Part II: Why Picking the President Is A Lot Like Picking a Stock...
Thursday, September 4, 2008Correction: The link to Teeka's weekly phone call in yesterday's Tycoon Report was incorrect. We apologize for the inconvenience. ...
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During a successful career as a Wall Street analyst — and later as owner of his own brokerage firm — when Dylan Jovine made recommendations, the big money paid attention.
But now, he’s the ultimate Wall Street whistleblower. He got sick and tired of seeing institutional investors get richer while average investors watched their nest eggs fall victim to the rampant conflicts of interest in the major brokerage firms.
Dylan left the cushy corner office behind and set out on a mission: To make institutional quality stock research available to individuals at prices anybody could afford.
Tycoon Publishing is the culmination of this mission, and The Tycoon Report is its cornerstone.
Correction: The link to Teeka's weekly phone call in yesterday's Tycoon Report was incorrect. We apologize for the inconvenience. ...
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CHOOSING A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS A LOT LIKE BUYING A STOCK.
Some candidates, like some stocks, have sexy stories but ...
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LOS ANGELES CITY-COUNCIL MEMBER JAN PERRY THINKS YOU ARE STUPID.
Dense. Dumb. Obtuse. Dim-witted.
She also thinks I'm ...
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OPEN: NOVEMBER 2006: An elderly married couple who could pass for caring grandparents are sitting inside a luxurious conference ...
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE BANK YESTERDAY.
It started when I headed out of my office to complete my monthly ...
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Editor's Note: Dylan is taking a much deserved vacation. Please enjoy this article, which was originally published almost ...
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MY WIFE IS PREGNANT WITH OUR VERY FIRST CHILD...
And for the first time in my life I've found myself wondering what investing ...
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WARREN BUFFETT WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID THAT INFLATION WAS LIKE CANCER -- IT MAY GO INTO REMISSION SOMETIMES, BUT IT NEVER ...
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LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT IT FEELS GREAT TO BE BACK.
Although it's only been a month since I last wrote an article ...
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THE "GOING BROKE EXPRESSWAY" IS THE WORST ROAD I'VE EVER BEEN ON.
Each and every ...
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There probably isn't a day that goes by without us asking ourselves what we can do to improve the Tycoon Report experience.
We ...
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IT HAS HAPPENED TO EVERY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY IN THE HISTORY OF CAPITALISM.
Sony. Apple. AOL. Coca-Cola. General Electric. ...
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HAVE YOU SEEN THE LATEST POLITICAL AD ATTACKING BIG OIL?
This one was made by the Obama campaign, and has been playing ...
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TODAY, I'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHING OF THE BOOK "FIFTY YEARS IN WALL STREET".
The ...
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P.T. BARNUM WASN'T LYING WHEN HE SAID THERE WAS ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE.
But here at the Tycoon Report, we don't call them ...
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GOOD MORNING FELLOW TYCOONS.
How are the world's greatest readers doing this Friday morning? I hope you're doing GREAT!
As ...
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I HAVE TO ADMIT - YOU ALL REALLY IMPRESSED THE HECK OUT OF ME THIS WEEK.
In last week’s Tycoon ...
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THE BUSINESS PLAN HAS BEEN SITTING ON YOUR DESK FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS NOW.
The entrepreneur who sent it to you has already ...
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The Tycoon Report wouldn't be called "The #1 investing newsletter in America today" if it wasn't for readers like ...
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TODAY I'M GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL I'VE ONLY DARED TO DREAM ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING IN MY LIFETIME.
No, I haven't developed ...
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WHAT CAN EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY TEACH US ABOUT TRADING STOCKS?
That's a question I've been asking ever since I ...
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JUST A QUICK NOTE FROM US HERE AT THE TYCOON REPORT.
This week promises to be the busiest economic week for the entire ...
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I COULD TELL IT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE MORNINGS AS SOON AS I WOKE UP
You know the type of morning I'm talking about...
The ...
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SINGAPORE INVESTMENT CORP. KOREAN INVESTMENT CORP. KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY. MIZCHO CORPORATE BANK.
Remember ...
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WHEN THE JAPANESE DID IT TO US IN THE 80s, IT WAS DIFFERENT.
At the time, they were buying up American assets like a drunk ...
