Large Cap Stocks in Focus ( APC, BIIB, CAT )

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is up 2.3% this morning due to a new oil discovery. Anadarko Discovers Oil Offshore Sierra Leone

Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) - Biogen Idec Inc. stock hit a fresh 52 week high today at $66.16

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) - Caterpillar Inc. is lower today after the company announced it will buy Bucyrus (BUCY). The Caterpillar CEO says this deal will be a great one 5, 10, 15 years out in the future.

Below is a list of highly rated large cap stocks.

3M Co. (MMM)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
American Express Company (AXP)
Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD)
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)
Apache Corp. (APA)
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Arcelor Mittal (MT)
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)
Altria Group Inc. (MO)
Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBD)
Banco Santander, S.A. (STD)
Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS)
Barclays PLC (BCS)
Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A)
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)
Boeing Co. (BA)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)
Canon Inc. (CAJ)
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
CNOOC Ltd. (CEO)
Chevron Corp. (CVX)
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (LFC)
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP)
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA)
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
Coca-Cola Company (KO)
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Credit Suisse Group (CS)
CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS)
Deutsche Bank AG (DB)
Diageo plc (DEO)
DIRECTV (DTV)
DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD)
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY)
EMC Corporation (EMC)
Emerson Electric Co. (EMR)
Ford Motor Co. (F)
France Telecom (FTE)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK)
Home Depot, Inc. (HD)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC)
HSBC Holdings plc (HBC)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (INFY)
ING Groep NV (ING)
Intel Corporation (INTC)
Ita (ITUB)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
Lloyds Banking Group plc (LYG)
LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (ERIC)
McDonald's Corp. (MCD)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)
MetLife, Inc. (MET)
Nike Inc. (NKE)
Nokia Corporation (NOK)
Novartis AG (NVS)
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)
News Corp. (NWSA)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Pepsico, Inc. (PEP)
Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR)
Philip Morris International, Inc. (PM)
Priceline.com Incorporated (PCLN)
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)
Sanofi-Aventis (SNY)
SAP AG (SAP)
Schlumberger Limited (SLB)
Siemens AG (SI)
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
Statoil ASA (STO)
Suncor Energy Inc. (SU)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM)
Target Corp. (TGT)
Telefonica, S.A. (TEF)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)
Time Warner Inc. (TWX)
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
Total SA (TOT)
Toyota Motor Corp. (TM)
Transocean Ltd. (RIG)
Unilever NV (UN)
Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (UNH)
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
United Technologies Corp. (UTX)
U.S. Bancorp (USB)
UBS AG (UBS)
Vale S.A. (VALE)
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
Visa, Inc. (V)
VMware, Inc. (VMW)
Vodafone Group plc (VOD)
Walt Disney Co. (DIS)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)
Westpac Banking Corporation (WBK)

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Dow Jones Open 11/28/08 - Stock Market

Today, 11/28/08, the Dow Jones and Stock Market's are opening up flat to down as investors appear to be taking profits after a nice last 4 trading sessions of gains. Keep in mind, this is a light volume trading session as most traders are not in the office today. The stock markets close at 1pm est. There doesn't appear to be much action but some of the biggest gainers include General Motors ( GM ), Ford ( F ), Citigroup ( C ), Fannie Mae ( FNM ) , and Freddie Mack ( FRE ). Chesapeake ( CHK ) seems to have stopped dropping just under $16 but I won't be trying to catch this falling knife. There are much better buys out there like Devon ( DVN ) and Anadarko ( APC ) if I want to get involved with the drillers. Baidu.com ( BIDU ) is also weak today, It has support at around $131 for a trade.

Dow Jones Open - 8729 Up 2
Nasdaq Open - 1518 Down 14
S&P 500 - 885 Down 2

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Oil and Natural Gas Prices Up 11/04/08

Today, 11/04/08, Oil and Natural Gas prices are rising with the stock market. At 11:45est time, the price of Oil is up $5.35 to $69.25 and the price of Natural Gas is surging .44 to $7.28. This is the first time natural gas has traded above $7 for some time now. As you probably know, in July 2008 Oil was over $140 per barrel and Natural Gas was around $14. This caused a huge shale drilling boom in the United States and Canada. People in Louisiana and East Texas were striking it rich with the Haynesville Shale. People in Pennsylvania were striking it rich with the Marcellus Shale. People in North Dakota were striking it rich with the Bakken Shale.

Could this finally be the turn up in energy prices? If the stock market continues to surge, look for energy prices to follow. The companies drilling each of these shale plays will see their stock prices run back up. You can get a full list of companies drilling at each of the shale fields on my other website, http://oilshalegas.com

Some of the stocks that I like:

XTO Energy XTO
Chesapeake Energy CHK
Continental Resources CLR
Anadarko Petroleum APC
Petrohawk Energy HK

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