Having trouble viewing Investing Basics? Click Here Add Investopedia to your safe senders list www.investopedia.com April 29, 2011- In this Issue... An Investing Newsletter for New Investors Find Investopedia on Articles Information Overload: How It Hurts Investors Bond Basics Tutorial Pay For College Without Selling A Kidney Why Gold Could Go Even Higher When (And When Not) To Refinance Your Mortgage Get The Most From Your Personal Financial Software Poll Question What is an earnings surprise? Term of the Week Open Position Recently Asked Questions How can I start an IRA for my child? Special Feature: Careers Come here for tips to help you survive and beat recessionary job cuts. From searching to interviews, find out what you don't know. More features: Mutual Funds, Income Tax, View All » THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER IS SPONSORED BY:  Articles more articles Financial Theory Information Overload: How It Hurts Investors There's a fine line between staying informed and being overloaded with financial information. Tutorials Bond Basics Tutorial Investing in bonds - What are they, and do they belong in your portfolio? Young Investors Pay For College Without Selling A Kidney Save thousands of dollars on tuition with these tricks and little-known programs. Financial Edge Why Gold Could Go Even Higher There is speculation among anxious investors about just how high gold could go. While no one knows for certain, there is a strong argument in favor of gold climbing even higher. Real Estate & Mortgages When (And When Not) To Refinance Your Mortgage There are both good and bad reasons to refinance. Learn more about both here. Financial Edge Get The Most From Your Personal Financial Software Many people aren't taking full advantage of their financial software. This article will help you keep your money where it belongs - in your wallet.  Poll Question What is an earnings surprise? a) When a company's earnings are significantly above or below analyst expectations b) When a company decides to not report earnings for a quarter c) When company delivers its earnings at an unexpected time d) When a company amends and rereleases its previously reported earnings   Recently Asked Questions more FAQs How can I start an IRA for my child? See Full Answer » What were the "browser wars"? See Full Answer »  Term of the Week more terms Open Position In investing, any trade that has been established, or entered, that has yet to be closed with an opposing trade. An open position can exist following a buy (long) position, or a sell (short) position. In either case, the position will remain open until an opposing trade has taken place. Find Investing Basics Useful? Check out our other FREE newsletters! Stock Watch Weekly Forex Weekly Term of the Day Warren Buffett Watch News To Use The Chart Advisor Report Professionals in the Money Thank you for reading Investing Basics on April 29, 2011 Investing Basics Admin Center You are receiving Investing Basics as a registered member of Investopedia.com - you joined on 20110412 10:05 Currently, you are subscribed to basics as: duitlumbung@gmail.com To unsubscribe or change your email settings, click here. Ensure Delivery: Please add webmaster@investopedia.com to your email address book or safe-senders list. Copyright © 2011 Investopedia ULC. All Rights Reserved

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April 29, 2011 - In this issue... Add Investopedia to safe sender list Find Investopedia on Learn From Warren Buffett 8 Signs Of A Doomed Stock Stocks Warren Buffett Owns J&J Beats Analyst Expectations Warren Buffett In The News Royal Wedding Vs. Buffett Annual Meeting Warren Buffett's Stock of the Week   Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)   Last Trade : $65.76 0.38 (0.58%)*   Investors Are 73% Bullish and 27% Bearish*   Are You Bullish or Bearish on JNJ? » THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER IS SPONSORED BY:   Learn From Warren Buffett In Pictures: 8 Signs Of A Doomed Stock Companies provide distress signals long before they go under. Find out how to read the signs in time. Read the Full Article » The Contenders For Warren Buffett's Job Berkshire Hathaway has said that no one person can fill Buffett's shoes once he retires, but who are the candidates for the job(s)? Read the Full Article » 5 Essential Things You Need To Know About Every Stock You Buy Investing is easy but investing successfully is tough. Knowing these five essentials can help save you time when researching a stock. Read the Full Article »  Stocks Warren Buffett Owns J&J Beats Analyst Expectations, But Not Its Rivals (JNJ, MDT, TEVA, NVS, SYK) Tangible signs of sustained sales growth and consistent profit expansion are still absent at Johnson & Johnson. Read the Full Article » 4 Stocks With A Better Debt Outlook Than The U.S. (ADP, MSFT, JNJ, XOM) One could argue that buying these businesses would be a safer bet than U.S. Treasuries if the shares were held over a period of many years. Read the Full Article »  Quote of the Week “Our only instructions to James - just keep doing for us what you have done so successfully for your shareholders.” - Warren E. Buffett   Warren Buffett In The News Royal Wedding Vs. Warren Buffett Annual Meeting: How Do They Stack Up? Which major event are you watching?....Read the Full Article » (source: Wall Street Journal) How Warren Buffett's Protégé David Sokol Lost His Way Why the heir apparent really left Berkshire Hathaway...Read the Full Article » (source: Business Week) 10 More Of America's Richest Join Gates-Buffett 'Giving Pledge' Find out which of America's richest families joined in and how much they are giving...Read the Full Article » (source: USA Today)  Find Warren Buffett Watch Useful? Check out other FREE newsletters! • Stock Watch Weekly • Forex Weekly • News To Use • Term of the Day • Investing Basics • The Chart Advisor Report • Professionals in the Money Thank you for reading Warren Buffett Watch on April 29, 2011 Warren Buffett Watch Admin Center You are receiving Warren Buffett Watch as a registered member of Investopedia.com - you joined on 20110412 10:05 Currently, you are subscribed to coattail-buffett as: duitlumbung@gmail.com To unsubscribe or change your email settings, click here. Ensure Delivery: Please add webmaster@investopedia.com to your email address book or safe-senders list. *Data from April 29, 2011, 10:30am (EST) Copyright © 2009 Investopedia ULC. All Rights Reserved

