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Global Investing Roundups Friday, October 31st, 2008

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ContrarianProfits/~3/438179912/7614
 Posted on Friday, October 31st, 2008 | In Market Commentary
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AmEx Cuts 7,000 Jobs; Oil Down on GDP; Governors Lobby Gov. on Auto Industry; Motorola Downsizes; Kodak Results Less Than Picture Perfect; Waste Management Recession Resistant

  • American Express Co. (AXP) said yesterday (Thursday) that it plans to cut 7,000 jobs, or 10% of its global work force, in an effort to reduce costs by $1.8 billion in next year, The Associated Press reported. The company will also suspend management-level salary increases next year and institute a hiring freeze. American Express has reported four straight quarters of profit declines.
  • Oil prices fell more than 2% yesterday (Thursday), after economic data showed a 0.3% decline in gross domestic product (GDP). Light, sweet crude fell $1.54 at settle $65.96 a barrel, after trading as high as $70.60 earlier in the day. Oil is down 55% from the record high $147.27 a barrel reached in July. It is down 30% in October alone.
  • The governors of six states have sent a letter to federal officials asking that they take “immediate action” in assisting troubled domestic automakers, The Associated Press reported. The governors of Michigan, Delaware, Kentucky, New York, Ohio and South Dakota all asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to extend America’s domestic car companies the same kind of aid offered to financial institutions.
  • Motorola Inc. (MOT) yesterday (Thursday) said its fourth-quarter results would miss expectations and that its mobile phone business would deteriorate even further in 2009, forcing the company to delay its plan to spin off the unit, Reuters reported. Motorola Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha outlined a plan to save the company $800 million in costs in 2009, by cutting 3,000 jobs, or 4.5% of the company’s workforce.
  • Eastman Kodak Co (EK) yesterday (Thursday) cut its 2008 revenue growth and earnings forecast after posting a slide in third quarter revenue. The company now sees revenue declining by 3% to 5%. Kodak’s third-quarter revenue fell 5% to $2.41 billion. Net income was $96 million, or 34 cents a share, up from $37 million, or 13 cents a share, one year ago.
  • Waste Management Inc (WMI) yesterday (Thursday) posted an 11.5% jump in third-quarter earnings.  The company reported net income of $310 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $278 million, or 54 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 3.6 % to $3.53 billion.

Source: Global Investing Roundups Friday, October 31st, 2008

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ContrarianProfits.com is a financial news and opinion website with a twist. As investment guru Rick Rule puts it, “You are either a contrarian or a victim.” In the financial world, most people are losers because they just don’t know what game they’re playing. They think they can just get “into the market” along with everyone else, do what everyone else does, and they will make money. Not likely. By the time you’ve paid commissions, spreads, fees, taxes – and suffered the consequences of inflation – you’ll be very lucky just to have as much money as you started with.

ContrarianProfits.com is a contrarian site, in the sense that we provide ideas, opinions and recommendations that often run counter to the mainstream financial press. We do this not just to be contrary, but because we’ve realized that Rick is right. You don’t make money by following the crowd; you make money by leading it.

Why is this so? Well, it’s obvious that if you do the same thing everyone else does you’ll get the same results everyone else gets. On average, and over the long run, real investment returns for the typical investor cannot exceed the rate of growth of the economy itself. Everybody can’t get richer faster than everybody else. Real economic growth in the US today averages about 3% per year; if you don’t make any mistakes, that’s about what you can expect. Few people may be satisfied with 3% per year, but most feel comfortable in the middle of the financial herd and are happy to take whatever that gets them. If you’re one of those people, you will probably not like our site. It will make you uncomfortable.

If, on the other hand, you’re willing to look at things a little differently, you’ll appreciate the views of many of our columnists, contributors and visionaries.

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Global Investing Roundups Friday, October 31st, 2008

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ContrarianProfits/~3/438179912/7614
 Posted on Friday, October 31st, 2008 | In Market Commentary
Contributed by: Contrarian Profits (http://contrarianprofits.com) -

AmEx Cuts 7,000 Jobs; Oil Down on GDP; Governors Lobby Gov. on Auto Industry; Motorola Downsizes; Kodak Results Less Than Picture Perfect; Waste Management Recession Resistant

  • American Express Co. (AXP) said yesterday (Thursday) that it plans to cut 7,000 jobs, or 10% of its global work force, in an effort to reduce costs by $1.8 billion in next year, The Associated Press reported. The company will also suspend management-level salary increases next year and institute a hiring freeze. American Express has reported four straight quarters of profit declines.
  • Oil prices fell more than 2% yesterday (Thursday), after economic data showed a 0.3% decline in gross domestic product (GDP). Light, sweet crude fell $1.54 at settle $65.96 a barrel, after trading as high as $70.60 earlier in the day. Oil is down 55% from the record high $147.27 a barrel reached in July. It is down 30% in October alone.
  • The governors of six states have sent a letter to federal officials asking that they take “immediate action” in assisting troubled domestic automakers, The Associated Press reported. The governors of Michigan, Delaware, Kentucky, New York, Ohio and South Dakota all asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to extend America’s domestic car companies the same kind of aid offered to financial institutions.
  • Motorola Inc. (MOT) yesterday (Thursday) said its fourth-quarter results would miss expectations and that its mobile phone business would deteriorate even further in 2009, forcing the company to delay its plan to spin off the unit, Reuters reported. Motorola Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha outlined a plan to save the company $800 million in costs in 2009, by cutting 3,000 jobs, or 4.5% of the company’s workforce.
  • Eastman Kodak Co (EK) yesterday (Thursday) cut its 2008 revenue growth and earnings forecast after posting a slide in third quarter revenue. The company now sees revenue declining by 3% to 5%. Kodak’s third-quarter revenue fell 5% to $2.41 billion. Net income was $96 million, or 34 cents a share, up from $37 million, or 13 cents a share, one year ago.
  • Waste Management Inc (WMI) yesterday (Thursday) posted an 11.5% jump in third-quarter earnings.  The company reported net income of $310 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $278 million, or 54 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 3.6 % to $3.53 billion.

Source: Global Investing Roundups Friday, October 31st, 2008

Last 5 posts by Contrarian Profits
About Contrarian Profits (http://contrarianprofits.com)

ContrarianProfits.com is a financial news and opinion website with a twist. As investment guru Rick Rule puts it, “You are either a contrarian or a victim.” In the financial world, most people are losers because they just don’t know what game they’re playing. They think they can just get “into the market” along with everyone else, do what everyone else does, and they will make money. Not likely. By the time you’ve paid commissions, spreads, fees, taxes – and suffered the consequences of inflation – you’ll be very lucky just to have as much money as you started with.

ContrarianProfits.com is a contrarian site, in the sense that we provide ideas, opinions and recommendations that often run counter to the mainstream financial press. We do this not just to be contrary, but because we’ve realized that Rick is right. You don’t make money by following the crowd; you make money by leading it.

Why is this so? Well, it’s obvious that if you do the same thing everyone else does you’ll get the same results everyone else gets. On average, and over the long run, real investment returns for the typical investor cannot exceed the rate of growth of the economy itself. Everybody can’t get richer faster than everybody else. Real economic growth in the US today averages about 3% per year; if you don’t make any mistakes, that’s about what you can expect. Few people may be satisfied with 3% per year, but most feel comfortable in the middle of the financial herd and are happy to take whatever that gets them. If you’re one of those people, you will probably not like our site. It will make you uncomfortable.

If, on the other hand, you’re willing to look at things a little differently, you’ll appreciate the views of many of our columnists, contributors and visionaries.

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