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Iranian Energy Sector a Political Pitfall for Some, New Opportunity for Oth
2008-05-13 15:56:00
Iran?s energy sector has again proved to be a point of controversy as both Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDS.A, RDS.B) and Spain?s Repsol YPF SA (REP) have withdrawn from one of Iran?s largest natural gas projects after being pelted with political pressure from the United States. Shell and Repsol will no longer aid Iran in the development of phase 13 of the country?s South Pars, the world?s biggest gas field, the Financial Times reported. They did, however, leave open the possibility of working with Iran to develop phases 20 and 21, but it may be 10 years before those blocks are operational.…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Iranian Energy Sector a Political Pitfall for Some, New Opportunity for Others", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/13/iranian -energy-sector-a-political-pitfall-for-so me-new-opportunity-for-others/" });
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A Weak Dollar and Sluggish U.S. Economy Accelerate Toyota?s Retreat to Emer
2008-05-09 19:30:00
A weak dollar and an even weaker U.S. economy have proved to be serious roadblocks for Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), which reported a 28% decline in net income for its fiscal fourth quarter. The company said it expects its first annual profit drop in nine years to occur in fiscal year 2009, despite strong sales in developing markets. High oil prices helped boost the sale of smaller more fuel-efficient cars in the United States, but overall region sales declined. Fourth-quarter sales of the Toyota Yaris were up 58% and Prius sales shot up 23%. Still, Toyota?s total North American sales fell…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Weak Dollar and Sluggish U.S. Economy Accelerate Toyota?s Retreat to Emerging Markets", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/09/a-weak- dollar-and-sluggish-us-economy-accelerate -toyota%e2%80%99s-retreat-to-emerging-mar kets/" });

With the New Russian President Vowing to Steer a Steady Ship, U.S. Investor
2008-05-09 18:00:00
New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wants better links with Europe. Judging by the performance of outgoing President Vladimir Putin, Europe should beware: The so-called “links” he?s seeking may resemble those used to chain together prisoners in the Gulag. On the other hand - though it?s admittedly unpleasant to say so - there?s a point at which the effects of high oil prices are so great that in the short run they far outweigh one?s distaste for the thuggish Russian regime. And at $123 a barrel, we may be at that point. Politically, Russia has pretty much reverted to the pre-1991 Soviet system. Today,…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "With the New Russian President Vowing to Steer a Steady Ship, U.S. Investor s Can Look to Profit", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/09/with-th e-new-russian-president-vowing-to-steer-a -steady-ship-us-investors-can-look-to-pro fit/" });
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How You Should Play The Real Estate Market
2008-05-08 18:13:00
The Real Estate Market is one of the biggest investment topics being discussed at the moment? The news coming from the real estate sector has become so bad, and sentiment has become so negative, that I mentioned to my wife the other evening that perhaps we should look to capitalize on the housing market and or real estate market. Like many other folks, she’d rather hunker down and wait for things to calm down. I can’t blame her. It’s tough to have the courage to buy any kind of investment when prices are plummeting almost across the board. But I theorized that this particular…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How You Should Play The Real Estate Market", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/08/how-you -should-play-the-real-estate-market/" });
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Don?t Fear ?The Ides Of March?? Just Follow These Simple Anti-Recession Tip
2008-05-08 18:03:00
“Beware the Ides of March .” So said a wise soothsayer to Julius Caesar in the famous Shakespeare play, warning him of impending doom. Caesar scoffed at him - and of course lived to regret it when he paid the ultimate price. Fortunately, March 15 (the Ides day itself) falls on Saturday this year, so there’s no chance of any market madness on that specific day. But there are still plenty of modern-day financial soothsayers warning investors about all kinds of perils. One prime example: The constant chatter about whether or not the U.S. economy has slipped into a recession. So let’s first poke…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Don’t Fear “The Ides Of March”? Just Follow These Simple Anti -Recession Tips", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/08/dont-fe ar-the-ides-of-march%e2%80%a6-just-follow -these-simple-anti-recession-tips/" });

A Currency Conundrum: Beware of the U.S. Dollar?s ?Head Fake? Rally
2008-05-08 17:48:00
Don?t mistake the U.S. dollar?s recent rally for strength. If anything, it?s a head fake of legendary proportions. In fact, the dollar?s recent run-up is actually a warning that risks are escalating. To better understand what I mean here, let?s look at the greenback?s recent performance against the euro. After bottoming at an all-time low of $1.6019 versus the euro on April 22, the dollar has soared nearly 4% and was trading at $1.5428 per euro early yesterday (Wednesday). Now many of the Wall Street types expect that rally to continue. Just yesterday, UBS AG (UBS) predicted the greenback would rise to $1.47…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Currency Conundrum: Beware of the U.S. Dollar ?s ?Head Fake ? Rally ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/08/a-curre ncy-conundrum-beware-of-the-us-dollar%e2% 80%99s-%e2%80%9chead-fake%e2%80%9d-rally/ " });

