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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Chasing Value: 8 stocks for 2008 -- June/July, that sinking feeling	Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS), Valero Energy (VLO), Huaneng Power Intl ADS (HNP), Chasing Value, Oil, Anglo Amer ADR (AAUK), S and P 500, DJIA, Newcastle Investment (NCT), Raytheon Company (RTN), Best Stocks for 2008, Bunge Ltd. (BG), Loews Corporation (LTR), NASDAQAfter seven months of tracking my 2008 picks -- Wham! -- I went from beating the indices and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) to being humbled by the market. However difficult it is to displ...	August 14, 2008
Cramer’s Steel Equipment Play - GrafTech	Cramer came out with bullish comments on graphite electrode maker GrafTech (GTI) for a play on the booming steel sector. GrafTech doesn’t make steel, but it does manufacture graphite electrodes, which are used in electric arc furnaces that steel producers use to turn scrap metal into steel. Cramer explained that furnaces need one electrode for every 8-10 hours of operation, and right now demand is exploding with most steelmakers running furnaces at full capacity. The demand for the company...	June 24, 2008
Closing bell: Bulls lose their way as Bears win out today	Filed under: Kroger Co (KR), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Eastman Kodak (EK)If you were looking for help from the economic front or from the oil patch today to help out the market, that wasn't in the cards. Home prices plunged by a record 15.3% from may 2007 to May 2008. Consumer confidence also came in at a 16-year low. From bottom to top to bottom we had more than a 150 point trading range in the DJIA today. These are the unofficial closing levels: DJIA 11810.04 (-32.89) S&P 500 13...	June 24, 2008
Reliance Steel Surges To All-Time Highs on Guidance (RS)	Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) is seeing a surge in pre-market trading this Tuesday after the company raised its guidance. Reliance expects its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	June 24, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round & Sudden Death	Lightning Round Bullish Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco (COST), TJX Companies (TJX), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Qualcomm (QCOM), General Steel (GSI), United States Steel (X) and Reliance Steel (RS). Bearish GeoEye (GEOY), Hershey Foods (HSY), Sears Holding (SHLD), Dana Holding (DAN), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) and American Capital Strategies (ACAS). Sudden Death Cramer was bullish on Merck (MRK) and bearish on Tyson Foods (TSN). Join the fastest growing community of small cap investors at Stockhideout.com...	June 19, 2008
Platinum Equity's golden deal	Filed under: Private equityPlatinum Equity focuses primarily on buying non-core assets from major companies. It's complex stuff but the firm has built a strong system to facilitate deals, such as with transition plans, long-term strategies, HR and so on. And it's paying off. This week Platinum Equity sold PNA Group Holding to Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) for about $1.1 billion. Keep in mind that Platinum picked up PNA in 2006 for a cheap $17.5 million. What's more, the firm wa...	June 18, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round	Bullish US Bancorp (USB), Sociedad Quimica (SQM), Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM), Yamana Gold (AUY), Otter Tail (OTTR), Northrop Grumman (NOC), EMC (EMC), AK Steel Holding (AKS), Reliance Steel (RS), United States Steel (X) and Nucor (NUE). Bearish Barrick Gold (ABX), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Corn Products International (CPO) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT). Join the fastest growing community of small cap investors at Stockhideout.com...	June 13, 2008
Serious Money: GE should focus on water and power	Filed under: International markets, Other issues, Products and services, Management, General Electric (GE), China, Private equity, Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS), Serious MoneyIt's time to make some major changes, something I have said before. I am not the first to suggest this and I am quite sure I will not be the last. General Electric (NYSE: GE) needs to take some serious action to add shareholder value. Apparently, Jeffrey Immelt was very embarrassed after last quarter's earnings announcem...	June 12, 2008
Chasing Value: 8 stocks for 2008 -- May beats all	Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS), Valero Energy (VLO), Huaneng Power Intl ADS (HNP), Chasing Value, Anglo Amer ADR (AAUK), Stocks to Buy, Newcastle Investment (NCT), Raytheon Company (RTN), Best Stocks for 2008, Bunge Ltd. (BG), Loews Corporation (LTR)After five months of tracking my 2008 picks, it is rewarding to finally have a breakthrough -- topping the three major stock indices and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) too. It has been painful to have to r...	June 02, 2008
Apple, Oil, & Steel were rays of light on gloomy market day	Filed under: Major movement, International markets, Other issues, Bad news, Rants and raves, Apple Inc (AAPL), Market matters, Halliburton (HAL), Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS), Valero Energy (VLO), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Politics, Commodities, Oil, Headline news, Precision Drilling TR (PDS)Today was a very gloomy day in the stock market with Oil reaching new highs and everything else losing -- almost. Among the few winners, and I mean very few, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), oil, and specialty...	May 20, 2008

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