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Closing Bell: An Up-Day That Felt Mixed (BJ, CCME, CSCO, EL, FRG, LTD, MRK)

Posted Feb 3rd 2011 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Cisco Systems (CSCO), Estee Lauder (EL), Merck and Co (MRK), Limited Brands (LTD)

Much of the U.S. was buried in ice-cold weather. Jobless claims improved to levels better than expected, earnings kept coming out, and inflation is slightly higher, as the FOMC wants to see. Ben Bernanke said that things are progressing as expected in quantitative easing and did not exactly signal another round of QE3. Strong retail sales may have carried the day.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels ahead of Friday's non-farm payrolls and unemployment data:

Dow Jones: 12,062.26 +20.29 (0.17%)
S&P 500: 1,307.10 +3.07 (0.24%)
Nasdaq: 2,753.88 +4.32 (0.16%)

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Fronteer (FRG): Copper, gold & uranium

Posted Jun 3rd 2009 1:40PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Newsletters, Canada, Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy

"Certain commodities are getting hot again; both copper and gold have the wind at their backs in this market, while uranium has also caught our attention," says Brandon Clay.

In his Invest with an Edge, he explains, "One such company that should gain from a spike in gold, uranium, and copper is Vancouver-based Fronteer Development Group (NYSE: FRG).

"Uranium is a perennially despised substance with a back story in catastrophe, espionage, protests, and nuclear fallout. But this sometimes-sordid history may prove too weak an objection for the outstanding potential in uranium.

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