Top Contributions from Bret Holmes

• IShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund (Biotech ETFs could be the way to go forward to get high returns)
• Wells Fargo (Another strong quarter for WFC)
• Morgan Stanley (Morgan Stanley (MS) posted its second consecutive loss, missed earnings estimates by a mile)
• Ford Motor Company (Lots of room to cut costs)
• Capital One Financial (Obama pushes Credit Cards on fees, rates)
• American Express Company (Obama pushes credit cards on fees, rates)
• Nuclear Energy/Bulls/Comeback kid
• Pulte Homes (Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM), and Centex Corp. (CTX), decided to combine forces)
• Wal-Mart (An Economic Recession Will Hurt Wal-Mart's Revenues)
• Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)/Bears/Moody's cuts its ratings)
• Amazon.com (Amazon.com Inc. Looks Even Better Now)
• International Business Machines (Diverse Business and Global presence)
• J P Morgan Chase (JPM shows impressive first quarter 2009, continues rally)
• SPDR Gold Trust (Buy GLD in keeping with Fed's measures to maintain spending)
• U.S. Economic Cycles/Bears/The U.S. Economy’s Uphill Climb
• Oracle (Oracle Outmaneuvers IBM and makes a deal for Sun Microsystems)
• Citigroup (When Simple Supply and Demand Isn’t so Simple After All)
• General Electric Company (Flagging market confidence in GE)
• American International Group (AIG prospects only getting dimmer)
• Liberty Media (Liberty to get board seats and 40% of Sirius-XM)
• Sirius XM Radio (Liberty Injects $530 Million into Satellite Radio Provider)
• General Electric Company (GE in line for a bailout?)
• Citigroup (Citi operating on a profit in 2009)
• Merck (Merck acquisition of Schering-Plough strengthens Merck pipeline)
• Toyota Motor (Toyota down due to the economic crisis)
• Obama's Presidential Policy/Bears/Is the bailout plan destined to be a dud?
• Coca-Cola Company (Coke's expansion into China)
• Toronto-Dominion Bank (Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)/Bulls/Sound Canadian banking system)
• Diamond Offshore Drilling (Drilling for profit)
• Emerging Markets/Bears/World Bank: Emerging Markets Will Take Brunt of First Global Economy Decline Since WWII
• Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB - a medium sized zombie bank?)
• Petrobras (China Development Bank invests in PBR)
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• Citigroup (With Government Talking to Citi About a Larger Stake, Bank Nationalization Still Off the Table)
• BHP Billiton (India's Nuclear Explosion an opportunity for BHP)
• Cameco (India's Nuclear "explosion" provides opportunities for CCJ)
• 2008 Financial Crisis/Bears/The plan to repair banking system might not work
• Stimulus Package/Bears/Risky stimulus package
• U.S. Housing Market/Bulls/The death-spiral in the U.S. housing market is nearing a bottom.
• Altria Group (Smart move to buy UST)
• Tata Motors (Violent protests halt Nano production)
• Nucor (All the technical indicators point to a massively oversold condition)
• Morgan Stanley (Bank Holding Company)
• Goldman Sachs Group (Goldman Sachs among the first to emerge from TARP and possibly from Holding Bank Status)
• Kraft Foods (Kraft Added to Dow Jones Industrial Average)
• Credit Default Swap (CDS)
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (Troubles engulfing POT)
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (Stellar financial performance came on the back of increased global demand for grains)
• Lenovo Group
• Valero Energy (Sour crude is cheaper and more profitable)
• Nuclear Energy/Bulls/Nuclear Energy Powers the Planet
• Boeing Company (Boeing's troubles with the $35 Billion contract from the Air Force)
• Take-Two Interactive Software (GTA rules)
• Take-Two Interactive Software (ERTS pulls bid, deal imminent)
• Monsanto Company (Sale of controversial unit will help MON's image)
• Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)/Bulls/BRK, under Buffett, is like an astute and disciplined kid in a candy store)
• Lehman Brothers (Lehman Brothers (LEH)/Bulls/Korea’s KDB Could Prove to be Lehman Bros. Savior)
• Barclays (High dividend)
• Banco Bradesco Sa
• Boeing Company (Recent bad news belies Boeings future growth)
• Freddie Mac (Freddie Mac (FRE)/Bears/May need to raise Billions More)
• Fannie Mae (Fannie Mae (FNM)/Bears/Record Low Close on need to raise billions more)
• Tata Motors ("Formidable company at low end of car market, and making inroads into the high end")
• Gold prices/Bulls/Demand from emerging markets
• Gold prices/Bulls/Tight correlation between oil and gold prices
• Gold prices/Bulls/New catalysts to power gold prices
• Credit Cards/Bears/The statistics tell the tale
• Toll Brothers (Toll brothers working towards improving despite travails)
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• Fannie Mae (Fannie Mae (FNM)/Bears/Now is a terrible time for the US housing market)
• D.R. Horton (Mortgage crisis will prevent homebuilder recovery)
• D.R. Horton
• NRG Energy (NRG Looks to Electrify its Business with $11.3 Billion Calpine Takover)
• Toyota Motor (Regional Airliner with Mitsubishi?)
• Commodities
• Credit Cards/Bears
• MGM Resorts International (MGM MIRAGE (MGM)/Bulls/Boost from Stakeholders)
• Microsoft (Freeware software and piracy will hurt profits.)
• Airline Travel
• Ford Motor Company (International sales of Ford products have increased since 2000)
• Merrill Lynch (MER)/Bank of America (Moody's may cut Merrill's credit rating for the second time in six months)
• Wells Fargo (Despite losses, WB seems to be "well capitalized")
• Frontier Airlines Holdings
• Monsanto Company (Burgeoning AgBoom benefits MON)
• BP (Political pressure out of Kremlin)
• PNC Financial Services (Possible acquisition target?)
• Novartis AG (Alcon Acquisition)
• J P Morgan Chase (Cash Infusion from private equity firm)
• Visa (Global market is untapped opportunity for credit cards)
• Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. (70% Share is the world's largest telecom emerging market (larger than China))
• Tata Motors (Formidable company at low end of car market, and making inroads into the high end)
• Tata Motors (Large Indian market share with game-changing products for developing countries)
• (No funding for takeover deal)
• Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A. (70% Share is the world's largest telecom emerging market (larger than China))
• Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. (Bulls)
• Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A. (Bulls)
• (Bears)
• Tata Motors (Bulls)
• Thornburg Mortgage
• Bear Stearns Companies (Bears)
• XM Satellite Radio Holdings (Bears)
• XM-Sirius Merger
• Visa (Bulls)

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