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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Top-Performing U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks (Nov 29, 2011)

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tdp2664 China Analyst Below are the latest top-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 16.2% on the day. NOAH's upside potential is 152.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $19.96. It is trading at 38.4% of its 52-week high of $20.58, and 20.6% above its 52-week low of $6.56. AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASIA) is the second best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 6.6% on the day. ASIA's upside potential is 104.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $17.44. It is trading at 37.3% of its 52-week high of $22.91, and 37.5% above its 52-week low of $6.21. SINA Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:SINA) is the third best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 4.9% on the day. SINA's upside potential is 68.1% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $105.37. It is trading at 42.6% of its 52-week high of $147.12, and 11.8% above its 52-week low of $56.05. Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN) is the fourth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 4.7% on the day. RENN's upside potential is 102.1% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $7.62. It is trading at 15.7% of its 52-week high of $24.00, and 11.5% above its 52-week low of $3.38. Youku.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU) is the fifth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 4.2% on the day. YOKU's upside potential is 66.0% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $29.14. It is trading at 25.1% of its 52-week high of $69.95, and 27.6% above its 52-week low of $13.76. Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is the sixth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 2.7% on the day. QIHU's upside potential is 111.6% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $34.07. It is trading at 44.5% of its 52-week high of $36.21, and 12.6% above its 52-week low of $14.30. ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL) is the seventh best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 1.6% on the day. SOL's upside potential is 52.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $2.86. It is trading at 14.2% of its 52-week high of $13.25, and 28.8% above its 52-week low of $1.46. New Oriental Education & Tech Grp (ADR) (NYSE:EDU) is the eighth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 1.6% on the day. EDU's upside potential is 47.5% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $35.30. It is trading at 68.8% of its 52-week high of $34.77, and 16.1% above its 52-week low of $20.61. Changyou.com Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU) is the ninth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 1.6% on the day. CYOU's upside potential is 98.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $42.88. It is trading at 41.6% of its 52-week high of $52.00, and 4.4% above its 52-week low of $20.71. AutoNavi Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMAP) is the 10th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.8% on the day. AMAP's upside potential is 127.6% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $22.83. It is trading at 49.6% of its 52-week high of $20.22, and 7.6% above its 52-week low of $9.32. iSoftStone Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:ISS) is the 11th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.7% on the day. ISS's upside potential is 100.2% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $17.20. It is trading at 38.0% of its 52-week high of $22.63, and 51.8% above its 52-week low of $5.66. Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) is the 12th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.6% on the day. SOHU's upside potential is 63.1% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $78.38. It is trading at 43.9% of its 52-week high of $109.37, and 3.7% above its 52-week low of $46.35. Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:FMCN) is the 13th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.5% on the day. FMCN's upside potential is 135.5% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $40.23. It is trading at 45.4% of its 52-week high of $37.58, and 94.3% above its 52-week low of $8.79. HiSoft Technology Internatnl Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:HSFT) is the 14th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.2% on the day. HSFT's upside potential is 60.5% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $18.16. It is trading at 33.3% of its 52-week high of $34.00, and 41.1% above its 52-week low of $8.02. NetEase.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:NTES) is the 15th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.0% on the day. NTES's upside potential is 31.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $56.66. It is trading at 78.1% of its 52-week high of $55.00, and 22.0% above its 52-week low of $35.20. CNinsure Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CISG) is the 16th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.2% on the day. CISG's upside potential is 236.5% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $20.36. It is trading at 27.0% of its 52-week high of $22.37, and 14.6% above its 52-week low of $5.28. ZHONGPIN INC. (NASDAQ:HOGS) is the 17th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.4% on the day. HOGS's upside potential is 67.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $15.92. It is trading at 45.1% of its 52-week high of $21.07, and 44.1% above its 52-week low of $6.60. Mindray Medical International Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:MR) is the 18th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.5% on the day. MR's upside potential is 22.4% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $31.13. It is trading at 81.5% of its 52-week high of $31.21, and 19.7% above its 52-week low of $21.25. Huaneng Power International, Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:HNP) is the 19th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.6% on the day. HNP's upside potential is 11.6% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $23.32. It is trading at 87.3% of its 52-week high of $23.94, and 35.3% above its 52-week low of $15.45. Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (ADR) (NYSE:SCR) is the 20th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.7% on the day. SCR's upside potential is 34.9% based on brokerage analysts' average target price of $9.98. It is trading at 53.8% of its 52-week high of $13.75, and 3.4% above its 52-week low of $7.16.

Top-Performing U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks (Nov 29, 2011)

