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Agricultural Pullback Signals Opportunity
The drought is behind us, or is it? The thing about droughts is that they can actually last a very long time with interspersed wet periods. There is really no guarantee that the drought is over or that...
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3 Potential Turnaround Companies: Hunting For a Last Light
Turnaround companies are always tricky. When a company is far gone enough I always see it as needing one significant development that sets it right. A lot of small victories is okay. To turn a company...
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Starbucks Expands Overseas and into Tea
I cannot wait for the neighborhood tea bars to spring up. Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) did it for coffee a while back. Now it is time for tea lovers to get a place to sit down with their iPads or work on...
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SeaMicro Technology Could be Good Enough to Save AMD
I am a big fan of SeaMicro’s technology even if I sometimes come down hard on AMD (NYSE: AMD). I think AMD has a lot of problems that do not bode well for it, and hard decisions will have to be made....
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Activision-Blizzard (ATVI): The Long Case and Caveats
I love Activision-Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) for both its games and as a company. However, I have been looking at many game companies in the wake of THQ’s bankruptcy. There are concerns I have about ATVI....
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Global Shipping’s Juicy Growth and Dividends
Global trade is an extremely important part of a modern existence. Almost everything can be traced back to some ship transporting cargo, even if it just fertilizer for locally grown crops. The fuel of...
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Qualcomm and Nvidia: Feed your Portfolio Some Chips
Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) is one of those companies that is behind the veil. Investors know about it but the casual consumer who is not heavily into technology might have heard the name in passing, but...
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Carnival of Stocks and Options #6
Welcome to the January 21, 2013 edition of Carnival of Stocks and Options. Trade Idea bobsmith82 presents SciClone Pharmaceuticals: A Biotech Stock That Could Double posted at...
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3 Bank Stocks; 2 to Buy, 1 to Consider
It is always nice getting updated on the current happening of bank stocks. With just a few looks at the grand strategy for the company you can look at the numbers as they come down the information...
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3 Tech Stocks With Plans for the Future
It is extremely difficult to find stocks for cutting-edge emerging technologies. Most of them are private, and the skunkworks operations of the major companies will not define earnings into the future....
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Sprint is Still the Underdog Favorite
Sprint (NYSE: S) is still in the midst of a turnaround, but it is progressing very strongly so it might be past the turn. The company is recovering nicely, but its focus is on building a great network...
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3 Metals that are Not Gold and Related ETFs
There a ton of elements that are not gold, but the emphasis on the metal inevitably leans yellow. Gold is one of my least favorite metals, because I just do not buy the story. I buy some of the story...
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3 Metals that are Not Gold and Their Miners
Metals might be a good commodity to invest in sometimes, but not all metals are created equally and not all are in ascendance all the time. Investing in businesses that extract, refine, and prepare the...
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Aluminum Kingdom: Economic Growth Spurs Demand
Aluminum is not exactly science-fiction style gray goo, but for investors it is interesting. Being one of the most commonly used metals means that as our lackluster global economy improves demand...
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OT: What Has Been Going on Around Here?
Shawn: Gus, I’ve had a catheter! Gus: You mean catharsis. -Psych The good times are coming. Must find sunglasses. That was me about a week ago, because I realize that I have been kidding myself here....
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Valero Beat Continues Momentum for Industry, but For How Long?
The question I have sounds like the end of a bad movie. “We have peace, but for how long” and the camera pans out to show the impending doom approaching. I wish I did not have to be so timely, since...
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CoinStar’s Two Products for the Future
It still amazes me how Coinstar (Nasdaq: CSTR) turned a coin sorter, strongbox, and computer into a viable business model. It was successful enough to launch the more successful RedBox. Now the company...
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Mobile Gaming Platforms Go Head-to-Head
Origin, Activate, and now Infinity from Disney (NYSE: DIS) are trying to jump into the lucrative social gaming space. These are platforms to distribute games, interact through social media, track...
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A Tale of Two Products, an Alcatel-Lucent Romance
In a few days I will be putting up the Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) saga I have been researching and writing. It is really just my thoughts on the company, along with explanations of the goings on...
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Blitz: The Allure of Turnaround Plays
Right now we have Alcatel-Lucent Mania here at The Market Archive. This is due in no small part to the release of a company profile that talks a ton about anything and everything I know about...
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