Why AgFeed Industries Inc. (FEED) Is One Of the Worst Companies Around & How I Knew

You might remember over the past 7 months, I’ve written some pretty negative articles about FEED, “Those Hypesters Are At It Again“, “Pirates Pretending To Be Pig Farmers” and “The SmallCap Pump & Dump Capital Raising Game“. Well, judging from the cha...

AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson on "Bailout"

AutoNation's (AN) Mike Jackson did the following interview yesterday on PBS JEFF YASTINE: Earlier today, I spoke with Michael Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, the largest chain of auto dealerships in the country. I began by asking him how soon his business will feel the impact of the plan and when his ...

Book Review: Mr. Market Miscalculates

Did you get burned on housing, Fannie (FNM) or Freddie (FRE)? Did you not buy Altria (MO) in 2000, yielding over 9% and miss out on 24% a year since? If you did it is because you have not read James Grant's Interest Rate Observer or, if you did, you ignored it to your own peril. First the boilerp...

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Pershing Files13D/A in Borders

Here is the latest on Pershing and Borders (BGP) This calculation is based on 75,238,934 shares of common stock of Borders Group, Inc. This figure is based on 60,538,934 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 29, 2008 as reported in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly per...

The Week that Was......(video)

Probably the most dramatic week in recent history... Disclosure ("none" means no position):Visit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books Enter your Email Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz

Californian City Considers Buying back lawns to save water

How 'green' is your lawn? The City of Fresno in California think’s not very ‘green’ at all and is proposing to ‘buy back’ lawns from home owners in an effort to stop people pouring the States’ precious water resources all over them. This is part of an Urban Water Management Plan approved by the Fr...

Wachovia / Wells Fargo Merger Transcript Details

Here are the notable items from the Wells Fargo (WFC), Wachovia (WB) merger call. - The synergies will be a $5 billion in that number on an annual basis, it’s about 10% of the combined costs of the expenses of the two organizations.- Merger costs around $10 billion and target the closing for the f...

Sustainable Development Ends Suburban Sprawl

By John Addison (10/3/08) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law SB 375 stating, "This landmark bill takes California's fight against global warming to a whole new level and it creates a model that the rest of the country and world will use. When it comes to reducing greenhouse gases, ...

Premarket Analysis for 10/3 - Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted by Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com a site made by traders for traders, join us for free, check out our trading room. From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Friday, October 3rd WALL STREET JOURNAL: Sprint Nextel (S), trying to unload its Nextel business, has found potential buyers i...

3 Growth Stocks that are posing as Value Stocks

This market is really fickle and the bailout package seems to have done nothing to appease the market. Today, while the market was waiting for the House to approve the new bailout plan, the Dowt... Visit http://stocksandblogs.com for FREE access to this and a lot more.

Zimride into the sunset

by Cristina FoungMy favorite green product of the week: Zimride's Carpool CommunityWhat is it?Zimride is a carpooling community. It lets you find and share rides, figure out whose route is on your way, and intelligently pick who you get in a car with (whether or not you know them before hand). You...

Market Slumps, Commodity Sectors Crash! SPX, Nasdaq, MOS, POT, CF, MON, CLF, AEM, MEE, X

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! Sign up for FREE membership! The market had another big, down day, led by the commodity sectors. The agriculture stocks too a huge tumble after an earnings miss by MOS yesterday. MOS itself lost almost 1/2 of its value, down 41.27%!! POT lost nearly 27%; C...

Premarket Analysis for 10/2 - Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com, a site made by traders for traders, join us for free and read other awesome market articles from our community and write your own!! From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Thursday, October 2nd WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to people familiar wit...

U.S. Dollar Stronger, Gold Lower in Early Trading

Thursday, October 2--Jim Wyckoff's Morning Web Log OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS The market features in overnight/early morning trading today are solidly lower gold prices and a sharply stronger U.S. dollar. * JIM'S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY * The economic signals I've been seeing the ...

The $700 Billion Bailout Question: Will it Work?

The $700 Billion Bailout Question: Will it Work? - by Ziad Morning folks..Hope all is well.I guess these are times well remember for a very long time and that will affect our lives for at least the next decade.The $700 Billion Bailout Question: Will it Work?Economists and financial experts don't a...

ConocoPhillips’ CTO on the Future of Cleantech and Energy Technology

I had the opportunity recently to chat with Stephen Brand, the chief technology officer for ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), one of the largest major oil companies in the world. I have a long personal history with the ConocoPhillips organization. One of the first IPOs I ever worked on was the Conoco, In...

Back To The House Part 2

Will the bill pass the House on the second go around?  That is the question Americans are asking today.  After the massive selloff, a drop of 777 points, and frozen credit markets…it would appear that the House would see things a little differently now.  Buffett is betting on the passing of ...

A Waiting Game: SPX, Nasdaq, JPM, GS, BAC, C, PRU, WFC, PRU, BLK, MA, GE, IMCL, MOS

from MyHappyTrading.com by HappyTrading! Sign up for FREE membership! The market was very volatile today, but, for the most part, range-bound. Investors/traders seemed to be nervous, and yet slightly more optimistic, ahead of the Senate’s voting on the modified economic rescue plan. Financi...

Premarket Analysis for 10/01 - Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com, a site made by traders for traders, join us for free! Join our trading room for ideas, market thoughts and for fun! Strawberry Swing - Coldplay From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Wednesday, October 1st WALL STREET JOURNAL: Over the past...

U.S. Stock Indexes, Crude Oil Weaker Early

Wednesday, October 1--Jim Wyckoff's Morning Web Log OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS The market features in overnight/early morning trading today are weaker U.S. stock index futures prices and a weaker U.S. dollar. * JIM'S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY * I am in the camp of those who believe ...

Analysis how to invest in gold.

There is always winner on the stock market. All these turmoils in financial companies and fear about financial system itself pushing money into the gold. Gold is seen as kind of hedging tool. Have a look what is the outlook for Gold price in following 6 months. It could be interesting source if yo...

Wind Leading the Pack of Winning Clean Tech Technologies

by Marguerite Manteau-RaoMark Jakobson, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Stanford University, performed a thorough evaluation of energy solutions to global warming, as applied to alternative vehicle technologies. His answers may surprise you.Pr. Jakobson looked at the following...

U.S. Stock Indexes, Crude Oil Rebound Overnight

Tuesday, September 30--Jim Wyckoff's Morning Web Log OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS The market features in overnight/early morning trading today are solidly higher U.S. stock index futures and crude oil prices, and a firmer U.S. dollar. * JIM'S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY * Today is the l...

Hedge Your Longs Using the Bounce Today

Ok so Dow is up 400 points today and one might be tempted to forget the feeling of doom and gloom yesterday when it fell 778 points. But rest assured, the market has not bottomed. There is plenty of... Visit http://stocksandblogs.com for FREE access to this and a lot more.