Filed under: International markets , Forecasts , Good news , Recession Need another ‘green shoot’ to bolster your investment sentiment? Try this one: confidence in the global economy surged to a 22-month high in August on signs the worst global recession since the end of World War II is nearing an end. The Bloomberg Professional Global Confidence Index soared to 58.12 this month from 39.13 in July

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Ray of light: Global economic confidence surges in August

Filed under: Market matters , Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee minutes reveal that the Fed is going on a buying spree. The Fed plans to buy $1.25 trillion of agency mortgage backed securities, $200 billion of agency debt by the end of the year, and $300 billion of Treasury securities. One can only guess from these numbers that the Fed is extremely worried about the financial sector and is still trying to prop up the banks by buying their junk securities to get them off the hook.

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Bernanke is going on a buying spree with your money

Filed under: Market matters , Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee minutes reveal that the Fed is going on a buying spree. The Fed plans to buy $1.25 trillion of agency mortgage backed securities, $200 billion of agency debt by the end of the year, and $300 billion of Treasury securities. One can only guess from these numbers that the Fed is extremely worried about the financial sector and is still trying to prop up the banks by buying their junk securities to get them off the hook.

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Bernanke is going on a buying spree with you money

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US Steel: A bright future, but it’s not a play for squeamish investors

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Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE: DPS ), the bottler and distributor whose brands also include A&W, Clamato, Country Time, Hawaiian Punch and Motts, is scheduled to discuss its second quarter 2009 results tomorrow morning in a conference call at 9:00 AM ET, featuring CEO Larry Young and CFO John Stewart

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Dr Pepper earnings preview: Q2 not too sweet?

Filed under: Coach Inc (COH) , Stocks to Buy Coach is a retail survivor.

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Coach: Accessible luxury, accessible profits

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT) , Newsletters , Stocks to Buy ” Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) is a well-run company with a fortress-like balance sheet,” says growth stock expert Brandon Clay . In his Invest with an Edge he suggests, “Maicrosoft’s war chest of cash and their ability to sparkle with products like Bing makes the company an attractive long-term bet.” Here’s the advisor’s review.

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Microsoft (MSFT) ‘Fortress-like’ balance sheet