Five Bullish Forces for Gold + MORE

dm200 wrote:Raymond wrote:An old joke: "If you lend your brother-in-law $50 and he never talks to you again, was it worth the investment?" To the OP: If you must loan your friend money, treat it as a gift instead, and don’t expect it to be paid back. And definitely do not co-sign any loans!I knew a woman who was continually being asked by relatives for loans, of various amounts…

U.S. stocks rose again on Thursday, with benchmark stock market indexes hitting fresh records. Part of it was jobless claims falling, part of it was strong earnings from blue chip stocks and part of it was Ben Bernanke talking about continued Fed support.
But will the run continue?
Charles Sizemore says yes, and while we may not get another 19% in the next six months, it’s realistic to think we add another 5% to 10%…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday July 17.
Takeaways From the Delivering Alpha Conference: Pepsico (PEP), Mondelez (MDLZ), Coca-Cola (KO), Dupont (DD), Express Scripts (ESRX), Qualcomm (QCOM), SandRidge (SD), EOG Resources (EOG), WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ), Caterpillar (CAT), Xilinx (XLNX)
Cramer discussed an interview with celebrated investor Nelson Peltz in which he said Pepsi (PEP) could move from $84 to $178 if the company buys Mondelez (MDLZ)…

Regulators, forecasts, and guilt-by-association hit these laggards    

Appearances can be deceiving. While on the surface everything these days seems to be moving along without a hitch, there is a huge underlying force steering the U.S. economy. 
I am not talking about a dark and evil conspiracy plotting to overthrow the government. The force I am talking about is much more mundane — yet it is more powerful than any political movement…

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Time Warner Cable Statement Regarding CBS Negotiations

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CBS wants Time Warner Cable to pay over 600% more than we pay in other areas from coast to coast for the same programming. It’s unreasonable to expect our subscribers and Time Warner Cable to pay that price and we are negotiating very hard for a reasonable price…

U.S. equities traded higher today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 logging in fresh highs, following a batch of better-than-expected economic reports and Bernanke’s second day of testimony. According to the Labor Department, initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 334,000, the lowest level in four months…

Earlier this week, I was at The Oxford Club’s Private Wealth Seminar in Ojai, Calif.
It’s the same place Jimmy Kimmel got married at over the weekend. Apparently
I just missed catching a glimpse of Jennifer Aniston and Ellen DeGeneres.
But I say The Oxford Club brought the real stars. I spent the last few days
listening to…

Alexander Green talk about the methodology behind the Gone Fishin’ Portfolio…

July 18 (Bloomberg) — Kathy Boyle, founder and president
of Chapin Hill Advisors Inc., discusses two exchange-traded
products to help mitigate the effect of market volatility.
Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine Cowdery reports on Exchange Traded
Funds.