In today’s TFN eNews:

* Silver’s up again

* Beggar thy neighbor

* The drop hight has just been elevated

Dear TFN eNews reader,

Silver futures for December delivery rose 32 cents, or 1.8%, to $17.695 an ounce. Earlier, the price reached $17.78, a two-week high.

Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE:SLW) announced today that it would hold its Q3 results conference call tomorrow, November 10, 2009 at 11 AM. Share prices went up over 5%, to a 52-week high of $14.92!

(Wonder what kind of results they’re announcing…)

This was an especially welcome sign after the past two weeks: You were able to buy the stock at $11.93 as late as October 28! Hot Stock Confidential members who used thepast month to scoop up shares at lower levels are sitting on short-term gains of up to 25%, just in the past two weeks.

Our official gain on this stock is now around 52% over our initial entry price. And even though there may be some small sell-off after any results announcement, I intend to hold on to it for a while.

(HSC’s other remaining sterling silver play was clocking in at 11% gains since Oct. 15. Here, too, the October market dip created an excellent opportunity to buy on the cheap. For more information, look no further than here: http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/HSC/ridic/WHSCK904.html)

*** Commodities kept on climbing as the dollar kept on slipping. This will not change any time soon: Congress and the White House are pursuing an agenda that is fundamentally opposed to a rising dollar: A combination of “beggar thyself” and “beggar thy neighbor”.

Despite the emission of concerned noises about budget deficits, the Administration’s rosiest projections translate into enormous inflationary pressure, which currently is held in check only by the deflationary powers of the global economy and the currency peg between the Chinese yuan and the U.S. dollar.

The lower the dollar, the cheaper and more competitive become Chinese imports to countries with stronger currencies. In turn, this feathers Beijing’s nest, allowing the Chinese to stimulate domestic consumption and resource hoarding.

Meanwhile, the fundamental sources of support for many commodities shave been pushed far above what can be supported by fundamentals alone, with speculation and capital flows now in firm control of pricing.

So far, this bubble has been working out well, especially for gold, precious metals, and commodities investing.

But there is the ever-present danger, that an extraneous event could trigger another crisis. For years, my chips have been on a popping of the Chinese debt bubble to trigger a mega-crash. In my book Hot Trading Secrets (written in 2005), I predicted this collapse for the summer of 2009.

Obviously, I was wrong… but not necessarily off-target: For the last year, Beijing has been given out loans to a degree that would make subprime mortgage brokers look like Calvinist clerics!

The drop height for China has been multiplied over that of 2005!

***Clandestine signal sets stage for triple resource opportunity:

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*** Quote of the Day:

“The projected cumulative deficit for the next 10 years is now $9 trillion, having just been revised upwards by $2 trillion. Perhaps it is because these sums are incomprehensible that Americans are no longer shocked by them: but someone will have to pay. There is no sign of the budget going into the black in any of the next 10 years: the projection for 2019 is still that it will be 4 per cent of gross domestic product (it is between 11 and 12 per cent now). The health care plans, were they to be enacted, would make this dire situation even worse. They can be funded only by higher taxes, which is no doubt fair if everyone wants such a system, but far from everyone does. And, as I have written in relation to our benighted economy, the growth that might ease the problem will only be depressed by higher taxes.”

– Simon Heffer, Telegraph.co.uk

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Breitbart.com – Gold price hits record high as dollar wanes “Gold prices hit a record above 1,100 dollars on Monday with the dollar weakening after a pledge by G20 countries to keep economic recovery pumped up with easy money. In morning trading here, gold struck an all-time peak of 1,109.50 dollars an ounce as the euro rose to 1.50 dollars for the first time in two weeks.”

MoneyNews.com — Prechter: 2008 Crash Just A Warm-Up “Elliott Wave analyst Robert Prechter says the rally is over and predicts the start of ‘another wave of the bear market,’ similar to the one investors experienced in 2008. ‘I don’t think we’ve hit the V bottom yet,’ Prechter told CNBC.”

Bloomberg.com — U.S. Joblessness May Reach 13 Percent, Rosenberg Says “The U.S. unemployment rate may rise to a post-World War II high of 13 percent in the aftermath of the recession, said David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc. in Toronto.”

Cordially yours,

J. Christoph Amberger

Executive Publisher, TodaysFinancialNews.com

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This silver stock’s soaring today!

In August of 2008, Horacio Marquez of Money Morning recommended Berkshire Hathaway as a ‘Buy’ for his readers. Today he revisits this pick and the implications of the 50 to 1 split for investors.

Horacio Marquez, Money Morning:
I emphasized that Berkshire should be a core, long-term holding in investors’ portfolios and not a stock to trade in and out off. Today, the stock is about 11% above the price that it finished 2008 at.

This recommendation was issued three weeks before Lehman Brothers’ Sept. 15 bankruptcy filing. I knew at the time that there was a possibility that Lehman would go bankrupt and that the market would retreat, but I felt that the huge amount of cash on Berkshire’s books would provide it with countless opportunities to pick up quality assets at bargain prices should that happen.

“Under Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway is a like an astute and disciplined kid in a candy store,” I wrote.

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The Buffet Strategy – building value for investors and markets

Alex Green, Chief Investment Strategist at Investment U looks at the value of long-term investment planning.

Jeremy Grantham, president of investment management firm GMO LLC, has been getting a lot of press lately.

At the market’s top, he warned of an impending bear market. At the bottom in March, he forecast a historic rally. Today, he says the market is 25% overvalued.

Should you be worried? Perhaps not.

Let’s start with Grantham’s track record. He’s made a couple of good calls lately. But does he get it right all the time? Of course not. No one does.

But even if he’s right, it wouldn’t necessarily be negative. It all depends on your time horizon. Here’s why…

How Long-Term Investors Can Benefit From A Bear Market

If you own stocks on margin, call options, or LEAP options, a market downturn could be devastating. A 50% decline in the value of a fully margined account would erase your equity. Your options could expire worthless.

Who benefits from a bear market? The obvious answer is short sellers and put option buyers.

But others benefit, too. Primarily long-term investors.

A new study by T. Rowe Price shows that those who began systematically investing in equities in severe bear markets made out “significantly better” than investors who began in bull markets.

Take 1929, for example, the year that kicked off the Great Depression…

From 1929 to 1938 – one of the worst 10-year periods in history – the S&P 500 returned minus 0.9% annually.
Yet if you began investing $500 a month in 1929 and kept it up for 30 years, your total return was 960%.
If you did the same thing starting in 1970 – the start of one of the other worst decades in market history – you’d have fared even better: up 1,753%.
These investors did more than twice as well as those who invested the same way at the beginning of the go-go 1980s and 1990s.

What can we take from this?

Continue reading this article at Investment U.
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An overvalued market – not always a bad thing

In today’s TFN eNews:

* Jumping on the TFN bandwagon

* The fourth horseman

* Top China growth play

Dear TFN eNews reader,

The Wall Street Journal today jumped on TFN’s natural gas bandwagon: “Gas production from shales has boomed with new drilling technology that makes it easier to extract gas from dense rock formations. Shale formations, such as the Barnett Shale in Texas, have been largely credited with fueling a surge in domestic gas production. Producers must drill down to the rock, then horizontally through the formation, to break it apart and release the gas trapped within.