Money Morning Boosts Oil Target Price to $225 a Barrel, Thanks to Continued
2008-05-08 17:07:00
Money Morning Investment Director Keith Fitz-Gerald - one of the first global financial gurus to predict triple-digit oil prices - has boosted his target price for crude oil from $187 to $225. The case for the target-price increase of 20% was very clear. “The math is really simple here,” Fitz-Gerald said in an e-mail interview from China , where he was heading an investment-research tour. “We are burning through supplies at a rate that?s four times to five times faster than we?re discovering new reserves. Throw in a few [surprises] ? perhaps a terrorist event ?and add in the accelerating use of oil…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Money Morning Boosts Oil Target Price to $225 a Barrel, Thanks to Continued Scarcity, Burgeoning Demand in China", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/08/money-m orning-boosts-oil-target-price-to-225-a-b arrel-thanks-to-continued-scarcity-burgeo ning-demand-in-china/" });
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Risk-Reward Ratio At Work
2008-05-07 19:56:00
How To Size Up Risk And Reward To Ramp Up Your Returns In a volatile market like this one, it’s easy for risk, fear, and nerves to take over. While nobody wants downers like that to interrupt their positive emotions and pleasant daydreams, one of the most overlooked aspects of investing is risk - specifically the risk-reward ratio. So let’s take a look at how you can strike a balance between risk and reward, and maintain your sanity in a market that is almost certifiably insane? Today’s column is to reinforce investing lessons I learned long ago and give you a training session…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Risk-Reward Ratio At Work ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/07/risk-re ward-ratio-at-work/" });

The View From China: The Freedom to Change Also Means There?s a Freedom To
2008-05-07 17:46:00
YANGTZE RIVER, CHINA - The sky is a brilliant blue, the wind clean and crisp and the China where National Guide Ju Hao works resembles the landscape we?re passing - a jumbled mix of the old and new, and a backdrop to a lifestyle that?s suddenly changing much too fast. “It?s dramatic,” says Hao, sweeping his hand through the air for emphasis. “Yes ?that?s definitely the word for it.” The rolling hills of China?s Yangtze River valley provide the most graphic and concentrated evidence we?ve seen yet of the change that is modern China. As far as we can see, there are crumbling…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The View From China: The Freedom to Change Also Means There?s a Freedom To Fail", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/07/the-vie w-from-china-the-freedom-to-change-also-m eans-there%e2%80%99s-a-freedom-to-fail/" });

10 Global Trends to Follow for the Next 18 Months
2008-05-07 15:33:00
There?s an old Wall Street adage that tells us that “the trend is your friend.” And there?s a witty bit of wisdom we?ve developed here at Money Morning to help guide our readers and us that says: “Go global or go home.” Combine those two and you?ll discover that you?ve got yourself one very strong investing strategy - if you choose the right trends, that is. Surprisingly, that?s nowhere near as difficult as most investors think. All you have to do is to look around you, and study the forces that are at work in the markets each day. If you do that on…SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "10 Global Trends to Follow for the Next 18 Months ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/07/10-glob al-trends-to-follow-for-the-next-18-month s/" });
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Profit Alert: How to Play Small Cap Stocks
2008-05-06 22:10:00
Small caps are one area you absolutely want to be the first guy in the door, so you can grab the most money. For months now, I’ve been trying to analyze the current small cap stock market conditions. Often times, I show up early to the party. But you know what? That just means more profits while ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Profit Alert : How to Play Small Cap Stocks ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/profit- alert-how-to-play-small-cap-stocks/" });
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What?s Next For Microsoft and Yahoo?
2008-05-06 21:56:00
Shares of Yahoo ! Inc. (YHOO) tumbled 15% yesterday (Monday) to close at $24.37 a share as investors responded to Saturday?s news that Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) would drop its $47.5 billion dollar bid for the beleaguered search engine firm. But the tough times are just beginning for Yahoo, which must now prove why it is worth ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What?s Next For Microsoft and Yahoo?", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/what%e2 %80%99s-next-for-microsoft-and-yahoo/" });
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Follow Berkshire Hathaway and Invest In The Financial Sector
2008-05-06 20:17:00
Pop quiz: Over the past six months, one sector of the market has seen more insider buying than any other. Can you name it? If you think it’s technology, you’d be wrong. Healthcare? Nope? the answer is the financial sector. Large insider purchases have occurred at some of the following companies: Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) * Bank of ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Follow Berkshire Hathaway and Invest In The Financial Sector", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/follow- berkshire-hathaway-and-invest-in-the-fina ncial-sector/" });

