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Investment Management Business Offers a Rare Way to Profit from the Financial Crisis

(via www.alphaprofit.com)

Large financial services firms are divesting their businesses and providing unique profit opportunities to certain investment management firms. This article gives the reasons and explains how investors can profit from this trend.

Attractively Valued International dividend stocks

(via dividendgrowth.blogspot.com)

Ever since the broad market indexes entered into bear market territory and the dollar stopped falling against most of the major currencies, I have been checking the international dividend achievers list for bargains. I came up with the following dividend stocks list, using the followoing screen criteria:

Buy On Weakness

(via www.forbes.com)

"The value stocks favored by Tweedy, Browne haven't done very well lately. But if you are a true believer in value, that's all the more reason to be buying those stocks now."

Sovereign Wealth Funds Key to Barclays' $8.9 Billion Goal

(via www.contrarianprofits.com)

Starving for capital and hell-bent on retaining its handsome dividend, Barclays PLC (ADR: BCS) plans to raise $8.9 billion (4.5 billion pounds) by selling shares to investment banks and sovereign wealth funds around the world.

Financial, International Stocks Offer Low P/B, High ROE Combo

(via collegeanalysts.com)

Ten stocks that could potentially provide mid-double digit compound returns for investors...

Fly, Don’t Buy Airlines or Why Big Banks Make Dumb Loans

(via contrarianedge.com)

Do you own a lot of BIG (safe) banks? Well, think again.

Dropping the Civility in ABN Merger Dance

(via blogs.wsj.com)

The gloves are off in the ABN Barclays merger. Deal Journal reports that Royal Bank of Scotland has crashed the party. If things fall apart there could be value opportunities in the fall out.

Falling Out the First Storey Window

(via valuediscipline.blogspot.com)

Rick of Value Discipline returns with a great post on the recent market turmoil - "the Chinese 'accident' was more of a scrape or a fender-bender than a full-fledged crash...a fall out of a first storey window." A great post that touches on several important topics mainly focusing on risk and panic or the lack thereof.

Barclays on WallStrip

(via www.wallstrip.com)

A nice quick overview of wide moat bank, Barclays. Think ETF brand iShares. While this bank might not be trading at a value price right now, it's worth learning about. WallStrip even mentions a buyout rumor.

Ten Stocks For 2007

(via www.sinletter.com)

As investors rebalance their portfolios for the New Year, I figured it would be a good idea to share the list of ten stocks that are currently at the top of my watch list.

Looking Abroad for Investment Value

(via news.morningstar.com)

Morningstar has found some intriguing UK investment opportunities. Read the list by clicking on FULL STORY.