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Editor's note: This is the second part of Jim Cramer's series of predictions for the Dow components in 2009. 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(Meralco) since Dec. 17 last year saying that the board of directors of the bourse was never ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A fund manager who killed himself after losing $1.4billion (950million) in the Madoff scandal invested money on behalf of Europe's wealthiest aristocratic and royal families. 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The Russian mafia and Russian oligarchs are found to be large investors with Madoff. During the next few weeks, a well-known CNBC investigative reporter documents that the Russian oligarchs, certain members of the Russian mafia and several ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/disney-stock.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-7897906876534276558</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-29T19:25:03.343-08:00</atom:updated><title>Best Stocks</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;The data shows that stocks achieving five-star ratings on Motley Fool CAPS have outperformed the market by 12 percentage points annually for the first 20 months, and newly minted five-star stocks represent your best opportunity to capture those ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters) - U.S stocks were poised to open little changed on Tuesday as investors digested the final figures for the third-quarter gross domestic product and await data on the health of the housing industry. 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The dramatic crash in the stock market at the beginning of this year and ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this season of spiritual introspection, there are true believers suffering a real crisis of faith. They have been worshipping at the Church of the Free Market, and their doubts run deeper than &lt;a href='http://www.2hipinvestments.com/buy-stock'&gt;stock brokers&lt;/a&gt; not answering prayers, or returning ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/stock-brokers_29.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-6897758388172974744</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-28T15:25:02.980-08:00</atom:updated><title>Stock Market Quotes</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;For cable news viewers who are suffering from information saturation, last week offered relief. The crawl, as it is called, the unending stream of news capsules that have inched relentlessly across the bottom of cable news programs for seven years ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/stock-market-quotes_28.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-7164549657076448444</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-27T19:25:02.804-08:00</atom:updated><title>Value Stocks</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main stock indexes lost more than two percent of their value on Sunday, as regional sentiment and profit taking depressed prices in very low volume trade, dealers said. 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And yet, that is ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/mutual-fund.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-8198166242337496305</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-25T15:25:05.321-08:00</atom:updated><title>Uranium Stocks</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;Precious metals gold and silver bullion move to multi month highs, as dollar slips to multi month lows. 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Agora-X launched an ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/nasdaq-trades_25.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-2799756741620947931</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-24T19:25:05.183-08:00</atom:updated><title>Stock Screener</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;Sadly, there's no such thing as an ultimate buy signal when it comes to investing in stocks. Identifying companies with the wind at their back takes time, patience, and a good dose of due diligence. There is, however, an easy way to increase your ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/stock-screener_24.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-4869656500427949695</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-24T07:25:02.391-08:00</atom:updated><title>Hedge Fund</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;A French executive whose &lt;a href='http://www.2hipinvestments.com/buy-stock'&gt;hedge fund&lt;/a&gt; lost a ton of money in Bernard Madoff 's self-admitted $50 billion Ponzi scheme was found dead at his New York office today in an apparent suicide. Bloomberg reports that Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet , who was ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/hedge-fund.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-1593293226035817951</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-24T03:25:05.547-08:00</atom:updated><title>Stocks Bonds</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;percent to end at 1,128.51 points, off a session low of 1,113.17. (Reporting by Kim Yeon-hee; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner) Keywords: MARKETS KOREA STOCKS/CLOSE ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS: Pan-Asia..... Japan..... S.Korea... S.E. Asia..... Hong ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;U.S. and European stock markets slipped on Tuesday after more dismal economic reports from the U.K. and U.S. in particular, and bond yields edged lower. U.S. existing home sales and prices both fell at a record pace in November, while other data ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/stocks-bonds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-2273439971994113621</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-22T19:25:05.393-08:00</atom:updated><title>Best Stocks</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;Alcoa to Receive Orklas 50% Stake in Elkem Aluminum; Orkla to Receive Alcoas 45% Stake in SAPA Extrusions Business. PITTSBURGH--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced it has agreed with ORKLA ASA (Orkla) to exchange their stakes in ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;U.S. stocks retreated on Monday, with the consumer-discretionary and energy sectors hit hardest after Walgreen Co. , the nation's largest drugstore chain, reported disappointing results and Toyota Motor Corp. forecast a loss for the year. "If Toyota ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/best-stocks_22.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-5887833833893931447</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-22T11:25:02.673-08:00</atom:updated><title>Stock Brokers</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;"The government should at least suspend securities transaction tax for a year. This will encourage market participants to take their position aggressively. The sentiment of the market will improve as the volume will increase," Bonanza Portfolio ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/stock-brokers_22.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-5572934025354204013</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-22T03:25:03.018-08:00</atom:updated><title>Mutual Funds</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers are angry and individual investors are livid. But if &lt;a href='http://www.2hipinvestments.com/buy-stock'&gt;mutual funds&lt;/a&gt; are mad, they sure aren't showing it. The $9.6 trillion U.S. funds industry is keeping almost stoically silent through the worst financial crisis in 80 ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/mutual-funds_22.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642392335958123583.post-3008693942366475902</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-21T15:25:02.788-08:00</atom:updated><title>Stock Market Quotes</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;There's little doubt that 2008 is one year that market watchers and investors the world over would rather forget. If you're soon to retire, we could certainly forget those negative super returns and for those living in the US, it's been a year of ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  </description><link>http://www.2hipinvestments.com/2008/12/stock-market-quotes_21.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (2HipInvestments)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>