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U.S. to take control of Fannie and Freddie: reports Sat Sep 6, 2008 1:03am EDT By Glenn Somerville and Al Yoon WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to put government sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported late Friday, in what could be the largest financial ...

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The market internals were all ugly on Thursday while total volume expanded on the downside. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a 5 to 1 ratio on the NYSE and by an 11 to 3 ratio on the NASDAQ. Over 90% of the volume was on the downside on both marketplaces.

Not sure about that.

I am not sure if there is a site exists out there that includes all the recommendations, but there is a site called Fund Mojo that has compiled a comprehensive list of top mutual fund recommendations from the magazines you listed. Here is the url, hope it helps: http://www.fundmojo.com/mutualfund/

Fidelity Select Funds (45) This list includes 42 Select funds plus SP-500, FBNDX (Investment Grade Bond), and FRESX (Real Estate). SP-500 and FBNDX are included for comparison. Real Estate is like a sector fund. There are 18 Strong fund, 13 Neutral funds, and 14 Weak funds. SP-500 is Neutral, number 27 FBNDX is Neutral, number 22 Strong Funds: (18) FSRBX FSAIX FSPFX FSRPX FSHOX FSVLX ...

Is there a site that lists all mutual funds recommended by different magazines like Money, Forbes, Kiplinger etc?

OECD raises 2008 growth outlook for US to 1.8% from 1.2% predicted earlier http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=90220080316 OECD downgrades Eurozone 2008 growth forecast to 1.3% from 1.7% http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=90220080325 OECD lowers Japan 2008 growth outlook to 1.2% from 1.7% http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=90220080321

THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR By JASON ZWEIG With Buybacks, Look Before You Leap Repurchases Routinely Give Shares a Lift, But the Effect Could Be Ephemeral August 30, 2008; Page B1 Buying high and selling low: That sounds dumb. But call it a "share repurchase program" (or stock buyback), and people get excited. Stocks regularly jump up 3% to 6% on the announcement of a buyback, and it's...

Market trends: 1 wk to 1 mo: Neutral/Up 1 mo to 3 mos: Up 3 mos to 12 mos: Neutral

I believe that Pickens funded the "Swift Boat" folks during the last election. If so, he is a lying sleaze and I'm certain that there's more for him than for anyone else in his wind farm proposals, though God knows why the man would want more $. SG

The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future (Hardcover) by T. Boone Pickens This title will be released on September 2, 2008. http://www.amazon.com/First-Billion-Hardest-Reflec tions-Comebacks/dp/0307395774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&a ...

Oil tycoon Pickens offers pearls of wisdom Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:55pm EDT By Chris Baltimore HOUSTON (Reuters) - You've seen T. Boone Pickens on "Larry King Live," watched his commercials exalting the "Pickens Plan" to build windmills and listened to him warn of a looming energy crisis. Now the Texas oil tycoon shares hints at how you can attain a modest measure of his success -- which ...

Vanguard Managers Invested in Web Gambling, Suit Says (Update1) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&si d=a_dFIkHv.pz8&refer=home

Pumped up about oil Energy stocks are undervalued, Morningstar analyst says By MarketWatch Last update: 1:29 p.m. EDT Aug. 21, 2008Comments: 10 BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Paul Larson, editor of the Morningstar StockInvestor newsletter, said the stock market is pricing energy stocks as if "oil prices are going much further than they have already fallen," which has made many energy stocks ...

Is oil headed for a fall? Commentary: It probably is, but not quite as far as previously By Peter Brimelow & Edwin S. Rubenstein Last update: 11:32 p.m. EDT Aug. 24, 2008 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Is the oil price spike over? And if the recent increase in oil prices hurt the economy, how much did the two-decade decline in oil prices help it? Adjusted for inflation, the price of oil shows...

Buy these Fidelity funds on manager strength By MarketWatch Last update: 9:58 a.m. EDT Aug. 22, 2008 BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Jim Lowell, editor of the Fidelity Investor newsletter, says that mutual fund investors are better off focusing on managers than funds and need to then give strong managers the chance to deliver through market cycles rather than trying to time the market. In a ...

Up and away Eaton Vance's Tooke is that rare stock-fund manager still in the plus column By Jonathan Burton, MarketWatch Last update: 5:22 p.m. EDT Aug. 27, 2008Comments: 14 This update of a story originally published Aug. 26 clarifies that the 17 funds with a positive year-to-date return were drawn from a list of only those funds with positive one-year returns. SAN FRANCISCO (...

Answering my own question, I just received Jack Bowers recommendations (a new Fidelity Service provider for me). In the VIP system he has made changes for August as follows: VIP Balanced = 30% and VIP Freedom income = 70%. This is for his income model which is where I want to be for the time being until we see what the election will bring. I will dabble with about 20% of my M.Mkt. total ...