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Hot Option Plays: Equities And Euro Converge
Friday’s Stocks To Watch, Aug 24 2012
Maybe It’s A Language Problem?
Stocks See Triple-digit Drop As Stimulus Hopes Fade
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U.S. Department Of State Talks Assistance For Syria
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Buy DUST @ $35.80
This Junior Miner Was Able To Raise Capital In A Difficult Market
2012: The Year Of The Housing Recovery, Part II; “This Is What A Housing Recovery Looks Like”
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Hot Option Plays: Equities And Euro Converge

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:13 PM PDT

Cusick’s Corner 08-23-2012
As I noted this morning, if the Euro currency picks up some momentum to the upside that could trigger Equities to potentially pull back and challenge lows of the session. Well, that did happen — the Euro, FXE, broke $1.25 and the market pulled back and has been challenging support, 1400 on the S&Ps. So the non-correlated relationship continues. This impacted the Dollar trade, UUP, a pullback on the greenback also pressured the commodities, JJG/CORN/USO. Nat Gas, … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Friday’s Stocks To Watch, Aug 24 2012

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:15 PM PDT

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What an amazing day for Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (NASDAQ:ROSG). The stock closed up 34.4% on strong steady volume. Earlier this week I alerted you via Twitter at 4.28 and it was also on blog ( Tuesday’s Stocks to Watch ) that the stock has developed a new uptrend after recent retreats and a close above $5 would confirm the positive outlook ! Congratulations to those who paid attention. Now, the good news is that the build up in volume and upward price movements are getting … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Maybe It’s A Language Problem?

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:11 PM PDT

But, but, but…I thought things were supposed to get better during a “recovery”?
“Household Income Fell More in Recovery Than During Recession” (Washington Post)
Annual median household income is struggling to recover after the most recent recession. Although it has gone up from its low in August 2011, it is still 7.2 percent below the December 2007 … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Stocks See Triple-digit Drop As Stimulus Hopes Fade

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:09 PM PDT

08/23/12 Stocks settled near session lows Thursday on concerns over the global economy and as optimism over further Fed stimulus … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Xbox 360 Aims To Rock The Vote

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:07 PM PDT

08/23/12 Microsoft will launch its Election 2012 Hub on Xbox LIVE on August 27. The dashboard hub provides a platform for Xbox owners to get involved in the presidential … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

U.S. Department Of State Talks Assistance For Syria

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:40 AM PDT

08/23/12 Mark Bartolini of Director of The U.S. Department of State’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance talks providing humanitarian assistance for … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Energy Updates: CO2 At A 20-Year Low, Oceans Of Natural Gas, Romney V. Obama, $1T Capex In 2012

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:37 PM PDT

1. Investor’s Business Daily ran an excellent editorial a few days ago on the “shockingly good news” that carbon emissions are now the lowest in 20 years, going all the way back to 1992 (see chart above, EIA data here), here’s a slice:

“Carbon emissions in the U.S. have hit a 20-year low due to a supposedly environmentally unfriendly drilling technique that has created an abundance of cheap natural gas. The free market, it seems, does it better than the EPA.”

“Environmentalists find … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Buy DUST @ $35.80

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:08 PM PDT

In this morning’s pre-market trade I doubled my position in Direxion’s Gold Miner BEAR 3X ETF (DUST) with a purchase $1 lower than yesterday’s at $35.80.

My TSI Trading record has been … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

This Junior Miner Was Able To Raise Capital In A Difficult Market

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Recent drilling at Corvus Gold's (KOR.TO or CORVF) North Bullfrong is the best to date with some very interesting drill holes. Corvus also intercepted significant high grade silver on the property. This project is becoming a significant discovery. Corvus is looking to develop this project in stages. The company is looking to bring this to production by 2014. Drilling will be accelerated in September 2012. The asset is very attractive as it has a low cost of about $28 million to get into … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

2012: The Year Of The Housing Recovery, Part II; “This Is What A Housing Recovery Looks Like”

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT

There’s more positive housing data coming out this week to support the growing consensus that we’ve passed the bottom and now have a solid, sustainable real estate recovery underway (see related CD post on Tuesday). Here are some of those new data:

1. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its quarterly report today with U.S. home prices for the month of June and quarterly home prices for the second quarter, based on its House Price Indexes(HPIs) for houses financed or … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

US Durable Goods, Spanish Cabinet Meeting Top Off The Week

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:33 AM PDT

DAYAHEAD … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

What Is Dividend Growth Investing?

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:48 AM PDT

In brief
An income-focused stock selection strategy that involves buying stocks with a long history of increasing dividend payments (known as Dividend Aristocrats or Dividend Champions) and reinvesting any proceeds.
There is usually a strong Buffettesque focus on the quality of the franchise supporting the business to ensure sustainability of the dividend payment.
Background
It’s hard to pin down the exact origins of Dividend Growth Investing (DGI). Clearly a recognition of … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards