Archive for October, 2009

Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX): Don’t Sip On This Stock Just Yet

Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX): Don’t Sip On This Stock Just Yet Stock of the Day by Jeannette Di Louie, Investment U Research Last week, Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX ) debuted “Via Ready Brew” – its new instant coffee. It’s a product that CEO Howard Schultz calls “perhaps the biggest opportunity” in the company’s history. Hmm… perhaps Mr.

America and Europe Join Forces on Natural Gas… Here Are The Companies Set To Profit

America and Europe Join Forces on Natural Gas… Here Are The Companies Set To Profit by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Is the natural gas market ever going to emerge from the doldrums? With the global recession still marking its territory across the world, demand has dropped, sending natural gas prices plummeting from last year’s record high of $13.69 per million BTU to below $3 now. That’s a seven-year low.

The Next Big Thing in Health Care: How to Profit From Immunotherapy & Regenerative Medicine

The Next Big Thing in Health Care: How to Profit From Immunotherapy & Regenerative Medicine by Marc Lichtenfeld , Advisory Panelist, Health Care Expert Wednesday, October 7, 2009: Issue #1110 The procedure has been called “one of the most barbaric mistakes ever perpetrated by mainstream medicine.” Back when medicine was highly primitive, the process involved shoving an ice pick-like instrument between the upper eyelid and the eye in hopes of severing certain nerves of the frontal lobe. This was the early method of performing a lobotomy. And just 50 years ago, they were carried out not only on severely mentally ill people, but also on moody teenagers, or housewives who’d lost their enthusiasm for domestic work

Gold prices hit another record high; oil declines

Gold prices hit a record price for a second day in a row, rising to $1,049.70 per troy ounce in New York while December contracts ended floor trade at $4.70 higher on the session to trade at $1,044.40 per troy ounce. Other precious metals also saw gains as December silver was up 21 cents to $17.50

Weaker dollar sends oil, gold prices higher

The price of crude oil was higher Tuesday on a weak dollar, which declined on reports that some oil producing countries are looking to remove the dollar as the currency used in oil trades, as well as on gains in equities markets. November contracts for West Texas Intermediate crude added 47 cents to $70.88 per barrel

Don’t Build Your Portfolio on Oil Sands

Don’t Build Your Portfolio on Oil Sands by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research The first barrel of oil processed from the heavy, tar-like sands of northern Alberta, Canada, shipped in 1967. Since then, exploration projects have identified enough of the stuff – also known as bitumen – that only Saudi Arabia is able to top Canada’s 178 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. Among the companies to profit from the discoveries so far… Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM ), through its Canadian subsidiary, Imperial Oil (NYSE: IMO ).

Two Companies Profiting From the “Fuel of the Future”

Two Companies Profiting From the “Fuel of the Future” by Louise Harris, Investment U Research You don’t have to look far to find one of today’s big economic and market buzz phrases: Green investing. From green clothing websites, to CNN headlines heralding biofuel, companies are trying their best to capitalize on growing consumer sensitivity to the environment.

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