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The Numbers and the Future
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published November 14th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Currency Trading , Metals and Resources , Telecommunications , Growth , Utilities , Income and Dividends
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The more data we see, the more obvious it is that the
economy hit a brick wall in October. Today’s blockbuster number was retail
sales, which plunged by the largest amount on record, 2.8 percent versus 2.65
percent in November 2001. But it’s just the latest in a steady string of lousy
numbers, ranging from surging unemployment to weak manufacturing.
Your View: Money Show Q&As
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published November 7th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Coal , Energy
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Greetings from InterShow’s
2008 Washington, DC Money Show. This year’s event comes at a
pivotal time in history for investors, with the global economy sliding and a
presidential election only days behind us, as well as the globe in a full-scale
effort to combat credit pressures that have literally frozen lending for
several weeks.
What the Numbers Say
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published October 31st, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Bonds , Income and Dividends , Natural Gas , Energy , Partnerships , Telecommunications , Growth , Utilities , Water Stocks , Metals and Resources
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For the first time since
third quarter 2001, the US
economy is shrinking. Third quarter numbers for GDP showed a 0.3 percent
decline from the prior quarter. And given the recent declines in consumer
confidence and consumer spending employment, it’s likely we’ll see further
contraction in the fourth quarter and possibly into 2009.
Unfreezing Earnings
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published October 24th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Telecommunications , Growth
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The credit crisis is easing, at least for now. After two
weeks of coordinated global action to unfreeze lending markets, the key London
Interbank rate is back down to roughly 3.5 percent. That’s still somewhat above
normal rates but well down from the peak set earlier this month.
The Other Banking System
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published October 17th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Partnerships , Income and Dividends
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Six years ago, US power companies were on the
brink. A decade of deregulation that encouraged unprecedented risk-taking had
come to a crashing halt, and nearly a quarter of the industry was either in
Chapter 11 or perilously close to it.
The Great Panic of 2008
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published October 10th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Partnerships , Income and Dividends , Preferred Stocks , Utilities
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First, let’s start with the
obvious: This is unlike any market meltdown I’ve seen in my career. That
includes the 1987 crash, the 1990 invasion of Kuwait
by Iraq,
the 1993-94 utility deregulation scare, the 1997-98 Asian Crisis and the
2000-02 Great Bear Market and utility sector collapse.
What's Next for Wall Street?
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published October 3rd, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Preferred Stocks , Income and Dividends
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Poor Wall Street: No one’s job is safe as the financial
sector continues to go through its most dramatic upheaval since the Great
Depression. Meanwhile, the US Congress—hardly a popular institution itself—is heaping
scorn on the institution’s alleged “fatcats,” as it debates measures to stanch
the global financial panic. Even the Republican candidate for Vice President
has put the Street on her enemies list, railing about “corruption” and “predatory
practices” throughout last night’s debate.
Few Ports in the Storm
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published September 30th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Precious Metals , Metals and Resources
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Congressional negotiators are
back at it again, working on a plan to support the mortgage market that will
win enough votes. The last attempt, of course, failed spectacularly yesterday,
as House Republicans refused to offer more than a sliver of support, despite
the pleas of President Bush. Democrats also walked away from the bill instead
of taking all the political heat for supporting the unpopular bill.
Think Contrary
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published September 29th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Commodities Trading , Metals and Resources , Natural Gas , Energy , Utilities , Income and Dividends
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Good businesses are what I
prefer to buy. That means stocks, bonds, preferred shares and other securities
backed by healthy, growing companies, which are becoming more valuable over
time.
Betting on Recovery
- By: Roger Conrad
- Published September 26th, 2008
- Related Topics: Utility and Income , Partnerships , Income and Dividends , Utilities
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Never underestimate the small mindedness of politicians:
That looks like the lesson of the week for investors. The morning after the
biggest bank failure in history—Washington
Mutual—Washington is still squabbling
about the details of how to sort out the mortgage securities mess and unfreeze
the US
financial system.
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