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Exclusive: Norwegian Cruise taps Goldman Sachs to explore stake sale – sources

Among the options Norwegian Cruise is considering is a stake sale known as private investment in public equity (PIPE), the sources said. The company is in talks with several private equity firms about a PIPE deal, the sources added. Goldman Sachs declined to comment. …read more […]

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3 Stocks Insiders Are Snapping Up

The S&P 500 has gained nearly 11% so far this month, and this rally is truly what seems to be – a bullish rally in the midst of a larger bear market. And this, of course, brings us to the main issue that investors must answer now: where to put their money. Markets bottomed on March 23, almost four weeks ago, and that trough brought many stocks down to an attractive point of entry. The current rally has not pushed them back high enough to erase that; the current price plateau offers latecomers a chance to buy into the rally …read more […]

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We Bought This 5G Stock at the Market Bottom – Did You?

On March 23, when the market hit what appeared to be the bottom, I made the call to buy Inseego (Nasdaq: INSG), the maker of 5G equipment for the home. It was trading in the $4 range. It’s arguably been the best performer in the market since, hitting $13 this week – just three weeks later.
Look how War Room members made out on the trade…
“If it wasnt for KR, I wouldn’t have have gotten in when it was briefly below $4/share! The covered call play on INSG was additional whip cream on top!” – Song on April 17 at 10:20 …read more […]

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Why Discount Carriers Like Spirit and Frontier May Come Up Short in the U.S. Airline Bailout

U.S. travelers spent much of the last decade complaining about discount airlines that charged low fares but bombarded consumers with fees. Now the U.S. government may be pushing at least two prominent ultra-low-cost-carriers — Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines — into financial purgatory, though perhaps not on purpose. The CARES Act signed last month by […] …read more […]

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How to Make Your Fortune in Crisis Investing

Investors like Sir John Templeton and Bill Browder used major market downturns to make millions of dollars.
Nicholas Vardy explains their way to wealth today: the surprisingly simple rules of crisis investing.

“People are always asking me where is the outlook good, but that’s the wrong question… The right question is: Where is the outlook the most miserable?”
– Sir John Templeton
Sir John Templeton made his reputation as a pioneer in global investing.
After all, he spent a lifetime investing in foreign stock markets far off the radar screen of most U.S. investors.
Templeton bought U.S. stocks even as Hitler’s armies rolled into Poland in …read more […]

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Occidental shareholders get first say on Anadarko deal with vote on Berkshire financing

Occidental Petroleum shareholders next month will get their first say on the oil company’s troubled acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum when they vote on issuing shares and warrants to Berkshire Hathaway for helping finance the $38 billion deal. The Anadarko acquisition closed in August, months before an oil price crash sapped the cash flow Occidental needed to pay the debt taken with the purchase. Critics, including activist shareholder Carl Icahn, have said the financing deal with Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett was too generous. …read more […]

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Is Inflation a Certainty?

In this article, Early Investing co-founder Adam Sharp explains why the current economic environment could lead to significant inflation. And why that may actually be a silver lining both for the economy – and for investors.
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Things are looking pretty grim for the world economy. Production is sputtering. Unemployment is soaring. And we don’t know when the COVID-19 quarantines can safely end.
But in every crisis – including this one – there are silver linings.
For the past few decades, much of the world has depended on ever-increasing debt to keep growing.
We all know this isn’t sustainable. But we’ve put off dealing with …read more […]

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Berkshire will shut some businesses, stay cautious in coronavirus 'typhoon,' Munger tells WSJ

“We’re like the captain of a ship when the worst typhoon that’s ever happened comes,” the 96-year-old Munger said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “Warren wants to keep Berkshire safe for people who have 90% of their net worth invested in it,” Munger added. Berkshire did not immediately respond to a request for comment to Buffett’s assistant. …read more […]