The stocks on this list could deliver 100% returns in the next 12 months.

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Here are companies that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway have either raised or lowered their position in:

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These ETFs and stocks are part of the soaring nuclear power sector.

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Gold exploration companies are the focus of a new gold ETF, the Global X Gold Explorers ETF (NYSE: GLDX).

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This week鈥檚 announcement by the Federal Reserve that Ben Bernanke & Co. would embark on another round of so-called 鈥渜uantitative easing鈥� to manufacture inflation met with a myriad of results. But perhaps some of the most interesting are coming in bond ETFs, gold investments and crude oil funds.

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The idea of gold prices hitting $10,000 per ounce sounds ludicrous to some 鈥� perhaps as ludicrous as gold rolling back to $200.00 an ounce sounds to others.

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These top-performing China ETFs offer potential profits for emerging market investors interested in exposure in China.

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Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN), home of the Franklin Templeton funds, is taking it on the chin this morning as the earnings were lighter than estimates. Earnings came in at $1.65 EPS vs. Thomson Reuters $1.74 EPS. Despite a +23% revenue gain to $1.53 billion, analysts were expecting $1.56 billion.

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A Barron's article could have been a disaster for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC).

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Today, PM announced adjusted earnings of $1.00 per share, or +7%. The company also reported revenue of $6.61 billion. While PM did grow earnings, it did miss expectations slightly, as analysts forecasted EPS of $1.01 and revenue of $6.92 billion.

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It鈥檚 a good time to own Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) stock, as the equipment manufacturer posted earnings growth of +96% and revenue growth of +53% yesterday. Earnings came in at $1.22 a share with revenue of $11.1 billion.

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Yesterday marked the first day since the end of September that oil tested and broke under the $80.00 per barrel mark in futures. During that rally, it took only six trading days to go from under $80.00 to $85.00. Today's move is being exacerbated by a weaker dollar, a government weekly inventory report and renewed quantitative easing optimism.

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Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) is on the move after news of a possible sale.

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Gold exchange-traded funds and exchange traded notes have become the new fad for 401k plans and individual investors. ETF research and ETF information have led me to advise buying these gold exchange traded funds.

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The performance has been stellar in many of the key solar stocks out there over the last two months. A rising stock market and higher oil tends to help. Many companies are raising guidance or are calming fears that margin compression is escalating and that orders are dropping.

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Play a short-term move in cloud computing stocks with these option straddles.

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Jump-start your Q4 with these earnings trades.

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Stocks to watch and stocks on the earnings calendar this week include Geron, Monsanto, Take-Two and Netflix.

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These speculative AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) options could be high-fliers if Southwest Airlines Co.'s (NYSE: LUV) or another airline stock puts in a higher bid, or they could crash and burn.

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100% profits by 2011 is not impossible with these potential money-doubling stock picks.

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The global economic cycle has long been hostage to boom and bust, and inevitably valuation bubbles inflate and then burst. In 2000, it was Internet and tech stocks. In 2005 to 2008 it was a housing and credit bubble. Now in 2010, there is a debate over whether or not we are in a bond bubble.

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A look ahead at the week on Wall Street shows a number of important news items and trends for investors to watch:

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They overvalued stocks have run up too far, too fast, putting them at risk for a serious price correction.

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Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) is not exactly the largest household name when it comes to the world of chips design, as opposed to Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). But what these two companies have in common are earnings warnings and a rather harsh run for their stocks.

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This may be a shortened week for U.S. investors, but there are many stocks with many events to watch this week. There are a couple earnings to watch, we have positive news flow from publications hitting companies, and we have a substantial amount of ongoing M&A and proxy names.

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Two controversial ETF and ETN products in commodities are the United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) ETF and the United States Oil (NYSE: USO) ETF. These ETFs are supposed to track the natural gas markets and crude oil markets.

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If you're looking for value in a fast food stock, you'll have to look elsewhere.

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These speculative options are a great deal if Genzyme gets a higher offer.

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Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is in a strange place in time right now. The healthcare company is potentially the subject of more cost crunching, and is supposed to be one of the best in its industry. The issue seems to concern the size of the company, rather than its valuations of the past.

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There is a ton of dirt happening in the world of M&A right now. There are many deals to watch and many deals that "may be" items to watch. Some are confirmed, some are pending, and some are merely speculated.

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3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR) options activity hints that the company will get a better offer.

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Tech stocks may not be as dead as people think.

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What happens when you have an exponential return in an option before your trade rationale has even played out? You lock in your gains and press it by rolling out to a later month, says the latest options trading information. This is exactly the situation we find ourselves in with SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) and…

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If you're interested in cheap options trading picks with big upside, these five trades on education stocks are just what you're looking for.

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There was an interesting launch this week from Vanguard in its new "target date" funds, which aims to entice investors to put in their funds into a single fund for a target retirement date. Vanguard's new target fund is for 45 years down the road via the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund.

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With a much higher beta than peers, buying these SNDK put options become a cheap way to bet on a slowing SanDisk.

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Weak BlackBerry Torch smartphone sales cause retailers to slash price and Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) to fall.

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) revealed its latest quarterly holdings report, with stocks of record as of the market close on June 30. Though many positions remain unchanged, there are some notable moves where Warren Buffett boosted his companies stake in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and in Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT).

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APOL is shining where other stocks in the for-profit education sector are failing

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Beer prices have gone up regardless of inflation or deflation in the broader economy, and it looks like they're about to go up even more.

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With the Dow down triple digits, NFLX is down less than 1% and even managed a new all-time high this morning

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Macy鈥檚, Inc. (NYSE: M) is seeing a gain after its earnings report this morning. The news was a bit of a surprise after poor retail sales figures started coming in from large retail operations, despite what should have been easily comparable sales. More importantly, Macy's has raised its fiscal year profit targets.

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Traders should consider this cheap way to profit from further downside in INTC or to hedge against it.

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If you're on the right side of this trade, you will make some healthy profits.

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Skype S.A., the real-time Internet communications outfit now based in Luxembourg, filed for an IPO this morning.

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Traders are betting on higher gold prices with GLD call options.

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A speculative put option trade in Tesla Motors could pack a punch if the stock keeps falling.

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Retail sales came out mixed this morning, and frankly the figures were very disappointing considering year over year sale comparisons. Today was a mixed picture overall for retail stocks and it really highlights whether or not it is time reconsider Walmart Stores Inc.

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Corning's 'Gorilla Glass' technology could provide traders with a great speculative opportunity.

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You can speculate on XOM for less than it costs to fill up your gas tank.

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