“A surge in supplies from these fields and weak demand for the fuel resulting from the economic downturn have contributed to falling natural gas prices.

“Natural gas prices have fallen by more than 60% from their summer 2008 highs above $13 a million British thermal units. Gas supplies, however, have remained abundant. Total gas in U.S. storage for the week ended Oct. 30 stood at an all-time high of 3.788 trillion cubic feet — about 11% above last year’s level and the 12% above the five-year average.”

Andrew had been hinting at just this thing for months: We talked extensively about this in the late summer… and started belaboring the subject right here in the TFN eNews in September.

Three weeks ago, he moved his TFN Strategic Trader into position.

On one of his put options plays, his readers are up by 88% from the official entry price. But despite that gain, he’s maintaining his buy rating on these puts. The shares underlying his second pick were also down today, thanks to dropping natural gas prices and rather anemic quarterly results. TFN Strategic Traders were up over 30% on the play, with stronger gains certainly on the way.

But Andrew was switching the status of his third put play from a buy to a hold: This ETF slid incredibly fast over the past two weeks — down another 3% just today.

“That action has increased the value of our put options by 242%, with more gains likely on the way today,” he wrote today. “While I’m positive we’ll see significantly higher returns, the threat of a quick rebound is growing. If it happens, you’ll get a shot at buying the contracts at reduced prices. Don’t sell yet. But don’t buy any more.”

*** To make up for this status change, he offered a fourth Gas Basher play today: “This is a perfect day to enter the position as shares of the company are up on news of a positive quarterly earnings announcement. Fortunately for us, the good news will not last. The company specializes in natural gas compressors, which are used at gas wells as well as transportation pipelines.

“Of course the company had a decent quarter thanks to the massive Marcellus Shale growth. That’s no surprise. But the growth spurt will be short lived as the industry shoots itself in the foot. You know my thoughts on how the industry is about to plummet, thanks to a glut of production. Next Tuesday, we’ll get confirmation from the International Energy Agency. When it happens, the action will unfold fast.”

Read up on Andy’s main argument right here: http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/TST/GAS/ETSTKA04.html

*** Protectionism is a reflex inherent in everybody who doesn’t understand free markets and prosperity building. No surprise here: With over 10% of the U.S. workforce now actively seeking work — not counting those who’ve given up –, the Obama White House just imposed another set of strong tariffs on imported Chinese goods.

It’s proof the situation is getting tense. But in this contest, there’s only one side holding four aces. That’s why we say take advantage of the move and buy Chinese!

TFN’s world-wise strategist Andrew Snyder writes: “Washington is getting serious about ‘leveling’ trade with China. Call it a desperate tool to fix our trade imbalance. Or call it bowing to American manufacturers — whoever those may be. Just don’t call it good news for the economy.

“Obama is going to get some mighty weak handshakes when he heads to Asia in a few days. After imposing the largest-ever tariff on imported Chinese pipe (almost 100%), Beijing is far from happy. As our dependence grows on China to fund the nation’s debt, this is not a good time to tick off our most important trading partners.

“Despite tax-relived American middle-class liberals now complaining about ‘taxpayers’ bailing out financial institutions, it’s worth mentioning that the bail-out money did not originate from U.S. tax revenues… but with our foreign lenders!

“Unfortunately, given the relative strength of the Chinese economy, Obama’s latest trade sanction will hurt American more than China. We’ve got unemployment at 10.2%. Their economy is growing by a percentage almost as high.”

So where to put your money?

One suggestion is China Infrastructure Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:CIIC). The tiny, $100 million company is nearly a pure play on the country’s growth potential.

Find out more about this play right here: http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/international-investing/life-is-a-highway-a-chinese-highway-10298.html

***The 3 Best Stocks under $3 to buy Now!

We expect these new recommendations to bring in gains of perhaps 145%… 55%… 67%. Better yet, I think we can take some of those gains before Christmas. But you have to act immediately! http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/HSC/ridic/WHSCK902.html

*** Quote of the Day:

“I’m an American, and I’m for prosperity. What creates prosperity is free and competitive markets. That means limited government. And I will speak about that every chance I get.”

– John Stossel, Creators.com

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Finance.Yahoo.com – Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since ‘83 “The 10.2 percent jobless rate for October shows how weak the economy remains even though it is growing. The rising jobless rate could threaten the recovery if it saps consumers’ confidence and makes them more cautious about spending as the holiday season approaches.”

MoneyNews.com — Zuckerman: U.S. On Brink of Deflation Crisis “Inflation typically results from too much money chasing too few goods,” writes Zuckerman in U.S. News & World Report. Today, too much supply is chasing too little demand.”

Bloomberg.com — Gold Advances to Record in New York, London After Jobs Data “Bullion is heading for a ninth consecutive annual gain and approaching $1,100 an ounce for the first time as investors seek to protect their wealth from the threat of inflation and the debasement of the U.S. currency. Payrolls fell by 190,000 workers last month, compared with a 175,000 drop anticipated by the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.”

Cordially yours,

J. Christoph Amberger

Executive Publisher, TodaysFinancialNews.com

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TFN eNews 11/06/2009: Top China growth play?

Obama just imposed another set of strong tariffs on imported Chinese goods. It is proof the situation is getting tense. Take advantage of the move and buy Chinese.

By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore – (TFN): Washington is getting serious about leveling trade with China. Call it a desperate tool to fix our trade imbalance. Or call it bowing to American manufacturers. Just don’t call it good news for growing trade tensions.

Obama is going to get some mighty weak handshakes when he heads to Asia in a few days. After imposing the largest-ever tariff on imported Chinese pipe (almost 100%), Beijing is far from happy.

As our dependence grows on China to fund the nation’s debt, this is not a good time to tick off our most important trading partners.

Unfortunately, given the relative strength of the Chinese economy, Obama’s latest trade sanction will hurt more Americans than it will Chinese. We’ve got unemployment at 10.2% and they have an economy growing by a percentage almost as high.

Where’d do you want your money?

One Chinese company getting plenty of attention is China Infrastructure Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:CIIC). The tiny, $100 million company is nearly a pure play on the country’s growth potential.

Essentially, CIIC owns a highway, the Pinglin Expressway. In exchange for maintaining and overseeing the operation of the highway, CIIC charges a toll to every vehicle that uses the road.

Last year, the company was able to turn $50 million worth of revenues into $2 million worth of profits, a steep decline from the $12 million in raked in during fiscal ’08.

The loss in profits forced share price to drop from above $5 to just over a buck per share. As I write, investors are getting $1.24 per share, an 11% premium to yesterday’s closing price.

If you are as bullish on China’s growing economy as I am, you will agree this is a great way of playing the company’s increased consumption, travel and shipping trends. In other words, it is as pure of a play on China’s future growth as Warren Buffett’s move to buy Burlington Northern (NYSE:BNI) is a play on America’s growth.

Again, I ask where do you want your money?

I am positive Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK) would much rather spend $26 billion in overseas economies, but we can all imagine the political backlash if the Oracle of Omaha becomes the Oracle of Beijing.

Buffett’s salary would be the next to be slashed.

There is a bull lose in China. No matter how hard Washington tries, it won’t be able to catch.

I say hop on it and ride the beast as long as you can.

Article first published on Today's Financial News

Life is a highway, a Chinese highway

I am not the only one yelling about the natural gas industry’s impending doom. This week, I’ve got the backing of a major international agency.