Below are the latest top-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. Noah Holdings
Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on
Nov. 29. It was up 16.2% on the day. NOAHs upside potential is 152.4% based on
brokerage analysts average target price of $19.96. It is trading at 38.4% of its
52-week high of $20.58, and 20.6% above its 52-week low of $6.56.
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASIA) is the second best-performing U.S.-listed
Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 6.6% on the day. ASIAs upside potential is
104.2% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $17.44. It is trading
at 37.3% of its 52-week high of $22.91, and 37.5% above its 52-week low of
$6.21. SINA Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:SINA) is the third best-performing
U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 4.9% on the day. SINAs upside
potential is 68.1% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $105.37.
It is trading at 42.6% of its 52-week high of $147.12, and 11.8% above its
52-week low of $56.05. Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN) is the fourth best-performing
U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 4.7% on the day. RENNs upside
potential is 102.1% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $7.62.
It is trading at 15.7% of its 52-week high of $24.00, and 11.5% above its
52-week low of $3.38. Youku.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU) is the fifth
best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 4.2% on the day.
YOKUs upside potential is 66.0% based on brokerage analysts average target price
of $29.14. It is trading at 25.1% of its 52-week high of $69.95, and 27.6% above
its 52-week low of $13.76. Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is the sixth
best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 2.7% on the day.
QIHUs upside potential is 111.6% based on brokerage analysts average target
price of $34.07. It is trading at 44.5% of its 52-week high of $36.21, and 12.6%
above its 52-week low of $14.30. ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL) is the seventh
best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 1.6% on the day.
SOLs upside potential is 52.2% based on brokerage analysts average target price
of $2.86. It is trading at 14.2% of its 52-week high of $13.25, and 28.8% above
its 52-week low of $1.46. New Oriental Education & Tech Grp (ADR) (NYSE:EDU) is
the eighth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 1.6%
on the day. EDUs upside potential is 47.5% based on brokerage analysts average
target price of $35.30. It is trading at 68.8% of its 52-week high of $34.77,
and 16.1% above its 52-week low of $20.61. Changyou.com Limited(ADR)
(NASDAQ:CYOU) is the ninth best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29.
It was up 1.6% on the day. CYOUs upside potential is 98.2% based on brokerage
analysts average target price of $42.88. It is trading at 41.6% of its 52-week
high of $52.00, and 4.4% above its 52-week low of $20.71. AutoNavi Holdings Ltd
(ADR) (NASDAQ:AMAP) is the 10th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on
Nov. 29. It was up 0.8% on the day. AMAPs upside potential is 127.6% based on
brokerage analysts average target price of $22.83. It is trading at 49.6% of its
52-week high of $20.22, and 7.6% above its 52-week low of $9.32. iSoftStone
Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:ISS) is the 11th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese
stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.7% on the day. ISSs upside potential is 100.2%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $17.20. It is trading at
38.0% of its 52-week high of $22.63, and 51.8% above its 52-week low of $5.66.
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) is the 12th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese
stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.6% on the day. SOHUs upside potential is 63.1%
based on brokerage analysts average target price of $78.38. It is trading at
43.9% of its 52-week high of $109.37, and 3.7% above its 52-week low of $46.35.
Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:FMCN) is the 13th best-performing
U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.5% on the day. FMCNs upside
potential is 135.5% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $40.23.
It is trading at 45.4% of its 52-week high of $37.58, and 94.3% above its
52-week low of $8.79. HiSoft Technology Internatnl Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:HSFT) is
the 14th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.2% on
the day. HSFTs upside potential is 60.5% based on brokerage analysts average
target price of $18.16. It is trading at 33.3% of its 52-week high of $34.00,
and 41.1% above its 52-week low of $8.02. NetEase.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:NTES)
is the 15th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was up 0.0%
on the day. NTESs upside potential is 31.9% based on brokerage analysts average
target price of $56.66. It is trading at 78.1% of its 52-week high of $55.00,
and 22.0% above its 52-week low of $35.20. CNinsure Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CISG) is
the 16th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.2%
on the day. CISGs upside potential is 236.5% based on brokerage analysts average
target price of $20.36. It is trading at 27.0% of its 52-week high of $22.37,
and 14.6% above its 52-week low of $5.28. ZHONGPIN INC. (NASDAQ:HOGS) is the
17th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.4% on
the day. HOGSs upside potential is 67.4% based on brokerage analysts average
target price of $15.92. It is trading at 45.1% of its 52-week high of $21.07,
and 44.1% above its 52-week low of $6.60. Mindray Medical International Ltd
(ADR) (NYSE:MR) is the 18th best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov.
29. It was down 0.5% on the day. MRs upside potential is 22.4% based on
brokerage analysts average target price of $31.13. It is trading at 81.5% of its
52-week high of $31.21, and 19.7% above its 52-week low of $21.25. Huaneng Power
International, Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:HNP) is the 19th best-performing U.S.-listed
Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.6% on the day. HNPs upside potential is
11.6% based on brokerage analysts average target price of $23.32. It is trading
at 87.3% of its 52-week high of $23.94, and 35.3% above its 52-week low of
$15.45. Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (ADR) (NYSE:SCR) is the 20th
best-performing U.S.-listed Chinese stock on Nov. 29. It was down 0.7% on the
day. SCRs upside potential is 34.9% based on brokerage analysts average target
price of $9.98. It is trading at 53.8% of its 52-week high of $13.75, and 3.4%
above its 52-week low of $7.16.

Top-Performing U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks (Nov 29, 2011)

Hunter Dickinson President & CEO named #BusinessPerson of the Year

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min2664 It was announced recently that Ron Thiessen, President & CEO of # HDI, has been named Business Person of the Year by the Canada – Southern Africa Chamber of Business. The award, presented at a gala dinner on November 9, 2011, recognizes an individual resident in Canada who has contributed significantly to business development between Canada and Southern Africa. Mr. Thiessen, has been a leading figure for Canadian mining investment and mine development in South Africa and has been instrumental in bringing Canada -originated business structures to South Africa, which were used in innovative acquisitions of resources in South Africa including gold, platinum group minerals and diamonds. The development and re-development of mines has brought investment, technology, high levels of employment and new sources of revenue to South Africa. HDI is a gold sponsor at the Asia Mining Congress 2012 in Singapore, where they will present their latest projects and developments. The Asia Mining Team would like to congratulate Mr. Thiessen and his team on him adding another notable achievement to his long list of accolades. To learn about #AsiaMiningCongress, visit our website or download our brochure here To learn more about HDI, visit: www.hdimining.com/ Source: Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/23/4076800/hdi-president-ceo-named-business.html#ixzz1embe5Xzf

