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• Follow the Automated Road

  By Taylor Muckerman - August 6, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, DDS, ODP, WAG

  When the world’s largest online retailer pays a substantial premium for a company that they believe is the wave of the future, other companies and investors should take notice.  In March 2012, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the purchase of KIVA Systems, which manufactures and sells a state-of-the-art warehouse automation system that includes mobile inventory systems, which are transported by orange robots wirelessly connected to the firm’s enterprise systems more »

• “Building a Housing Portfolio”

  By Taylor Muckerman - August 6, 2012 | Tickers: MHK, SHW, TOL

   

  The fact that the stock market goes through boom/bust cycles is nothing new.  Famous investors from AW Jones to George Soros have vehemently stated that realizing this is imperative to becoming a successful investor.  While catching the peak or the trough isn’t always the easiest thing to do, getting in early and in the right fashion after sentiment switches can prove very fruitful to your portfolio’s gains more »

• “Agriculture Play to Beat the Heat”

  By Taylor Muckerman - August 1, 2012 | Tickers: LNN

  Few things in life are more important than water; just ask this year’s US corn and soybean crop.  These two major US cash crops have seen their expected yields drop in the last few weeks due to the recent droughts in the Midwest.  To put this arid period into perspective, June 2012 now ranks sixth in terms of “Peak % Area in Drought” since 1895 (according to the National Climatic more »