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Top Ten: MarketWatch's Top 10 stories: Aug. 30-Sept. 3

As the week winds down, with stocks having lodged their best pre-Labor Day week in decades, the Dow industrials are back in the black for 2010. Take a look at MarketWatch's top 10 markets, news, feature and personal-finance stories.

Personal Finance Daily: Good news for Labor Day drivers: Gas prices drop

Driving somewhere this weekend? If so, there’s good news for you at the gas pump.

Chuck Jaffe: Don't deposit your money into Citigroup shares

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The Rule #1 Approach to Finding Wonderful Companies

Warren Buffett, arguably the most famous investor in the world, believes there are only two rules to investing:  Rule #1: Don’t lose money, and Rule #2: Don’t forget rule #1. These rules serve as the premise for a new book by Phil Town entitled “Rule #1” (Crown Publishers, 2006). Town, a former Green Beret and river guide turned [...]
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For Long-Term Investors, the Focus Should Be on Risk

There is a common notion that stocks, at least if held for a long-time, usually outperform other assets, so that stocks should be the cornerstone of any long-term portfolio. If, when this idea is presented, you protest: “Wait a minute. Stocks are also risky!” the reply is either, “Stocks have done well in the past and [...]
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Great Expectations: Earnings Estimates and Their Impact on Stock Prices

How often have you seen a stock’s price fall after the company announced increased earnings? Or, just recently, why did the stock of investment banking firm Lehman Brothers soar after it announced that its fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 57%? In these instances, actual earnings did not turn out as the market expected. In fact, expectations play a key [...]
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Quality Stocks Small- and Micro-Cap Forum » Oilsands Quest, Inc. (BQI) Video Chart for Friday, September 3, 2010

BQI has been on our radar for awhile, but things are aligning pretty nicely now as a base is being established and the indicators are aligning. Please click the following link: http://www.qualitystocks.net/videocharts.php Please see disclaimer on QualityStocks website: http://disclaimer.qualitystocks.net
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A lot has been written about Gary Kimmons, founder and CEO of eDoorways Corporation, the rapidly growing online social network and marketplace. But, as Kimmons himself is quick to point out, much is owed to a small group of individuals that the company engages on a consultancy basis. It’s a creative way of tapping the best and brightest while minimizing the financial burden on the still developing...
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