Re: Is today a RBD [Really Bad Day] + MORE

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Program, Thursday May 16.Bullish Calls:
Gilead (GILD): “I think it is terrific. You buy 25 tomorrow and hope it comes in.”
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Selling BP at 431 pence, and buying Barclays at 288 pence, has turned a fat profit.    

Sluggish sales growth at Wal-Mart isn’t a big surprise, but it could keep a lid on the stock.    

livesoft wrote:kenyan wrote:Looks like today was a RBD for a some funds, for those of you with a market-timing bent. VBR down 3.44%, VSS down 2.66%. Of course, now it’s too late to transact. Interesting that all the preceding discussion occurred on a day that ended up being nothing, but nobody said anything on the actual RBD…

The housing market hit a bit of a snag this week with a 16.5% drop in housing starts in April announced Thursday. It was difficult to spin that data, because even after removing the more volatile multifamily data, the numbers still were down slightly from March for single-family homes.
But this month-over-month cooling is not the final word or even the beginning of the end…

Did you know that the United States accounts for just 5% of the world's population, but 20% of global energy demand? The massive amount of power we use every day has a major effect on U.S. trade balances and the global climate. Indeed, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere recently surpassed 400 parts per million, bringing the climate change issue back in the spotlight as well…

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The Leading Economic Index pulled up 0.6% to 95 for April, according to a Conference Board report (link opens in PDF) released today. After falling a revised 0.2% for March, analysts’ estimates of a 0.3% gain proved too pessimistic for this new report’s gains.
The Leading Economic Index attempts to identify economic turning points by aggregating a variety of individual indicators…

May 17 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas
discusses two of the best performing exchange-traded funds so
far this year. Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine Cowdery reports on
Exchange Traded Funds.

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There are two things I am absolutely certain of. First, next April 15 I will be writing a check to the IRS. And second, natural gas will be the primary fuel for the next 100 years.
Well-positioned gas companies will be golden for many years to come, and no one is doing it better or has more potential than Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK)…