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Today's article is courtesy of frequent Tycoon Report guest contributor Ethan Roberts. It is the single most important ...
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As the “value investor” of this motley crew of investors who write for The Tycoon Report, I am most often ...
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WHO ON EARTH WANTS TO THINK ABOUT THIS NOW?
I know I don't! Between recent family health-related issues and a generally ...
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WE'VE SPENT THE LAST MONTH DISCUSSING THE GREAT CREDIT PANIC OF 2007.
We started by talking about the "casualties" ...
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THE YEAR WAS 1907.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. A three minute telephone call from Denver to ...
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I MUST ADMIT, I'VE BEEN FEELING QUITE CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME.
No, I'm not talking about whether or not I should ...
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Editors Note: The bad news: Dylan is sick today. The good news: I've republished one of the most requested articles ...
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THIS WEEK, WE HIT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMPANY.
For the first time ever, an article ...
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IT'S DESTROYED MORE CAREERS ON WALL STREET THAN ALL FINANCIAL PANICS COMBINED.
In the past decade alone, it's been responsible ...
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LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF ME.
What you're looking at is an impression ...
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MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE PRESS ABOUT MY RadioShack (SYM: RSH) RECOMMENDATION IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
At the time I recommended ...
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ANSWERS TO SOME MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS ...
Audrey Asks: How do you know when management of a company is good if they ...
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I HAVE TO SAY, YOU GUYS REALLY IMPRESSED THE HECK OUT OF ME ON MONDAY.
That was the day Wayne Mulligan asked for your help ...
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Note from Dylan Jovine: As per my request last week, many of you submitted questions to me, asking about investing. ...
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I HEARD AN ADVERTISEMENT ON LOCAL RADIO MONDAY THAT REALLY MADE ME THINK.
I forget exactly what the company was selling, ...
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FOLKS, I COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT UP EVEN IF I'D TRIED.
No, I'm not talking about the fact that Hillary Clinton actually looks ...
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I CAN ALREADY TELL I'M GONNA LIKE THE NEW CEO OF HOME DEPOT (SYM: HD), FRANCIS BLAKE.
Within months of taking the reins ...
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Just weeks after the sub-prime mortgage market really began to collapse, the effects are being felt by investors everywhere. ...
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OK, I'LL ADMIT IT.
I'm in a bit of a competition with Chris Rowe here.
Indeed, after reading his article from last week, ...
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DR. PHIL WOULD PROBABLY REFER TO IT AS HAVING A NEGATIVE PREDISPOSITION.
But since I can't stomach that freak of nature, ...
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WOULD I LET AN EMPTY PEZ DISPENSER ACTUALLY MANAGE MY MONEY?
That's the question I asked myself after watching both of ...
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Editor's Note: Dylan is traveling today and invited me to select an article from his archives to share with you. ...
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Editor's Note: Mr. Munson is back! For you longtime Tycoon Report readers, you'll recall this story from our ...
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Editor's Note: Below is a letter that Fallen Angel Stocks chief Dylan Jovine sent to his members yesterday. ...
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Editor's Note: As soon as Dylan originally published this article in The Tycoon Report on January 30th of this year, it ...
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THE RICH HAVE BEEN DOING IT TO THE POOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
Fortunately for us, it’s a heck of a lot more ...
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HERE AT TYCOON, WE REFER TO HIM AS "R-2".
No, it's not because he walks, talks and acts like the robot from Star ...
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"ONCE YOU GO MAC, YOU NEVER GO BACK."
At least that's what Chris Rowe has been saying ever since buying his first ...
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Note to readers: In this short-term series I share events that actually took place in my life that had a huge impact on ...
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Note to readers: In this short-term series I share events that actually took place in my life that had a huge impact on ...
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(Note from the Editor: It's amazing how many times we can go back to the well with this 3-part series. Although we've ...
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HE'S ARROGANT. NARCISSISTIC. A KNOW-IT-ALL. A MOMMA'S BOY. A TOTAL LOSER.
At least, that's the ...
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This is an email I sent to members of Fallen Angel Stocks last week. I wanted to share it with you to highlight my ...
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Editor's Note: Dylan will be back next week. Given that it's still technically tax season (at least for accountants ...
