U.S. stocks wobbled Tuesday and ended the day mixed even as automakers reported improved auto sales and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway said it would buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.  Traders were reluctant to place big bets as they awaited the outcome of a two-day FOMC meeting which got underway Tuesday and Friday's monthly jobs report.  Although expectations are the Fed would keep interest rates in the 0-0.25% range, Wall Street has been speculating if there would be a change of tone in the policy statement. 

On Tuesday, the 30-stock Dow Jones industrial average closed down 17.53 points, or 0.18%, to 9,771.91.  The broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 2.53 points, or 0.24%, to 1,045.41 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 8.12 points, or 0.40%, to 2,057.32.  On the NYSE, volume slowed to 1.38 billion shares.  

The news of a sale of 200 tons of gold to India sent

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Behold, The Power Of Cheese… And Chocolate

Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research

The typically sleepy world of food makers woke up this week to the loud sounds of Kraft’s bold takeover offer for Cadbury.

Cadbury, the confectionery company that makes Britain’s best known chocolate, has sold cocoa and chocolate since John Cadbury founded it in the early 1830s.

Across the ocean and some seventy years later, Joseph Kraft started his own business by selling wholesale cheese. Now into the twenty-first century, that entrepreneur’s dream has grown into the largest food company in the US. And on the global market, it comes second only to Switzerland’s Nestle.

Forget apple pie; Kraft’s well-known brands – from Ritz’s crackers to Jell-O, Oreo cookies to Maxwell House – can be found in over 99% of American households.

That naturally translates into high sales… of more than $40 billion annually.

Kraft’s

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There’s no question that the past year-and-a-half has been disastrous for investors. Since last March, the S&P 500 has lost nearly a quarter of its values, and many are still too scared to put their money back in the market in the market. But according to some of the best investors in the world, now is exactly when you should turn your eye to stocks…

Super-investor Warren Buffet once said that his investment philosophy was to buy stocks when others were fearful, and to be fearful when others were buying. Right now isn’t the time to be fearful along with the herd; it’s time to stock up on stocks.

As I predicted earlier in the year, right now the market is zooming higher like there’s no tomorrow.

Let’s begin with this chart of the S&P 500, a good proxy for the broader U.S. stock market…

As you

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Stocks push the currencies higher…Norway pulls out of recession…Jackson Hole boondoggle…Oil helps rally commodity currencies…And Now… Today’s Pfennig!

Good day… We had more rain here last night, but the storms have cooled things off and it is starting to feel a bit like fall around here. Chuck flies off to San Francisco today to speak at the Money Show, so I will be bringing you the Pfennig for the next few days. The dollar has rallied just a bit overnight, clawing back some of the losses which occurred mid morning yesterday.

And what, you might asked, caused the dollar to rally yesterday? You can re-read a bit of yesterday’s Pfennig for the answer: “The data cupboard has been emptied out and is looking to get restocked today… So the only thing besides sentiment moving the markets today will be the direction of stocks…” Yes, Chuck was right on in predicting what would

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First off, we have futures lower by almost two percent. I've been expecting a correction now for awhile, and maybe this is the start. I'm not overly bearish, but rather feel stocks have gone too far, too fast. Thus, I'll be looking to buy some stocks if we get the opportunity at better prices. For that, we'll have to wait and see a little.br /br /At the end of the week, the quarterly filings came in and there were a couple of things that jumped out at me. A few fund managers I follow are clearly growing more cautious. Many were trimming stakes in their larger positions. David Einhorn of Greenlight capital bought some puts for the Samp;P and GE. He also added a lot of shares to his Pfizer and Wyeth stakes, although that could be tied to some arbitrage on ...

Author: BusinessTalkAdded: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:52:43 -0800Duration: 0

http://SafeAsGold.com Talking Points: - Time to realize the advantages and benefits of owning gold as a part of a balanced portfolio. - Two of the largest gold manufacturing companies purchased by Warren Buffet. - What's easier to transfer? Gold or the Dollar? - Will gold really hit 5,000 dollars as some economists say it will? Listeners are always welcome to receive a free gold investment guide by going to http://www.safeasgold.com/goldinvestmentguide.html or call 1(800)510-9594.

Author: BusinessTalkAdded: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:33:07 -0800Duration: 0

http://SafeAsGold.com Today's Talking Points: - B of A reports that gold bullion has outperformed the S and P 500. -Warren Buffet has reported the days of double digit returns in the stock market are over. - If you have an IRA you should consider rolling it over to solid gold. Listeners are always welcome to receive a free gold investment guide by going to http://www.safeasgold.com/goldinvestmentguide.html or call 1(800)510-9594. If you'd like to listen to the rest of the show, you can do so via The Gold Show with Jonathan Rose podcast. Go to the following link to subscribe to the podcast. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=310767784

Author: BusinessTalkAdded: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:52:42 -0800Duration: 0

http://SafeAsGold.com - B of A reports that gold bullion has outperformed the S&P 500. -Warren Buffet has reported the days of double digit returns in the stock market are over. - If you have an IRA you should consider rolling it over to solid gold. Listeners are always welcome to receive a free gold investment guide by going to http://www.safeasgold.com/goldinvestmentguide.html or call 1(800)510-9594. If you'd like to listen to the rest of the show, you can do so via The Gold Show with Jonathan Rose podcast. Go to the following link to subscribe to the podcast. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=310767784

It is high time for our political leaders to make some key decisions.  And that translates into large uncertainties for investors that have held the market in a range and with low volume. We do not know whether “Cap and Trade” legislation will pass the Senate and we do not know whether and any healthcare bill will pass through Congress, or what that bill might entail.  And these two issues are paramount for the future of America.  

As we discussed earlier, cap and trade could cause incremental costs in energy for all of the United States, particularly in all carbon-based generation of electricity.  Increasing these costs will make carbon-based energy less competitive with alternative sources, like solar and nuclear.  The benefits of this legislation will be less carbon emissions, cleaner air, less dependence on imported oil and the creation of new jobs in the alternative

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Last week was a very important one. The U.S. Treasury placed a record level of debt, the Federal Reserve announced it would not expand its monetary easing, and we got many top players opining about the economy.  In addition, we are facing the uncertainties about ‘Cap and Trade’ legislation and the healthcare reform.

And to cap it all, we are about to close the first half of 2009, with all the consequences in terms of portfolio adjustments that need to take place.

The Treasury debt placement was well received by the markets.   We saw these issues amply oversubscribed and trading well after their placement.  This was very encouraging.  End of the half adjustments also saw a bid coming back into the U.S. dollar.  And, with the Federal Reserve issuing a statement in which they are not expanding quantitative easing further, the ghost of hyperinflation is delayed for the time

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