George Soros: Euro Crisis Is Not Over or up to the Bundesbank

The following excerpt the Financial Times published today of the most recent essay by famous contrarian investor George Soros on the euro crisis. Also below is a related speech Mr. Soros gave in Berlin on the occasion of the publication of his latest book in German.

Far from abating, the euro crisis has recently taken a turn for the worse. The European Central Bank relieved an incipient credit crunch through its ...

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George Soros’ Ties to Penny Stock American Apparel (APP)

At the end of 2011, we profiled and alerted subscribers about one of the more controversial penny stocks to watch. Free penny stock picks from other websites are a dime a dozen but good penny stocks like the ones we notify subscribers about make putting an alert on your penny stock list worth the effort. To prove it once again, American Apparel, Inc. (NYSE Amex: APP) ...

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Stock To Watch: Comverse Technology (CMVT)

Looking for stocks to watch? Following the footsteps of one of the markets greatest contrarian investor’s stock picks could pay huge dividends. Making a name for himself by short-selling the British pound in 1992, billionaire philanthropist, George Soros, recently took a  large stake, 14.7 million shares, in Comverse Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT). Co-founder of Quantum Fund, Soros increased his stake in ...

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Ten Top Contrarian Investors In Wall Street History

A contrarian investor is one who believes in profits over popular opinion. Contrarians think that this is a good time to buy, because, a stock falling in price becomes more attractive. By purchasing the stock of companies that are out of favor, the contrarian has an opportunity to realize profit when these companies regain popularity.

Typically, this process involves less initial risk, since purchase prices usually are ...

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George Soros: The Billionaire Who Broke the Bank of England

Founded in 1969, 39 years after the birth of their Chairman, Soros Fund Management, LLC has been so successful because of one of history’s most successful financiers, George Soros. George Soros is the Founder at Grove Capital and served as President at Soros Fund Management. Soros Fund Management LLC is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor investing public equity and fixed income markets worldwide along with foreign exchange ...

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AimHighProfits Oct. 10: Cutting Losses Early

The NYSE website wasn’t taken down as promised by the protest group Anonymous. Apparently, the site was  hobbled twice Monday. There was a 1-minute outage around 3:30 p.m. EST when the attack was to take place and then again a half-hour outage about 2 hours late most likely the result of computer attacks as part of the anti-Wall Street protests.

Nevertheless, we decided to cut our losses on 3 stocks that weren’t expected to go far in the short-term: CO, DEER ...

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