Will the Natural Gas Boom Create New Household Names? + MORE

After a tumultuous half-decade, the world has gone relatively quiet.
Sure, the Chinese economy is slowing, the Federal Reserve is preparing for an end to quantitative easing, and the U.S. government is weighing down the economy with its sequester-driven setbacks. But we haven't seen any catalyzing events, positive or negative, of the sort that can trigger a rapid 1,000-point gain or loss in the Dow Jones industrial average…

Bobbybell wrote:dhodson wrote:for many of those items especially 1 and 2, it assumes they have priced the polices correctly. sure they didnt dive in but there isnt great evidence that they are right at this time.for 3 (and many of the other points) you are assuming that they will make the other non ltci policy holders eat the loss…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Program, Tuesday July 2.Bullish Calls:
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX), Cerner Corporation (CERN): “MDRX has been doing well with its new management. I do prefer Cerner, but the new management has brought the best out of MDRX…

Real estate is back, and investors better take notice — if they haven’t already.
On average, U.S. home prices jumped 12.2% in May compared to 3.1% in May last year. That jump is the most in seven years, according to real estate data from CoreLogic that was released this week.
The details were compelling — improvement in 48 states (only Delaware and Alabama lagged), and 97 out of the 100 largest cities tracked reported price gains…

July 3 (Bloomberg) — Bill Cheney, president and chief
executive officer at Credit Union National Association, says the
tax exemption for credit unions allows them to give their
members better rates on savings and lower fees for loans. Cheney
talked with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and Carol Massar on Bloomberg
Radio’s “Taking Stock” on July 2nd.

Even your kids and grandmother recognize the names Exxon and Chevron. What companies in the natural gas game could have that kind of recognition?    

What should you do when your shorts fall down?
Celebrate! No, I’m not talking about an embarrassing situation that could land you on America’s Funniest Home Videos. I’m referring to when you sell a stock short and the price drops.
Selling a stock short or “shorting” is when you sell a stock before you own it, hoping the price falls…

Yahoo! Inc. recently announced the acquisition of mobile app developer Qwiki Inc. for $50 million    

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Packaging Corporation of America Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2013 Operating Results

LAKE FOREST, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Packaging Corporation of America (NYS: PKG) , will hold a conference call on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 10:00 a…