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Ever since I went through Teeka Tiwari's ETF Master Trader course this weekend, I've been thinking of a clever way to congratulate ...
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THE RICH HAVE BEEN DOING IT TO THE POOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
Why would now be any different?
That's the first ...
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Today I’d like to start off with a bang by recommending that you immediately consider lowering your exposure to small-cap ...
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TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ICE CREAM.
That's right - ice cream.
Why?
Because understanding basic business in America ...
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IT'S TIME TO SELL ALL OF YOUR NEWSPAPER STOCKS.
I came to this conclusion after reading an article about the Tribune Company ...
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A new member of Fallen Angel Stocks who hails from Canada recently asked me how he could become a better investor. ...
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For the scores of companies swept up in the options-backdating scandal, repercussions have included financial restatements, ...
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I’m often amazed by the sheer quantity of investment ideas I hear on a daily basis. Regardless of the medium ...
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WARREN BUFFETT AND SHAQ HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU THINK.
No, I'm not talking about the fact that everybody who ...
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DYLAN: Hi, my name is Dylan, and I'm an individual investor.
ALL OF YOU TOGETHER: Hi, Dylan!
DYLAN: Thanks for inviting ...
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Editor's Note: Dylan will be back with us next week. Until then, I wanted to share with you one of his more recent ...
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Editor's Note: Dylan is off today. However, after reading his latest 17-page issue of Fallen Angel Stocks (Volume ...
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IT'S TIME FOR THE F-A-M-I-L-Y F-E-U-D!
And I'm your host...DYLAN JOVINE!
Now it's time to meet our contestants!
You ...
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IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, I've answered the Google question recently in this very same column. ...
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INSURANCE BROKERS HAVE BEEN THE worst-performing group in the Standard and Poors 500 Index over the ...
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THE POST ELECTION RE-PRICING of the stock market I've been talking about recently has occured with ...
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IT STARTED WITH A SIMPLE ENOUGH PROPOSITION.
Mylan Labs (NYSE:MYL), seeking ...
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THEY CALL IT BLACK FRIDAY for good reason.
It is this particular Friday, ...
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Two years after Carleton S. Fiorina, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, staked her reputation on acquiring ...
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The decline of the dollar can have some painful impacts on your portfolio in 2005. What you can do ...
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As part of its strategic overhaul, Blockbuster Video (SYM: BBI) has finally decided to eliminate ...
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In the face of rising interest rates, already inflated American home prices are likely to fall. ...
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Buyers of Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) appear to be worrying more about inflation. ...
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10 Ex-Directors from Worldcom have agreed to pay $18 million of their own money to settle a class ...
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Unbridled optimism in U.S. stocks seemed to follow us into the New Year. Why underlying fundamentals ...
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Loyal customers of Apple Computer (SYM: AAPL) are thrilled that the company is launching a ...
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Shareholders of Comcast Corp., (SYM: CMCSK) applauded this week when the cable company announced plans ...
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IT SHOULDN'T HAVE SUPRISED US REALLY.
Quite the contrary. We should have ...
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On the day Dow bellweather General Electric (SYM: GE) announced an impressive 18% rise in earnings Wall ...
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After complying with President Bush's generous "guns and butter" fiscal policy during the ...
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Shares of Google soared 16 points when the company announced record 4th quarter and year-end profits ...
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Kenneth Chenault, the savvy CEO of American Express (SYM: AXP), announced that he was selling ...
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A wave of long overdue consolidation is finally taking place in the telecommunications industry.
Want to know if you're really a "smart-money" investor?According to one study, that ...
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Merger activity among retailers is the highest its been in years.What you could do RIGHT NOW to ...
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HIP-HIP HOORAAAY! HIP-HIP HOORAAY!
That was the sound coming from trading ...
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In one day the dollar erased most of the gains it had made since the beginning of the year. The next ...
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After ten strong years at the helm of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn announced plans to step ...
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Cablevision (SYM: CVC)is in the middle of a nasty corporate war that has alreadyhad major implications ...
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Elliot Spitzer, the hard charging New York State Attorney General, has done an admirable job of ...
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In less than two short weeks, U.S. stock markets have gone from golden to grumpy. How the ...
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Sumner Redstone, the iron-fisted Chairman of Viacom is debating whether to split his company ...
