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  1. Outstanding Investments: 100 Years Ago… • July 29, 2005

    So once again, this week, as I do each month, I gathered with my fellow editors at the Agora offices in lovely Mount Vernon Square in historic, yet stiflingly hot, Baltimore.

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  2. Outstanding Investments: Baltimore, Earnings and Must-See TV • July 27, 2005

    I am writing to you from the stately Peabody Court Hotel in Baltimore this week, as the time has come 'round for another meeting of the minds.

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  3. Outstanding Investments: The Good Old Summertime • July 22, 2005

    For me, the summertime brings back childhood memories of playing in the family pool, picnics, bike riding, camping and Kool-Aid stands. You remember that little first stab at entrepreneurship, The American Way 101.

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  4. Outstanding Investments: Oil, Gold, and Greenspan • July 20, 2005

    This week, we look at uncomfortable parallels between GM, IBM, commercial banks and the U.S. consumer, examine the street's "Brave New World" mentality and take perspective on the recent action in oil and gold.

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  5. Outstanding Investments: Troubling Conditions • July 15, 2005

    Greetings from the violent weather of the tropics, OI readers. Let me set down my drink in a coconut, avec umbrella, and write to you.

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  6. Outstanding Investments: Running of the Bulls • July 13, 2005

    This week, we look at the recent bullish run-up, and examine the reasoning that caught me wrong-way bearish in the midst of a stampede.

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  7. Outstanding Investments: Nymex and NYBOT • July 8, 2005

    Today, I'll be on the Nymex and NYBOT floors. Unfortunately, I will not have time to crank out a fresh hotline for you. In its place, I'll be passing along to you what I sent my Resource Trader Alert readers this afternoon. So let's get to it…

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  8. Outstanding Investments: Conviction, Risk and General Conditions • July 6, 2005

    They say a smooth sea never made for a skilled mariner. This market is certainly testing the skills and patience of many. Recent market action has been very disconcerting.

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  9. July 2005 Issue: A Legend of the Canadian Rockies • July 1, 2005

    Legendary mountain guide Ebenezer William "Bill" Peyto saw the Canadian Rockies as his backyard. Like many an outdoorsman, he valued his personal space.

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  10. Outstanding Investments: Fed Fireworks Cause Dow Fizzle • July 1, 2005

    The Dow tumbled yesterday and then tried to carve out a gain today, but all in all, a light and very thin trading day in the markets.

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