Media Inquiries To interview Sam Subramanian or to inquire about AlphaProfit and its publications, please call (281) 565-6963 or send e-mail. In the Media If gold's too pricey, other commodities are a steal People invest in gold for different reasons at different times. As a hedge against political turmoil or lack of faith in paper currency, there are no true alternatives since gold is in a league by itself. With its record-high prices and reputation for volatility, gold ...  Equities: Blending Technical And Fundamental Analysis Fundamental equity traders rely on factors such as earnings, earnings growth or valuation ratios to select securities. Technical traders use moving averages, trading volume patterns or price breakouts. To understand the nuances of the two methods, it helps ...  OPEC Faces Stiff Challenge Among OPEC countries, compliance with output quotas responsible for price stabilization in the first half of 2009 has fallen rapidly. This means OPEC has de facto increased its production. Indirectly or directly, however, compliance will be a ...  Strength In Steel Is For Real As countries around the world are focusing on infrastructure, shares of steel makers have risen with plans. The Market Vectors Steel ETF has gained 225% from its low. With such a sizable rally already a historical fact, investors may not ...  A Panoply of Free ETFs Charles Schwab recently launched eight in-house exchange-traded funds offering commission free trading on these products to its customers. Fidelity has announced its customers can trade 25 ETFs commission free. What does this mean for ETF ...  Dr. Exxon Gives Gas a Clean Bill of Health Exxon, the energy juggernaut, does not move often but when it does, it creates a cascade. Exxon’s purchase of XTO Energy is a strategic bet on natural gas becoming the fuel of choice. Investors looking to ...  Leisure Goods Makers Jump; More Coming? Leisure stocks including Harley Davidson, Polaris and Brunswick have risen sharply over the past three weeks. This rally in leisure stocks may have lured momentum investors. What does this group’s gain ...  Taking Off With Transports And JetBlue As the early runaway phase of a new bull market tapers, investors seek to target sectors and industries that are most likely to play catch up and outperform the broad market. Laggards are a good place to start, and one group that looks promising ...  Gold ETFs Rise On Safe-Haven Buying Gold prices rose in their biggest advance in three weeks on safe-haven buying as stocks gapped down and the dollar fell. The rise in the price of gold combined with falling mining costs provides opportunities for gold miners to widen margins. It would be ...  Investing in Sector Funds While sector funds may appear to be volatile when evaluated on a stand-alone basis, their impact on portfolio volatility can be quite different. Prudent investors use sector funds in ways that leverage their return potential while managing portfolio volatility. Sector funds ...  Active Indexes Drive PowerShares ETFs Unlike majority of ETFs which benchmark well-known market capitalization-based ‘passive’ indexes, PowerShares ETFs use novel ‘active’ indexes and widen investment options available for investors. These ETFs can be attractive for investors pursuing a ...  Pulpy Pick  20MB downloads in 3 mins, use Windows Media Player Paper and packaging is not a terribly sexy industry. Yet, there are opportunities to make some good bucks without much risk here. Fundamentals and technicals make this pulpy recommendation on 'Forbes.com Video Network' a timely buy.  AlphaProfit's Energy Sector Outlook  77MB downloads in 9 mins, use Windows Media Player Strength of global economies is just one of the many factors that influence the price of oil. To learn the direction for oil prices and the best way to play it, listen to this discussion originally broadcast nationwide on 'Forbes on Radio'.  Energy Conservation: Save Energy, Make Money Technology companies are generally underappreciated as energy conservation plays. By casting a wider net, investors can find appealing situations in the technology space that not only offer outstanding prospects for ...  Stodgy Stocks Can Grow Your Portfolio Overestimating business prospects is a common nemesis of growth stock investors. A perfect example is the dot-com era. Investors can reduce the agony of watching share price and earnings-per-share trends diverge by ...  Morningstar's Stewardship Grade Scores Big Investors use Morningstar Rating as a signpost of mutual fund performance in terms of both return and risk. Morningstar Rating however does not get at critical intangibles. Morningstar Stewardship Grade ...  What's Driving Biotech The potential of targeted drugs, shortening of cycle-times, and possibilities of buyout provide a powerful case for investing in the biotechnology sector. IBB and BBH, two ETFs that focus on this sector have subtle yet important, differences. Which is better? ...
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