Rising gold prices, reduced credit availability are bullish.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (NYSE: BNI) surged close to 30% to a yearly high of $97.59 following news that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) will be buying the freight rail operator for $100 per share, which places the value of the company at $44 billion. The Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK) rallied close [...]

In the recent down turn of US stocks, the most affected were the Financial Stocks. Financial Components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) fell 2% on early trading contributing to losses to the index.

Although, the drop in prices can be alarming, it does present an investor with possible avenues to make money in the stock market. Furthermore, almost all of these companies have gone down since yesterday’s close making them available at discounted prices.

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Cash America International, Inc. (CSH)

Q3 2009 Earnings Call

October 22, 2009 8:45 am ET

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Source: The Gold Report 

An enviable finance vehicle available only in Canada allows junior miners to "flow-through" their exploration expenses to their Canadian investors. In return, investors enjoy significant tax breaks and ownership in resource stocks. This week, The Gold Report caught up with Ronald J. Wortel, MBA, P.Eng., E.V.P. of…

With unemployment hitting records highs and consumers across the country strapped for cash, payday lenders and pawnshops seem like a obvious area to profit from this unfortunate trend.  Pawnshops, of course, engage in supplying small loans to individuals using their personal valuables as collateral.  Payday loans, also known as payday advances, are similar.  The consumers gets a short-term loan using his next paycheck as collateral.  Usually, the customer must hand over a post-dated check before receiving the cash.  If he fails to return to the store and pay back the loan, the lender can take the amount right out of the customer’s checking account.<span[More...]

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Back in April I talked up Cash America International (NYSE:CSH) because with the market on edge and American's strapped for cash, it just made sense. America's largest pawn shop and payday loan service is on fire today after raising Q2 estimates.  There's no reason why the trend can't continue.

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Investing sucks.  But not with Cash America International, Inc. (Public, NYSE:CSH), America's largest pawn shop and payday loan service operator stock is up 41% in the last 3 months. 

Cash America may be one of the last 'safe stocks' these days headed into a gloomy and unpredictable 2008.

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