Please welcome Paul Judd to the Trader’s Blog stage where he will present to you a very interesting trick…BONDS ARE GOOD! Paul should know as he’s dedicated the last 14 years to treasury bonds where he’s learned the in’s and out’s that we should all take a look at! So please read the article below, visit Paul’s Blog here, and let the comments fly!

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I can take a position in the bond market prior to the release of an economic report. Once the report is released, I can close out my position and take profits. Cash is King!

Not so if you are a long-term investor in stocks.

A popular slogan used by many “salespeople” on Wall Street is to buy and hold for the long term. However, not only is your money tied up for years but also holding for the long term doesn’t necessarily mean you will make a

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Cameron International Corporation (CAM) is expected to release its third quarter results before the market opens on November 3. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for this stock is 53 cents per share. In the prior-year period, the company had reported earnings of 73 cents per share.  The Houston-based oilfield service firm reported earnings of 60 cents per share in the second quarter of 2009. This was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 47 cents per share despite slowdown in orders across all business lines. The company believed wider margins at its Drilling & Production Systems (DPS) segment helped it to top expectations.   The pace of new capital equipment orders for Cameron has remained sluggish over the last few quarters due to reduced exploration and development activity in the oil and gas industry. However, we believe that the company’s existing order backlog ($5 billion at the end of the ...

John Crooks says the US dollar is one of the few bullish currencies for 2009. Investors can profit by going long on dollar ETFs, or shorting other currency ETFs. But to make really huge returns, John recommends using options and investing in the exotic currency markets.

This from Sovereign Society:

The hardcore dollar bears said we were crazy for even mentioning the idea that the dollar could rebound during all this economic turmoil.

How could the dollar possibly rally during the worst financial crisis in a generation? (That was a year ago before we knew how far and wide the credit crunch would reach.)

But the fact is, that’s exactly what’s happening now.

I’ll admit that the dollar didn’t rally right away. It took months. In fact, the dollar index didn’t bottom until the day after the Fed bailed out Bear Stearns.

But then, the dollar slowly started to creep higher. And since

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Vision Capital HedgeEx-Merrill Head in Talks With Hedge FundThe following piece on Vision Capital Advisors is being published as part of our daily effort to track hedge fund events in the industry. To review other hedge fund research please see our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool.Stan O'Neal, one of the first executives on Wall Street to be ousted as the credit crunch hit last fall, is talking to a boutique hedge fund firm about coming onboard. Vision Capital Advisors has been in talks with Stan O'Neal, the former chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch about a possible position with the firm, according to someone familiar with the situation. What O'Neal's role will be has not yet been determined, the source said. If O'Neal takes the position, it will be his ...