Editor's Note: In addition to the below article, Teeka has prepared a brief audio recording to answer a few of the most common reader questions that have been coming in. What's the big picture on commodities? How should you play the banks and brokers? Is there opportunity right ...
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Before I go into some of the more popular Q&A's for the week, I wanted to say 2 things:
1. THANK YOU to all the TickerHound members who sent in feedback on the new design, we really appreciate it! And please, keep the feedback coming... the more you send, the better the site will ...
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Pessimism has been at a multi-year high. That typically means we are at or near a bottom (at least in the short-term).
But I've been hearing from a lot of individual investors lately; they're saying that it's getting harder and harder to look at their computer screen, the newspaper or the television ...
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Yesterday on TickerHound.com, a member asked, “Would Buffett really buy Google?” (click here to read the question)
The question was based on a Fool.com article (click here to read it) that quoted this year’s Berkshire Annual Shareholder Letter where Buffett writes, “It's far ...
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I've recently been asked by friends what I think about buying shares in Visa (SYM: V). The credit card processor went public yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange at $44 per share. (It's also been one of the most popular questions asked by www.TickerHound.com members.)
Let’s look at ...
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My Tycoon Report article last Tuesday was titled "Bear Market Here We Come? Don't Fight the Tape". The funny part about that was as we fired that article out to your e-mail box, the Fed announced that it was "injecting 200 Billion into the banking system", causing the major indices ...
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That loud popping noise you hear is Wall Street's collective brain stem snapping. WOW! We are seeing some true madness develop. For those of you that have been living on the moon for the last couple of days, let me bring you up to speed. Over the weekend, Bear Stearns (Symbol: BSC), one of the country's ...
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IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THAT MOVIE "FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS".
You know the one I'm talking about: Hunter S. Thompson, played by Johnny Depp, takes us inside his drug fueled binge while on a trip to Las Vegas.
In scene after scene, Thompson's world is dramatically altered by the ...
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"LET THEM EAT Pi!"
That's the thought that ran through my head when our brilliant tech guru Richard Interlandi reminded me that today, March 14th, is not just an ordinary day - it's "National Pi Day".
(For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, feel comforted by ...
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I know that both the stock market and real estate market have looked very ugly lately, and you may have lost money.
But hey, look on the bright side. It could be worse. You could be getting killed in the markets and your name could be Eliot Spitzer! Or former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevy. ...
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I was inspired to write today's article based on a question I saw come up on TickerHound a couple of weeks ago:
chidog47 asked: "How can someone invest in private companies such as Facebook?"
You can click here to read some of the answers. But I wanted to go a bit deeper on this ...
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In what some will call a final act of desperation, Helicopter Ben has released the hounds and flooded the world with cheap cash. That gnashing and wailing you hear is the sound of the short sellers complaining about “market manipulation”.
And you know what - they are right!
The ...
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The only way to trade successfully is to have the ability to evolve with the market. The fact is, most individuals lose money in the long run because they are not willing to change their stance and take a loss. Well you have to know - especially in this market - that taking losses is just part ...
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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 suckers. We call them "Munson's."
You may even remember the first time I introduced you to my very own friendly neighborhood "Mr. Munson". It was in an ...
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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 any long-time Tycoon Report reader knows, I'm not the type of cat with a perpetual smile on my face. People that are happy all of the time generally make me nervous.
However, ...
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