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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America's TARP Repayment Bodes Well]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in a long time I am feeling better about my investment in Bank of America. Is the nation&#8217;s largest bank still troubled by delinquent mortgages payments? Definitely. Has the economy improved enough that the B of A can be sure that credit card charge offs are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:56:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Portfolio Update: Lockheed Martin and Allegheny Technologies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I picked up shares of Lockheed Martin LMT at $76 per share Wednesday. Lockheed has dropped from the mid 80&#8217;s after reporting a decline in profitability and amidst news that the U.S. government cut funding for the F-22 fighter jet program. I think the nation&#8217;s largest defense contractor is very...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:58:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Updating My Shorts on Financials and Tech]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I picked up shares Monday of FAZ FAZ at $46.80. The triple short financials ETF declined over 17% an was down almost $10 per share. I think most of the upside potential for financial is baked into the stock. I expect investors to take profits after earnings.  I also...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:57:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Market Downtrend Offers Opportunity in Supervalu]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 3 weeks the general direction of the market has been downward. There has been 1 or 2 huge down days each week that has offset any advances that the market is making. I don&#8217;t think the market will crash as it did last fall but it does...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:54:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Bank of America's Share Price Recovery in Perspective]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading 2 different analyst opinions of Bank of America BAC on CNBC.com. One analyst stated that Bank of America had seen a tremendous run up and would languish between $5 and $10 for the next few years. Another analyst stated that he thinks that BOA&#8217;s stock will double...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:39:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adding to My Financial Shorts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I added shares of FAZ again at $4.70. This ETF has worked pretty well for me as a trade. I buy when it drops to the mid 4&#8217;s and sell it over 5 dollars. I am still not seeing too many buying opportunites for stocks yet. by Mark Riddix]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:59:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Endo Pharmaceuticals Should Thrive As Boomers Age]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another drug stock that I really like is Endo Pharmaceuticals ENDP. Endo Pharmaceuticals is a midcap biotechnology company that is know for developing and selling pain management drugs and therapies. This company may be a good investment as a play on an aging baby boomer population. The generic pharmaceutical market...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Waste Management: Boring, But Solidly Profitable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Peter Lynch, author of One Up on Wall Street, sometimes you can find profitable companies in overlooked industries. Companies in these industries are often boring and do not garner as much attention as flashier industries like technology or energy. One of these industries is the garbage industry. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:07:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Celgene: Solid Balance Sheet and Promising Pipeline]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been looking for a solid pharmaceutical company to add to my stock portfolio.  I had owned Pfizer PFE previously but Pfizer appears to be a drug company with a dearth of drugs in its pipeline.   The days of growth appear over and I am looking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:01:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CF Industries, Agrium Deal Offers Investors Two Potentially Profitable Plays]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been keeping a close eye on CF Industries CF lately. CF Industries is a midsized fertilizer maker with a market cap of 3.7 billion. The company received a buyout offer from Agrium Inc. AGU back in February of $40.00 per share and 1 share of Agrium stock. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:09:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dividend Play with a Great Yield]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I come across an investment that yields a solid return and has very little media hype. I found a smallcap dividend play about a year ago with a very healthy yield. The company is called Hatteras Financial Corp HTS. Hatteras Financial is a real estate investment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:43:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BankUnited Fails]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troubles in the banking industry are not over and are just beginning for many regional banks. While the large banks have access to government loans and private capital, many of the regional banks must deal with the problem of becoming extinct. The latest victim is BankUnited FSB which is the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:06:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why I Sold GameStop]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year and a half ago GameStop GME was one of the largest equity holdings in my portfolio. For those who are not familiar with the company, GameStop is the largest video game retailer in the US. I had held shares of GameStop for over 4 years and was excited...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:04:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financials Looking Overbought]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial stocks have had a huge run up over the past 4 weeks. They have come off their 52 week lows and some have tripled in value. While I do not believe that financial stocks are going back to their 52 week lows; I believe that financial stocks are due...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:08:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dow Shareholders Still Feeling the Pain]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that Dow Chemical was finally able to renegotiate its Rohm & Haas purchase. The bad news is that Dow still has to pay $78 per share to finance the purchase but did get Rohm & Haas&#8217; two biggest shareholders to invest 3 billion dollars in Dow....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:30:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Flat Broke?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blockbuster BBI shares ended the day at 22 cents per share and trading was halted today. The shares dropped over 77% today amid news that the company is consulting with advisers about raising capital and restructuring massive debt obligations. Blockbuster is saddled with debt due to the spin off from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:45:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dow Chemical's Dividend Cut Is Not Enough]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dow Chemical DOW finally cut its dividend for the first time in almost 100 years. Dow is cutting it dividend by 64% from 1.68 cents to 60 cents. This is a good first step to improving the company&#8217;s cash position but the dividend cut may not be enough. Unless Dow...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:38:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nike's Preemptive Job Cuts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nike announced that the company will be eliminating 1400 jobs in the coming year. The athletic shoe retailer determined that job cuts were needed for cost savings. The preemptive job cut has me wondering if Nike will be able to meet earnings expectations for next month&#8217;s quarterly earnings. Nike has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:28:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nike Should Buy Under Armour]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During these turbulent economic times, companies with strong balance sheets should look to gain market share and boost long term revenue by acquiring smaller competitors at discounted prices. Nike NKE is in an ideal position with enough cash to acquire Under Armour UA for pennies on the dollar. Nike was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:07:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pfizer's Purchase of Wyeth Is Puzzling]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer PFE has agreed to purchase Wyeth WYE for 68 billion dollars in cash and stock. Wyeth is the 12th largest pharmaceutical company whose main strength is in its consumer products division. Some of Wyeth&#8217;s best known products are Advil, Chapstick and Robitussin. This move is puzzling because Pfizer sold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:44:07 -0800</pubDate>
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