Today the markets fell for the first time in three days.  The Dow Jones and the S&P fell 1.15% and 1.30% respectively, while the NASDAQ closed down 0.52% at 1,483.48.  The 10-year was down today closing at a yield of 2.597%.  Oil was up 7.21% to $51.61 and gold was up 7.5% the largest gain since September.  Oil and gold both surged today due to the weakening dollar.

While, the market was down today winners could be found in energy stocks due to the rise in the price of oil.  Chevron [CVX: 67.13, +0.54 (+0.81%)] was up 1.4% and Occidental Petroleum [OXY: 58.98, +2.14 (+3.76%)] was up 4.2% to close the day at $59.25.  These companies have been hurt lately due to the falling oil prices and are hoping that these prices continue to rise.  For those investors who have held on and even dollar cost averaged

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Known for its focus on valuation figures to weight portfolios, the ETF provider is shifting gears by launching a new large-cap growth fund.

Since first jumping into the exchange-traded funds market two-plus years ago with 20 dividend-weighted exchange-traded funds, WisdomTree Investments has firmly been cast as a value-styled management shop.

That focus on weighting index-based ETF portfolios on business fundamentals -- rather than traditional  market-cap size figures -- hasn't changed. But the New York-based firm launched Thursday an ETF focused squarely on large-cap growth stocks.  

By itself, that wouldn't seem to be a major introduction. Diversified large-cap growth funds, after all, aren't exactly out of the ordinary.

But two items stand to separate the WisdomTree LargeCap Growth ETF (NYSEArca: ROI) from the pack.

For one, the new fund focuses on corporate earnings, otherwise known as net income or profit, to weight stocks in its portfolio. That's different from rivals such as

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Last week, I told you that McDonald’s is a great example of a company with strong fundamentals and continued dividend strength. Yesterday, we saw more proof: The company said global same-store sales gained 8.2%. And even as most other restaurants posted weak U.S. results, McDonald’s watched same-store sales gain 5.3% here in the States. That’s great news for anyone holding the shares! Now today, I want to talk about some more companies that are bastions of dividends. And the place where I’m finding them may surprise you … Tech Stocks Keep Jumping to the Top of My Dividend Lists! Remember that table from “Yes, You Can Still Find Solid, Reliable, Fat Dividends?” It showed some of the companies that changed their dividend policies in September. Just in case you ...

Atticus CapitalAtticus Capital | 13 Hedge Fund HoldingsThis post is being written as part of HedgeFundBlogger.com's Investment Securities Tool which analyzes the holdings of hedge fund managers.Atticus Capital is a $13 billion hedge fund ran by Timothy Barakett. In 2005, Atticus' funds were up a combined 45%. And, they finished well over 30% for 2006. Barakett founded the firm at age 26 in 1995 and focuses on taking large, concentrated positions in companies. One of Atticus' most famous investments was Phelps Dodge, a miner which was bought out by Freeport McMoran (FCX). At one point, Atticus owned more than 9% of Phelps. And, they continue to hold their position in what is now the combined FCX. Barakett ...

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“The rising standard of living of billions of people in India and China is historic, and is the driver behind many of our best stock ideas,” says Ken Kam in the top-notchMarketocracy.

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“Throughout history, almost everyone who ever lived, lived in poverty. Never before have so many people’s lives been improved by so much in so little time, and it is putting a tremendous strain on the world’s natural resources.

“The growth in the economies of China and India has been one of the key drivers behind four stocks that are  in the Best Ideas Portfolio: Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), Valero (NYSE: VLO), Patterson UTI (NASDAQ: PTEN), and U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ: GROW).

“As the prices of oil and other natural resources have come down, all four of these stocks have come down as well.

“It used to be said that when the U.S. economy catches

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Tudor Hedge FundTudor Hedge Fund 13F Holdings AnalysisThis post is being written as part of HedgeFundBlogger.com's Investment Securities Tool which analyzes the holdings of hedge fund managers.Next up in the macro hedge fund tracking series we have Tudor Investment Corp, the brainchild of Paul Tudor Jones. Taken from Wikipedia, the bio of PTJ is as follows: "In 1980 he founded Tudor Investment Corporation which is today a leading asset management firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Tudor Group, which consists of Tudor Investment Corporation and its affiliates, is involved in active trading, investing and research in the global equity, venture capital, debt, currency and commodity markets. One of Jones' earliest and major successes was predicting Black Monday in 1987, tripling his money during the event due to large short positions. Jones uses a global macro ...

BP Capital ManagementBP Capital Management | Boon Pickens HoldingsThis post is being written as part of HedgeFundBlogger.com's Investment Securities Tool which analyzes the holdings of hedge fund managers.With all the commotion surrounding energy these days, it never hurts to track an energy focused hedge fund ran by none other than Boone Pickens. If you are unfamiliar with Pickens, he is an energy maverick and his fund returned 300% in 2005. He is a big advocate of Peak Oil Theory and runs an energy-centric hedge fund based in Dallas, Texas. Although he typically holds numerous positions in oil, he is also big on alternative energy (except ethanol) and has numerous holdings there as well. He most recently advocated a large natural gas position and has additionally made a big bet on ...

Clarium Capital ManagementClarium Capital | Peter Thiel Holdings AnalysisThis post is being written as part of my Investment Securities Tool which analyzes the holdings of hedge fund managers.Clarium is a $6 billion global macro hedge fund run by Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal. Although they had a rough July (-6.8%), Clarium is still up over 45% year to date. Assets under management have recently ballooned to the highest amount in Clarium's history. It will be interesting to see how effective Clarium will be at deploying this new capital.Now, to the 13F. I actually hesitated even doing a 13F analysis on Clarium Capital simply because when I say they are a global macro fund, I really mean it. The 13F they filed with ...

Bald Eagle Energy (BEEI) is an exploration stage mining company focused on the acquisition and exploration of mineral resource properties in Canada. The company primarily acquires and explores copper, gold and silver properties. Bald Eagle Energy is also, and possibly more noteworthy to potential investors, engaged in oil exploration. The company is set to develop six new leases on Alaska’s oil-rich North Slope. Bald Eagle’s lease area on the North Slope is estimated to contain about 90 million barrels of crude oil and is one of the North Slope’s least explored areas. Bald Eagle’s leases occupy about 18,000 acres on the North Slope.

What could work in Bald Eagle’s favor is that its area of exploration on the North Slope is relatively small compared to what major oil firms such as ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell typically look for. Bald Eagle isn’t fighting for leases with these far larger

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Canada Staving off Recession; H&R Block Rebounds; Kellogg Buys Chinese Cookie Kingpin; Occidental Petroleum: New $1.1 Billion Hydrocarbon Plant; This Bud’s Not For You; Eurzone Inflation Hits 4%; Dubai Ties Into Russia’s Energy Sector; Tyson Takes a Bite Out of Indian Food Poultry Processor Canada posted 0.4% economic growth for the month of April, after falling in the red for the first three months of the year - its first negative quarter in five years. Economists warned this rebound isn’t forward looking, as U.S. demand is still low amid the subprime credit fallout and high gasoline costs, Bloomberg reported. Tax preparing leader H&R Block Inc. (HRB) said yesterday (Monday) that it posted 11% revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter, a dramatic shift from its previous quarterly loss. The company benefited from the sale of its Option One ...