By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore – (TFN): This may be your last chance. As each day passes the pressure on the natural gas market grows larger and larger. Today, there are two major catalysts ready to send the industry into a nosedive.

The first comes from the Energy Information Administration, which tells us the nation’s natural gas inventory has built by another 29 billion cubic feet over the past week. That means the gap between gas in storage and total capacity continues to shrink.

According to today’s figures, there is 3.788 trillion cubic feet in storage, 11.1% higher than this time last year. That figure doesn’t sound like much until you look at the nation’s total storage capacity, which stands at 3.889 trillion cubic feet.

If we continue to add to our coffers at the current rate, we’ll be out of space in less than a month. When it happens, the spot market will be flooded with gas and prices will plummet.

Go short now!

Don’t expect it to be a short-term phenomenon, especially if you agree with the predictions out of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Next Tuesday, the group will unveil its World Energy Outlook. According to early drafts, the agency is considerably bearish on the future of natural gas, saying we’ve turned the corner from a sellers market to a buyers market.

Just like I am, the IEA is concerned with the massive amount of “new” natural gas that is about to flood the market as a result of recent shale discoveries and increased industry efficiencies.

One of the key predictions in the report is the massive oversupply (up to 250 billion cubic meters) of natural gas the industry will be forced to endure over the next five years.

Not only does that mean prices are going lower, but LNG terminals will be shuttered and all those new wells sprouting up in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York will be plugged as well.

If you have been following my commentary over the last month or so, you know the IEA’s findings are nothing new. I did my own research and let TFN Strategic Traders in on three plays to make almost two weeks ago.

Our timing could not have been better.

So far, the three trades are worth gains of 33%, 88% and 242%. Not bad for just nine trading days.

But the best days (at least for shorts) are yet to come. As natural gas prices plummet and the industry self-destructs, these plays will soar in value.

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Gas pain: The International Energy Agency weighs in

Pundit Adam Lass charts the coinciding trends of increasing oil and stock prices, and marks the peak and fall of two administrations – and wonders whether the Obama administration will let the markets run their course again.

By Adam Lass, Taipan Daily

“Oil down to $80!”

A year ago, that headline was impressive, because crude futures had been hanging out around $144 a barrel, and were on their way to $48. Talk about blood on the trading floor! Now that’s the sort of rich stuff a columnist can sink his teeth into.

The recent $3 hiccough is merely a 4% cyclic dip within a larger rising trend that has seen crude futures rise some 71% over the past nine months. Quite frankly, the oil price could drop to the bottom of the rising trend at $75, and I still wouldn’t be impressed. Heck, I halfway expect it.

Still, this little tempest in a teacup did get me thinking about energy prices et al. I’ve long maintained that energy costs are the mosquitoes of inflation. That is to say, they are the disease vector that allows the theoretical destruction of the dollar to burrow down deep into regular folk’s pockets.

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Will big oil burst Obama’s economic Bubble?

The dollar is as unpopular as ever. Continued low interest rates, massive inflationary threats and never-ending stimulus plans are creating a situation like never before.

By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore – (TFN): Nobody wants the dollar these days, but yet we all depend on the greenback to keep the business world spinning.

There is an interesting phenomenon taking place in China. As the Fed prints so much money that it is contemplating selling advertising space in place of presidential portraits, Asian investors are making major moves to capitalize on the situation.

Investors are firing up the carry trade like never before, borrowing dollars and buying yuan- or yen-based.

Meanwhile, the Asia banks that end up with a horde of dollars are nervously exchanging them for domestic currencies as they fear holding too many dollars will hurt their bottom line as the currency continues its rapid depreciation.

Normally, the forex markets is the place traders head when they need a good nap or a break from “real” trading, but thanks to the massive changes we have seen lately, the currency markets are anything but boring.

While my commentary has drifted away from the commodities carry trade in recent weeks due to my natural gas industry research efforts, the powerfully profitable trend is as alive as ever.

Think about it.

Reuters is touting an article today that discusses the “shortage” of dollars on the market. As banks dump their holdings, governments with huge trade surpluses are forced to take on the exchange.

With nearly a trillion dollars in its reserves, China already has more than enough greenbacks on hold. But it can’t put the money out to the free-market ravens. It would only make the situation worse.

The only thing it can do, besides letting its currency float (don’t expect that anytime soon) is buy something it needs with the cash… like commodities!

Tangible assets like coal, oil, platinum, silver, gold and iron are the perfect purchase. The trades are done in American dollars and they are actually appreciating in value. The more China buys and stockpiles now, the less it will have to rely on the open markets when its economy really gets cranking.

Even better, China is buying more time until it has to begin depleting its own massive supplies of domestic commodities.

The news from India earlier this week that it bought massive amounts of gold from the IMF surprised the markets, because most folks believed China would do the buying.

But with a massive trade surplus of its own, India needs to take advantage of the commodity carry trade just as badly as its neighbor.

It all adds up to great bullishness for the commodities markets. While crude and gold get most of the attention, buyers are not limiting their purchases to these two kingpins.

The entire complex is on the auction block and prices are going up. It is not too late to get in on the action.

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If everybody dumps the dollar, where does it go?

In today’s TFN eNews:

* Gains in gas

* Gains in gambling

* Three small-cap movers worth watching

Dear TFN eNews reader,

Despite the gut-wrenching contortions of the market, this turned out to be a fantastic week. For some options investors, that is.

As I write, the natural gas plays TFN options strategist Andrew Snyders initiated ten days ago have surged by 140%, 22%, and 185%, respectively.

Natural gas is trading for $4.865 per MMBtu — down significantly from the $5.97 highs reached on October 20.

The timing sure couldn’t have been better. Now, here comes the big question. When to sell?

“I know many of my readers are sitting on monstrous gains. I also know that many new members to TFN Strategic Trader are sitting on smaller gains. Normally, after almost tripling your money, I’d say lock it in and move on. But I promised more and I believe more is on the way.

“That is why I’ll recommend a fourth way to play the natural gas industry this coming Friday. For those who’ve already locked in gains, it will be an opportunity to reset and start over. And for those hanging on for more, it’s yet another way to play a powerful situation.”

(I say don’t miss that: Make sure you’re a TST member by Friday: http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/TST/GAS/WTSTKA04.html)

*** But the good news didn’t stop there.

News out of Ohio was equally fantastic for Penn National (NYSE:PENN). In case you missed the headlines, Ohio narrowly passed Issue 3, a constitutional amendment that allows gambling in four of the state’s largest cities. This will be a strong boost for Penn’s future revenue stream, which has sent shares up by nearly 10% today. Even better, the surge has sent Andrews calls up by 175%. There are still several weeks until expiration. We’re in for another round of profits.

Xerox (NYSE:XRX), too, sailed past a critical resistance level around the $8.00 mark today. As the underlying shares zoomed past their 50-day moving average. Our calls are up by over 65%.

This is a critical play to keep an eye on. As of now, it is a hold. But any market weakness could quickly change my opinion.

We are past our official breakeven point by a dime, which means any increase in share price, will be reflected in our contracts. With over two weeks until expiration, immense upside potential remains. This week’s action will be pivotal.