Jutia Establishes Partnership with Mount Vernon Research
2008-05-06 20:08:00
5/6/08 1:24 p.m.: Jutia Group initiates content agreement with Mount Vernon Research ’s Smart Profits Report publication. “We are excited about this new content pact with Mount Vernon Research. They are a premier investment service group with a focus on quality independent research. This agreement will greatly enhance our ability to bring diversified content to our ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jutia Establishes Partnership with Mount Vernon Research", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/jutia-e stablishes-partnership-with-mount-vernon- research/" });
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Oil Crosses $120 Threshold
2008-05-06 18:44:00
Oil surged to a new record high yesterday (Monday), as it gained $4 to trade above $120 in morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. A combination of factors was cited for the rise including trouble in Iran and Nigeria, the weak U.S. dollar, and an unexpected increase in the ISM non-manufacturing survey. U.S. light ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Oil Crosses $120 Threshold", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/oil-cro sses-120-threshold/" });

Election 2008: As Democratic Primary Hits a New Pinnacle Today, Obamanomics
2008-05-06 15:40:00
With contests in both Indiana and North Carolina, today (Tuesday) probably marks the last of the crucial Democratic presidential primary election contests between senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. Unless the cynical premise of Rush Limbaugh?s “Operation Chaos” is realized, and the Democrat presidential wingding continues to move forward at an increasingly vitriolic level through ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Election 2008: As Democratic Primary Hits a New Pinnacle Today , Obamanomics Emerges as Clear Front-Runner for Investors", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/electio n-2008-as-democratic-primary-hits-a-new-p innacle-today-obamanomics-emerges-as-clea r-front-runner-for-investors/" });
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Recession-Proof Stocks: Buy Brasil Telecom SA (BTM:NYSE) below $35
2008-05-06 15:32:00
This company has one of the best P/E ratios of any North American-traded stock. It has one of the top PEG rates. It pays a dividend of over 4%. And analysts give it a one-year target of $61.50 ? an upside of over 80% over its current stock price. I?d buy it just for those qualities. But ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Recession -Proof Stocks : Buy Brasil Telecom SA (BTM:NYSE) below $35", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/06/recessi on-proof-stocks-buy-brasil-telecom-sa-btm nyse-below-35/" });

The View From China: The Seeds of Change Bode Well for U.S. Investors
2008-05-05 18:23:00
MUTIANYU, CHINA - When you step up on to the top of China ?s Great Wall where I am today, it?s instantly clear that China is unlike any other place on earth - although not for reasons you?d normally think. It?s true that China?s a communist country that?s steeped in tradition by virtue of a history that ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The View From China: The Seeds of Change Bode Well for U.S. Investors ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/05/the-vie w-from-china-the-seeds-of-change-bode-wel l-for-us-investors/" });

Better Than Expected Economic Reports Signal the Economy Could Be Ready for
2008-05-05 17:12:00
The U.S. economy shed 20,000 in April, the Department of Labor announced in its monthly employment summary, bringing total unemployment up to 5% from 5.1% last month. “We are in a recession, this report doesn?t change that,” Ellen Zentner, an economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York, told Bloomberg News. Zentner had forecast ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Better Than Expected Economic Reports Signal the Economy Could Be Ready for a Fed on Pause", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/05/better- than-expected-economic-reports-signal-the -economy-could-be-ready-for-a-fed-on-paus e/" });

Dollar Reversal: Prepare for oil and gold prices to drop this week!
2008-05-05 16:11:00
Net shorts on a decline in the euro came in at 21,315 on April 29 ? compared with net longs of 18,907 a week earlier, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Currency strategists now expect the dollar reversal to reach $1.52 within the next few days. That?s not a whole lot, compared to the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dollar Reversal: Prepare for oil and gold prices to drop this week!", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/05/dollar- reversal-prepare-for-oil-and-gold-prices- to-drop-this-week/" });
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United States Economy: Survival of the Unfittest
2008-04-25 02:00:00
I would like to begin this post with a brief excerpt from an article in the latest Time Magazine article titled, “The Federal Job Machine” dated sometime in early ‘07. “President George W. Bush labored to make the case that the economy is “strong,” using the word eight times in one speech in Peoria, Ill. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "United States Economy : Survival of the Unfittest", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/24/america n-economy-survival-of-the-unfittest/" });

Big Oil Digs Deep to Solve a Growing Problem: Where Will Tomorrow?s Oil Com
2008-04-24 20:03:00
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the world?s leading petroleum exporter. Officially, it has reserves of about 260 billion barrels of crude oil - approximately 24% of the world?s total proven petroleum reserves. But Saudi Arabia has a problem. And it?s the same one that every oil-producing nation will face someday: Its oilwells are drying up. Saudi ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Big Oil Digs Deep to Solve a Growing Problem : Where Will Tomorrow ?s Oil Come From?", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/24/big-oil -digs-deep-to-solve-a-growing-problem-whe re-will-tomorrow%e2%80%99s-oil-come-from/ " });

