Archive for August, 2006
Monday, August 28th, 2006
Oil. Black gold. Texas Tea. That's the stuff that people want. They can't get enough of it, in fact, and they got slightly lower prices, which helped to rally the market. In fact, investors are bullish about a number of factors currently. And when ...
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
Being a newbie investor is a lot like being a trainee sent to a war zone. One wrong move, and you're job is over before it gets started. Investors need to develop a sixth sense when it comes to putting their money down. Newbies make a lot ...
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Today was pretty non-commital as more and more investors can't decide whether to be happy or sad. Everyone is worried about inflation, rising interest rates, war costs, and anything else you can think of. But a lot of people are still buying, despite downward pressure.
It's getting to be ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
This comes from the "Old Advice That Probably Is True File". It's easy to become enamored of a stock's "story", especially if it's a compelling one. You can easily inflate the company's capabilities, at least in your own mind. Because there's one big problem when it comes ...
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
Investors are dancing naked in the streets as the 5 day stock market winning streak continued. People can't believe their good fortune as stocks stayed strong in the face of mixed political and economic news.
Tech stocks were all over the place, with Dell doing bad:
After kicking off ...
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006
That's right. Jubilation has hit Superior Investor these days. Wall Street continues to rally and the boys in the back room are dancing a jig. Even oil prices calmed down:
Higher U.S. energy stockpiles and the continued cooling of Middle East tensions fueled the drop in crude futures. ...
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
That's the advice I'd give to any beginning investor. You don't want to get into the habit of losing while purchasing stocks. The more you research your investment, the more likely you are to succeed on the trade. Every day at the Superior Investor Stock Forums we're ...
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
Checking out the major gainers is always interesting, and today is no different. Some of the companies on today's gainer list are ones that have interesting business models.
Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC - News) traded higher after saying its board approved a modified Dutch auction tender offer to purchase ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Terrorist news is never good for the stock market, and it's usually bad for the airlines. But today ended up being not too bad for investors. The airlines actually fared okay today.
The financial toll on the carriers and whether they will have to scrap their higher ticket ...
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
The stock market wasn't too excited about the news that the Fed would hold steady on interest rates. Some had feared that the Fed might continue to push rates skyward, which would probably have a debilitating effect on already-slowing economy. With soaring gas prices, you might think that ...
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