*** The markets are moving forward. While the big guys move by just a percent or two, the small-cap offers phenomenal profit opportunities. For investors in the right spot, specifically the small-cap market, it has been a very profitable week. Andrew Snyder commented:

“Shares of Pacer International (NASDAQ:PACR) are up by over 50% after the intermodal and logistics provider tossed two pieces of good news to the bulls. First, Pacer finalized a deal with Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) which creates an additional $30 million in new cash flow for the $140 million firm. The company plans to use the proceeds to pay down a credit line by about 50%. A good move in this credit-tight economy.

“Even better than the shoring up of the corporate balance sheet was the news that company remained profitable during a volatile quarter.

“While most analysts expected a small loss, Pacer managed to rack in profits of $600,000 thanks to revenue of $418.7 million. The Street expected a top-line figure of just $402 million.

“If you’re a fan of Warren Buffett’s big move in the railway industry yesterday, you will like Pacer. It’s the small-cap version of going ‘all-in’ on the American economy.”

But there are two more companies. Read up on them right here:

http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/three-small-cap-movers-worth-watching-10286.html

*** The U.S. Retirement System could owe YOU Money:

A recent University study reports that millions of Americans could qualify for an extra $10,000 or more per year thanks to the U.S. Govt’s retirement program. If you’ve worked and have paid into this program, it’s your legal right to collect your full benefit.

New report explains the details: http://www.stansberryresearch.com/pro/0909TRWANY49/MTRWKB04/PR

*** Quote of the Day:

“In the coming weeks, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Harry Reid will be asking their troops to cast potentially career-ending votes for healthcare changes, Medicare cuts, higher taxes, and fines on the uninsured. Whether they cast those votes depends on their faith in Obama’s drawing power. But, the votes in Virginia, in particular, show the limits of Obama’s appeal. (…) [The GOP victories in Virginia and New Jersey] send a message to red-state Democratic congressmen: Obama may be able to survive in the deep water into which he is leading his party, but you can’t.”

– Dick Morris, Creators.com

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WSJ.com – World Bank upgrades China growth forecast “The World Bank has upgraded its 2009 economic growth forecast for China to 8.4pc on the back of huge public spending but warned stronger domestic demand was needed to ensure a sustainable recovery.”

MoneyNews.com — Stephen Moore: Obama an Economic Failure “The falling dollar and the continuing surge of gold prices indicates that President Obama, like his predecessor, is going to be considered an economic failure.”

Bloomberg.com — U.S. Stocks Add to Global Rally, Gold Hits Record Before Fed “U.S. stocks added to a global rally as a report showed new orders rose in service industries and investors speculated the Federal Reserve will signal its benchmark interest rate will remain at a record low for an extended period. The dollar fell and gold climbed to a record.”

Cordially yours,

J. Christoph Amberger

Executive Publisher, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Article first published on Today's Financial News

When to sell for monstrous gains on natural gas

The markets are moving forward today. While the big guys move by just a percent or two, the small-cap offers phenomenal profit opportunities. Check out these three winners.

By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinanicalNews.com

Baltimore—(TFN): It has been a week of nauseating ups and downs. For investors in the right spot, specifically the small-cap market, it has been a very profitable week.

Shares of Pacer International (NASDAQ:PACR) are up by over 50% after the intermodal and logistics provider tossed two pieces of good news to the bulls.

First, Pacer finalized a deal with Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) which creates an additional $30 million in new cash flow for the $140 million firm. The company plans to use the proceeds to pay down a credit line by about 50%. A good move in this credit-tight economy.

But even better than the shoring up of the corporate balance sheet was the news that company remained profitable during a volatile quarter. While most analysts expected a small loss, Pacer managed to rack in profits of $600,000 thanks to revenue of $418.7 million. The Street expected a top-line figure of just $402 million.

If you are a fan of Warren Buffett’s big move in the railway industry yesterday, you will like Pacer. It’s the small-cap version of going “all-in” on the American economy.

Finally, excitement from IT

Another company putting up big gains today is Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS). Shares of the IT solutions provider soared by over 40% during the session.

Strong growth in hardware and software sales led the company to operating income of $4.3 million, up from last year’s corresponding period’s loss of $1.9 million.

Interestingly, while material sales rose, support sales plummeted by nearly 33%. This is an important trend to watch as companies nationwide try to do more with less.

Finally put Rehabcare Group (NYSE:RHB) into your ticker and check out the action. Shares of the healthcare facility provider are up by over 25% on the news that the company is laying out $570 million to get its hands on Triumph Healthcare, a Houston-based long-term care provider.

This is an interesting deal because it goes against the grain on a couple of fronts.

First, shares of the acquirer are “supposed” to drop on acquisition news. Today’s deviation from the norm is strong evidence that investors believe the combined companies have much more profit-generating power together than they did separately.

This is also an interestingly time move because of the great healthcare debate taking place across the nation. By making such a strong move, Rehabcare is signally it has no fears of major detrimental changes on the way.

Only time will tell.

For now, all three of these big movers should be at the top of your watch list. The small-cap world is hot and getting hotter.

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Three small-cap movers worth watching

Wall Street is busy dissecting the word out of the Federal Reserve. But really, does it matter what Bernanke says? We all know the outcome. And it isn’t good.

By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore — (TFN):  The Fed is meeting today. And I ask who cares? At this point, Bernanke and his troupe of politicians masquerading as economists are in so far over their heads, no matter what they do or say, you can bet the move is designed to protect their butts, not yours.

With the global economy taking off without us and foreign interest rates already on the rise, the Fed is desperate to look bullish while acting bearish.

Anybody that has ever tried to prove the existence of Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy to a six year old knows what Bernanke is trying to do. At this point, he’ll do anything to change the subject and focus the attention on something else.

With all of this talk about an increasingly deadly carry trade bubble, it is beyond obvious that American interest rates need to rise. If it doesn’t happen, soon enough all of America’s money will be invested in some high rise in China’s Guandong province… or Saudi oil.

But we all know Bernanke would commit career suicide by lifting a headliner like short-term rates even by a quarter of a percent. The blame for any upcoming financial downturn will be squarely on his shoulders.

For the youngsters in the room, he’ll be blamed for outing Santa Clause.

So what’s the guy to do? He’s already doing it.

The Fed is unraveling its plans to buy a whopping $1.25 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities and $200 billion worth of other mortgage-related notes.

That’s trillion, with a “T”

By March, the Fed’s massive buying spree will be over, once again letting the markets deal with a massive amount of very “un-transparent” securities. The same lion that brought the bull down is once again about to be un-caged, hungrier than ever.

If you thought the market had a hard time swallowing so many mortgage defaults, wait until $1.45 trillion dollars runs straight into 10% unemployment and a real estate market worth a fraction of what it was even a year ago.

And here’s the kicker, just by refraining from hitting the “buy” button, Bernanke effectively raises mortgage rates by as much as 100 basis points.

Let’s see… 10% unemployment, a weakened currency, deflating home prices and inflating borrowing costs. It’s a recipe for disaster.

At least Bernanke gets to keep his job and he gets the keen realization that he would not be in this bind if he never would have meddled with the markets in the first place.

We all knew the day would come when the Fed had to clean up its mess. That day has come.

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What’s next for Bernanke and the Fed?