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I just got an IPOD and I must confess that I've never had so much fun listening to music in my life.Maybe ...
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The high-yield bond market is arguably more overvalued than ...
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There's a Fortune 500 discount retailer that has higher profit margins than both Wal-Mart (SYM: WMT) ...
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Profit opportunities exist despite 1,000 point drop in market. What Fallen Angel Stock investors ...
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April has been a rough month for investors, sending U.S. shares down almost 10 percent.
But, ...
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Three things happened in the music industry this week that will have serious implications for both ...
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From 1973 to 2004, Charles Schwab just wanted you to trade.
But with his ...
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I've never been the type to rattle on about the "dope of the week," but recent events in ...
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It's a question that only the most brazen of the brazen ask themselves. A question that even the biggest ...
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Deep in the heart of Texas, a corporate Spaghetti western-style showdown left Comcast (SYM: CMCSK) ...
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Ever since going public, shares of Google have soared from $85 to almost $300 on the back of record ...
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Shareholders of General Motors and Ford may have much bigger problems than chronically poor car designs ...
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Standard & Poor's just released their semi-annual survey on the performance of fund managers. ...
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Special Report: Inside China - An Unparalleled Look INSIDE China From the Eyes of a Young American ...
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Want to learn how to make money investing in China? Know this rule!
SIZE ...
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Want to learn how to make money investing in China? Don't invest without these 5 rules. This Week ...
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Today, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to ask you to do something no other person in my position ...
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Ever feel like you're being fattened up for the kill? Well you just may be. The rally we’ve ...
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LAST WEEK'S ARTICLE ALMOST STARTED AN E-RIOT.
That's a good thing, of course: in a country where Britney Spears and Paris ...
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Do you Baidu?
This week, watch for a pullback in your favorite builders stocks, and for all you gold bugs out there, keep ...
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On Wednesday I released our
latest issue of our Monthly Fallen Angels Stock report, titled:
"2005 ...
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THERE'S A NEW MOVIE BEING FILMED NOW IN DETROIT.
You remember the original ...
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YOU AND I HAPPEN TO SHARE A MUTUAL FRIEND.
No it's not Bob Jones. Nor is it Karen Smith. It's ...
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IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO END LIKE THIS.
No way. Scott Livengood - ...
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AS A RULE, I'M VERY SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
I believe if you have something ...
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THIS WEEK I SAW TWO NEWS ITEMS THAT TRULY HORRIFIED ME.
Reports so frightening, ...
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WHAT THE HECK EVER HAPPENED TO GARY COOPER?
The kind of guy who faced down ...
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YOU MAY NEED TO SIT DOWN FOR THIS ONE.
It seems that after the bigwigs at ...
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YOU'VE RENTED THAT MOVIE BEFORE.
The one where that posse of Zombies lumbers ...
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I REMEMBER THE DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
It was late Fall 1994. Orange County ...
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THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS AS DISTURBING AS ARGUING WITH AN AGING HIPPIE.
I'm ...
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"Core" inflation numbers (excluding food and energy) appear to be tame.
But ...
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Last week Big Oil joined with the folks in Washington to treat us to a lovely rendition of the Potomac ...
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I'VE HEARD SOME BOLD STOCK MARKET PREDICTIONS IN MY DAY. You know the kind I'm talking about. The ones ...
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EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED
At least that's what Bob Dylan believed when he ...
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SOMETHING HAS BEEN BOTHERING THE LIVING HECK OUT OF ME LATELY.
No, it's not the fact that CNN accidentally put a picture ...
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Dear Fellow Tycoon Report Reader,
I'd like to dedicate my last issue of the Tycoon Report this year to readers like you. ...
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"THERE ARE 3 PROVEN WAYS TO TELL WHEN A BULL MARKET IS OVER."
At least that's what the Old Timers used to tell ...
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"I'VE NEVER SEEN A SOFT LANDING IN 53 YEARS."
That's what Angelo Mozello, the Chairman & CEO of the nation's ...
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Note to readers: In this short-term series I share ...
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TIME AND PLACE:
XYZ Brokerage Company on the corner of Wall Street ...
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TODAY I'M GOING TO SKIP THE LANGUAGE AND CUT TO THE CHASE.
