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Oil
Crude oil prices have more then doubled in the past year, and we have all felt this increase at the pump. Financial pundits report the same story over and over again with our dependence on oil, prices reaching new high records and alternative energy. Five dollar, six dollar a gallon gas are the shock tactic […]

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Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFMI ) fell 13% today on news of lackluster earnings and it seems that the ‘dust hasn’t settled’ yet.
The problem I see is the reaction to the macroeconomics circumstances were in right now: Americans are worried about inflation therefore spending less money on premium food.
Investors and consumers alike still think were in […]

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Whether or not a recession is looming, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shows no sign of slowing down and still outperforms when it comes to selling Macs, iPods and iPhones.
Apple released earnings yesterday, while beating analyst’s expectations by posting a 36 percent rise in quarterly profit, and their sales really shined through. Apple sold 2.29 million […]

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Coca-Cola proved to be “recession-proof” in our unstable economic times by reporting a nineteen percent gain in first-quarter profit. Their strong international sales carried them through and caused the stock to remain stable.
The Coca-Cola Company is a pillar in the consumer goods sector. Their heritage and legacy along with their defensive approach to this market […]

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When a well known, well run conglomerate such as General Electric misses earnings exceptions causing the stock price to tumble thirteen percent I can not help but get excited.

We are no longer in the age of buying high and selling higher, rather we have to look at our current economic state and become […]

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Its official, the US economy is in a recession even if it doesn’t technically meet the criteria, that at least is what Warren Buffett says. I agree with Warren and also believe in the underlining fundamentals of the US economy, the current factors of our economic downturn is only temporary and though things might get […]

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Apple Inc. had its shareholders meeting today with many holding their breath all on news for the coming year. The outlook looks cautious but bright with many focusing on Apple’s goal of 10 million iPhones sold by year’s end. Steve Jobs is sure it will happen, while I personally seem a little uneasy about it. […]

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The Coca-Cola Company is a great company in unstable economic times because they are a global consumer brand with a diverse set of products. Their stock price holds steady with an ever increasing dividend. They know expansion is a worldwide strategy, instead of over-saturating occupied domestic turf. They buy successful brands such as […]

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Anyone who has read the newspaper, turned on a television or surfed the web in the last year has heard about our economy and the potential state that it is in. The same gloomy pundits report about the same stories all which are surrounding the infamous “R” word, Recession. I say enough is enough. The […]

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Citigroup has had some severe problems over the past couple months, whether is be CEO Chuck Prince who was forced out (amid news of the heavy losses related to bad bets on mortgage securities and an ailing housing markets), share continuing to sink, and having to post a record $18 billion dollar write down. […]

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