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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Talking to People On the Street Can Help When it Comes to China ETFs	By heading over to China and having some conversations with regular people, one can learn a lot that could help when it comes time to start looking at exchange traded funds (ETFs). Tony Sagami for Money and Markets did just that and found three trends during his recent trip. He observed these things firsthand and had chatted with everyday people, not CEOs and other corporate hot shots. The price of oil has skyrocketed. But not the oil you think. Oil prices have taken center stage in mo...	June 11, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Apple Computer Trade A number of brokerage houses raised their price target on Apple Computer (AAPL) due to the cheap price of the new 3G iPhone. Citigroup upped its price target to $287 from $248 and Lehman Brothers raised its price target to $234 from $202. Macke said that Apple’s partners like Synchronoss (SNCR) sold off today. Adami thinks Apple can trade up to $200. Strong Dollar Trade The traders discussed the possibility of the Fed raising interest...	June 10, 2008
A Sprint Higher For Olympic Stocks	It’s difficult to fathom the social and political significance of this summer’s Olympics to China as an emerging world power. But the research firm Capital IQ has taken a crack at measuring something more concrete: the benefit to shareholders of the games’ corporate sponsors. Analysts at Capital IQ, based in New York, recently created a capitalization-weighted index of 14 Olympic sponsors, including such bellwethers as Visa, BHP Billiton, McDonald’s, and Anheuser-Busch. S...	May 29, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE China Trade The trades spoke with Steve Cortes, Veracruz LLC CEO, about how to play China. Cortes said his research shows that China’s growth is unsustainable without the American consumer. He believes the U.S. consumer is in trouble and this in effect will hurt China’s stock market. Cortes also thinks the U.S. dollar is going to get stronger which will also hurt China. He suggested shorting iShares FTSE China (FXI) and PetroChina (PTR) and buying t...	May 27, 2008
Top Uranium Stocks	Some facts about uranium:1. It is about 70% more dense than lead.2. It occurs naturally in low concentrations in most rocks and water.3. It has the highest atomic weight of the naturally occurring elements.4. It was discovered in 1789 and named after the planet Uranus.5. Its radioactive properties were uncovered in 1896.6. It was first used as a fuel in the nuclear power industry in 1934.7. One kilogram of uranium-235 can theoretically produce about as much electricity as 1500 tons of coal.The f...	May 27, 2008
Winners and Losers From the Week That Was	BCE bondholders: A Quebec appeals court threw a wrench into the $35 billion buyout of BCE, rejecting the deal and siding with BCE’s bondholders who said the deal was unfair to them. The Supreme Court of Canada might overturn the ruling, but at this point it seems unlikely the case will be heard before the buyout’s June 30 deadline. That has analysts predicting a settlement — most likely valued at more than $1 billion — with BCE bondholders. Jamie Dimon: If the FT Alphav...	May 23, 2008
Wall Street Rumors: May 23, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Rising Oil Pressures Stock Futures Stock futures pointed lower once again Friday morning, extending a recent pattern, as oil prices resumed their sprint higher. Oil Industry, Lawmakers Aim To Lift Bans on Drilling Mounting concerns about global energy supply are fueling a drive by the oil industry and some U.S. lawmakers to end longstanding bans on domestic drilling put in place to protect environmentally sensiti...	May 23, 2008
Afternoon Reading: Are Yahoo, Google Talks Heating Up?	Perhaps Yahoo’s talks with Google began as posturing to avoid a deal with Microsoft, but now there are rumors that discussions between the two are really heating up. Can the tactic work again? “The possibility of a search-ad outsourcing arrangement between the two companies was, in part, what caused Microsoft to lose its appetite for Yahoo. Could it cause Icahn to lose his as well? Seems doubtful,” writes John Paczkowski for Digital Daily. Meanwhile, Yahoo has struck an ad pa...	May 16, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD ON THE STREET VIDEODonny Deutsch Trade - Big Business Exploits Small BrandsDonny Deutsch, the host of CNBC's "Big Idea" joined the traders to discuss some trends he is seeing with big businesses buying small brands. He said Coke (KO) is buying into vitamin water and he thinks the upside is huge. He warned investors that once the the brand starts to feel generic or loses its entrepreneurial spirit than get out. He advised investor to watch what Clorox (CLX) does with Burt's...	May 15, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEO HERERetail TradeIS the retail sector worth a short-term trade considering the bullish action in the sector of late? Kohl's (KSS) and Nordstrom (JWN) are set to report earnings on Thursday. Macke said traders could get long KSS and JWN ahead of their reports. He thinks both firms will report decent numbers and the stocks should pop. Adami advised investors if they trade KSS make sure to be out by Friday. Finerman disclosed her hedge fund has sold out of Children's Pla...	May 14, 2008

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