Gold Rose Today Closing at $1,713.40, Silver Fell 30.8c

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DG365FD46564GFH654FU898 Gold Price Close Today : 1713.40 Change : 2.60 or 0.2% Silver Price Close Today : 3185.3 Change : -30.8 cents or -1.0% Gold Silver Ratio Today : 53.791 Change : 0.596 or 1.1% Silver Gold Ratio Today : 0.01859 Change : -0.000208 or -1.1% Platinum Price Close Today : 1537.00 Change : -1.20 or -0.1% Palladium Price Close Today : 588.75 Change : 9.55 or 1.6% S&P 500 : 1,195.19 Change : 2.64 or 0.2% Dow In GOLD$ : $139.42 Change : $ 0.20 or 0.1% Dow in GOLD oz : 6.744 Change : 0.010 or 0.1% Dow in SILVER oz : 362.78 Change : 4.49 or 1.3% Dow Industrial : 11,555.63 Change : 32.62 or 0.3% US Dollar Index : 79.05 Change : -0.252 or -0.3% Sorry, I am not convinced that the rallies for the GOLD PRICE and the SILVER PRICE off Friday’s bottom have any lasting power. Here’s why: Yesterday the high-low range for the GOLD PRICE was $1,719.88 and $1,703.49 (for silver, 3231c and 3156c). Today the range was $1,719.83 and $1,703.47 (3216.5c and 3147c). The GOLD PRICE today rose $2.60 to close at $1,713.40, while silver fell 30.8c (after rising 114.7c yesterday) to 3185.3c. A mixed close always gives me the nervous fantods. Range for GOLD those two days was virtually identical, leading to the conclusion that a solid wall of resistance awaits at $1,720. Monday and Tuesday gold double-topped at that line. A failure to break through tomorrow would be fatal to this fragile rally, and gold looks stuck, spinning wheels in the mud. HOWEVER, look at a longer term chart, and you will see that last week’s fall caught on the uptrend line from the $1,535 (September) low. Long as that holds (now about $1,700), gold’s correction is passed, but if it breaks, nothing good follows. 50 DMA is 1702.11, so momentum is barely, temporarily up, but the 20 DMA stands at a lofty $1,742.60, a long ways above. The SILVER PRICE chart looks the same, only less so. Instead of an even double top Monday and Tuesday, silver topped higher on Monday. Still, the boundaries are plain. Top of the range is 3231, bottom at 3156c. Break up or down thru those levels will carry silver further in the same direction. If it breaks upward, it would climb to 3340c. So far in this latest decline, the longer term chart alloweth me to say nothing much. Looks like it has further to fall, but a rise above 3400c would change that. I have no idea when, but sometime soon, probably before year end, y’all will get a spectacular chance to buy silver. The GOLD/SILVER RATIO rose from 53.195 yesterday to 53.791 today. This does not touch the high (56.56) of the correction since September (rising, for the ratio, remember, when silver and gold are falling) but it is pushing toward it. That implies more work downside for both metals, especially silver. Y’all, I had to drive up to Sevierville yesterday, 5 hours away, and spent the night up there. Leaving the motel this morning, I made the mistake of picking up, then reading a USA Today. Right now, I am suffering from such severe brain poisoning that I doubt I can rub two vowels together and make sense, but I’m going to try. My brain will be spitting and puking for a week trying to get that offal out of its system. US DOLLAR INDEX closed today at 79.053, down 25.2 basis points. The “down” isn’t as important as the level, 79.00, important to morale. Once the dollar index bursts thru 79.84, it will blast off. Must not drop lower than 77.50. Moving higher, watch for it. Euro looks as sick as ever. Closed unchanged today at 1.3313, but last two days has shown no more than a dead cat bounce. Might get a rally here to 1.3500, but soon, yes, soon will come 1.2000. Japanese yen was indeed wounded by the Nice Government Men’s last manipulation — “Steering”, they call it in German” — and fell all last week. Today it rose a stingy 0.11% to 128.35c/Y100 (Y77.91/$1). BoJ bureaucrats aren’t out of the woods yet. Yen needs to drop below 127.5c (Y78.43/$1) to give them any relief. STOCKS jumped big time yesterday (Dow rose 291.23), but today improved little on that performance. Now the five day chart has a mess on it, with Monday at 11,550 – 11,450 looking something like a shoulder, a straight down drop for Wednesday and Friday with a low at 11,250, then a straight up rise yesterday. That might be something like an upside-down head and shoulders that yields a target of 11,850. Might. Dow today closed up 32.62 (0.28%) at 11,555.63. S&P500 rose 2.65 (0.22% to 1,195.19). Longer term chart shows only that the Dow bounced up off the lower Jaw of Death’s bottom jaw, and has crossed above its 50 day moving average (11,540), which might turn momentum upward. Overall, this is a decaying market. Buzzards are circling. Combination of government interference and decades of mal-investment induced — no, seduced — by inflation simply refuse to let the economy heal itself. We are tempted to assign the motive here to wrecking — deliberate sabotage by the parasites in charge — but ‘twould always be dangerous to pick that cause above plain vanilla stupidity born of ideology and lack of work experience. Nothing teaches you how an economy works like scouring toilets, flipping hamburgers, washing cars, or any of the understory jobs that keep the economy running. One wonders whether Bernard O’Bama or Ben the Bernancubus every have held a real job, where you had to work and produce or be fired — and never mind all the other assorted goofs, miscreants, criminals, and ne’er-do-wells in Washington. Can’t y’all just hear my brain spluttering and spitting, trying to get the poison of USA Today and CNN out of its inwards? Yes, my wife turned on the TV in the room. Argentum et aurum comparenda sunt — – Gold and silver must be bought. – Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger The-MoneyChanger.com © 2011, The Moneychanger. May not be republished in any form, including electronically, without our express permission. To avoid confusion, please remember that the comments above have a very short time horizon. Always invest with the primary trend. Gold’s primary trend is up, targeting at least $3,130.00; silver’s primary is up targeting 16:1 gold/silver ratio or $195.66; stocks’ primary trend is down, targeting Dow under 2,900 and worth only one ounce of gold; US$ or US$-denominated assets, primary trend down; real estate bubble has burst, primary trend down. WARNING AND DISCLAIMER. Be advised and warned: Do NOT use these commentaries to trade futures contracts. I don’t intend them for that or write them with that short term trading outlook. I write them for long-term investors in physical metals. Take them as entertainment, but not as a timing service for futures. NOR do I recommend investing in gold or silver Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs). Those are NOT physical metal and I fear one day one or another may go up in smoke. Unless you can breathe smoke, stay away. Call me paranoid, but the surviving rabbit is wary of traps. NOR do I recommend trading futures options or other leveraged paper gold and silver products. These are not for the inexperienced. NOR do I recommend buying gold and silver on margin or with debt. What DO I recommend? Physical gold and silver coins and bars in your own hands. One final warning: NEVER insert a 747 Jumbo Jet up your nose.

