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Feb27
If recession is coming, how should you be positioning your portfolio?

Though I am a bull at heart, I am most certainly a realist. At this point it isn't a foregone conclusion that the economic recession is here, but the chances have certainly risen to more than 50% that we are either already in a recession or will be in one in the next couple of quarters. For a while it was just the housing starts, but now the economic data outside of the housing starts has begun to crack. The point of this post is, if the recession is coming, what kind of stocks should you be in?bear.jpg

The typical response to a recession is to be in lots of consumer non-cyclical names that are consistent growers and will grow regardless of the economic conditions around the country and the world. Some of the most common recession-proof stocks picked by the pros are Coca Cola (NYSE:KO), Proctor and Gamble (NYSE:PG), and Altria (NYSE:MO). All three of these companies have businesses that have proven to be extremely resistant to any economic pressures that affect many other businesses so greatly. The question here though is since this recession has been predicted for so long, has the average investor already missed out on their opportunity to pick up defensive names? This is certainly up for debate at this point.

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Feb26
What exactly is stagflation?
Stagflation is a word that you will likely be hearing quite a bit about in the coming weeks and months so i thought it would be nice to provide a quick background as to what it truly is. So what... Continue Reading
Americans grow far less optimistic as consumer confidence dives
Consumer confidence plunged in February as Americans grew far less confident about the current state and the future prospects of the American economy. The Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index tanked to a level of just 75, down from... Continue Reading
Feb25
Will the economic stimulus plan stimulate the economy after all?
It's the million dollar question right now: Will the economic stimulus plan stimulate the American economy? We have heard so many opinions on this topic in the past week or two, and there is certainly no consensus whatsover on this... Continue Reading
Feb22
Ambac bailout plan rumor spurs buying interest
Wall Street staged a dramatic turnaround in the last 30 minutes of trading today after CNBC reported that a bailout plan is close to being reached that could save the credit rating of troubled bond insurer, Ambac Financial (NYSE:ABK). CNBC... Continue Reading
Feb21
Where should interest rates go from here? Is inflation an issue?
In case you have been living in a cave for the the last few months, the Federal Reserve has been aggressively lowering interest rates in the past few months and interest rates now sit at just 3%. Just 6 months... Continue Reading
Feb20
Is oil cheap at these levels? Oil stocks that is!
The title of this post might have caught your eye and had you thinking I'm an absolute idiot. No I don't think that oil, whether it be heating oil or gasoline, is cheap at all. I pay the current high prices... Continue Reading
Feb19
What to make of recent market action?
The market has found some footing of late, with the major averages regaining a little bit of the ground that was lost in January's massive and quick selloff, but the positive action is still very tepid. Today is a great... Continue Reading
Feb18
eBay sellers strike, opportunity for competitors?
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) has long been the dominant player on the online auction front. The company has grown into a behemoth that rivals have virtually no success competing with. eBay has many times raised its fees and gotten away with it... Continue Reading
Feb14
Tax rebate or advance? Yes It's a rebate.
The most commonly asked question over the last couple of weeks about the economic stimulus bill is "Will this be taken away from next year's tax refund?" This was aided by a goof over at CNN.com, when CNN had a... Continue Reading
Feb13
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 signed into law, here's the details
Today at 2 pm President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 into law. Bush called the act a "booster shot" for the economy, which he said is going through a "rough patch." President Bush said that the bill,... Continue Reading
Feb12
Buffett makes offer to bond insurers, but market misinterprets
The news of the day today for the stock market was Warren Buffett and his offer to bond insurers. Buffett offered to reinsure $800 million worth of municipal bonds through Berkshire Hathaway, his holding company. Buffett said that he has offered to... Continue Reading
Feb11
Rim BlackBerry outage affects millions, will it hurt the company?
For the second time in the past year, technical failures have caused a widespread outage for Research in Motion's extremely popular BlackBerry. RIM says that a significant failure has occurred somewhere in the servers it operates to connect the popular... Continue Reading
Feb10
Weekly Earnings Preview for February 11th-February 15th
It's time for another earnings preview for the week ahead. Though the very heaviest period of earnings season is now behind us, there are still a lot of major companies to report that could move the markets in a big... Continue Reading
Feb 7
Senate and House both pass economic stimulus plan
 The senate passed the economic stimulus plan today by a count of 81-16. Within mere hours, the House had passed the same bill by a vote of 380-34. President Bush will likely sign this bill into law as early as... Continue Reading
Stocks rebound with moderate gains
The moderate gains from the stock market today were far from making up for this week's major losses, but they were welcomed none the less. Though the sectors were fairly mixed, the overall indices sported decent gains. The Dow gained... Continue Reading
Feb 6
Currency converter makes conversion of currencies painless
Sponsored ReviewCurrencyConverter. co.uk may not have the flashiest website, but it appears to have some great tools that are quick and easy to access regarding currency conversion. The most important part of this site has to be the currency converter. I... Continue Reading
Feb 5
Worst day in 11 month as investors fear recession ahead
Those recession fears are back in full force. It was the news that the U.S. service sector shrank for the first time in five years that spooked investors today. The number was shockingly weak, and was just the kind of... Continue Reading
Feb 4
How a recession could affect you
It's all the talk in the business world. The possibility of a recession upcoming had been predicted and discussed endlessly. The buzz has gotten so big that the recessionary talk has even made the top story in the mainstream media quite... Continue Reading
Feb 3
Weekly Earnings Preview for February 4th-8th
This week is another week that is jam packed full of earnings reports. The market will be watching as companies from all different industries report throughout the week. We will preview the week day by day with some of the... Continue Reading
Best performing mutual fund families in the past three years
Morningstar recently put out a very interesting piece of information regarding the top mutual fund families in the past three years. They took the 20 largest domestic equity fund families, looked at the three-year percentile performance rank for their stock funds,... Continue Reading
Sector discussion- Agriculture stocks
There is no denying the fact that agriculture stocks have been some of the hottest stocks on wall street in the past 52 weeks. The companies have shown terrific amounts of growth, and the stocks have responded by going up... Continue Reading
Feb 2
Financials vs. Homebuilders, why they are two different stories
In the recent market rebound from the early January massive slide, both the homebuilders and the financials have risen quite sharply. The catalyst for both of these groups has been the Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, which are seen as... Continue Reading
Feb 1
Merger talk spurs buying ahead of the weekend
The huge news today was the $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft to buy Yahoo. The proposed merger would form a massive company and a very viable competitor to Google. Yahoo said it would evaluate the proposal promptly. The merger talk... Continue Reading

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