These five Kindle-compatible ebooks should help you outlast the swine flu and the H1N1 virus in style!

by the TFN staff

Baltimore, MD — TFN: It starts with a mild tickle in your throat. By lunch, you’ve developed a tight, percussive cough. On your commute back home, the lights of cars trigger an oddly sick feeling behind your eyeballs. And by the time you’re home, all you want to do is crawl into bed to nurse that 102-degree fever.

That’s when you realize: You didn’t get the swine flu vaccine. And now the H1N1’s got you.

Here’s the good news:

There’s really nothing you can do about it. You’ll never have as good an excuse to stay in bed, drop a couple of Mucinex every four to six hours… and do nothing but read!

But this isn’t the time to start War and Peace. Or refresh your memory on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. You want, need, deserve to be entertained by the best writers in the business.

But since you can’t just pop out to the bookstore… remember, right now, you’re Typhoid Mary or Joseph and a threat to public safety!… this is the perfect time to unwrap the Kindle your gizmo-infatuated spouse gave you for your birthday.

So prop up a pillow, log on to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Kindle site, and check out some books. Our editorial team, no stranger to the vagaries of swine flu or other ailments that require you to remain still for extended periods of time, suggests the following:

* Ken Follett: The Pillars of the Earth $6.39

This medieval mega-epic should outlast the most tenacious virus. The plot is strong, fast-paced and compelling, characters are complex and addictive, and the period detail is magnificent. The only drawback… you may find yourself jonesing for the next volume… another epic tome the size of a curbstone.

* David Grann: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon $9.99

In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett heads out on his final expedition into the Brazilian Amazon. His aim: The mythical lost city of El Dorado. Of course, he’s never heard of again. Now city slicker Grann is follwoing his lost trail (and those of others) into the thick of the Amazon. Strange how a madman’s vision can, in the end, turn out… right!

* J. Christoph Amberger: The Lazarus Smile $9.99

If you like Dan Brown and Philip Kerr, this is the book for you! It’s got everything: Amberger’s debut novel wraps you in a hunt for an “Unholy Grail” that ties together Nazis and Praetorians, Nero and Himmler, St. Paul and al Qaeda. Based on true events, this is one of the most lively, well- written, and painstakingly researched books of the season!

* Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy $6.39

If you grew up during the 1980’s you’re already familiar with this classic cult title. There’s no time like the present to revisit this quirky futuristic tale of man’s final destiny in the Universe.

* Philip Kerr: Hitler’s Peace $9.99

When the Big Three of WWII — FDR, Roosevelt, Stalin — met in Tehran at the end of 1943, they were dividing the spoils of the yet-to-be-conquered Third Reich, jockeying for position, weighing and discarding moral considerations regarding the Katyn Massacre and secret peace negotiations initiated by the Nazis. A fast-paced narratives built on the question “what if?”

Now go fill up your tea mug and get ready to make the darn swine flu pay!Similar Posts:

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Best Books to Fight H1N1: 5 Great Reads to Beat the Swine Flu

The votes have been counted and gambling is coming to Ohio. That is fantastic news for Penn National (NYSE:PENN) shareholders. Even better for options players.

By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore – (TFN): It is easy to get political on a day like this, but I promised myself I would not do it. After all, yesterday’s election results speak for themselves.

While most pundits discuss the news from New York, Virginia and New Jersey, I’ve been pouring through the figures streaming out of Ohio’s polling places.

For Penn National (NYSE:PENN) investors, the news is fantastic.

Shares of the gambling-facility operator are up by nearly double digits today thanks to 53% of voters saying yes to Issue 3, a constitutional amendment that will allow gambling in four of the state’s largest cities.

Whether you are in favor of gambling or not, you cannot deny the fiscal boost it provides to local governments, especially when proceeds are hit with a 33% tax rate. For many failing state governments, gambling revenue is a last resort financial life ring.

Now that Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo will open casinos, Ohio becomes the 39th state to welcome the industry. It is a fantastic trend for Penn National.

No gamble here

The company has steadily increased its revenues as states have revised their law books. As one of the few casino operators without a property in Las Vegas, Penn National has been largely shielded from the city’s devastating real estate and tourism bust.

Its stockpile of cash allows it to grow while its competitors fight to stay out of bankruptcy court.

Today, Penn announced it will have casinos built and operating in all four of Ohio’s gambling towns in just over 24 months.

The plans are proof that Penn’s own gamble, spending $35 million to help push voters to say yes, has paid off. With 47% of the vote saying nay, the odds were barely in its favor.

There are still eleven states left that have not yet legalized gambling. If you ask most industry experts, they agree it is just a matter of time.

Pennsylvania is the next key state. It already allows slots, but the state legislation is currently working on allowing table games. It is yet another revenue-generating opportunity for Penn that has the potential to send shares even higher.

Today’s price pop is no surprise to TFN Strategic Trader members. I recommended playing a set of the company’s call contracts back in September. The options have surged by 200% today. Nice!

Thanks to the news out of Ohio, playing Penn National is far from a gamble. This company has growth potential written all over.

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A $35 million bet pays off for Penn National

Turn this clandestine “Shipping News” signal into three shots at gains of 256%, 678%, even, 1,894%… by January 15, 2010!

by Andrew Snyder

Baltimore, MD — TFN: Crude oil prices are hitting new year-to-date records. Gold is setting new all-time records. Commodities are soaring. But with everyone’s attention riveted by the surge in real assets and energy, the possibly most lucrative event in the 2009 market is flying completely under the radar.

I believe this single event could create a triple opportunity. A shot at taking gains of 295%, 678%, and 1,894%, respectively!

You see, a few weeks back, I noticed strange activity in the shipping news.

With no place to unload, several tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) were suddenly diverted from their scheduled destinations.

A supertanker originally dispatched from Russia sat off the Kuwait coast, idling for nearly a month awaiting orders.

Just when the crew thought a trip to a mid-East port was on the way, the radiophone crackled and the ship was diverted… to the Hazira terminal in India!

Meanwhile, at the exact same time, a ship destined for that same Hazira berth was seen changing its course. It was now headed to the Canary Islands.

It gets even more intriguing…

Because at the same time, the Sohar LNG, another massive tanker filled with natural gas, remained tethered to the ocean floor off of Kuwait, the same anchorage it occupied for weeks. Even a blind man can see… the natural gas market is in utter shambles!

For months, entire fleets of LNG-laden tankers have been turning in all directions looking for buyers in an over-supplied market.

Market veterans who’ve been in this market for decades agree:

Something monumental is about to happen…

The natural gas market is in a state of red alert!

Fresh new 7-year price lows created immense structural pressure! And there are signs that the natural gas market is about to go SUPERNOVA under these incredible market forces.

When it does, those who can read the signals… and those who follow my recommendations… could be in a position to rack up not one, not two, but three triple-digit gains.

Gains as high as 295%, 678%, and 1,894%, respectively!

Market recoil

There’s no doubt in my mind: This is the biggest market malady I’ve seen in my career!

It’s so big and so potentially market-changing, I’ve dedicated a large part of this year to uncovering the inner workings of the ticking time bomb. And I just got confirmation!

It’s as official as it gets in this business.

See, during the week of August 14, an “undisclosed” hedge fund quietly moved into the futures market. They purchased a massive amount of call options. Before anybody realized what had happened, a multi-million dollar bet was on the table. The markets went crazy.

