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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Crocs Flop Shares of Crocs (CROX) plunged after hours following the company’s weak profit and revenue forecast. The company said their problems were due to a challenging U.S. market for shoes. Terranova asked the traders which $5 stock would they own here - Ford Motor (F), Crocs (CROX) or Washington Mutual (WM)? Seymour said Ford is the best play for its overseas exposure. He said he has been buying the stock at current levels. Macke said he wouldn’...	July 24, 2008
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Early August	There are over 35 stocks going ex-dividend in early August. Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, yields over 1%, and are going ex...	July 18, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesBank of the Ozarks (OZRK)- Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral » Buy RehabCare (RHB)- Avondale Mkt Perform » Mkt Outperform OfficeMax (OMX)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Corus Entertainment (CJR)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Sanderson Farms (SAFM)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Canadian Natrl Res (CNQ)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform Elan (ELN)- UBS Sell » Neutral PetroQuest Energy (PQ)- UBS Neutral » Buy Calgon...	July 11, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Am I Diversified	The first caller had the following stocks: Apple (AAPL), Goldman Sachs (GS), Petrobras (PBR), Visa (V) and Valero (VLO). Cramer said this portfolio had two pairs. He advised the caller to sell Visa and buy a drug stock and sell Valero for a food stock. The second caller was long these stocks: Deere & Co (DE), El Paso (EP), Quanta Services (PWR), Freeport McMoran (FCX) and Yamana Gold (AUY). Cramer explained that both Freeport and Yamana are too much of the same, so he said sell one and buy a...	July 09, 2008
Chasing Value: Valero -- when is a downgrade an upgrade?	Filed under: Major movement, Forecasts, Top Picks 2007, Valero Energy (VLO), Chasing Value, Commodities, Oil, Stocks to BuyWhat can I say, one of my best stocks picks of 2007 has turned into one of my worst of 2008. Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) the largest independent oil refiner in the United States has experienced shrinking profit margins as oil prices have continued to climb throughout the year.It was reported in the Associated Press that a Wall Street analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey &...	June 27, 2008
Recent Portfolio Moves	Selling 70% of my National Atlantic stake freed up cash, and I deployed half of that today in a variety of rebalancing trades. Today I bought some Jones Apparel, Valero Energy, Hartford Financial Services, and OfficeMax. I sold some RGA to buy some MetLife, in order to get cheaper RGA. Today’s actions brought cash in the portfolio from 14% to 11%. It’s a good time to be adding to positions in a modest way. If the market declines further, I will continue to slowly reduce cash ...	June 21, 2008
Valero (VLO): Ready for a refinery rebound?	Filed under: Newsletters, Valero Energy (VLO), Commodities, Oil, Stocks to BuyAlthough he has been maintaining a cautious stance on the refining group, energy sector expert Elliott Gue is now boosting the rating on Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO). In his The Energy Strategist, the advisor explains, "Valero is now attractive for three reasons: superior geographic exposure, refinery complexity and a new focus on profitability." "Our caution on the refining group was due to expectations that crack spre...	June 19, 2008
Ten Notes on Crude Oil: The Fixation	In different economic eras, different things attract the attention of the media, investors, politicians, etc. Today a leading attention grabber would be crude oil, and the energy complex. It is a honeypot for conspiracy theorists and unscrupulous politicians (not quite an oxymoron). 1) Fuel is subsidized across much of the world, particularly in countries where there is a large state owned oil company. Current high prices are making it difficult to maintain those subsidies, so countries ...	June 14, 2008
Mistras Group wants some IPO cash	Filed under: General Electric (GE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Valero Energy (VLO), Initial public offeringsIt's a mouthful: non-destructive testing (NDT). Yet, it's a big market - and it is growing fast. Basically, NDT helps assure the structural integrity of critical infrastructure. A top NDT operator is Mistras Group. This week, the company filed to go public. Mistras has a strong team of scientists, engineers and technicians. There is also a suite of sophisticated software...	June 12, 2008
The Complete Andrew Liveris (DOW) Interview by Todd Sullivan	Here is the whole interview... Hello Mr. LiverisAndrew:Hello Todd, nice to finally put a voice to the blog. Todd its been great reading your pieces......you track us very closely.Todd:Thank you. In full disclosure, I have been a shareholder for a few years now and quite a bit of my sons educational accounts is in Dow stock so I'm hoping you allow us to send them to the private school of our choice, not forced to a state one. Andrew:(laughing) I'm in I'm in. This is one of the nations core issue...	June 12, 2008

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