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Michael Shedlock

Mike Shedlock (Mish) is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Visit Sitka Pacific's Account Management Page to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.

I blog at Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis which typically has commentary every day of the week. I am also a contributing "professor" on Minyanville, a community site focused on economic and financial education.

I do weekly podcasts every Thursday on HoweStreet and a brief 7 minute segment on Saturday on CKNW AM 980 in Vancouver.

When not writing about stocks or the economy I spends a great deal of time on photography and in the garden. I have over 80 magazine and book cover credits. Some of my Wisconsin and gardening images can be seen at MichaelShedlock.com.

Michael Shedlock's Latest Articles

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Winter Heating Costs: How Hard a Hit?
on Oct 18, 2008 about UGA, UHN
Residential Construction Slump: Harsh but Necessary
on Oct 17, 2008
OPEC Embarks on a Fool's Mission
on Oct 16, 2008 about USO, DBO, OIL
Can the Global Financial System Be Updated? And By Whom?
on Oct 16, 2008
Baltic Dry Shipping Index: If It Really Is a Proxy for the Economy, We're in Trouble
on Oct 15, 2008
Now It's the Manufacturing Collapse
on Oct 15, 2008
The Paulson Plan: Compelling Banks to Lend at Bazooka Point
on Oct 15, 2008 about C, BAC, JPM
Libor and the Ted Spread Still Show Extreme Stress
on Oct 15, 2008
Don't Take Over the Free Markets to Save Them
on Oct 14, 2008
The Main Problem with the Office of Financial Stability Is Needing It in the First Place
on Oct 13, 2008
Of Guarantees and Printing Presses
on Oct 13, 2008 about MBI, ABK
G-7: Nothing New
on Oct 11, 2008
Reading the S&P 500's Crashing Waves
on Oct 10, 2008 about SPY
Next Up, an Ownership Share in Banks
on Oct 09, 2008
So Much for Stability: The Euro Cash Flood
on Oct 08, 2008 about ERO
Global Coordinated Rate Cut: Nice Try, but the Party Is Over
on Oct 08, 2008
Real Price of Gold Soars
on Oct 07, 2008 about GLD, DGL
We'd Better Brace for Massive Layoffs
on Oct 06, 2008 about NWL, HPQ
For the Global Credit Boom, the End Is Near
on Oct 06, 2008
Bailout Bill Passes; What Happens Now?
on Oct 04, 2008 about QQQQ, SPY, DIA
Jobs Contraction a Serious Story
on Oct 03, 2008
Senate Passes Most Fiscally Reckless Bill in History
on Oct 01, 2008
Regions Financial: Guilt by Association?
on Sep 30, 2008 about RF
Hedge Funds Fear Cascade in Redemptions
on Sep 29, 2008 about GS, MS
Horrid Data: Housing, Jobs, Durable Goods
on Sep 26, 2008
Bailout in Installments Is Still Nonsense
on Sep 25, 2008
Credit Stress Evident in TAF, TED Spreads, Elsewhere
on Sep 24, 2008
Bank of America: 'Paulson Plan Benefits Mostly Goldman, Morgan'
on Sep 23, 2008 about GS, BAC, MS
An Open Letter to Congress on the $700B Paulson Bailout Plan
on Sep 22, 2008
Read It and Weep for the USA
on Sep 21, 2008 about XLF
Ambac Collapse: Anticlimax of the Week
on Sep 21, 2008 about MBI, ABK
How Bernanke Stunned Congress with the Truth
on Sep 19, 2008

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by SA Editor Rachael Granby

Stocks discussed in the lightning round session of Jim Cramers Mad Money TV program,
Wednesday, October 15.

Bullish Calls:

Continental Resources (CLR) -- "This is a remarkable decline. All of the high quality ones are down so much, I can't go against it. This is where you pull the trigger.
3M (MMM) -- The moment this stock starts yielding 5%, I'm a buyer. Until then, keep your powder dry.

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Computer Sciences (CSC) -- This is a company that was going to be bought, but they passed up the chance. Now I don't want to buy it."
Annaly Mortgage (NLY) -- I think this is a business model that needs to borrow money. Definitively do not buy."
Northrop Grumman (NOC) -- You can't own the defense stocks right now. If I had to own one, I'd look at Lockheed Martin (LMT) with its good dividend.
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