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Obama’s Rejection of the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline is Pure Politics

{ Posted on Jan 19 2012 by David Zeiler }
U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Wednesday had much more to do with political maneuvering than the construction of the pipeline. Most experts believe the Keystone oil pipeline will eventually get ...Read More »

The Next Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK): Companies Headed for Bankruptcy in 2012

{ Posted on Jan 19 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) filed Chapter 11 early this morning (Thursday), becoming one of the first to file among the staggering number of U.S. companies headed for bankruptcy this year. The Rochester, NY-based company, ...Read More »

How Mitt Romney’s Bain Career Will Inflame the Class Warfare Debate

{ Posted on Jan 19 2012 by Shah Gilani }
Last Wednesday a Pew Research Center poll revealed that 66% of respondents think class conflict in American society is "strong" to "very strong." Now that Mitt Romney is increasingly likely to be the Republican challenger to Democrat Barack ...Read More »

How to Safely Double Your Dividend Yield With Covered Call Options

{ Posted on Jan 19 2012 by Larry D. Spears }
As it turns out, despite the summer swoon, income investors were the big winners in 2011. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the year with a gain of just 5.5%, the 100 highest-yielding stocks tracked by ...Read More »

Downward Mobility is Crushing the American Dream

{ Posted on Jan 19 2012 by David Zeiler }
Forget about getting ahead. For many in the middle class these days it's more about not sliding backwards. It's called downward mobility and it's crushing the American Dream. According to a study conducted by the Pew Charitable Trusts, nearly ...Read More »

Three Reasons Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) Could Rally Without Co-Founder Jerry Yang

{ Posted on Jan 18 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
Seventeen years after starting one of the first Internet content companies, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) co-founder Jerry Yang resigned yesterday (Tuesday) - giving Yahoo a fighting chance of rising from its dismal decline in the tech ...Read More »

How to Put a Touch of Glory in Your Life

{ Posted on Jan 18 2012 by Guest Editorial }
Categories : All, Money, Money Morning, Stocks
Dear Reader, There's an old story about a man who walks by a construction site and sees workmen pushing wheelbarrows, each filled with an enormous stone. He asks one what they're doing. ...Read More »

How to Put a Touch of Glory in Your Life

{ Posted on Jan 18 2012 by Guest Editorial }
Dear Reader, There's an old story about a man who walks by a construction site and sees workmen pushing wheelbarrows, each filled with an enormous stone. He asks one what they're doing. ...Read More »

How to Win Bernanke’s War on Savers with a 19% Yield

{ Posted on Jan 18 2012 by Martin Hutchinson }
There is no other way to put this... With his zero interest rate policy (ZIRP), U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has declared a virtual war on the nation's savers. That's why savings-conscious investors ...Read More »

How to Profit from the "Shale Oil Bubble"

{ Posted on Jan 18 2012 by Jason Simpkins }
It's true: French, Japanese, and Chinese energy companies cannot seem to get their hands on a big enough slice of U.S. shale oil deposits these days. However, that doesn't mean this investment frenzy is evidence of a "shale ...Read More »