Vodafone Looks to Unload Verizon Wireless for $130 Billion; Pump-and-Dump Stocks Hit Medical Marijuana; Spreadsheet Is Smoking Gun in JPMorgan Probe

Telecom investors awoke Thursday to signs of renewed talks between U.K. giant Vodafone and Verizon...

Eagle Eye Opener August 29, 2013

The Great Recession Five Years Later; United States is on Course to Hit Budget Limits in October; U.S. Auto Industry Trailing the Herd

Lehman Brothers, Holdings, Inc., seemed to spur government policies aimed at stimulating the economy after...

Eagle Eye Opener August 27, 2013

21st Century Biotech: Buy the Pipeline; 70 Years of Oil Pipelines Need to be Reversed; Nuclear Industry Takes another Hit in Japan

With the cost in man hours and research spinning out of control, biotechnology companies are looking for...

Eagle Eye Opener August 26, 2013

German Domestic Demand Powers Q2 Growth; American Dream Slipping into Nightmare; East Asian Markets Mixed after Fed???s Whiff on Tapering Start Date

German domestic purchases in the second quarter were the strongest in a year, lending credence to the idea...

Eagle Eye Opener August 23, 2013

Fed Keeps ???em Guessing as to When Tapering will Start; Fed???s Non-Event Deflates Emerging Market Currencies and Shares; Developed Nations Rise on Good News out of China and Europe

Although the minutes from the Federal Reserve's recent meeting indicate broad support for reducing the...

Eagle Eye Opener August 22, 2013

Sign of the Apocalypse? Beer Sales Down in Europe; More Beer Bashing: Carlsberg Fingers Russia for Declining Sales; The Calm before the Storm: Fed Minutes Go out at 2:00 p.m.

Heineken claims that poor spring weather, combined with Europeans trying to rein in spending, caused its weak...

Eagle Eye Opener August 21, 2013

Whack-a-Mole Real Estate Market; China to Assume Global Lead in Oil Imports by 2017; Canada Doesn???t Want to Stay on Target

For real estate investors, trying to get a handle on where the next surge in home value will be is a lot like...

Eagle Eye Opener August 20, 2013

Big Week Ahead Has Markets Playing Waiting Game Today; German and U.S. Bonds Hit Multi-Month Highs; Emerging Markets Sinking Like a BRIC

With the United States Federal Reserve set to deliver minutes from its meeting later this week, and a host of...

Eagle Eye Opener August 19, 2013

Buffett Grabs Stake in Suncor; The Golden Age of Parachutes; Foreign Investors Scrambling for the Exit in India

Buffett Grabs Stake in Suncor (YahooFinance) As stated in its Q213 SEC filing, Warren Buffett???s...

Eagle Eye Opener August 16, 2013

???Buy??? When There???s Blood??? on the Pyramids?; Wal-Mart Misses Q2 Analysts??? Estimates; Housing Recovery? What Housing Recovery?

Baron Rothschild???s contrarian axiom, ???The time to buy is when there???s blood in the streets,??? was...

Eagle Eye Opener August 15, 2013

European Union Showing Signs of Recovery; Water Wars: Florida to Sue Georgia Over Usage; New Chinese Pharma Investigation to Cast Wider Net

Europe???s two largest economies, Germany and France, both grew in the second quarter this year, sending a...

Eagle Eye Opener August 14, 2013

Barclays to Sell UAE Retail Business; Nothing Says ???Economic Truth??? Like KFC??? Even in China; Sugar High on the Horizon, Investors Sweet on Higher Prices

Barclays Plc., England???s fourth-largest bank by market value, is currently downsizing its United Arab...

Eagle Eye Opener August 13, 2013

Rise of the Small Caps?; Shatner???s Dream: Priceline Shares Hit 14-Year High; Hedge Funds Shorting Corn

Fall 2013: Rise of the Small Caps? (YahooFinance) With both the S&P 500 and Russell 2,000 within two...

Eagle Eye Opener August 9, 2013

Apple Ruling May Damage Publishers; Increase in U.S. Diesel Production Spurs Exports; Banking Sector Presents a Dangerous Investment

Apple Ruling May Damage Publishers  (Reuters) Investors in major publishing companies, like HarperCollins...

Eagle Eye Opener August 8, 2013