Here’s it in a nutshell: On the surface, it looks like this “stealth buyer” is willing to pay $10 in January — for something selling for just over five bucks today.

This is an outrageous price!

Just think: Natural gas prices just got done bouncing off seven-year lows of $2.69!

Right now, the price of natural gas is at about $5.15 per 1,000 cubic feet.

There’s no way they’re ever going to hit $10!

Or will they?

But what if I told you this move had absolutely nothing to do with betting against the current trend?

What if it was nothing more than smoke and mirrors?

Here’s why:

In early October, Russia’s state gas monopoly Gazprom announced that it plans to cut itself a 10% share of the U.S. natural gas market — by 2014.

Gazprom has a stranglehold on Europe’s natural gas supply. It’s been called the Kremlin’s foreign policy arm. Its revenues are the backbone of the Russian state budget.

It even keeps its own armed forces to secure its gas pipelines. Gazprom aims to control a quarter of the world LNG market by 2020. They’re not messing around!

Reds

The company plans to use liquefied natural gas from its Sakhalin-2 project to supply U.S. customers. Down the road, Gazprom could send LNG from its Arctic Shtokman field to North America.

Given the current levels of natural gas prices, Gazprom’s U.S. strategy is particularly timely. Because U.S. natural gas producers are already struggling to stay in business!

With that natural gas price sitting around $5.15 per 1,000 cubic feet, for many wells, this is at or even below break-even:

It now costs more to pump a cubic foot of natural gas from the ground than you can expect to make on it if you sell it!

And it’s not getting any better: Current supplies are so high, storage space is getting scarce:

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), there was 3.899 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of working gas storage capacity in the United States in 2000.

Supply and demand

As of Friday, October 2, working gas in storage was 3.658 trillion cubic feet — that’s dangerously close to full levels!

Even worse for producers, there are huge amounts of gas about to flood the market as the cheaper Marcellus Shale is tapped:

Total production of U.S. gas from shale predicted at year-end 2011 will be nearly eight times greater than at year-end 2006!

With so much supply and producers operating with one foot in bankruptcy, Gazprom’s strategy will involve large-scale buy-ups of distressed domestic producers — preceded by aggressive price wars.

It’s another win-win: The Russians will buy American businesses, distribution networks, and gas inventories at firesale prices!

Good for consumers. And good for the last capitalists operating on American soil by then. (Too bad they’ll be Russian…)

But even without the added pressure from the Russians, North American gas companies are suffering because of recent price declines:

Waste Management Inc., a trash hauler making money on natural gas generated from landfills, expects gas prices to weigh on its third-quarter, per-share earnings by about 4 cents per diluted share.

Trident Resources Corp., a Canadian natural gas explorer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., citing a drop in gas prices.

Here’s what’s going to happen:

Natural gas prices are about to implode.

Those tankers I mentioned above were not ping-ponging around the world’s oceans looking for the best buyer.

They were looking for ANY buyer!

Right now, as you read this, there is more natural gas in storage than anytime ever before. There’s 3.658trillion cubic feet of gas stored beneath the continental United States alone.

Natural gas storage inventories are expected to establish a new all-time record.

And industrial demand remains down thanks to the recession.

New investment and capital is being diverted to cockamamie alternative energy schemes.

And hurricane season has been very uneventful so storm-induced bottlenecks have been nonexistent. Overall, supply continues to outpace demand.

But even with all of this excess supply, drillers continue to pump gas at maddening rates.

It’s either that or go belly up.

But what about that rogue that bought the $10.00 calls?

Remember the “undisclosed” hedge fund that placed the bet on $10 natural gas by January?

Won’t they lose a fortune if gas prices implode?

You’d think so.

Unless, of course, he’s one of us!

On the surface — to the thousands of punters and media pundits — it looks like this contrarian trader made a boneheaded move that will cost him millions.

But if you know the world of options like I do, you know his move isn’t how it appears.

Chances are this “foolish” move is a mere sliver of a genius trade.

You see, the rather “small” size of the options contract — the 10,000 contracts cost $5.6 million — indicates that these contracts would be used to protect a massive amount of futures contracts.

Why wouldn’t a hedge fund spend $5.6 million to protect its downside if it most likely puts billions on the line?

A hedge fund with assets most likely measured by tens of billions doesn’t make such a small move just to gain $5 million or so.

It does it to protect a much larger stake.

This means these $10 calls are most likely hedging against a much, much larger bet… AGAINST natural gas prices!

By getting in at just $0.056 per contract, the hedge fund can profit no matter which way the natural gas markets move:

If prices go down, the fund makes a killing.

If prices go up, the “insurance” of the $10 calls kicks in! Every dollar invested could explode to $187.50 if gas goes to $10.50. It’s a win-win situation!

But here’s the core message… our “clandestine signal” we must act on now:

The smart money is betting that natural gas prices will collapse!

“How can I get in on some of that action,” you ask?

Simple.

Follow my lead. I’ve got it all mapped out.

Over the past two months, I have hammered out a three-strike strategy that could result in you taking gains of 295%, 678%, and 1,894%, respectively.

Strike One — Potential gain: 256%

This is a “short” strategy betting on steeply falling prices using a very specific set of put options with January expiration date:

The underlying company will go bust as cash flows fall short if prices dive.

How can I be so sure?

Look at the numbers!

This $300 million company has a whopping $261 million in short-term debt, with a total of $891 million in liabilities. Even if the company shuts down its drilling and rids itself of all variable costs, it still has to pay on its debt obligations. If gas falls below its breakeven, costs will pile up fast and its share price will fall even faster.

Using these put options, with a $1,000 investment you could make $80 for every dime the stock price drops!

Strike Two — Potential gains: 678%

As American storage wells reach full capacity, there will be no demand for LNG domestically. As an LNG importer, this $150 million company will get slammed.

The LNG terminal operator aims to bring in at least 20 of its own cargoes to Sabine this year.

But Sabine Pass, like all terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast, has received only a trickle of imports this year as low U.S. gas prices have made it unattractive for shippers.

Already, companies like GDF Suez SA are seeking to divert LNG, cargoes from its new Yemen LNG plant to India — and away from the U.S., where demand has ground to a halt.

With domestic supplies bursting at the seams, this LNG importer is looking at tough times! We’ll be recommending shorting the stock using a very specific set of put options with March expiration date! My calculations put possible gains close to 680%!

Strike Three — Potential gains: 1,894% by January 15!

Our previous two “strikes” aimed to leverage the catastrophic situation of U.S.-based LNG producers and importers. But the third part of my strategy is the key:

We’re going to recommend readers purchase put options against United States Natural Gas (UNG), a natural gas ETF that directly traces the prices of natural gas.

It’s supply and demand:

Huge amounts of gas are about to flood the market as the cheaper Marcellus Shale is tapped: Another crucial point is that the total production of U.S. gas from shale predicted at year end 2011 will be nearly eight times greater than at year end 2006.

My latest special report Natural Gas Implosion: Three plays to make right now provides you with the exact details you need to know to implement my strategy.

I tell you exactly which moves to make to take advantage of the ultimate bear market… what specific options to buy now… and of course when to sell them to hand you gains of 256%, 678% or even, 1,894% — possibly as early as mid-January.

That’s right. Kick off the New Year with some of the biggest gains of your life — all thanks to an impending natural gas disaster.

