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Filed under: International markets, Stocks to Buy

Q. Charles, global markets have really taken it on the chin recently, yet you have bravely launched two new funds, IVA Worldwide (IVWAX) and IVA International (IVIOX). Does that mean that you are near-term optimistic on the markets?

A. The October 1st launch date of our two new funds wa

"Deflation is the absolute worst environment for investors because all assets decline sharply and economic activity grinds to a halt," says Eric Roseman.

In his Commodity Trends Alert he adds, "Every sector of the commodity complex has tanked, including a few areas that I believe should be appreciating because of bullish demand." Here's his outlook and top picks in the oil and gold sectors.

"Global growth forecasts are being revised lower virtually daily. Until we transition from an environment of rapidly falling prices, commodities, stocks, bonds (except Treasury debt) and real estate will c

Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, eBay (EBAY), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Analyst initiations, Juniper Networks (JNPR)

Analyst upgrades:

• Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of UBS (NYSE: UBS) to Buy from Hold following the company's Q3 update as they believe the quarter marks a turning point.
• Merill raised BP Plc (NYSE: BP) and Total SA (NYSE: TOT) to Neutral from Underperform.
• DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) was lifted to Hold from Sell at Soleil.
  
• Friedman Billings upgraded Sovereign Bancorp (NYSE: SOV) to Market Perform from Underperform as they believe the company's deposits are

Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, eBay (EBAY), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Analyst initiations, Juniper Networks (JNPR)

Analyst upgrades:

• Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of UBS (NYSE: UBS) to Buy from Hold following the company's Q3 update as they believe the quarter marks a turning point.
• Merill raised BP Plc (NYSE: BP) and Total SA (NYSE: TOT) to Neutral from Underperform.
• DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) was lifted to Hold from Sell at Soleil.
  
• Friedman Billings upgraded Sovereign Bancorp (NYSE: SOV) to Market Perform from Underperform as they believe the company's deposits are

Filed under: Middle East, Politics, Oil

You know it must be serious if the French fall into line. French oil giant Total (NYSE:TOT) became the last large Western oil firm to decide to forgo a deal with Iran.

According to a Marketwatch article: " Christophe de Margerie told the Financial Times that it won't invest in a project to develop natural-gas fields in Iran, leaving Iran without the technical know-how to significantly raise its gas exports until late next decade."

This obviously comes as good news as the US urges world leaders in both Europe and China to enforce tough sanctions against