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Before I get into the meat of today's TickerHound Weekly article, I just wanted to say... HAPPY NEW YEAR! Now that it's officially 2008, I want to wish you, your family and your friends much success, health and happiness in the New Year. By the way, have you made any New Year's resolutions? I, for one, am resolving to be…
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This will be short and sweet, folks.  I think that by year's end, you will thank me. I do not limit myself when I am investing and/or trading, and neither should you.  There should be no restrictions on what you buy as long as you understand what it is. For example, some people just buy stocks or options.  I disagree…
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We’re down about 150 points from the last trading day of 2007.  Not the welcome into 2008 that any one of us would have liked. So what’s going on? The biggest fear gripping the market currently is that the old 1970’s bogeyman called Stagflation might make a comeback.  Stagflation is a slowing of economic growth that is accompanied by increasing…
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Historic event alert! Yesterday, there was one single futures contract traded at $100.00 a barrel!  The trade preceding that one was 10 contracts traded at $99.50.  I guess the person who bought one single contract at a 50-cent premium just wanted to be the first person ever to pay $100.00/barrel.  Nothing much has really changed, but this definitely has a…
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I think TickerHound members are getting smarter by the day... I had a friend (a big time trader at Goldman Sachs) call me up personally this week to tell me how impressed he was with the depth of both questions and answers that were on the site. I told him that I wish I could take credit for it, but…
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Today's article is courtesy of frequent Tycoon Report guest contributor Ethan Roberts.  It is the single most important message I could share with those of you who want to turn your financial lives around in 2008. Yes, that doesn't apply to all of you.  Not everyone reading The Tycoon Report needs to turn his or her "financial life around".  But…
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The last day of the year is upon us, and it's time to reflect. At least that's what I'm told. So here is a lightning round re-cap of what's been quite a year ... Personally Equal parts horrible (having watched my mom bravely battle and then lose to cancer), and special (watching my daughter turn two and blossom into a…
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Editor's Note:  Teeka has the Holiday week off from his Tycoon Report duties.  The below article was originally published three months ago, when the price of gold was around $740 per ounce.  With gold already about 13% higher, and given the continuing uncertainty in the U.S. market and the geopolitical fallout from yesterday's tragic events in Pakistan, you'd be well…
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Ever since I wrote the article titled "Why Citigroup With an 8% Yield is a Bargain" two weeks ago, I've received lots of e-mails from people either agreeing that the stock is oversold (but still reluctant to buy) or completely disagreeing with me about the notion that we are looking at a good buy at this price with this dividend.…
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As the “value investor” of this motley crew of investors who write for The Tycoon Report,  I am most often asked why I invest for the long term.  Trading, they argue, is the most logical way to invest your money. Isn’t it smarter to follow trends than to wait for them? Well, yes ... and no.  There are many reasons…
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