Author RSSThe Truth About Free Energy
In the news we hear more and more about pollution and running out of fossil fuels. How we want to focus more on alternative energy sources, such as wind, solar or hydroelectric. And yes this is true. They are all good ways to make energy.
However you m...
Stocks Will Benefit from Bond Bust
Investors disappointed with the stock market's sub-par performance have piled into other asset classes. One such red hot asset class is the bond market, which has been attracting a lot of investment dollars, largely at the expense of stocks.
But that h...
Options: Why Do Some Have More Luck Than Others
Why do some people have more 'luck' when buying options than others?
Better yet, why do some people have better luck with stocks than with options?
I believe a lot of that has to do with fully understanding how options work.
Believe me, options a...
Mutual Funds Rotational Strategy
"Sell in May and go away." Most investors have heard this old fashioned wise saying. In case you haven't, it means selling your stocks in May and sitting in cash until the end of the October. But does this strategy really work? According to data from S...
Ford Motors Profits Improve $3.34B
Ford Motor Co. (F) posted a profit of $2.7 billion or 68 cents per share (before exclusive items that include sales of Volvo cars, among other things) in the second quarter of the year, far outdoing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 40 cents per share. The ...
Mutual Fund Investing for Senior Citizens
Mutual funds is a pool of money from thousands of small investors and a mutual fund manager buys stocks, bonds or other securities with those investments. When you contribute money to a mutual fund, you get a share in all its investments. Mutual funds can...
The Story of Google Mobile
With the desktop PC receding as the top hardware for connecting users to the web, many equations are changing. For Google Inc. (GOOG - Analyst Report), which has dominated the search market on the desktop platform for awhile now, this could be regarded as...
AIG Faces Lawsuit; Names AIA Head
Along with the burden of repaying the bailout money, American International Group Inc. (AIG - Analyst Report) agreed on Friday to pay $725 million to three Ohio public pension funds for the arrangement of a class action lawsuit, filed with Securities and ...
U.S. Bank Failures Zoom to 90
Bank failures resume unabated as the U.S. regulators closed down four more banks on Friday. Out of the four failed banks, two were based in Maryland and one each in Oklahoma and New York. This brings the total number of bank failures to 90 so far in 2010,...
EIA Reports Big Natural Gas Build
The federal government's Energy Information Administration ("EIA") reported a larger-than-expected swell in natural gas supplies, reflecting an increasing onshore output. This was somewhat offset by soaring temperatures in the northeastern U.S. that provi...
Mutual Funds, Investing the Easy Way
If you are like most investors, either a beginner or a professional, you would like to make sure your money grow while it is out of action. It is for this rationale that many investors have turned to investing (mostly mutual funds) as a means to increase ...
Profitability Declines at Lawson
Lawson Software Inc. (LWSN - Analyst Report) recently registered a 70% decline in net income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. Net income came in at $2.6 million or 2 cents per share compared with $8.6 million or 5 cents in the year-earlier quarter.
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Western Union Expands in Japan
The world's leading money transfer business, Western Union Co. (WU - Analyst Report), yesterday announced that it has tied up with a top foreign-exchange specialist company, Travelex Group Limited. Western Union intends to offer its international money tr...
Key Acquisition Made By Patterson-UTI
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (PTEN - Analyst Report), one of the largest onshore contract drillers in the U.S., has approved to obtain certain assets of onshore well service rig provider Key Energy Services (KEG - Snapshot Report) for $237.7 million. As per ...
Apple’s iPhone 4 Sets Record
Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced that its fourth generation iPhone 4, made available to the public on June 24, 2010 in the U.S., Britain, France, Germany and Japan, sold a record 1.7 million in just three days after the launch, making it the most profitable st...