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www.investopedia.com April 28, 2011- In this issue... Add Investopedia to safe sender list Find Investopedia on  Companies Boosting Dividends  VMware Singes The Shorts … Again Coal Boom Continues For Peabody  4 Banks That Reported Loan Growth Feature - Real Estate: From Crash To Cash   A depressed real estate market can provide the pick-me-up investors and home buyers need. Check out our Real Estate Special Feature to learn how you can profit. More: Income Tax, Economic Recovery, View All » Companies Boosting Dividends Unlike earnings, dividends are real cash outlays. Earnings can be manipulated or massaged to meet or beat expectations, but dividend payouts cannot be manipulated. A company has to pay out a dividend from its cash coffers. More so, dividends can serve as a barometer by which to measure the health of some companies.  Related Reading :Kimberly Clark's Above-average Dividend Stocks To Add To Your Portfolio VMware Singes The Shorts … Again Like it or not, "early" and "wrong" can mean the same thing in investing. It is hard to argue that VMware's (NYSE:VMW) valuation makes much sense or will be sustainable, but shorting this name has been a tricky proposition over the past couple of years. So even if the skeptics are right that VMware is apt to hit a wall in terms of growth and market penetration, this could still be a case where Wall Street's ability to remain irrational outlasts an individual investor's ability to stay short and remain solvent.  Related Reading : F5 - Is This The End Of The Beginning Or The Beginning Of The End? , 5 High-Beta Stocks To Watch THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER IS SPONSORED BY: Can't Wait Until Thursday? Get Stock Watch Weekly Instantly! Coal Boom Continues For Peabody Coal producer Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) continued its trend of strong profits, as it reported robust first quarter earnings. The quarter's results were achieved despite problems from flooding of Peabody's key Australian operations. Australian pricing helped drive total company revenues in the quarter to $1.74 billion, up from $1.52 billion in the quarter a year ago. Consolidated company sales totaled 61.2 million tons, an increase from 58.3 million tons. While U.S. sales advanced by 9 percent, Australian sales fell by nearly 10 percent to 5.6 million tons due to the flooding. Metallurgical and seaborne thermal coal shipment prices increased 43 percent per ton in Australia. The higher pricing was offset by $70 million due to the impact on EDITDA with the effects of rains and other costs. Peabody also made progress on a number of mine expansions in its Australia operations.  Related Reading : Nucor Gains Strength, Ensco Ready For The Future 4 Banks That Reported Loan Growth Many banks reported a profit in the first quarter of 2011, but struggled with growing loans as weak demand continued to impact many parts of the economy. There were a few institutions that managed to grow loan balances on either a sequential or year-over-year basis. Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq:HBAN) reported a 3% annualized growth in average total loans in the first quarter of 2011, compared to the final quarter of 2010. The bank cited particularly strong annualized growth in commercial and industrial loans and automobile loans, which were up 11% and 13%, respectively. Commercial real estate loans and other consumer loans were the weakest areas with annualized declines of 16% and 12%, respectively. (Learn more about commercial real estate. see Find Fortune In Commercial Real Estate.)  Related Reading :Betting On America's Underbanked , PNC Financial: On Track And Underpriced   Find Stock Watch Weekly Useful? Check out our other FREE newsletters! • Investing Basics • Forex Weekly • Term of the Day • Warren Buffett Watch • News To Use • The Chart Advisor Report • Professionals in the Money Thank you for reading Stock Watch Weekly on April 28, 2011 Stock Watch Weekly Admin Center You are receiving Stock Watch Weekly as a registered member of Investopedia.com - you joined on 20110412 10:05 Currently, you are subscribed to investopedia-advisor-free as: duitlumbung@gmail.com To unsubscribe or change your email settings, click here. Ensure Delivery: Please add webmaster@investopedia.com to your email address book or safe-senders list. Copyright © 2009 Investopedia ULC. All Rights Reserved

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