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Investing in Buyout Prospects
After upping its offering price, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) finally bought out Human Genome Sciences (HGSI). The price was $3 Billion plus or minus for the hostile takeover turned agreeable with the sweetened pot. The takeover brings to mind the business of investing in buyout prospects. Human Genome Sciences was trading for just over $13.50 a share […]
Buy Shares of Supervalu
Is it time to buy shares of Supervalu (SVU) or is the stock too far gone? The nearly century old grocer is the third largest food retailer in the USA behind Kroger and Safeway. However, Supervalu shares fell by almost half the other day after the company reported extremely poor fiscal first quarter earnings. It […]
Long Term Investment in Alcoa
The news has been full of speculation about Alcoa’s second quarter earnings. Some speculated that the company would see earnings fall as much as 80%. It turns out that the company ran at a loss in the second quarter of this year. Aluminum prices are at all-time lows and one might believe that the picture […]
Too Late To Short Glaxosmithkline
It may be too late to short Glaxosmithkline (GSK) but so what. The fourth biggest company in “Big Pharma” just pled guilty and will pay a fine of $3 Billion in the largest health care fraud case in United States history. When the settlement was announced the stock fell from $1481 a share to $1487 […]
Manufacturing Contraction Threatens Investments
The economic “chickens” may have come home to roost as a US manufacturing contraction threatens investments. The Institute for Supply Management report on the manufacturing sector shows that June of 2012 produced the first fall in demand in almost three years (July of 2009). ISM’s purchasing manager’s index is a closely watched measure of current […]
End of Euro Zone Austerity
According to news sources, Moody’s is about to downgrade Spain’s debt rating, again. Greece is still struggling with austerity measures imposed by the EU in return for bailout funds. The Euro Zone appears to be poised for another recession. Does this mean the end of Euro Zone austerity? The issue in Spain is the same […]
Invest Offshore in Mexico
As the US economy languishes at eight percent unemployment investors look offshore for opportunity. Offshore in this case simply refers to outside of the USA. This is an important point because a great opportunity today is to invest offshore in Mexico. Mexico is currently hosting the G20 summit. The nation is negotiating to be a […]
Real Wealth Income Generator
Tired of investing you money in buy and hold stocks only to see a year’s worth of appreciation disappear over two or three days of a down market? Consider the Real Wealth Income Generator. Tired of worrying about whether there will be a Euro to trade next year? Tired of seeing your trading capital disappear […]
Facebook IPO Flop
In light of the recent Facebook IPO flop we revisit the popular social media site. In February we posed the question, “ Is Facebook a good investment ?” It was our opinion then and our opinion now that Facebook will provide value for long term investors only if it finds effective ways to monetize its […]
Invest in European Junk Bonds
With Greece teetering on the edge of default abyss it appears that to invest in Greek bonds was to invest in European junk bonds. Voters have decided in Greece and France that enough is enough. This return to socialism in Europe drives stocks down in the Euro Zone. There is a run on the banks […]