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California I.O.U.’s have hit home — ugh!

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Other issues , Bad news , Management , Rants and raves , Scandals , Politics , Headline news , Recession , Financial Crisis It was bound to happen. It is probably unavoidable for anyone to escape the cloud of California I.O.U.’s. Today one of my investment partners informed me that we received an I.O.U

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Pimco’s Kiesel says: "sell your junk."

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Money and Finance Today , Housing , Recession Mark Kiesel, at Pimco’s Pacific Investment Management Company says it’s best to sell your junk bonds now. Why is he saying this?

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Consumer sentiment down, according to everyone

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Recession , Financial Crisis There are two competing positions on consumer sentiment right now.

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Consumer sentiment down, according to everyone

Consumer sentiment down, according to everyone

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Recession , Financial Crisis There are two competing positions on consumer sentiment right now.

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Consumer sentiment down, according to everyone

Consumer sentiment down, according to everyone

Friday, July 10th, 2009

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Filed under: Recession , Financial Crisis There are two competing positions on consumer sentiment right now. One is that it turned south last week, as people worried about their jobs - always a bad sign for spending.

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Regis equity raise offers lessons, stock still a sell

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Competitive strategy , Stocks to Sell Paul Foster says that options activity in salon company Regis Corporation (NYSE: RGS ) indicates the stock is likely to have non-directional price movements over the short-term, following the company’s announcement of a stock and debt offering. That could very well be true, but I think the short-term is overanalyzed, and the long-term story here is much clearer — and Regis offers two important lessons about how to better-analyze the financing and operations of a company.

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What will happen if Baby Boomers retire with 401Ks that look like 201Ks?

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Forecasts , Employees , Politics , Recession Academics, being a privileged and rarefied lot, almost by second nature consistently look down the field. Hey, it’s what one is supposed to do when one has lifetime job security and is freed of many of the burdens that occupy most others in the American workforce. For the above reasons, and others, academics tend to see things others don’t.

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What will happen if Baby Boomers retire with 401Ks that look like 201Ks?

How much of an exit package should Richard Wagoner get?

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: General Motors (GM) Nearly four months after being pushed out as CEO, former General Motors head honcho Richard Wagoner is still officially an employee of the company. The reason? The company is still trying to figure out how much it has to give him to go away and keep his mouth shut

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Closing Bell: When you are just glad the closing bell came (AIG, DELL, GMGMQ, CSCO, POT)

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: Cisco Systems (CSCO) , Dell (DELL) , General Motors (GM) , Amer Intl Group (AIG) , Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) The University of Michigan has reported that its preliminary consumer sentiment report for July was atrocious . This was also probably the last day ahead of earnings season where traders could expect it to be quiet ahead of next week’s earnings season flurry.

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Closing Bell: When you are just glad the closing bell came (AIG, DELL, GMGMQ, CSCO, POT)

Investing in Israel

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Filed under: International markets , Newsletters , ETF Investing , Stocks to Buy , Israel “Our latest pick is a bet on a low-profile foreign market, Israel, which has turned out to be one of the world’s top performers this year,” says Nicholas Vardy . In The Global Bull Market Alert , he explains, We recommend the iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Market Index (NYSE: EIS ), as I expect the Israeli market to continue to perform well over the next few months.” “Global markets continue to be locked in a trading range, consolidating their gains of the last four months; this kind of see-saw trading is actually quite typical of the summer months, and I expect the range-bound trading to continue

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