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Hunter Dickinson President & CEO named #BusinessPerson of the Year

It was announced recently that Ron Thiessen, President & CEO of # HDI, has been
named Business Person of the Year by the Canada - Southern Africa Chamber of
Business. The award, presented at a gala dinner on November 9, 2011, recognizes
an individual resident in Canada who has contributed significantly to business
development between Canada and Southern Africa. Mr. Thiessen, has been a leading
figure for Canadian mining investment and mine development in South Africa and
has been instrumental in bringing Canada -originated business structures to
South Africa, which were used in innovative acquisitions of resources in South
Africa including gold, platinum group minerals and diamonds. The development and
re-development of mines has brought investment, technology, high levels of
employment and new sources of revenue to South Africa. HDI is a gold sponsor at
the Asia Mining Congress 2012 in Singapore, where they will present their latest
projects and developments. The Asia Mining Team would like to congratulate Mr.
Thiessen and his team on him adding another notable achievement to his long list
of accolades. To learn about #AsiaMiningCongress, visit our website or download
our brochure here To learn more about HDI, visit: www.hdimining.com/ Source:
Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. Read more:
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3 Widely Held Stocks to Sell Before It’s Too Late

There's a common misconception that if a stock is "widely held" it is a
solid business. After all, if everybody holds it, one assumes everyone has done
their due diligence. But do you think the lemmings at the back of the pack have
done their research, or are they just pressing forward because everyone else is
and plunging off the edge before they realize what they've done? I've got
three companies that I think are terrible investments that you should sell now.
First Solar First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR ) manufactures and sells solar modules
using a thin-film semiconductor technology. It also designs, constructs and
sells photovoltaic solar power systems. Solar is all the rage right now, but I
have a fundamental problem with the sector. Without government subsidies, all my
research indicates that solar is not worth the investment. It takes seven to 10
years before one breaks even on a solar investment. But the other factor is
this: Why take a risk on solar when oil is always going to be the go-to source
of energy ? All the big oil companies have billions of dollars in cash and pay
solid dividends. First Solar has negative free cash flow of $370 million over
the trailing 12 months. Net income will be down year-over-year and only up 7%
next year. I don't see First Solar as being worth the risk. AK Steel AK Steel
(NYSE: AKS ) produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, and
tubular products in the United States and internationally. Steel is having a
tough time. For starters, you are dealing with a volatile pricing market. The
market for steel is thankfully larger than copper or aluminum, so at least
there's plenty of business for steel companies. The downside is that this
creates volatility and it is correlated to world economic conditions. As U.S.
and European markets see demand soften, it isn't good news that supply
increased 6.2% over last year. With long-term annualized growth at only 5%, $600
million in net debt and serious cash flow problems, AK Steel is not a company
I'd bet on. The company has been cash flow negative in the past three years,
and it's getting worse the company is $670 million cash flow negative during
the past four quarters. Dont walk run! Safeway Safeway (NYSE: SWY ), the
venerable grocery store, is not a place to go shopping for food or for stock
investments. The grocery trend has been toward organics for the past several
years, and companies like Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM ) have been the big
winners. Meanwhile, in case you've never gone shopping, companies like Target
(NYSE: TGT ) and 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN ) have entered the grocery
arena. Big grocers like Safeway have had to introduce private label brands and
increase organic offerings to stay competitive. But how do you stay competitive
when you can go to Target for everything you might need, and a grocery store
only provides groceries? Now, Safeway isn't going to go out of business. It
has plenty of free cash flow and the earnings are there. But I want to be
invested in a business that is growing not just doing what it can to stay
competitive. Bottom line: Don't be a lemming. As of this writing, Lawrence
Meyers did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned stocks. And he shops
at Trader Joes.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Updates Apple Software

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has updated its Windows Phone 7 Connector
for Mac. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Updates Apple Software It has been
reported that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has issued an update to their
Mac App Store app called Windows Phone 7 Connector. Microsoft Corporation
(NASDAQ:MSFT) added support for ringtone transfers and the ability to drag and
drop files through the "Browse Device" screen. It also improved support for
podcast sync and photo import. Users can get the free update from the Mac App
Store now. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) company shares are currently standing
at 24.87. Price History Last Price: 24.87 52 Week Low / High: 23.65 / 29.46 50
Day Moving Average: 26.25 6 Month Price Change %: -1.9% 12 Month Price Change %:
-4.2%

Tractor Supply Co. Trucking Higher

We have the Super Committee, the International Monetary Fund and the Federal
Reserve. Yet, can one of these organizations, let alone all of them combined,
solve all the world's problems? The answer is probably no, but one can only
hope … and hope is a word that should never be used by a trader or investor.
You should always have a plan in place before executing a trade, and this
applies to covered calls as well. Here is one example to ponder. Tractor Supply
Co. (NASDAQ: TSCO ) looks like it could be a great choice for a covered call (or
a buy-write, if you dont already own the shares). The company operates over
1,000 farming equipment stores in over 40 states and plans on opening another 80
by the end of this year. The company looks good on paper and is expected to grow
earnings about 20% over the next four quarters. With this economy, that is quite
a feat. Since the beginning of October, TSCO has had a nice move up and has been
trading in a range between about $68 and $75 for the past month and a half. With
the current volatility and market conditions, it might be difficult for TSCO to
really break out to the upside. The $68 low-end of the range should act as a
nice area of support to keep the stock from declining. This covered-call idea is
counting on this stock to continue to trade in that range and be closer to the
$70 area at December expiration. Making the TSCO Covered Call Trade With TSCO
trading here at $68.85, you could buy 100 shares and sell the TSCO Dec 70 Calls
against them for a $1.95 credit. Here's a breakdown of this trade… Cost of
the stock : 100 X $68.85 = $6,885 debit Premium received : 100 X $1.95 = $195
credit Maximum profit : $310 that's $115 ($70 option strike – $68.85 stock
price X 100) from the stock and $195 from the premium received if TSCO finishes
at or above $70 @ December expiration. Breakeven : If TSCO finishes at $66.90
($68.85 – $1.95) @ December expiration. Maximum loss : $6,690, which occurs in
the unlikely event that TSCO goes to $0 @ December expiration. Managing the TSCO
Covered Call Trade The main objective for a covered call strategy is for the
stock to just rise up to the sold call's strike price, which in this case is
$70, at December expiration. The stock moves up the maximum amount without being
called away and the sold call expires worthless. Consider exiting the entire
trade (stock and short call) to avoid further losses if TSCO falls much below
support (about $68). Your No. 1 goal as a trader or investor is to preserve your
capital! Remember, he or she who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Gold Rose Today Closing at $1,713.40, Silver Fell 30.8c

