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Market Updates: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ),
Shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) shot up 1.7 percent to $60.50 in premarket trading today, after the company stated that it would cut roughly 6 percent to 7 percent of its work force in a restructuring move. In other news, shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) dropped 2.4 percent to $18.55 in premarket trading after Morgan Stanley downgraded the company to "equal-weight." –Reuters
Warren Buffett apparently likes railroad stocks. One of his largest positions had been in Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI). Now, his company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) has agreed to buy the 77.4 percent of Burlington Northern that it does…
3Nov2009 | S. Oakes | 1 comment | Continued2008 Presidential Election Maps
Either I have poor search abilities or Google images is in need of some final 2008 election maps. I’m guessing it’s the latter. At any rate, here’s some eye candy for all of you political junkies out there. These are some of the best 2008 Obama vs. McCain election maps I’ve seen so far.
Final 2008 Presidential Election Results by State
Voting Shift From 2004 to 2008 by County
2008 Election Results Population “Bubble” Map
2008 Election Results County Map
2004 Election Margin of Victory Map by County
2008 Margin of Victory Map by County
2008 Barack Obama Margin of Victory Map by County
2008 John McCain Margin…
22Jan2009 | S. Oakes | 3 comments | ContinuedU.S. Money Market Fund Assets vs. S&P 500 Market Cap
Are you ready to add some serious arsenal to your investment portfolio? Sick of hearing about all this gloom and doom on Wall Street? Honestly, I can’t blame you and it certainly appears to be the grim reality we face today.
Heck, even the presidential candidates cannot escape the market’s wrath in defining our political discourse. Your friends, neighbors, and co-workers have probably all regurgitated this information to you at some point.
So what’s an investor to do?
The simple answer is to buy. Yes, you heard me correctly. Start nibbling on cheap shares of quality companies today. Many companies that…
3Nov2008 | S. Oakes | Comments Off | ContinuedJutia Establishes Partnership with Mount Vernon Research
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 readers and we look forward to strengthening this relationship in the months and years ahead.” -Stephen Oakes, Jutia Group
6May2008 | S. Oakes | Comments Off | ContinuedVIDEO: Bullish or Bearish on the U.S. Economy?
Click below to find out if this market veteran is bullish or bearish on the U.S. economy:
2May2008 | S. Oakes | Comments Off | ContinuedUnited States to the World: Be Careful What You Wish For
Do you hear the calls for a challenge to U.S. power? It is everywhere these days. Now that the Soviet Cold War threat has dissolved, who needs the United States to fend off the bullies in the global playground. Those who believe that economic prosperity and life will continue to be merry without U.S. leadership may want to think again. Better yet, can the global economy afford to exist without direction and leadership in general?
Let’s say the U.S. were to gradually lose power and influence to the point where nations either scrambled to defend themselves or formed alliances in…
29Apr2008 | S. Oakes | 1 comment | ContinuedUnited States Economy: Survival of the Unfittest
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.
24Apr2008 | S. Oakes | 4 comments | Continued“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. In terms of the basic indicators of economic growth (now 3.5% annually) and unemployment at 4.6%, he’s right. But when you consider that 2% of the current U.S. economic activity is the product of federal deficit spending and more than 6% is paid for with money…
Democratic Primary Election Map: Clinton’s Pennsylvania Win Keeps Her Alive…
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 keep her campaign alive. This ten point margin means that Clinton still remains the underdog, but her odds of being the democratic presidential nominee is now considerably higher than the conventional wisdom in the media would lead you to believe. Enjoy…
NBC News Projection: Hillary…
23Apr2008 | S. Oakes | 1 comment | ContinuedPennsylvania Primary Results: What will make or break Hillary Clinton?
Can Barack Obama Close the Deal with Democratic Voters?
I ran into an interesting article over at RealClearPolitics titled, “Why Pennsylvania Matters” written by John McIntyre. Hillary Clinton is playing a popular vote strategy, which is the only way she can hope to force the superdelegates to hand her the democratic nomination. If she were to win the popular vote, then she’s be able to essentially cancel out Obama’s national delegate count lead. If this scenario turns out to be true, then Clinton could argue that she has won most of the important swing states (including Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania) that…
21Apr2008 | S. Oakes | 1 comment | ContinuedMomentum Stock: A Good Week for Sherwin Williams?
While many economic pundits trip over each other’s heels in an attempt to accurately read the market’s signals, I’m about to show you how to make a quick buck and have fun doing it.
Okay, so I can’t literally guarantee that you’ll come out with stellar returns on the play I’ve zeroed in on, but I can promise that in the current choppy market waters, this one have the technical DNA of a champion over the next several days or so.
Sherwin Williams (SHW:NYSE) has been on a steady upward trajectory over the past week or so. Today’s pullback is only…
21Apr2008 | S. Oakes | Comments Off | Continued
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