With Delta and Northwest Quarterly Losses, All Five Major U.S. Carriers Sta
2008-04-24 17:03:00
High fuel prices are to blame for Delta Air Lines Inc.?s (DAL) and Northwest Airlines Corp.?s (NWA) first-quarter losses, the companies said separately. For the quarter, Delta posted a net loss of $274 million, or 69 cents per diluted share. Northwest, which Delta agreed to merge with a couple weeks ago, posted a $4.1 billion ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "With Delta and Northwest Quarterly Losses , All Five Major U.S. Carriers Start 2008 in the Red", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/24/with-de lta-and-northwest-quarterly-losses-all-fi ve-major-us-carriers-start-2008-in-the-re d/" });

The Nation?s Debt: Collectors are in for rough times
2008-04-24 16:51:00
There is no denying when it comes to soaring fuel prices, this nation has a major problem on its hands. Thanks to credit cards, the problem may be exponentially larger than most folks think. Look at it this way. For the vast majority of us, a stop at the pumps is pretty simple. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Nation ?s Debt : Collectors are in for rough times", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/24/the-nat ion%e2%80%99s-debt-collectors-are-in-for- rough-times/" });
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India and Japan May Be the Next to Join Global Cash Barons in Search of Hig
2008-04-23 18:59:00
Dubai, Saudi Arabia and China are among the nations that have employed the use of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to turn their massive cash surpluses into major league investments. Now India and Japan appear poised to take up the aggressive pursuit for high returns with SWFs of their own. India is considering a fund that ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "India and Japan May Be the Next to Join Global Cash Barons in Search of Higher Yielding Investments", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/23/india-a nd-japan-may-be-the-next-to-join-global-c ash-barons-in-search-of-higher-yielding-i nvestments/" });

Democratic Primary Election Map: Clinton?s Pennsylvania Win Keeps Her Alive
2008-04-23 18:05:00
For all of you political junkies looking for a quick recap of last night’s primary contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton , I’ve compiled a projection video and a few maps for you to view. Clinton scored a much needed 55% to 45% victory and has already begun to pull in the necessary donations to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Democratic Primary Election Map: Clinton’s Pennsylvania Win Keeps Her Alive…", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/23/democra tic-primary-election-map-clintons-pennsyl vania-win-keeps-her-alive/" });
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As Oil Prices Hit Another Record High, Consider These Three Ways to Profit
2008-04-23 17:26:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a few months ago that if the United States invades Iran, we could expect to see oil at $200 a barrel. With oil already approaching the $120 mark, we may get there even without invading Iran. [Perhaps President Chavez could be tempted out of his chaos-causing rule in Caracas with the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "As Oil Prices Hit Another Record High , Consider These Three Ways to Profit From This Long-Term Gusher", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/23/as-oil- prices-hit-another-record-high-consider-t hese-three-ways-to-profit-from-this-long- term-gusher/" });
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Global Recession: China?s manufacturing base is in crisis
2008-04-23 16:46:00
If you follow the financial media, especially the output of dollar-phobe analysts, you might think that ?Pork problems perturbing Peking? are the worst concern China is dealing with right now. But rising prices for moo-shoo pork due to increasing middle class appetites and upticks in inflation may be the least concern to Beijing. While analysts are ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Global Recession : China?s manufacturing base is in crisis", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/23/global- recession-china%e2%80%99s-manufacturing-b ase-is-in-crisis/" });
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U.S. Consumers Destined for a Future with Fewer Choices, Much-Higher Costs
2008-04-23 07:00:00
Recent high-profile bankruptcies of mainstay American retailers, such as Sharper Image Corp. (SHRPQ) and Linens Holding Co.?s Linens ?n Things, as well as the proposed mergers between Blockbuster Inc. (BBI)/Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC) and Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL)/Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA), and the admissions from the nation?s leading student lenders that their business ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "U.S. Consumers Destined for a Future with Fewer Choices , Much-Higher Costs ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/23/us-cons umers-destined-for-a-future-with-fewer-ch oices-much-higher-costs/" });

Bank of England Announces $100 Billion Banking Rescue
2008-04-22 18:32:00
In an effort to restore liquidity to the U.K. financial markets, the Bank of England (BOE) yesterday (Monday) announced a $100 billion (50 billion pounds) rescue plan. The plan, similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve?s lending initiative, will allow U.K. banks to swap illiquid mortgage-backed assets for government bonds. The BOE hopes the plan will encourage ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bank of England Announces $100 Billion Banking Rescue ", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/04/22/bank-of -england-announces-100-billion-banking-re scue/" });