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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
The DJIA, the U.S. economy, and you	Filed under: Forecasts, Industry, Indices, DJIA, RecessionThat things aren't going well for the economy, the informed investor / reader does not have to be reminded about. You don't need to be a financial editor with a Ph.D. in international economics to detect that. Or, as CNN's Larry King would say, "For this, he went to school?...To tell me that things aren't going too well for the United States, these days, economically?"Further, you can cite a dozen or more statistics that can give you a pr...	July 10, 2008
Housing Bill Veto Threat	There is a threat to the housing bill that has been moving through Congress. It is important, and attracted little market attention today.BackgroundThe House passed an aggressive version of housing relief, led by House Financial Services Committee Chair, Barney Frank (D MA). The Senate went through a negotiating process, with Sen. Richard Shelby (R AL) acting as the spear carrier for the Bush Administration. Shelby succeeded in negotiating a compromise with Sen. Banking Committee Chair, Ch...	June 19, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEOSuper-SpikeA Goldman Sachs analyst made a huge prediction Tuesday that oil will have a "super spike" to $200 in the next few years. Oil trader Joe Terranovia told the crew he is very bullish on oil. He said as long as supplies stay limited the price of crude oil will continue to rise. He also mentioned he is bullish on natural gas. Macke said consumers will be okay with high oil prices as long as the price rises gradually.Housing TradeIn an opinion piece that appeared...	May 06, 2008
Am I Diversified and Mad Mail	Diversified?Chattem (CHTT), Altria (MO), Phillip Morris (PM), Millicom (MICC) and Vale (RIO). All of these stocks were liked by Cramer but he advised against having both a domestic and international tobacco play in one portfolio. MO should be sold for another stock.Rite Aid (RAD), Alcatel Lucent (AL), Kellogg (K), Heinz (HNZ) and Verizon (VZ). HNZ and K were called two of a kind and AL should be gotten rid of. A financial stock and a defense contractor should be added.BHP Billiton (BHP), Hal...	April 02, 2008
Did John McCain deny Boeing a $100 billion contract for an Alabama endorsement?	Filed under: Boeing Co (BA), Northrop Grumman (NOC)As he stumps for President, Senator John McCain likes to brag about how he kept Boeing Inc. (NYSE: BA) from winning a contract to build Tankers -- in-flight refueling aircraft -- for the Air Force in 2004. Last week, the Air Force announced that the winner of the contract was Boeing's arch-rival, EADS, parent of Airbus which is based in Toulouse, France and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). That decision is sitting very well with the governor of Al...	March 08, 2008
Apple: iPhone To Support Exchange; Unveils SDK; Debuts App Store; June SW Update; Kleiner Sets $100M iFund	I’m in Cupertino for the Apple (AAPL) SDK Event. Steve Jobs came on stage first, in his usual black turtle and jeans info. He and other Apple execs are going to focus on the use of the iPhone in the enterprise, as well as opening the iPhone to third party developers. Among other things, the company is announcing that it will provide support for Microsoft (MSFT) Exchange in the next version of the iPhone software. The company also announced the App Store, a place to add new applications for...	March 06, 2008
Brazil Transportation Stocks	It is amazing that the Brazilian airlines have far outperformed the airlines in the United States during the last couple years. Of course, many Brazilian stocks have been performing well. See if any of these transportation related stocks from Brazil can move your stocks forward.EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronutica S.A. (ERJ) is the largest exporter in Brazil, and third largest in terms of yearly commercial aircraft delivery and fourth largest workforce among all aircraft manufacturers. The...	February 13, 2008
The Next Wave in Desease Prevention	In recent months, the global vaccine market has been preparing to charge. Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE:SNY), a constituent in the Clear Global Vaccine Chain ETF (AMEX: JNR), made a recent declaration on January 7th, that it expects its vaccine sales to grow by 10-15% per year, in line with the vaccine market. This impressive claim can be justified by the many exciting developments in progress in the vaccine industry. One of the stirring prospects in the vaccine world involves the possibl...	January 09, 2008
Jim Cramer's Stop Trading	Cramer was out telling market players to buy Aecom Technology Corporation (ACM) if you want to play the infrastructure boom. Jim stressed that ACM is part of a group that catches a bid when you see an event like Wednesday afternoon's Manhattan steam blowout. Jim is also bullish on New York electric utility Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED was not ) for its 5% dividend yield. Cramersoo bullish on AptarGroup Inc. (ATR), and Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG). Jim would be a buyer of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)...	July 19, 2007
BHP Billiton (BHP) Looks At Alcoa	According to MarketWatch, BHP Billiton (BHP) is looking at a possible deal to buy Alcoa. Both companies missed out on getting married when Rio Tinto (RTP) locked up a bid for Alcan (AL). With Alcan's shares up 100%+ over the last year and Alcoa up only 60%, even a premium offer would appear to be a good deal. BHP has a market cap of $144 billion to Alcoa's $48 billion, so by relative size the buy-out would make sense. At the end of all the dancing, there may just be one huge aluminum c...	July 15, 2007

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