I’m going to give you a lot more to think about, so grab a pencil, but first…

Let me tell you about myself.

My name is Andrew Snyder and I live, breathe and, according to my wife, even dream about the options market.

While others are on their knees praying for gains of 5%, 10% and even 20%, I’m harnessing the power of options for gains like:

• 87.1% on National City Jan 2.5 calls (NCCAZ) in just 1 trading day…
• 79.6% on Boeing Feb 55 puts (BANK) in 4 trading days…
• 50.2% on SPDR Gold Trust Jan 85 puts (KFFMG) in 24 trading days…
• 71.9% on Under Armour Jan 30 puts (UAMF) in 5 trading days…
• 40% on C Mar 2.50 calls (CCY) in 4 trading days…
• And 83.2% on Altria 2008 Nov 22 17.00 calls (MOKR) in a single day.

Plus, most recently:

• 56% on Century Aluminum May 2.50 calls (CQIEM) in just 1 trading day…
• 60% on Ebay May 13 calls (QXBEK) in just 1 trading day…
• 40.5% on HOG August 17.50 calls in 19 trading days…
• PLUS 70% on Dyax April 2.50 calls in 5 trading days.

Plus, in the span of just seven trading days in mid-September we locked in gains of:

• 40% on Chesapeake Energy calls
• 18% on FuelTech calls
• 80% on Cabelas puts
• 171% on NCI Building System calls
• PLUS 42% on Rio Tinto calls!

In just ONE WEEK, we racked up cumulative gains of 351%!

I’m also a vital part of Hot Stock Confidential, the hotshot newsletter that has bagged 67 winners so far this year.

Maybe it’s the MBA.

Maybe it’s the experience I gained as a financial advisor.

Maybe it’s because of my proprietary trade equations.

Or maybe it’s because I dedicated my life to dissecting the derivatives and commodities markets.

Really, it doesn’t matter because I can pick winning options like a fat kid can eat Twinkies.

I know how to make money with options, plain and simple. My track record speaks for itself.

So do my subscribers…

- “Awesome! Great job Mr. Snyder and thanks!”
- “I like what I hear and read from Mr. Snyder”
- “Thanks for the 120% profits this week…!”
- “I have been following your options beta strategies pretty closely. Great job on them!”

I could go on and on. I’ve got a stack of testimonials.

But we’ve got more important topics to discuss… like the impending collapse of the nation’s natural gas industry.

Even though natural gas inventories are at historic highs, nearly everywhere you look there is new drilling taking place.

In my home state of Pennsylvania, a legislature desperate for a new source of revenue recently recommended opening 390,000 more acres of state land to natural gas drilling.

It’s the same situation in West Virginia, where after years of incredible growth, drillers have to keep expanding just to pay their debt. If their wells stop for even a minute, they are losing money.

But what is really interesting and where the big money lies is what will happen when these guys finally fill up the nation’s reserves? What happens when the market screams… NO MAS!

Simple supply and demand economics shows us prices will collapse.

Drillers will essentially be giving away their stockpiles just so they don’t have to burn it off and destroy any shot at profitability.

My research shows it will happen by mid-January.

Better yet, my prediction is backed by a multi-million dollar investment. Remember that rogue hedge fund I mentioned? Don’t forget its investment matures smack dab in the middle of January.

If my word isn’t good enough for you yet, their immense stake should be.

Here’s what I want you to do.

Sign up for TFN Strategic Trader and I’ll spoon feed you my ideas on how to score big gains from an upcoming natural gas implosion.

Plus, I’ll personally email you with exciting and little-known plays directly to your inbox each and every week.

I’ll send you the kind of plays that would have let my friend Jim retire with several lifetimes worth of wealth… if he would have only followed the recommendations.

What’s TFN Strategic Trader?

It’s an options research service, plain and simple.

But it’s a service like no other.

Many options services make things too complicated. Even the lingo scares folks away.

There are covered calls, naked puts, straddles, strikes, alphas, betas, thetas…

But nobody’s asking you to know any of that stuff. Most of the guys on Wall Street don’t even know it… and it shows!

I spent years studying that stuff so you wouldn’t have to. I’ve got the degrees on the wall to prove it.

But even more important than some gilded piece of paper is my word.

Without a man’s word, what does he have?

With TFN Strategic Trader guiding the way, you won’t go alone… ever.

TFN Strategic Trader couldn’t be any more “user friendly.” Here’s how it works.

Expect me to contact you via email a few times a week.

I may be updating you on some important news event. Or one of our recent positions. But most importantly, once a week, you’ll get an alert to enter a new recommended trade.

That means an opportunity to profit from options, not stocks, not ETFs and certainly not mutual funds.

Remember, this is an options research service, plain and simple.

I find the winning ideas, type them up and send them to you… every week.

If you don’t like options, or can’t handle the heat, keep moving. There’s nothing to see here. I’ll fill your spot with somebody that has been waiting in line to get in on a service like this.

But if you do like options and have an appetite for risk, I have something to offer you.

Boy, do I.

Each one of our recommended trades is different, so I can’t promise a constant pattern. We’re shooting from the hip, killing them as they come.

Some weeks, I’ll recommend a put position.

The next week we could tell you to go long with a call, maybe even a covered call strategy.

It doesn’t matter what route we take, as long as you have the guts to play along, I’ll do all the hard work.

In your TFN Strategic Trader email alerts, I’ll outline the best and ultimate way for you to maximize your profit potential.

No options-trading experience required

Remember, to profit from this strategy, you don’t need any knowledge of the options market.

Even if you’re a seasoned pro, like so many of my followers, you’ll absolutely love the valuable information I send.

You won’t get these kind of moneymaking ideas on some Internet message board.

Best of all, when you get a weekly call to action from TFN Strategic Trader in your inbox, you’ll have everything you need for a chance to profit spelled out in simple English.

Here’s just part of a recent sample alert:

“One stock that caught my attention yesterday is Century Aluminum (NYSE:CENX). With its latest earnings announcement due to hit the wires later today, shares have been extremely volatile.”

I finished up with:

“…buy Century Aluminum’s May 2.50 calls (CQIEM).”

It can’t be any simpler.

By the way, that play was worth 55% gains… in a day!

To take advantage of TFN Strategic Trader, all you have to do is log on to an online brokerage account or give them a call.

It takes just two clicks of a mouse… and you don’t need a fancy trading account.

But this unique trading research service is about more than just one intriguing profit opportunity.

There are hundreds more that are perfect candidates for an array of options strategies.

But the only way you’re going to hear about these wealth-generating opportunities is to…

Sign up to become a Member of TFN Strategic Trader TODAY

When you do, you’ll instantly become a part of this breakthrough research service and get at least two TFN Strategic Trader alerts from me each week.

	Plus regular Special Reports — each detailing a unique trading strategy or profit opportunity.
	Plus an updated portfolio on a Members-Only website.

In this day and age, where a cup of coffee costs $4, a movie $12, and the average broker has the audacity to take 2% of your net worth in fees and then somehow manage to cut the value of your portfolio in half, you’d expect an elite service like TFN Strategic Trader that has the potential to line your pockets with gains to cost a pretty penny.

But it doesn’t…

Of course, many of our competitors line their pockets by charging exorbitant fees. But we have a different business model.

We like to see you make the money.

