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POPSCDOs Rise From The Dead These reinvented CDOs are supposed to be less risky...we'll see. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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POPSGo To Africa, Young Investor Should your portfolio dollars be earmarked for Africa? Paul Kedrosky provides five reasons why you should consider investing there.
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POPSH-P Challenges IBM Get details of H-P's proposed acquisition of Electronic Data Systems. The move would make Hewlett-Packard the world's second-largest provider of technology services.
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POPSThe REIT Time? Real estate expert Peter Slatin discusses REITs and recommends three real estate company buys.
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POPSCan Solar ETFs Shine? There's lots of room for growth in this sector so you know it's just a matter of time before a bunch of new ETFs roll out. Today, Market Vectors Solar Energy (KWT) joins Claymore/MAC Global Solar as the second solar ETF play. The problem these ETFs--and the sure-to-come new ones--wiil face is that solar energy is still a very expensive way to generate energy.
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POPSTaking Care Of Tax Business From how to deal with minimum wage increases to the right time to buy equipment, here's a look at some tips small business owners should keep in mind this tax season--and for the future.
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POPSMarket Lessons Even if you haven't profited during recent market turmoil, you can still gain some market know-how. Here are four lessons.
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POPSHome Sales Stop Their Descent Finally, at least a little good news in the home buying arena. Mortgage applications are up as buyers find big reductions in home prices in some areas of the country.
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POPSPalm Still Struggling Palm better rebuild quickly or they are going to find themselves out of the game. Since October, its stock price has fallen more than 60%. A new TREO line is due out later this year; maybe that will help turn things around. Investors certainly hope so.
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POPSBuffett's Berkshire Swaps Shares The deal is expected to close in the third quarter and adds two more insurance companies to Berkshire's assets, which already owns Geico and General Re.
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POPSSamsung's Fit Phone Samsung and Adidas are teaming up to create a "fitness phone" that will rival the iPod/Nike offering. A shoelace mounted sensor means you don't have to buy special shoes, unlike the Nike/Nano version. The new phones may help Samsung improve on its 161 million mobile units sold last year.
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POPSPlatinum and Palladium: Red Hot Metals Gold is not the only commodity that is seeing its price surge. Due partly because of its role in the auto industry and in high-end jewelry, platinum and palladium prices are heading north.
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POPSRichard Branson Flies Online According to the article, the new service is a combination of three of the best ideas on the Internet: the user and seller reviews provided by online auctioneer eBay; Priceline's ability to let consumers offer their own bids on flights; and the simplicity of Expedia and Travelocity. If anyone can swing that, he can.
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POPSWhy Is Wal-Mart Doing So Well? Retailers are still licking their wounds from a disappointing holiday season and worries of a recession still persist. So why is Wal-Mart thriving? Daniel Gross points to four reasons.
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POPSFord To Workers: Deal or No Deal? Ford (nyse: F) is offering its workers some of the most lucrative buyout packages ever, including one-time cash payments of $140,000 and family college tuition plans. Ford's employees should think hard before passing up the deals on the table because the handwriting is on the wall and the next step will be layoffs.
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POPSElectronic Arts' Bid To Spice Up Its Catalog Gets Rejected Take-Two rejected Electronic Arts' takeover bid, saying it "provides insufficient value to their shareholders." ERTs wants to get deal done, in part to keep up with Activision's acquisition of Vivendi's game division. Take-Two thinks it will get a better offer after the release of the latest version of its mega hit Grand Theft Auto, which is scheduled for April.
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POPSObama's Effect On The Market Author Gary Gordon says it's probably just a coincidence that these ETFs have done better after Obama's comments. But it can't hurt to keep on eye on what the candidates are saying--you might pick up a tip or two.
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POPSStaples' Takeover Bid Rejected Although Corporate Express took no time at all to reject Staples' hostile takeover offer, analysts think that the deal will eventually be completed. The deal would make Staples a major delivery player in Europe.
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POPSBuffett Offer Rebuff At first glance the offer might seem appealing but Berkshire Hathaway refuses to take any risks associated with mortgage-related securities so ultimately it will do little to reduce the problems the companies are facing on securities backed by mortgages, consumer loans and other assets.
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POPSDow 15,000 Stay away from housing and commodities in 2008 but go for banks and brokerages says H.J. Mann.
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POPSSubprime Crises: Is Japan Next? According to the article, so far Japan's biggest three banks have admitted to just $4.7bn in total losses between them. The figure is rising. Mitsubishi, the biggest, has just raised its tally to 12 times the sum admitted in November. This looks like a replay of the early 1990s when fear of losing face delayed the awful news.
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POPSNew China Small-Cap ETF There's still time to profit from China's growth. Here's a simple way to gain access to the country's smaller companies.
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POPSSubprime Crackdown by the FBI According to an FBI report out last year, the FBI is most concerned with "fraud for profit." This often involves multiple loans and elaborate schemes perpetrated to gain illicit proceeds from property sales. The report said such schemes usually involved "gross misrepresentions concerning appraisals and loan documents."
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POPSSolar Stocks: Go Long Between the drop in oil demand usually associated with a recession--which will produce a corresponding negative effect in solar stock prices--and the government's hesitation to reissue the solar tax credit, Nick Hodge is a long-term bull. He suggests using the recent market sell-off to amass shares of stocks that are now bargain priced. I agree, go long on solar.
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POPSeBay: Do I Hear $10? So what next? Andrew Horowitz says buying seems to be a mistake unless management can show some plan of turnaround. Investors could consider a short position or purchasing a put contract close to the money. If you are long, consider hedging with either covered-calls or puts.
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POPSThe Wal-Marts Are Coming! With 10 years of consecutive growth, Russia provides an opportunity too tempting to pass up. It's not surprising that Wal-Mart wants to open its doors here. The author is long on Wal-Mart.
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