Filed under: Good news , Housing , Recession U.S. existing home sales rose 7.2% in July to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate to 5.24 million units, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday . It was the fourth straight monthly rise.

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Ray of light: July existing home sales hint at a price bottom

Filed under: Stocks to Buy It goes without saying that I favor oil/oil services plays, including drillers.

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Atwood’s shares are on the move

Filed under: News Corp’B’ (NWS) , Options News Corporation (NYSE: NWS ) was recently up 21 cents to $12.98. NWS is the owner of the Dow Jones Indexes, and is shopping the business to buyers, reports the WSJ

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Options Update: News Corporation volatility low

Filed under: Stocks to Buy If you hitched your train to Cameron International Corporation (NYSE: CAM ) in late April, as recommended on April 24, 2009 , you’re up a nice 40%. And that’s before the next oil boom begins. Hence, I’m reiterating my Buy rating for Cameron, first recommended at a price of $25.59

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As expected, Cameron is on the rise

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Filed under: Employees , Economic data , Recession When analyzing U.S. unemployment data to discern the labor market trend, its best to pull the lens back. The reason

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When analyzing U.S. labor market data, pull the lens back

Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM) , Chevron Corp (CVX) , Oil They say you should buy low and sell high, which is easy to say but hard to do. How low is low and how high is high?

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Oil prices boost oil stocks at support (PTR, XOM, CVX)

Filed under: Rants and raves , Columns , Business of sports So, how would I fix ESPN? There is a reason I am talking about this topic today. My idea was sparked by an interview conducted by Darren Rovell with ESPN The Magazine’s general manager Gary Hoenig

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JockStocks: How to fix ESPN

Filed under: Products and services , Yahoo! (YHOO) Should political satire be censored by one of the largest photo-sharing websites on the planet?

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Yahoo! plays favorites when it comes to political images on Flickr?

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT) , Newsletters , Stocks to Buy “One way to protect yourself in a difficult market environment is to buy shares in low-risk, blue chip companies; one outstanding examples is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ),” suggest Kuen Chan & David Sandell . In The Complete Investor , they explain, “The company is safe, strong, and able to grow even in a weak economy

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Microsoft (MSFT): ‘Safe and strong’

Filed under: Major movement , Good news , Options , Technical Analysis Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY - option chain ) shares are rising today after health insurer Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) announced that it would fully cover swine flu vaccinations , even for members that do not have immunizations typically covered.

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Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) gains on UNH swine flu assurances