2007, Seth Klarman summed up, in one paragraph, why value investing works, and why that will never go away.2. Six Questions with CoC's Jeff Annello(via collegeanalysts.com)3. Dissecting Western Sizzlin’ Corporation : Circle of Competence(via www.circleofcompetenceblog.com)I take a look at Western Sizzlin' Corporation, a holding company in the mold ...	June 20, 2008
Downgrades Come Easy, Upgrades Come Hard, Upgrades to AAA? — Forget It.	We’re not quite to the endgame yet, but the jig is up for MBIA and Ambac, after the downgrades from Moody’s at the holding companies to Baa2 and A3 respectively. Wait, why I am I mentioning the holding companies? Isn’t it the operating subsidiaries that matter? Well, yes, for sales and regulatory purposes, but the ratings at the holding companies matter for a different reason — notching. But let me tell a story first. Failure improves markets by introducing risk-bas...	June 20, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESPopular Inc (BPOP)- B. Riley & Co Neutral » Buy United Comm Banks (UCBI)- Sterne Agee Sell » Hold Landstar System (LSTR)- KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold » Buy Pike Electric (PEC)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Silicon Labs (SLAB)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Energy East (EAS)- Jefferies & Co Underperform » Hold Casella Waste (CWST)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight CarMax (KMX)- Wachovia Underperform » Mkt Perform American Intl ...	June 20, 2008
Citigroup announces more writedowns, I'd stay away	Filed under: Forecasts, Bad news, Citigroup Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Lehman Br Holdings (LEH)And you thought it was all over. Well, you weren't alone. Many bank executives thought the same thing, that we've seen the worst of the writedowns banks were taking as a result of the subprime mortgage collapse.So when today Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), the bank responsible for 10% of the total writedowns due to the subprime and credit crisis, announced it "would suffer mor...	June 19, 2008
Trade idea for AIG upgrade	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Amer Intl Group (AIG), Options, Technical AnalysisAmerican International Group (NYSE: AIG) shares are trading higher today after Citigroup upgraded the stock to "Buy" from "Hold," adding in a note that AIG is poised for well over 35% upside within the following year. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on AIG.After hitting a one-year high o...	June 19, 2008
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, BARE, CWST, DNA, GILD, MHS, SLAB, TKLC, UBS, WCA)	These are ten of the analyst calls we are seeing early this Thursday morning in early bird pre-market trading hours: American International Group (NYSE: AIG)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	June 19, 2008

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