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Investors and Wall Street came to the rescue as it appeared we were on our way to a down day. Volume finished at 3.82 Billion shares traded on the NYSE and 1.82 Billion shares over on the NASDAQ. That’s a fairly light day in our estimation. Earnings out of Target (TGT), Home Depot (HD) and TJX [...]

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BloggingStocks: There are only seven weeks left in the year, so it is time to start thinking about 2010. If you have been keeping up with my 2009 picks (see: Chasing Value: 2009 blazing picks -- Q3 review ) than you would be aware that the group is up 40% through ... Read more

BloggingStocks: The market continues to befuddle the bears as the third quarter earnings and stock prices continued to move in a positive direction. During this period Washington has taken charge of the auto industry and helped prop it up with the ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Analyst upgrades: Oppenheimer upgraded Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) to Outperform from Perform following the better-than-expected Q3 results to reflect an improving outlook for all the company's segments. The firm raised its target on shares to ... Read more

Even with the dramatic runup in the equity markets since the beginning of March, our Ultimate Stock-Pickers continue to either add to or build up stakes in consumer goods stocks, which had been viewed by many as convenient places to hide during the bear market.[More...]

BloggingStocks: One of my wonderful friends, Ms. P, asked me for some guidance on how she might allocate $50,000 currently earning peanuts in a money market account. Though she is decades from becoming a grandmother, after a brief discussion about her financial ... Read more

Companies featured in this segment: Tesco plc (OTC:TSCDY), Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (NYSE:WMT), Greggs (LSE:GRG), Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE:KFT), Cadbury plc (NYSE:CBY), CF Industries Holdings Incorporated (NYSE:CF), Braskem SA (NYSE:BAK), Sigdo Koppers SA (SCL:SK), Agrium (TSX:AGU)

Tom Dorsey and Tammy DeRosier - Risk Management: Options

Companies featured in this segment: Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT), American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK), Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), JPMorgan Chase & Company (NYSE:JPM), Northern Foods plc (LSE:NFDS)

Tom Dorsey and Tammy DeRosier - Market Review, Education, and Ideas

Companies featured in this segment: Nestle (OTC:NSRGY), Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), Ergon Refining Incorporated, KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR), Clal Industries, Investments Limited, IDB Holdings Corporation Limited (TLV:IDBH), Electra Limited (TLV:ELTR), RWE Transportnetz Strom, and RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY).