bull market bear market, 2011-08-12

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High-Dividend Stocks Buffett Might Be Buying In the wake of the recent downturn, Warren Buffett has been hunting for bargains -- here's our guesses as to how he's improving his empire...... Time to Shop for Back-to-School Retailers For clothiers, there's few better catalysts for business than the preparation for another school year. These are the companies best poised to pounce...... Friday’s Stocks to Watch: Nvidia, Nordstrom Nvidia shares get a lift from a strong profit report...... Comcast Could Power Your Portfolio This oligopolist’s market power could be a recipe for investment profit...... Six Flags, Live Nation: Good Fun, Bad Stocks Each company has had recent successes, but there's plenty of underlying problems with each to warrant skipping these rides...... Keeping Your Trading Head in a Crazy Market Take these pointers to heart about how you can keep your head when everyone is losing theirs. ..... Why Northern Oil And Gas’ Recent Earnings Miss Isn’t So Bad While NOG repeatedly has had problems meeting analysts' expectations, the company is worth a chance as a growth stock...... 5 Stocks to Survive a Wicked Downturn Staples such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's are solid investments during turbulent times. So, if you don't think the world is coming to an end, consider these five stock survivors...... 3 Auto Supply Stocks to Drive Profit Consumers are being scared away from big purchases like new -- or even used -- cars, but they've got to drive something. That's where these stocks swoop in...... Realty Income Corp. Is on the Way Up Realty Income Corp.-- which has enjoyed several recent upgrades -- is a long-term investment that delivers dividends...... Watch the Pivot Points of the Market If the S&P makes a break from the range of the past four days, we could be in for a powerful but deceptive rally -- or a deep slump...... Even with Higher Margin Requirements, Gold Still Glitters Even though new margin requirements increased the cost of gold futures by 22%, the metal is still a good buy for traders. ..... 3 Undervalued Stocks Ready to Run Panic selling notoriously produces great value opportunities and these three stocks appear deeply undervalued...... The New Pornographers: Internet Taking a Toll on Cable’s Adult Film Sales Cable companies are watching revenues drop as adult film sales decline. What can they do to stem the tide?..... Cree Needs Revenue Growth to Spur Stock LED maker Cree beats expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter, but revenues and earnings are shrinking while costs rise...... Sirius XM Radio Not Exactly Investor-Friendly Royalty issues, profitability and customer service issues are enough reasons for pause when it comes to owning Sirius XM Radio stock...... Thursday Apple Rumors: With Samsung on the Ropes, Apple Moves to Motorola Apple filing suit against Motorola in Germany saying that the Android-powered Xoom is too similar in design to the iPad...... 3 Medical Device Companies for a Healthy Portfolio These three companies have significant upside, strong fundamentals and are well positioned to take advantage of growth in this increasingly profitable niche...... Print Stays Strong as E-Book Revolution Marches On It's all around good news for publishers -- traditional book sales are actually growing, and E-book revenue, while not enormous, is growing at a breakneck pace...... Dividend Keeper: Procter & Gamble With a 3.5% yield, this stable stock is very attractive...... News Corp., EA Lead Charging S&P 500 S&P 500 up almost 3% in midday trading as News Corp., Electronic Arts and Kohl's all see significant gains...... Good U.S. Jobs News Buoys Dow Jones Boeing is the lone down stock in day DJIA trading -- Bank of America, Caterpillar and Cisco head upward...... Thursday’s OptionsPlace: Nvidia Calls Find Buyers Traders are placing bets ahead of the company's earnings report...... Gold, Silver Fall in Wake of Weekly Jobless Report Jobs report sends the metal world -- trusts, mining ETFs and miners -- downward, with the exception of Newmont Mining, which enjoyed decent gains by midday...... Plow Ahead With a Put Option on Deere The stock has recently slumped after earnings reports. This time looks no different......

Silver Wheaton Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons SLW has a solid business model, but there's few guarantees in Silver Wheaton's business, including the price of silver itself......     Consumers Don’t Get the Cloud, Even When Already Using It Even though consumers might not know what cloud computing is, it may be an easier sell than many companies think...... Try Dollar Cost Averaging These 3 Stocks You don't have to invest with an all-in strategy, try dollar cost averaging. Put your toe in the water and buy these three promising value stocks bit by bit...... Thursday’s Stocks to Watch: Cisco, Avnet Cisco and Avnet make the short list of stocks to keep your eye on Thursday...... Cisco Systems Not Back to the 1990s Cutting costs will help Cisco's earning reports, but until it moves forward in market share, this stock is questionable...... Is Fossil Falling Out of Fashion? Fossil's stock price has stumbled amid lower second-quarter earnings, higher income taxes and a weak dollar. What's lost is that the company's earnings still were pretty good...... Gather Your Courage and Explore High-Yield Bonds Again The market's downturn has left behind an opportunity for adventurous investors to consider jumping into high-yield bonds...... The Reason Trading Curbs Have Not Yet Kicked In A 17 percent drop in stocks over the past 15 trading sessions is pretty bad, so why haven't trading curbs been triggered?..... Investors Should Be Long Optimism, Short Fear As you watch your own portfolio gyrate around wildly, it’s worth remembering seven simple words from Warren Buffett: “It's never paid to bet against America.”..... Lower Your Risk With Tobacco, Utilities and Brazillian Beer Stocks What do tobacco, utilities and Brazilian beer all have in common? They each have a dividend stock worth snatching up while prices are low...... Panic Seizes the Markets – What Now? It may be time to stand aside until we see if the market can stabilize...... Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy Dividend Stocks The turbulent market conditions have created an environment where you can start adding to your positions at cheaper prices. Here are 11 dividend growth stocks to consider...... The Best Gold Miner to Buy Now Here's why Yamana Gold should be a top pick for all gold-minded investors...... The Safest Place to be in This Market Until a confirmed tradable short-term bottom or a break below Tuesday’s lows, the sidelines are best...... Place Your Chips on Intel Semi stock Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) can be traded for a quick oversold bounce...... 5 VIX Funds for Fear-Riddled Markets With markets and investors in a frenzy, these five funds have been making astonishing moves...... How to Trade Fear and Uncertainty The old-fashioned play of precious metals still delivers in tough times...... Wednesday Apple Rumors: Apple Lands Another Blow Against Samsung Galaxy Tab Germany court prevents Samsung from releasing Galaxy Tab in all European Union countries except the Netherlands...... Don’t Let the Late Market Rally Fool You Don't be fooled by yesterday's late rally. Hold off on buying stocks or equity mutual funds in favor of inverse ETFs and bonds...... AOL: A Canary in the Online Coal Mine? AOL's most recent disappointing numbers included a fall-off in display and search ads. Here's what this could mean for the online market overall...... THQ First to Fall to Facebook, App Store THQ announces layoffs, studio shutdowns in wake of floundering traditional video game industry upended by mobile, social gaming...... It’s Time to Choose Stocks Over Treasurys The S&P 500's dividend yield has topped the 10-year note...... S&P 500 Stocks Overwhelmingly Down Declining stocks on the S&P 500 outnumber advancers more than 4-to-1 during Wednesday day trading...... Gold, Silver March Higher as Economy, Debt Worries Persist Gold almost reaches $1,780 per ounce early today; gold miners, silver miners head in opposite directions...... 5 Stocks to Sell Into the Next Rally From Staples to BP, here are five downtrodden stocks to unload on rallies -- or short them to make some cash......