Gold Price Close Today : 1713.40 Change : 2.60 or 0.2% Silver Price Close Today
: 3185.3 Change : -30.8 cents or -1.0% Gold Silver Ratio Today : 53.791 Change :
0.596 or 1.1% Silver Gold Ratio Today : 0.01859 Change : -0.000208 or -1.1%
Platinum Price Close Today : 1537.00 Change : -1.20 or -0.1% Palladium Price
Close Today : 588.75 Change : 9.55 or 1.6% S&P 500 : 1,195.19 Change : 2.64 or
0.2% Dow In GOLD$ : $139.42 Change : $ 0.20 or 0.1% Dow in GOLD oz : 6.744
Change : 0.010 or 0.1% Dow in SILVER oz : 362.78 Change : 4.49 or 1.3% Dow
Industrial : 11,555.63 Change : 32.62 or 0.3% US Dollar Index : 79.05 Change :
-0.252 or -0.3% Sorry, I am not convinced that the rallies for the GOLD PRICE
and the SILVER PRICE off Friday's bottom have any lasting power. Here's why:
Yesterday the high-low range for the GOLD PRICE was $1,719.88 and $1,703.49 (for
silver, 3231c and 3156c). Today the range was $1,719.83 and $1,703.47 (3216.5c
and 3147c). The GOLD PRICE today rose $2.60 to close at $1,713.40, while silver
fell 30.8c (after rising 114.7c yesterday) to 3185.3c. A mixed close always
gives me the nervous fantods. Range for GOLD those two days was virtually
identical, leading to the conclusion that a solid wall of resistance awaits at
$1,720. Monday and Tuesday gold double-topped at that line. A failure to break
through tomorrow would be fatal to this fragile rally, and gold looks stuck,
spinning wheels in the mud. HOWEVER, look at a longer term chart, and you will
see that last week's fall caught on the uptrend line from the $1,535 (September)
low. Long as that holds (now about $1,700), gold's correction is passed, but if
it breaks, nothing good follows. 50 DMA is 1702.11, so momentum is barely,
temporarily up, but the 20 DMA stands at a lofty $1,742.60, a long ways above.
The SILVER PRICE chart looks the same, only less so. Instead of an even double
top Monday and Tuesday, silver topped higher on Monday. Still, the boundaries
are plain. Top of the range is 3231, bottom at 3156c. Break up or down thru
those levels will carry silver further in the same direction. If it breaks
upward, it would climb to 3340c. So far in this latest decline, the longer term
chart alloweth me to say nothing much. Looks like it has further to fall, but a
rise above 3400c would change that. I have no idea when, but sometime soon,
probably before year end, y'all will get a spectacular chance to buy silver. The
GOLD/SILVER RATIO rose from 53.195 yesterday to 53.791 today. This does not
touch the high (56.56) of the correction since September (rising, for the ratio,
remember, when silver and gold are falling) but it is pushing toward it. That
implies more work downside for both metals, especially silver. Y'all, I had to
drive up to Sevierville yesterday, 5 hours away, and spent the night up there.
Leaving the motel this morning, I made the mistake of picking up, then reading a
USA Today. Right now, I am suffering from such severe brain poisoning that I
doubt I can rub two vowels together and make sense, but I'm going to try. My
brain will be spitting and puking for a week trying to get that offal out of its
system. US DOLLAR INDEX closed today at 79.053, down 25.2 basis points. The
"down" isn't as important as the level, 79.00, important to morale. Once the
dollar index bursts thru 79.84, it will blast off. Must not drop lower than
77.50. Moving higher, watch for it. Euro looks as sick as ever. Closed unchanged
today at 1.3313, but last two days has shown no more than a dead cat bounce.
Might get a rally here to 1.3500, but soon, yes, soon will come 1.2000. Japanese
yen was indeed wounded by the Nice Government Men's last manipulation --
"Steering", they call it in German" -- and fell all last week. Today it rose a
stingy 0.11% to 128.35c/Y100 (Y77.91/$1). BoJ bureaucrats aren't out of the
woods yet. Yen needs to drop below 127.5c (Y78.43/$1) to give them any relief.
STOCKS jumped big time yesterday (Dow rose 291.23), but today improved little on
that performance. Now the five day chart has a mess on it, with Monday at 11,550
- 11,450 looking something like a shoulder, a straight down drop for Wednesday
and Friday with a low at 11,250, then a straight up rise yesterday. That might
be something like an upside-down head and shoulders that yields a target of
11,850. Might. Dow today closed up 32.62 (0.28%) at 11,555.63. S&P500 rose 2.65
(0.22% to 1,195.19). Longer term chart shows only that the Dow bounced up off
the lower Jaw of Death's bottom jaw, and has crossed above its 50 day moving
average (11,540), which might turn momentum upward. Overall, this is a decaying
market. Buzzards are circling. Combination of government interference and
decades of mal-investment induced -- no, seduced -- by inflation simply refuse
to let the economy heal itself. We are tempted to assign the motive here to
wrecking -- deliberate sabotage by the parasites in charge -- but 'twould always
be dangerous to pick that cause above plain vanilla stupidity born of ideology
and lack of work experience. Nothing teaches you how an economy works like
scouring toilets, flipping hamburgers, washing cars, or any of the understory
jobs that keep the economy running. One wonders whether Bernard O'Bama or Ben
the Bernancubus every have held a real job, where you had to work and produce or
be fired -- and never mind all the other assorted goofs, miscreants, criminals,
and ne'er-do-wells in Washington. Can't y'all just hear my brain spluttering and
spitting, trying to get the poison of USA Today and CNN out of its inwards? Yes,
my wife turned on the TV in the room. Argentum et aurum comparenda sunt -- --
Gold and silver must be bought. - Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger
The-MoneyChanger.com © 2011, The Moneychanger. May not be republished in any
form, including electronically, without our express permission. To avoid
confusion, please remember that the comments above have a very short time
horizon. Always invest with the primary trend. Gold's primary trend is up,
targeting at least $3,130.00; silver's primary is up targeting 16:1 gold/silver
ratio or $195.66; stocks' primary trend is down, targeting Dow under 2,900 and
worth only one ounce of gold; US$ or US$-denominated assets, primary trend down;
real estate bubble has burst, primary trend down. WARNING AND DISCLAIMER. Be
advised and warned: Do NOT use these commentaries to trade futures contracts. I
don't intend them for that or write them with that short term trading outlook. I
write them for long-term investors in physical metals. Take them as
entertainment, but not as a timing service for futures. NOR do I recommend
investing in gold or silver Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs). Those are NOT physical
metal and I fear one day one or another may go up in smoke. Unless you can
breathe smoke, stay away. Call me paranoid, but the surviving rabbit is wary of
traps. NOR do I recommend trading futures options or other leveraged paper gold
and silver products. These are not for the inexperienced. NOR do I recommend
buying gold and silver on margin or with debt. What DO I recommend? Physical
gold and silver coins and bars in your own hands. One final warning: NEVER
insert a 747 Jumbo Jet up your nose.

