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	Friday August 26, 2011 Email Me | Visit our Blog | Subscribe | Unsubscribe Trouble Reading this Email? - Click Here Happy Fed Day! U.S. Growth and Oil Prices More on Buffett's Investments Fellow Investor, Today is Fed day. Bernanke will have spoken by the time you read this, so I will not go into any detail about my own expectations. Suffice to say I don't expect the Fed to announce any new stimulus. The U.S. economy expanded at a 1% rate in the second quarter. This is revised lower from 1.3%. Investors expected this, so it's not a market moving number. Growth actually improved from the first quarter, and that's one reason I think the Fed stands down today. We should expect growth to pick up a bit more for the end of the year. I've said it before, but this is an opportunity for Bernanke to instill a little confidence, rather than repeat his "growth is slower than desired" mantra. For comparison's sake, growth in the U.K. came in at 0.3%. The weakness is attributed to austerity measures. Oil prices are below $85, which seems like a knee-jerk reaction to the GDP number. You know the playbook. Improving growth means higher oil. Weakening growth means lower oil. I've seen some estimates for oil prices to fall into the $70s. All I can say is: if it does, buy oil stocks with both hands. I find it amusing that investors still assume that U.S. demand drives oil prices. Maybe it does for a day or two. But over time, demand from emerging markets like China have every bit as much to do with the price of oil as the U.S. That's not to mention the fact that new production is far more expensive than OPEC's output. Promises by politicians that they can deliver $2 a gallon gasoline are absolute rubbish... [continue reading at WyattResearch.com] Click to view the remainder of the article... Do You Have Enough Money to Retire Comfortably? Most people don't have enough retirement funds and don't have a plan to get there. I'm Ian Wyatt, Founder and Chief Investment Strategist for Ian Wyatt's $100K Portfolio. I want to show you how I'm planning to turn $100,000 into $1,000,000. The 10 Year Millionaire is your blueprint for growing a small initial amount into $1 million over 10 years using conservative investments. Click here to find out how you can get your copy of this life changing plan today!   Market Snapshot US Markets - August 25 Close Dow Jones 11,149.82 -170.89 (-1.51%) S&P 500 1,159.27 -18.33 (-1.56%) Nasdaq 2,419.63 -48.06 (-1.95%) Currencies EUR/USD 1.433 -0.0041 (-0.2835%) USD/JPY 76.995 -0.47 (-0.6067%) GBP/USD 1.6214 -0.0065 (-0.4011%) Recent issues of Daily Profit Is it Time to Buy Apple? Gold Should Rally for QE3  High Hopes for QE3  more» Valuable Investment Ideas From Wyatt Investment Research A Value Investor's Gold Stock Shopping List Now that the trend is playing out, I think it's time to ready yourself to buy some gold stocks on sale. more» Retirees: The State Cannot Save You Many well-meaning people believe that if all else fails, the United States Federal Government will swoop in and give them a personal bailout. more» The New, Most Accurate Fear Indicator "Increased market volatility is helping the ratings of business TV channel CNBC," Brian Stelter said in The New York Times. more» Independent Investment Services Wyatt Investment Research provides investment research that is independent of the back door deals and machinations of Wall Street. more» Need to retrieve your password in order to view our articles? Click here. Disclaimer & Important Information Wyatt Investment Research and Daily Profit is owned and published by Business Financial Publishing, LLC of Washington D.C. Business Financial Publishing is neither a registered investment adviser nor a broker/dealer. Readers are advised that this electronic publication is issued solely for information purposes and should not to be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security. We encourage you to review our full Disclaimer and Disclosure policies. To view our Disclaimer Policy, please click here. To view our Disclosure Policy, please click here Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Click here to sign up for Daily Profit today! You are subscribed with the following email address: ignoble.experiment@arconati.us To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here. If you believe this communication to be a mistake or unsolicited, please e-mail abuse@bfpnewsletters.com with details regarding your situation, and we will be sure to promptly investigate your situation. Copyright (c) 2011 Business Financial Publishing, LLC. | Privacy Policy Wyatt Investment Research c/o Business Financial Publishing 65 Railroad Street Richmond, VT 05477 PO Box 790