KITD- Loving this stock the last week have succesfully been in and out of this one 4 times both long and short.

MSO- JC penny agrees on 35 percent buyout. Successfully predicted a morning spike on Friday. Shares have been moving sideways look for breakout or breakdown.

CMED-  Shares were up 28 percent on thursday on denied allegations against a short seller. Being investigated/ seems to be another fraud chinese medical company. Look to short this shady mofo!

The economic slowdown of major countries has led to a shaky stock market these days. People engaged in stock market must be vigilant enough to protect their investments, or everything may come running down the drain. It’s a good thing that there are high return stocks that promises a good return of investment without having anyone worry of the economic slowdown. There are in fact, lots of high return stocks in various industries and some of these include:

• Electric utilities – provides 4.30% - 7.30% yield for dividends

• REITs – provides 4.20% - 19.10% yield for dividends

• Restaurants – provides 1.40% - 7.70% yield for dividends

• Gas Utilities – provides 4.10% - 7.10% yield for dividends

• Drug Manufacturers  – provides 4.20% - 5.60% yield for dividends

• Telecom – provides 4.00% - 7.90% yield for dividends

• Wireless Communications – provides 4.00% - 11.20% yield for dividends

• Apparel Stores – provides 4.20% - 4.30% yield for dividends

• Life Insurance – provides 4.70% - 4.90% yield for dividends

• Credit Services – provides 4.60% - 10.70% yield for dividends

• Television - provides 4% - 8.30% yield for dividends

• Application Software – provides 5.20% - 28% yield for dividends

It would be good to research each company listed on the industry above so you can understand and know the stock history as well as their growth in the last few years. Is the company you are eyeing for has a stable growth for the last 5 years? If the answer is yes, then it is good for you. If not, you better find another high return stocks company that you can get your investment secured.

Net income of the fast food giant company had increased to a 14% to $7.17 billion, which beat the analysts forecast of $7.02 billion. The revenue from stores that opened from the last 13 months also rose to 5%. This is a good sign that the company is doing good despite the impact of closed locations or recently opened stores.

The figures only show the expenditures on food at both company-owned and franchised restaurants and it does not give a preview of Mc Donald’s revenues which is comprised of company-owned stores with feed and rents paid by franchise. Analysts expected a $1.43 figure per share but the company beat it at 1.45.

"The investments we are making to optimize our menu, modernize the restaurant experience and broaden McDonald's accessibility with ongoing convenience and value platforms are driving profitable market share growth - a clear indication that our strategy is working," CEO Jim Skinner said in a statement.

Meanwhile, a third quarter conference with analysts will be held Friday. During the past two quarters, the large part of the conference issue was all about menu prices. McDonalds raised price this year due to higher costs on ingredients, and other materials. However, they do not plan to raise too much because this might seriously drive away budget-conscious customers.

These new actions to suppress debt crisis are seen as positive moves for stocks in curbing Greece’s disorderly default and the resulting losses to bank on their government bonds which could possible result to even bigger banking crisis. Inability to contain the situation could lead to a worst case scenario like choking the wider economy and even resulting to recession. However, the devised debt plan still needs further deliberation and planning as officials will gather together at a European summit 9 days from now along with a group of 20 summit developing and rich countries in November.
According to Stephen Lewis, "The period of good feelings may well be drawing to a close. This is because the tight timetable that the November G20 meeting imposes will leave little more time to settle intractable problems. Devising a 'roadmap', that is, an analysis of what needs to be done, is the easy part. To come up with viable measures will be more difficult." Aggravation the crisis is China’s trade surplus which narrowed for two consecutive months in September. This indicates cooling in the Chinese and global economies with the first having a drop in surplus o $17.8 billion in August which is greatly lower compared to July’s 30-month high of $31.5. This clearly shows that the freezing economic recovery could impact China’s escalating economic growth.

Meanwhile, Britain’s FTSE 100 fell at 0.9% to 5,398 while Germany’s DAX dropped down from 1.5% to 5907 and France’s CAC 40 fell down from 0.8 to 5,398. Though the Euro had pretty did big gains recently, it was reversed from a high of 0.4% to a low of $1.3731. Wall Street is expected to ease in the open as Dow futures up down 0.3% at 11,388 and the wider Standard & Poor’s coming at 0.5% lower at 1,193. A focus will also be given to the next batch of earnings due and among earnmarked reported include Google Inc. and JP Morgan Chase & Co. Furthermore, earnings coming from companies like Alcoa Inc and PepsiCo. Inc have given investors mixed news regarding the largest economy.
On Wednesday, Barroso called the attention of European banks to increase billions in new capital as well as for a more stringent accounting with regards to the rising debt crisis. He also called for a permanent bailout fund in mid-2012, which is a year advance of schedule. Additionally, European officials are deliberating about reopening the July 21 deal wherein banks agreed to take 21% losses in Greek debt and this could be done by having longer-dating bonds at lower interest rates. But officials suggested that a change in the deal could even worsen the situation and could result to larger losses.