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Pamper Your Portfolio With This Beauty Stock

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA ) currently is ranked No. 2 on Investor’s Business Daily’s list of the 50 best stocks. Ulta’s business is booming. Last quarter, sales and earnings increased 23% and 73% year-over-year, respectively. Fourth-quarter earnings, expected Dec. 1, should be much the same. Despite all the good news, investors might want to ditch the beauty salon business and focus exclusively on the hair care and beauty products — and more importantly, the stock — offered by Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE: SBH ). The former Alberto Culver subsidiary might have a lot of debt, but it’s a much better buy. I’ll explain why. Profitability Normally, I’m not keen on investing in companies whose level of debt is unusually high. However, I’m willing to make an exception for Sally Beauty Holdings because of its profitability. Since Sally was spun out of Alberto Culver in November 2006, its gross margins have increased 300 basis points to 48.8% and its operating margins 610 basis points to 13.7%. These are substantially higher than ULTA’s margins, which are at their highest levels ever. Sally makes 44% more than Ulta for every dollar of revenue. Therefore, as long as Sally continues to grow revenues 5% to 10% per year, the debt problem will take care of itself. Growth I’ve already shown that Sally is more profitable. However, margins aren’t everything. Growth also is meaningful, so why don’t we have a look at that side of the coin? Everything about Ulta suggests it’s a growth company. Revenues have grown an average of 20% annually over the past five years. Sally, on the other hand, has plodded along at 6% annually. Using their trailing 12-month revenue numbers, let’s figure out how much money each company will be earning five years from now. At 20% revenue growth, Ulta’s revenues in 2016 would be $4 billion. Sally’s revenue in 2016, based on 6% growth, would be $4.4 billion. Assuming the same margins as today, Sally would earn $599 million in 2016 — $161 million more than Ulta. Fans of Ulta could argue that its operating margin will be higher than 9.5% in five years given its current growth in earnings. That’s true, but the same can be said for Sally, which actually has increased margins since 2006 at a rate equal to or slightly better than Ulta.

Ron Paul Revisits the Gold Standard vs Paper Money

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DG365FD46564GFH654FU898 The topic of a U.S. return to the gold standard was once again at the forefront of an interview with Ron Paul this week. In a discussion with Fox News, the Texas congressman and 2012 Presidential candidate presented his latest views on the benefits of a gold standard, the damaging role of paper money in the financial system, and his efforts to audit the Federal Reserve. When first asked “What would happen in a Ron Paul presidency if we were to return to a gold standard. How soon could this happen and how would it happen,” Dr. Paul responded as follows: I wish we could do this overnight and we could do a few things like repealing the executive order of Nixon but that in and of itself wouldn’t be enough. We know what to do. We did it once after the Civil War. We went from a paper standard back to a gold standard, and the event was not that dramatic. Today the big problem is both the conservatives and the liberals have a big appetite for big government for different reasons. Therefore they need the Fed to tide them over and monetize the debt. So if you do not get rid of that appetite, it’s going to be more difficult. But the transition is not that difficult. You have to get your house in order, you have to balance the budget, you have to not run up

Top 6 Stocks for December

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Focus on Earnings and Dividends High unemployment, a shaky economy with talk of a "double-dip" recession, and more debt crises in Europe drove stocks lower in late November. But third-quarter earnings accelerated, and gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2%. Looking ahead, the first indications of holiday season sales look very positive, and consumer confidence is on the rise. This could help stabilize the stock market. But volatility remains high, so this month investors should concentrate on stocks that have shown strength in earnings and price with an emphasis on dividend increases.

Gold Futures Inch Higher, Silver Dips to $32

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DG365FD46564GFH654FU898 COMEX gold futures settled fractionally higher on Tuesday, with the December 2011 contract rising $2.60, or 0.2%, to $1,713.40 per ounce.

Should Investors Count Microsoft Out?

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Click to Enlarge Some stocks need no introduction. And yet familiarity breeds contempt. That’s pretty much the state of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) right now, which has taken a pretty good beating the past two months but could be in line for a decent recovery if the bulls fight back in December. Microsoft is the world’s largest developer and manufacturer of software. Its bread and butter still is operating systems and the Office suite of productivity tools like Word and Excel — the products that helped launch the company to fame in the early 1980s and '90s. In the last fiscal year, these two product lines were responsible for 60% of the company’s massive $69.9 billion in revenue. Although everyone has predicted the demise of Microsoft’s hegemony for years, researchers at Gartner figure that the Windows operating system still runs 78% of all computers in the world today. Another 24% of the revenue total is attributed to Microsoft’s second-largest division, Servers and Tools, which provides large enterprises and governments with the software needed to run everything from websites to data centers. To extend its reach to the living room in recent years,

FTSE 100 drops on Osborne comments

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gol2664 Negocioenlinea FTSE 100 drops on Osborne comments Proactive Investors UK – 10 minutes ago The FTSE 100 reversed early gains this afternoon after Chancellor George Osborne said in his autumn statement that economic growth in the UK has been below expectations, while the government has …

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) Launches Futuristic Concept Car

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tdp2664 E money daily Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) has unveiled a futuristic concept car the Fun Vii. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) Launches Futuristic Concept Car Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) has unveiled a new concept car, the Fun Vii, which will be open to the public show at the Tokyo Motor Show next week. The new futuristic car resembles a giant smartphone. The car works as a PC and the touch panel door can be used to connect with dealers and others. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) president Akiyo Toyoda said, "A car must appeal to our emotions. The Fun Vii was an example of what might be in the works in “20XX”." Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM) stocks were at 64.17 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a -13.3% movement in the stock price over the past 3 months. Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM) Analyst Advice Consensus Opinion: Hold Mean recommendation: 3 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 3 Zack’s Rank: 6 out of 12 in the industry

