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Jim Nelson

Jim Nelson is the managing editor of Penny Sleuth, a sister e-letter of Whiskey & Gunpowder. He has been playing the stock market since he was 14, always with a preference toward smaller companies. He has honed his stock picking skills at Agora Financial since 2004, effectively combining a growth and value approach. Jim is also the editor of Lifetime Income Report and a contributing editor to Penny Stock Fortunes and Bulletin Board Elite.

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Recovery and Jobs; Where’s the Next Bubble?

Sep 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macro Economics
The phrase, “surviving a game show” just became more serious. According to USA Today — I know, not the most hard-hitting rag out there — contestants on shows like America’s Got Talent and Deal or No Deal have undergone a dramatic change in the past year. Instead of dreaming of building a ...read more

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Big Tobacco and Government Collude

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
As a menthol smoker, nothing got me more upset than that infuriating passage in the recent tobacco bill that explicitly gives the FDA authority to ban menthol. It's so clear what's going on, I can't stand it. I think Linda got most of it right the other day. This bill is ...read more

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Fed Up with Wall Street Shenanigans

May 12th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Investing
Fifty years from now, a generation of middle-school children will learn the ins and out of this economic disaster. They will learn about millions of arrogant, self-absorbed investors – both on Wall Street and Joe Schmos with e*Trade accounts – that lost their shirts by placing dumb bets on common ...read more

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Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac for Safe Income

Apr 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Currencies, Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
For the first time since the Enron debacle, Americans finally joined hands to hate something worthwhile. Instead of worrying about the Ten Commandments on a courthouse’s steps or a Super Bowl halftime show’s costume malfunction, we had a legitimate outcry from America’s poorest 95%. AIG was greedy and people got ...read more

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