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Hard Times Investing

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    Global Stocks: Asia Emerges

    With money managers increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for global economic growth, more are looking for emerging markets in Asia to outperform.

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    US Stocks: That Sinking Feeling

    While investment strategists generally expect US equities to close out 2010 in negative territory, most also say the market between now and December 31 remains too unpredictable to forecast with any confidence.

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    Real Estate: Up The Down Staircase

    Whether the housing market is in another free-fall or not, just the thought of a double dip is forcing real estate investors to re-think how and where they spend their money. And maybe even if they should spend it at all.

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    Fixed Income: Low Down

    With interest rates at or near historic lows, you may think it is time to flee the bond market. Don't. "Despite the talk of a bond bubble or a bond bear market, it’s not the end of the world for a diversified investor," says one market watcher.

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    Commodities: If You Can't Eat It, Don't Buy It

    If you're looking for action, try grains, but even that may be iffy. It all depends on the weather.

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    Editor's Introduction: Now What?

    Hard times mean hard choices, so our special report takes a look at various asset classes and investment scenarios to help you with your decisions.

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    Dividends: Waiting On A Payoff

    Companies hoarding cash since the start of the recession are beginning to pass on some of it to shareholders , but it's unlikely to match the boom of a decade ago.

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    Cash: Nothing For Something

    Burned in the past decade by the dot-com bubble, Enron-style corporate governance, the housing bubble, the credit crunch and the Great Recession, retail investors have their money in places with little or no return but virtually no chance of a loss.

  • After a year of modest stabilization, the housing market is looking shaky again, For homebuyers and investors alike, there's concern about a double dip. That's bad for the real estate sector and the economy as a whole. Nevertheless, in some markets around America, prices have been stable over the past year. Real estate website sorted through the data to see which markets have been the most stable over the past 12 months. Comparing the (ZHVI) - a median value for homes currently on the market -
    America’s Most Stable Real Estate Markets

    For homebuyers and investors alike, there's concern about a double dip. Nevertheless, in some markets around America, prices have been stable over the past year.

  • It's the basic question when investing in a stock: is it on the way up or will it go down? To answer this question, the street has developed numerous ways of attempting to predict what will happen, estimating various attributes tied to stock performance in order to determine what the future holds for a company's valuation. After dissecting the data, analysts following a particular stock produce a price target of where they believe the stock is headed. From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are an
    20 Stocks with the Potential to Pop - Q2 2010

    With data from ThomsonReuters, we took a look at which stocks have mean consensus estimates furthest above their stock prices (as of market close on 5/21/10).

  • Cramer’s reason for liking dividend-paying stocks hasn’t changed: They can offer great protection in a volatile market. But these days there are two kinds of dividend plays that he recommends. First, the classic “accidental high-yielders.” These are the stocks with small payouts that wouldn’t ordinarily offer high yields. But because of downward pressure in the markets, which has hurt their share prices, those yields have shot up. Now investors get more bang for their buck. The added benefit of
    Cramer’s Top 13 New Dividend Plays

    We pulled together the best of best of these two kinds of dividend plays – Cramer’s 13 favorite names right now. They could offer just the kind of defense that you need.

  • It's the basic question when investing in a stock: is it on the way up or will it go down? To answer this question, the street has developed numerous ways of attempting to predict what will happen, estimating various attributes tied to stock performance in order to determine what the future holds for a company's valuation. After dissecting the data, analysts following a particular stock produce a price target of where they believe the stock is headed. From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are an
    20 Stocks With the Potential to Drop - Q2 2010

    From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are analysts expecting to have the biggest drops? With data from ThomsonReuters, we bring you the answer.

  • Down big in the first half of the year, up big in the second – that is Cramer’s latest investing thesis.The Mad Money host found a number of stocks, culled from the S&P 500’s worst-performing sectors, that he thinks offers a tremendous amount of snapback potential. One of them, in fact, has lost almost half its value so far in 2010, but Cramer said it could end up being one of the best stocks to own over the next six months. The others, whose loses may not be as severe, still stand up as very at
    Cramer’s Top 6 Comeback Stocks for 2010

    Down big in the first half of the year, up big in the second – that is Cramer’s latest investing thesis. Read on for the Top 6 Comeback Stocks of 2010.

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    Earnings Highlights

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