Top 10 Most Profitable NASDAQ-100 Stocks: BIDU, CHKP, ALTR, LLTC, GILD, MSFT, CTRP, QCOM, ISRG, MCHP (Nov 29, 2011)

Below are the top 10 most profitable stocks in the NASDAQ-100 index

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Wants Programming Lessons

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has backed programming lessons in UK
schools. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Wants Programming Lessons Reports
say that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), along with Google, welcomed the
move to introduce programming and software coding lessons in Britains schools.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Google agree with the results of the
Next Gen report that the UK should be a global hub for video games and special
effects in coming years and there needed to be changes in the countrys education
system for this to happen. Alex Hope, co-author of that Next Gen reports, said
that, "the high tech industry was one of the UKs best growth prospects. We
need to give kids a proper understanding of computers if [pupils are] to compete
for all kinds of jobs. The government is looking for opportunities for growth.
Therefore they need to train the programmers that creative and other hi-tech
firms need to build their businesses. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stocks were
at 24.87 at the end of the last days trading. Theres been a -3.8% change in the
stock price over the past 3 months. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Analyst Advice
Consensus Opinion: Moderate Buy Mean recommendation: 1.87 (1=Strong Buy,
5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 1.76 Zacks Rank: 30 out of 89 in the industry

Gold Price to “Grind Out a Move” to $1,775

GOLD PRICE NEWS – The gold price held steady near $1,710 per ounce Tuesday
morning as the yellow metal consolidated following yesterday's rally.

Before The Open Movers: (GOLD), (CVE), (BBEP), (CEL), (INHX)

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GOLD, VVUS, SSRI, MVIS, INFY - Stocks to watch at opening bell

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Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) Might Miss Uranium Target

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tdp2664 E money daily Bloomberg has reported that Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO)'s Rossing Mine may not be able to achieve its 2011 Uranium target. Flash Player 9 or higher is required to view the chart Click here to download Flash Player now View the full RIO chart at Wikinvest Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) Might Miss Uranium Target According to a report, Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO)'s Rossing uranium mine, the third-largest worldwide, is likely to miss its 2011 production target of 3,100 metric tons due to heavy rains and a strike. Jerome Mutumba External Affairs Manager, said that, "Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) may not be able to meet the production target but we are pushing to do so. Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) views the so-called near-term price outlook for uranium as negative as the market remains in surplus until 2014.Spot prices are expected to be volatile and trade around the $50 to $55 range. The long-term price outlook remains positive despite Germany's phasing out of nuclear energy, due to continued China growth. Prices are expected to remain in the $60 to $65 range for now". Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) shares stood at 3161.5 at the end of the last trading session. Price History Last Price: 3161.5 52 Week Range: 2,636.50- 6,951.16 Last Vol: 1476338 3 Month Vol: 5736280

Cramer's Lightning Round – The Only Financial You Can Buy (11/28/11)

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gol2664 Negocioenlinea Cramer's Lightning Round – The Only Financial You Can Buy (11/28/11) Seeking Alpha – 1 hour ago Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Monday November 28. US Bancorp (USB): “If you need some exposure to financials, that is the only one you can …

Top 5 Dividend Stocks to Buy for December

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Despite a barrage of wicked headlines from Europe, domestic equities have held their ground remarkably well in recent weeks. The headline indices likely will make one more upside run in December, lifting the S&P 500 to 1,300 or a little higher. After that, the crystal ball clouds over. I’m not ruling out a happy resolution to Europe’s problems, but I’m not counting on it. The $64 trillion question, of course, is whether the slump will spread to other parts of the world, including the United States. Within a few months, we’ll know. Meanwhile, the flow of events “over there” bears an eerie resemblance to America’s mortgage crisis as it unfolded in late 2007 and early 2008. Policymakers tried to stick one patch after another on the deflating balloon. None of the fixes worked for long. Ultimately, stock markets worldwide paid the price. It might not be too late to avoid a similar fate this time — if Greece and now especially Italy grasp the nettle and promptly carry out their promised fiscal reforms. However, the capital markets’ patience has just about run dry. To cope with this high-risk environment, replace high-volatility stocks with safer dividend stocks. As a rule of thumb, any stock that fell more than 25% during the July/August swoon is a candidate for elimination. Replacements should throw off a dividend yield of at least 3%. Here are five such dividend stocks to buy now: Dividend Stock #1: Clorox During the spring and summer, takeover speculation swirled around Clorox (NYSE: CLX ), the maker of bleach and Glad bags and Brita water-filtration systems. At one point, in fact, activist investor Carl Icahn proposed buying the company for $80 per share. However, Icahn has since backed away, and the takeover groupies have exited the stock. Result: The share price has cooled down, presenting an opportunity for patient, long-term investors. Not only does CLX throw off a generous 3.7% dividend, but the company also has upped its payout 34 years in a row. The latest increase (in May 2011) amounted to a healthy, inflation-beating 9%. What to do now: Buy CLX up to $66.70. From today’s level, I’m projecting a total return (dividends plus price gain) of 12% to 15% in the year ahead. Dividend Stock #2: Waste Management Waste Management (NYSE: WM ), the trash hauler, operates a steady, recession-resistant business — just the ticket in a sluggish economy. Moreover, judicious bolt-on acquisitions are helping the company to fatten its bottom line through economies of scale. The trash industry is highly fragmented, inviting consolidators like WM to take over smaller rivals and squeeze out overlapping costs. Topping off the investment case, the shares yield 4.4%. Dividends, piled higher each year since 2004, have grown 54% in the past five years alone. What to do now: Buy WM up to $33.10. As with CLX, I’m projecting a total return (dividends plus price gain) of 12% to 15% in 2012.

