American International Group, Inc. (AIG) was the darling of quant jocks around the financial world. Led by some of the brightest minds in finance, AIG enjoyed many years of profits. Unfortunately, those profits were fragile at best as the...
There sure has been a ton of destruction in the market this year. A credit crisis, high oil prices, and a recession have conspired against stock values. It would appear that no sector is immune to the carnage although some are getting hit much harder than others. One space that has been absolutely crushed this year is the auto manufacturers with the American companies, General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) leading the way down. It should be no surprise given...
Investors continued to face choppy markets, scary economic news, and anxiety about this week's Fed meeting. And after seven months of rate cuts, the Federal Reserve decided that inflation was more of an issue than a possible recession leaving key...
I don't think I can stress enough, that the strategy lab is both an investment tool, and a game. Early in my posts, I stated a goal to beat the indexes, and I certainly have soundly trounced them so far...
After the recent non-traditional defensive pick, I wanted to look at a more traditional defensive play involving commodities trading -- food stocks. Last week, General Mills (GIS) issued a press release raising guidance for their 4th quarter and full FY08...
Despite a horrible environment for stocks, investors are still willing to reward companies that innovate with products that can deliver huge revenue growth. Such is the case with Elan Pharmaceuticals (ELN). The company recently announced positive trial for an Alzheimer...
Are high oil prices here to stay? If so, that means huge profits for the oil companies. But, what about the oil retailers? Can they make money in this environment? Apparently not so much. The big story this week is...
Oil whipsaws the market up and down like a teeter totter. This is a market for traders, not investors. Which leaves me pretty much down and out. We have to hold too many stocks for my liking in this contest,...
Twice a year I mentor the Senior Economics Class at my daughter's school, Charlotte Latin in the Stock Market Game. It's a game where the students get a $100K portfolio to invest and they are pitted against several thousand other...
After closing out last week with a nice rally, the indices turned choppy again this week after a slew of weak economic reports. They really took a hit today, with the Dow dipping below 12,000 for the first time in...
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Posted by Hillary Mark | July 17, 2008 11:47 AM