Especially ...
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Another Brick in the Wall: 2007: Tipping Point for U.S. Economy?
(Part 1 of a 4-Part Year-End Series)
By Dylan Jovine ...
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LET'S KICK OFF 2006 THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW - WITH A GOOD FIGHT.
Guest editor Todd Friedman and I have been ...
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I HAD A LOT OF THINGS ON MY RADAR THIS WEEK.
So I'm going to tackle each of my subjects one at a time...kind of ...
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WARREN BUFFETT AND SHAQ HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU
THINK.
No, I'm not talking about the fact that ...
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To: Safa Rashtchy, Piper Jaffray Google Analyst
From: Tommy Parker
Dear Mr. Rashtchy,
My name is Tommy Parker. I just ...
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PAUL VOLKER SOUNDED very upset.
Apparently, a group of economists, using the same techniques as those used on the set ...
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TODAY I'M GOING TO SKIP THE LANGUAGE AND CUT TO THE CHASE.
Especially for those among us who are either a) about to buy ...
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This article, originally published around tax time this year, surprised us with the amount of feedback it received. ...
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“BRING OUT THE GIMPS!”
You know the type of people I’m talking about.
The financial ...
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(Jason Jovine is off today and will be back next week at the same Bat time and same Bat channel.)
THERE'S USUALLY ...
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Note to readers: In this 3-part series I share events that actually took place in my life that had a huge ...
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Last week I wrote about micro-economics in an article titled, “How to find that killer stock.” These are ...
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“ONLY THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE.”
At least that’s the way Darwin always saw it. ...
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Last week, my breezy superficial comments on the demise of Ford and GM set off a firestorm of comments from our readers. ...
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Take a relative of mine, an unsavory life insurance agent, and a little-understood aspect of life insurance, and you ...
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DYLAN’S INVESTING DIARY (WEEK OF OCTOBER 9TH TO OCTOBER 13TH):
Monday the 9th:
On ...
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A new member of Fallen Angel Stocks who hails from Canada recently asked me how he could become a better investor. Although ...
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Tipster. n. Informal. One who gives or sells tips or information, as to bettors or speculators.
In my line of ...
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Hi Investor,
It's Monday morning, and I have banking on my mind.
No doubt, a portion of it has to do with Jason's ...
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We met on vacation in South Beach. She was beautiful, sexy, fun, intelligent - everything an enterprising, twenty-something ...
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"Wholesale Inflation Slips 1.4 Pct. in Feb. -- A huge drop in energy costs helped push prices at the wholesale level ...
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Two days ago I wrote an article titled, "Don't be Seduced by a Sexy Stock market."
In the article I wondered ...
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Kill Ben VOLUME I - SYNOPSIS:
"The acclaimed movie from groundbreaking financial writer and investor Dylan Jovine ...
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Editor's Note: Since we're always getting a ton of questions from our readers, we thought we would occasionally share ...
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Question (sent in by wcein7): I own a portfolio of municipal bonds, and can never seem to get pricing information on them. ...
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Most people know that bond prices and interest rates have an inverse relationship. When interest rates increase, bond ...
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Teeka brought up some great points - and some great debate - when he recently discussed the deficit. Here are some thoughts ...
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As the "value investor" of this motley crew of investors who write for the Tycoon Report, I am very often asked ...
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"There Are 3 Proven Ways to Tell When a Bull Market is Over."
At least that's what the Old Timers used to ...
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THERE'S USUALLY ONLY ONE TO A VILLAGE …
No, I'm not talking about the village idiot.
Nor ...
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For those of you who have been surprised about the market's recent drop, I'd like to share with you a direct excerpt from ...
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A new member of Fallen Angel Stocks, who hails from Canada, recently asked me how he could become a better investor. Although ...
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For all the talk about “measured” increases in short-term interest rates, the Federal Reserve, citing more ...
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IT WAS LIKE WATCHING KING KONG vs. GODZILLA.
The shrill shriek of one uptight, insecure, and angry creature ...
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This week I want to use my space here to discuss “micro” economics instead of “macro” economics. ...
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DR. PHIL WOULD PROBABLY REFER TO IT AS HAVING A NEGATIVE PRE-DISPOSITION.
Others have suggested it’s ...
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