First, let me tell you exactly what you’ll get with TFN Strategic Trader…

If you sign up today, I’ll instantly send you my latest Special Report, Natural Gas Implosion: Three plays to make right now

You’ll also get my popular Report: Revolutionary Medicine: Saving lives and getting rich with biotechs.

And you’ll have full access to Options: The ultimate bear slayer — an all-you-need-to-know guide about trading stock options.

You’ll also receive all of the reports my colleagues and I write in the future, plus, a daily TFN eNews alert.

On your exclusive TFN Strategic Trader members-only Web site, all of the alerts, reports and updates are archived for easy reference.

And you can follow the moves of each trade recommendation on our tracking portfolio page.

I’ll GIVE you all of this just for becoming a member of TFN Strategic Trader.

But get this — I’m fully aware that the level of commitment required by this service isn’t for everybody, so I’ll back it with a full 45-day refund.

If, for any reason, you’re not fully satisfied with me or my service, if you don’t make money or you simply don’t like my tone, just call us up and we’ll refund your cash… no questions asked.

Every single dime.

And if after the 45 days, you decide TFN Strategic Trader is not for you, you’ll be pro-rated your expense.

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Absolutely nothing.

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Natural Gas Prices: “Stealth Buyer” tips his hand

In today’s TFN eNews:

* The coming oversupply crash

* Three gainers on this declining commodity

* When mergers are bad news

Dear TFN eNews reader,

Oil continues on its seasonal highs.

But prices are not demand-driven. Look as you may, and you won’t find a looming supply shortage — as predicted by the Peak Oil Theory for 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and just yesterday, respectively.

In fact, all the hens — exploration projects fueled by the top oil dollars of yesteryear — are coming home to roost.

Oil is plentiful. And so are distillates — thanks to the continuing slump of demand-driven manufacturing. Distillates by now are going straight into the tanks of floating vessels. Because they’re running out of storage tanks.

“Even if we had the mother of all winters, it will be very difficult to get rid of the current glut of distillate stocks, and this is likely to make the exit of winter very problematic,” says one oil and gas expert.

We’ve been harping on it that the same’s been going on with natural gas. The day the last terranean storage tank reaches capacity isn’t all that far away — and the world’s semi-retired liquid natural gas tanker fleet might be de-mothballed to serve as floating tanks.

Natural gas prices had cyclically bottomed in September at $2.50/Mcf. But for the rally to continue, the market needs a hefty decline in the monthly gas production. Barring a Siberian winter in North America, it looks like Americans can’t reasonably burn enough natural gas in the next couple of months to make a dent in supplies.

Which means that natural gas prices are precariously balanced at the abyss.

That’s good news for some… especially those who followed our TFN options guru Andrew Snyder. He says: “I knew the bottom was going to fall out, but I didn’t know it was going to happen this fast. Get this little factoid. Year-over-year gas rig counts have been down by over 50% for six months, yet onshore production is down by just 0.5%! It proves we’re getting too good at pumping natural gas from the ground. And now the industry is paying dearly.”

His TFN Strategic Trader members are well-positioned to squeeze profits out of this situation. Less than two weeks ago, Andrew clued them in on the impending downturn: “Last I looked, my three recommended plays were good for gains of 228%, 177% and 33%. Not bad for a week when most investors were looking for a pillow to cry into…”

(Re-read his report right here: http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/TST/GAS/WTSTKA04.html)

*** The momentous 70th anniversary of Black Tuesday is now comfortably behind us.

Not that anyone cared or took notice: Those traders who move the markets are a hand-to-mouth bunch whose retrospective horizon typically ends at the ringing of the bell. But those of us who’ve studied wave theory and technical analysts are often tempted to look for anniversary dates as points to anchor our cycles on.

There may be some low points left for the year. I doubt we will see anything like the collapse we witnessed on Nov. 21, 2009. But for most of November and December, I see a gentle rise in the U.S. indexes.

If there’s one experience to take from last year’s market roller coaster, it’s that premature selling of temporarily depressed positions can come at a hefty price. And we have plenty of those in our portfolio right now.

But there are a number of bullish catalysts in the wings. There’s a slew of FDA approvals for new drugs and therapies coming up — which should do wonders for our biotech positions. China is continuing to plow its American wealth transfer into domestic consumption. That could add another 20-30% bubble to the Shanghai stock index.

And the orgy of reckless spending of the Pelosi-Reid-Franks Gang of Three will continue to erode the U.S. dollar and heat up commodity and precious metals buying.

Hopefully you’ve made good use of the discount buying opportunities of the past weeks. I think we’ll be profiting from the turn-around before the year is over!

*** Wall Street was alive with mergers and acquisitions today. But was it all good news? When shareholders trade nothing for nothing, is anybody getting anything?

Andrew writes: “Looks like the end of daylight savings time set the markets off by more than an hour. From the looks of things this morning, Wall Street slept in by over a day!

“Major merger and acquisition announcements are supposed to take place on Mondays, not Tuesdays. After all, what middle manager wants to clean out his desk with a full workday already under his belt?

“Thanks to word from Stanley Works (NYSE:SWK) and local Baltimore boy Black & Decker (NYSE:BDK), as many as 4,000 workers could be out of their jobs as the two companies unite under one corporate roof. While this merger may be good for the executives that created it, the move is filled with pessimistic signs for the overall economy.

“Besides eliminating thousands of good jobs and pushing even more Americans onto future unemployment rosters, the fact that this is an all-stock deal (cash was never an option according to inside reports) shows that both sides feel share price is overdone…”

What acquisition news was better for shareholders? Find out right here: http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/investment-strategies/ma-tuesday-a-day-late-and-lots-of-dollars-short-10272.html

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*** Quote of the Day:

“There is no question that you can reduce the payments for medical care by having either a lower quantity or a lower quality of medical care. That has already been done in countries with government-run medical systems. In the United States, the government has already reduced payments for patients on Medicare and Medicaid, with the result that some doctors no longer accept new patients with Medicare or Medicaid. That has not reduced the cost of medical care. It has reduced the availability of medical care, just as buying a pint of milk reduces the payment below what a quart of milk would cost.”

– Thomas Sowell, Creators.com

Recommended Reading:

M&A Tuesday: A day late and lots of dollars short

Buy oil. Sell natural gas

Today’s Top 3 Penny Stocks

Today’s Top 3 Financial News Stories:

WSJ.com – Stocks Slip; Banks Outweigh Buffett “Stocks were lower on Tuesday as a downgrade of semiconductor stocks and worries about the health of global banks offset Warren Buffett’s optimistic comments about the U.S. economy.”

MoneyNews.com — Report: Cash for Clunkers a Huge Waste “I think Cash for Clunkers clearly distorted the U.S. economic figures in an unsustainable way, according to The Business Insider, which cites a report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis that indicates GDP growth in the third quarter would have been 1.89 percent, not 3.5 percent as claimed, without government money.”

Bloomberg.com — Gold Trades Near Record as Indian Central Bank Buys From IMF “Gold traded within 0.5 percent of a record after India’s central bank bought 200 metric tons of the metal from the International Monetary Fund, heightening speculation about more official purchases.”

Cordially yours,

J. Christoph Amberger

Executive Publisher, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Article first published on Today's Financial News

Two triple-digit gainers in 2 weeks — on this declining commodity?