Top 10 Most Profitable U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks: GA, CYOU, BIDU, NTES, KH, NOAH, SFUN, CTRP, AMAP, SOHU (Nov 29, 2011)

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tdp2664 China Analyst Below are the top 10 most profitable U.S.-listed Chinese stocks for the last 12 months. Giant Interactive Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:GA) is the 1st most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 52.23% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 55.76% for the same period. Changyou.com Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU) is the 2nd most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 50.66% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 57.94% for the same period. Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the 3rd most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 46.00% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 52.53% for the same period. NetEase.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:NTES) is the 4th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 44.36% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 46.77% for the same period. China Kanghui Holdings (ADR) (NYSE:KH) is the 5th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 34.98% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 41.99% for the same period. Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the 6th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 34.42% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 40.57% for the same period. SouFun Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SFUN) is the 7th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 33.83% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 41.57% for the same period. Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CTRP) is the 8th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 32.11% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 33.57% for the same period. AutoNavi Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMAP) is the 9th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 32.10% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 30.98% for the same period. Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) is the 10th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 30.61% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 34.88% for the same period.

10 Direxion ETFs Boosting Their Multipliers

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tdp2664 InvestorPlace Big changes are coming to the Direxion Shares ETF lineup. The company’s board of trustees approved realignment to the names and investment strategies for 10 leveraged funds. The funds’ new investment objectives will seek daily results — before fees and expenses — of 300% leverage or 300% inverse performance of the fund’s target index. The funds previously sought daily results of 200% leverage or 200% inverse. The changes will be effective Dec. 1, 2011 and apply to the following Direxion funds: Current Fund Name/New Fund Name Daily BRIC Bull 2X Shares/Daily BRIC Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: BRIL ) Daily BRIC Bear 2X Shares/Daily BRIC Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: BRIS ) Daily India Bull 2X Shares/Daily India Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: INDL ) Daily India Bear 2X Shares/Daily India Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: INDZ ) Daily Gold Miners Bull 2X Shares/Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: NUGT ) Daily Gold Miners Bear 2X Shares/Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: DUST ) Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 2X Shares/Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: GASL ) Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 2X Shares/Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: GASX ) Daily Retail Bull 2X Shares/ Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: RETL ) Daily Retail Bear 2X Shares/ Daily Retail Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: RETS ) Each of the funds’ ticker symbols and expense ratios will remain the same. The Boston, Mass.-based investment firm manages around $7.5 billion in ETF assets. This article is brought to you by ETFguide.com. ETFguide is the information leader on exchange-traded funds because of its vendor-neutral approach and its progressive reporting style. Unique features include an ETF bookstore, a monthly email newsletter and subscription-based ETF portfolios.

10 Direxion ETFs Boosting Their Multipliers

Big changes are coming to the Direxion Shares ETF lineup. The companys board of
trustees approved realignment to the names and investment strategies for 10
leveraged funds. The funds new investment objectives will seek daily results
before fees and expenses of 300% leverage or 300% inverse performance of the
funds target index. The funds previously sought daily results of 200% leverage
or 200% inverse. The changes will be effective Dec. 1, 2011 and apply to the
following Direxion funds: Current Fund Name/New Fund Name Daily BRIC Bull 2X
Shares/Daily BRIC Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: BRIL ) Daily BRIC Bear 2X Shares/Daily
BRIC Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: BRIS ) Daily India Bull 2X Shares/Daily India Bull 3X
Shares (NYSE: INDL ) Daily India Bear 2X Shares/Daily India Bear 3X Shares
(NYSE: INDZ ) Daily Gold Miners Bull 2X Shares/Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares
(NYSE: NUGT ) Daily Gold Miners Bear 2X Shares/Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X Shares
(NYSE: DUST ) Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 2X Shares/Daily Natural Gas Related
Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: GASL ) Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 2X Shares/Daily
Natural Gas Related Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: GASX ) Daily Retail Bull 2X Shares/
Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: RETL ) Daily Retail Bear 2X Shares/ Daily
Retail Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: RETS ) Each of the funds ticker symbols and expense
ratios will remain the same. The Boston, Mass.-based investment firm manages
around $7.5 billion in ETF assets. This article is brought to you by
ETFguide.com. ETFguide is the information leader on exchange-traded funds
because of its vendor-neutral approach and its progressive reporting style.
Unique features include an ETF bookstore, a monthly email newsletter and
subscription-based ETF portfolios.

Gold & Silver Prices – Daily Outlook November 29

Gold and silver prices started the week with sharp rises, after they had
declined on Friday. Major commodities prices such as crude oil prices also
rallied yesterday. The news of Fitchs negative outlook on U.S. might influence
trades during the day. The Italians plan another debt auction that will start
today. This might affect forex and commodities traders especially if the auction
wont go well. Today the U.S consumer confidence report will be published.
Currently, gold and silver are traded slightly down.

Top 10 Most Profitable U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks: GA, CYOU, BIDU, NTES, KH, NOAH, SFUN, CTRP, AMAP, SOHU (Nov 29, 2011)

Below are the top 10 most profitable U.S.-listed Chinese stocks for the last 12
months. Giant Interactive Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:GA) is the 1st most profitable
stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 52.23% for the
last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 55.76% for the same period.
Changyou.com Limited(ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU) is the 2nd most profitable stock in this
segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 50.66% for the last 12 months.
Its operating profit margin was 57.94% for the same period. Baidu.com, Inc.
(ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) is the 3rd most profitable stock in this segment of the
market. Its net profit margin was 46.00% for the last 12 months. Its operating
profit margin was 52.53% for the same period. NetEase.com, Inc. (ADR)
(NASDAQ:NTES) is the 4th most profitable stock in this segment of the market.
Its net profit margin was 44.36% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit
margin was 46.77% for the same period. China Kanghui Holdings (ADR) (NYSE:KH) is
the 5th most profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit
margin was 34.98% for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 41.99%
for the same period. Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) is the 6th most
profitable stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 34.42%
for the last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 40.57% for the same
period. SouFun Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SFUN) is the 7th most profitable
stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 33.83% for the
last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 41.57% for the same period.
Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CTRP) is the 8th most profitable
stock in this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 32.11% for the
last 12 months. Its operating profit margin was 33.57% for the same period.
AutoNavi Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMAP) is the 9th most profitable stock in
this segment of the market. Its net profit margin was 32.10% for the last 12
months. Its operating profit margin was 30.98% for the same period. Sohu.com
Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) is the 10th most profitable stock in this segment of the
market. Its net profit margin was 30.61% for the last 12 months. Its operating
profit margin was 34.88% for the same period.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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