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Billionaire trader and political manipulator,George Soros, is clearly not optimistic. The latest SEC filings are out on the Soros hedge fund, Soros Fund Management. Between the end of March and the end of June, Soros lowered his stock investments from $8.8 billion to $5.1 billion in the fund, Soros Fund Management. He sold most of his positions (over 95%) in Wal-Mart, J.P. Morgan Chase and Pfizer. His biggest positionb at the end of June was in the gold ETF which accounted for 13% of his equity portfolio at $638 million. Among the stocks that Soros added to the funds portfolio...

Billionaire trader and political manipulator,George Soros, is clearly not optimistic. The latest SEC filings are out on the Soros hedge fund, Soros Fund Management. Between the end of March and the end of June, Soros lowered his stock investments from $8.8 billion to $5.1 billion in the fund, Soros Fund Management. He sold most of his positions (over 95%) in Wal-Mart, J.P. Morgan Chase and Pfizer. His biggest position at the end of June was in the gold ETF which accounted for 13% of his equity portfolio at $638 million. Among the stocks that Soros added to the funds portfolio...

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Asia’s Dr. Gloom: China's Stocks Will Crash Soon Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010 08:37 AM Article Font Size By: Dan Weil Economist Jim Walker was dubbed Asia’s “Dr. Gloom” in 1996, and his views about China continue to fit that bill. Chinese fiscal and monetary stimulus have given life to many corporations that are in trouble below the surface, says Walker, whose one-man firm Asianomics is based in Hong Kong. "There are an awful lot of companies that don't make any money in China, and they need to go," he told Forbes Asia. Major manufacturing cities are suffering labor shortages, thanks...

Apple's Biggest Fear By: David Sterman Staff Writer StreetAuthority Published: July 13, 2010 In the land of consumer technology, it's hard to stay as the king of the hill. Two decades ago, Sony (NYSE: SNE) ruled the roost, with its hot-selling Walkmans and Trinitron TVs. About a decade ago, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) looked poised to dominate the global cell phone market, and more recently, Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) RAZR set that company up for a long-term run as a consumer favorite. All those companies can now be seen in Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) rear-view mirror. With each passing year, Apple's brand only...

June 29, 2010, 7:41 a.m. EDT U.S. stock futures stumble on China jitters By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures slumped Tuesday, with worries over Chinese and global economic growth in the spotlight ahead of the release of key indicators later in the week. S&P 500 futures fell 14.8 points to 1,056.00 and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 28.5 points to 1,807.50. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 123 points. /snip Worries on Tuesday were focused on China, which has barely any outstanding debt, as the Conference Board sharply revised lower its April leading economic indicator...

Wall Street Is Beating a Dead Bull Adam Lass, Senior Editor, WaveStrength Options Weekly Thursday, June 03, 2010 tWall Street is drinking its own Kool-Aid when it tells you that the financial markets will jump 27%. The disconnect would be truly wonderful – if it weren't so truly awful. We have come to expect the "Axis of Error" – the propaganda colossus that is Washington and Wall Street – to do its level best to obscure the risks an investor undertakes should they choose to buy into this financial market. From an absolutist's point of view, it's foul, underhanded and...

It seems hard to fathom, but Wall Street is staying bullish on British Petroleum (BP). Which raises the question: Are these analysts overly optimistic about how BP will survive the largest oil spill in U.S. history? Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey currently estimate the amount of oil pouring out of BP's damaged Gulf well at about 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day, much higher than the company's initial calculation of 5,000 barrels. This spill is already much worse than the Exxon Valdez's Alaska accident in 1989. Despite the rising tide of public anger and hostility toward BP -- and...

The insider trading scandal that erupted at The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) on Wednesday led to more speculation that the media giant is considering a sale of its ABC broadcast network, although the company denied that negotiations are taking place. Shares of Disney rose 2.3% to $33.07 Wednesday after reports that Bonnie Hoxie, administrative assistant to Zenia Mucha, the company's head of communications, was arrested in Los Angeles along with her boyfriend, Yonni Sebbag. The two were charged with trying to sell insider information, including word that Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger was in "serious and advanced negotiations with two...

Stocks set for big selloff By CNNMoney.com staffMay 25, 2010: 7:25 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks were poised to fall sharply at Tuesday's open as a selloff in global markets rattled confidence. Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down about 2%.