How the Starbucks Effect Could Lead to 200% Gains

It's easy to find companies that have returned billions to shareholders in the past. And it's easy to find companies that dominate their markets right now.

But the future is much less certain.

As a long-term investor, how can you know your investments will continue to dominate the competition for years to come? How can you make sure they won't crumble under the weight of new competition, intense regulation, disruptive new technologies or a host of other potential problems? Continue reading "How the Starbucks Effect Could Lead to 200% Gains"

Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery

We’ve asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Grain Futures-- Grain futures were mixed this week in a volatile trade with soybeans higher again for the 5th straight day up 28 cents at 14.83 in early trade only then to sell off tremendously to finish lower by 24 cents for the session closing at 14.31 after hitting a new 5 month high this Friday all due to the fact that the Argentina soybean crop was reduced 5% this week down from 53 MMT all the way to 50 MMT sparking massive short covering and now the large speculators getting long this market to the upside. Last Friday soybeans for the July contract settled at 13.99 having one of its best weekly gains in quite some time while corn futures are still below their 20 & 100 day moving average in the March contract settling at 6.95 last Friday basically unchanged for the trading week in a sideways pattern with major support at the 8 month lows at 6.80 and as I’ve stated in many previous blogs I am bearish the corn and wheat market and the soybean market is extremely choppy with many false breakouts including today. Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery"

Poll: At what price would you buy gold?

goldbarGold prices have fallen almost $250 dollars in the past five months. Today's question is, at what level would you begin to think about buying gold?

At what price would you think about buying gold?

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Chart to Watch - VRX

We've asked our friend Jim Robinson of profittrading.com to provide his expert analysis of charts to our readers. Each week he'll be be analyzing a different chart using the Trade Triangles and his experience.

Today he is going to take a look at the technical picture of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX).

I hope you are having a GREAT week !

VRX is on a monthly green MarketClub Trade Triangle and has been an extremely strong stock which suggests there is a good chance this stock will continue higher in the long run.

No matter how strong a stock is there will always be counter trend corrections along the way to higher prices and VRX has started a counter trend correction as shown by the weekly red MarketClub Trade Triangle. Continue reading "Chart to Watch - VRX"

POLL: Would You Buy A Car From Tesla Motors?

tes_aAccording to Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk, Tesla is on track to produce and sell 20,000 Tesla model S electric cars in 2013. Whether Tesla and Elon can achieve this goal remains to be seen. Elon Musk, like Steve Jobs, is the iconic face of Tesla and one should never think about selling him short. In addition to Tesla, Elon also founded SpaceX, a space exploration company, which has made some notable achievements in space exploration.

Today's question is would you buy a car from Tesla Motors?

Would you buy a Tesla ALL Electric car?

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