They marched their way up to Manhattan’s East Side in the streets of Fifth Avenue where the richest 1% of population resides in luxury apartments and townhouses. Protesters stopped by outside the building where media mogul Rupert Murdoch, oil tycoon David Koch, and banker Jamie Dimon have homes and disparaged the looming 2% New York ‘millionaire’s tax’ in December.

One of the protesters who is Michael Pollack, a regular office worker in a law firm, told media that he has nothing against these people personally and just thought that they should pay their fair share of taxes.  He was carrying a sign with a saying derived from the department store founder Edward Filene “Why shouldn’t American people take half of my money from me? I took all of it from them.”
For the past weeks, protesters never stopped flooding the streets of lower Manhattan near Wall Street.

They are strongly condemning corporate greed and the gap between the rich and the poor. This is said to be the first time that Occupy Wall Street Movement marched these streets after identifying that 1% of specific people who are getting rich at the expense of America resides in here. As the march reached Park Avenue and East 93rd Street, demonstrators paused in front of the building where they believe Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chairman and CEO, owns an apartment. A strong shout of “Where’s our bailout?” and the words “How do we end the deficit? End the war, tax the rich!” were heard.
JPMorgan is among the banks that got a federal bailout that is why Dimon is one of the specific figures that protesters target. One picketer Bahra Admadi,a former taxi driver and art dealer but now unemployed, expressed his dismay about some people rich people who don’t give their fair share of taxes.

Though protesters have been recently visible on the streets of Manhattan, there are no reports of any arrests, yet. The marchers, Occupy Wall Street movement, started to scatter to other cities like Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles. They have become a political issue with Republicans accusing them of surging c “class war” while President Obama declares he understands the protester’s disappointment.
On Tuesday, six demonstrators were arrested for picketing inside the Senate office building. In Boston, over 125 protesters were arrested overnight. The protest that happened in New York City transpired as the state comptroller issued a report that Wall Street is again losing jobs due to economic woes. This job loss is threatening the city’s revenue as it greatly depends on the financial industry.

According to comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the industry has lost 4,100 jobs and this could even more intensify by nearly 10,000 at the end of 2012. This will mean a total industry loss of 32,000 positions since the financial breakdown of 2008.

1. Manage your retirement expenses – How will you do this? The first thing is to identify how much you are going to spend on a monthly or yearly basis. This will help you to come about with a reasonable investing strategy for generating income after retirement. Go get a pen and paper or might as well, for ease, get an interactive budgeting worksheet like Fidelity’s Retirement Income Planner.  When making the plan, be sure to include a cushion for unanticipated expenses as well
   as important ones like healthcare.
2. Tally your income from guaranteed sources – Once you have created a comprehensive plan and you know how much money will be going out, it’s time to check how much from that outflow you can cover from sources other than your savings. For many retirees, the Social Security is likely to give the most of their guaranteed income. If you want to know how much to expect, you can check out Social Security Estimator Tool and provide information like your earnings history and other factors. If you are being issued with a traditional check-a-month company pension then good for you as this can be added in your income.

   In case your income exceeds your expected retirement expense then you are lucky. This means that you can have the freedom of investing conservatively or aggressively whatever you like it. However, some people can have an income gap and in order to fill this gap, they need to greatly depend on draws from their retirement portfolio.

3. Only go for reasonable stocks-bonds allocation – This is the most complicated part because nobody knows what comprises reasonable. But the whole idea is to invest on stocks that will give you advantage at their higher long-term return potential and in bonds that offers the opportunity to get stable income and security. But as mentioned awhile ago, no one can point out what is reasonable. So the best thing to do is to venture on mix 50% stocks and 50% bonds. This could adjust up or down. In case your Social Security covers majority of you living expenses then you might go for stocks. But if you are greatly depending on your savings and you get worried every time that the stock market sags then you might want to dialup the bond portion. You can use the Vanguard’s website that offers a calculator where you can check how long your savings will last with various rates and various blends of stocks and bonds.

   Another good strategy is to put a portion of your savings to annuity as this can give you more assured income and perhaps this can relieve your apprehensions on stock market. But at the end of the day, it is still you who will have the last say on your assets. Though nobody knows where the market is headed to, at least you had devised a plan that will help you survive.

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The market is trading sideways between 12000 and 12300. Support, so far, has held at 12000. Eventually, the selling pressure will prevail if oil continues to rise. That is why I put us in a Yellow market three weeks ago. Remember, when in a Yellow market, tighten stops and consider going to cash. When red, go to cash - cash is king in a correction.

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