I'm looking for links to 7 to 10 articles from stock analysts
describing which stocks would rise or fall if the United States did
one of the following things in the near future (approximately next 4
months):
1. Bomb Iraqi targets (i.e. weapons depots, suspected nuclear or
biological weapons plants)
2. Oust Saddam Hussein from power using covert operations
3. Start a military campaign against Iraq






Question Details:

-I want articles with specific stock recommendations if possible,
rather than sectors of the economy (ex: recommending Boeing rather
than "the defense industry")

-The articles must provide justification for the stock picks

-The articles should be as recent as possible (have been written in
May or June 2002)

-The preferred sources for the articles are (in decreasing order):
Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Financial Post, Business Week, New York
Times, Washington Post, Forbes.com, CBS MarketWatch, MotleyFool.com,
TheStreet.com, Yahoo Finance, Quicken, MSN MoneyCentral,
Morningstar.com, SmartMoney.com, Dow Jones, ClearStation, Reuters,
Associated Press

-A broad array of sources rather than many articles from one site is
preferable

-The articles must be written by professional journalists or analysts.
They must NOT be bulletin board discussions, chat transcripts, or
personal opinions;
although you're welcome to throw in your opinion if you feel like it!

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Clarification of Question by phil514-ga on 17 Jun 2002 14:08 PDT

The articles in xemion's comment are exactly what I'm looking for. If
anyone can find a few more and some written a bit more recently, I'd
be very satisfied.
Thanks everyone!

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Request for Question Clarification by xemion-ga on 17 Jun 2002 23:56 PDT

As a suggestion, you may want to consider raising the value of your
question.  To find 7-10 articles is probably not worth the time for a
researcher.  That's why I stopped looking after just a basic search. 
Just a suggestion.  You can leave the current price and hopefully
someone can find articles easier than me.
Another suggestion would be to take off the requirement that the
articles be recent.  I doubt that the specific companies who would be
benefiting would change all that much in the last couple months.  It's
still the same companies.  Extend the deadline all the way back to
September or soemthing.  Again, just a suggestion and you may have a
specific reason for your deadline.  I'm just trying to help you find
the answer to your question.
Good luck with your question!

xemion-ga

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Clarification of Question by phil514-ga on 18 Jun 2002 08:58 PDT

Thanks xemion! All I was expecting was for someone with access to a
news article archive (such as the ones available in librarires) to run
a search with the parameters I gave and copy-paste the links. If you
or anyone else feels like doing that, you're welcome to do so and
you'll have completely answered my question. Alternatively, I've just
discovered news.google.com :)

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Clarification of Question by phil514-ga on 18 Jun 2002 09:02 PDT

One more thing: xemion is right, it's not that important that the
articles be recent, so anything since October 2001 seems like it would
be good.

this is what stock brokers are for.

Well, this is just a comment but it might help.  Maybe you already
know it.  And it is somewhat general.  When things get bad, unstable
etc. gold is always a nice safe bet and lots of people think so and so
the price goes up.  Durban Deep seems to be a nice choice and there
are lots of articles about its recovery and strength around this time.
 You can take at info and profiles at these places:

http://www.drd.co.za/ The Company's Home Page

http://biz.yahoo.com/p/d/drooy.html

I have no idea if this helps, but I thought it might.  Good luck.

I was able to find these reports (only the first one mentions specific
stocks), but not enough articles to satisfy your answer.

Striking Saddam: Some Stocks Could Soar - February 19, 2002
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2002/nf20020219_2828.htm

Prudential Securities Report: The Winds Of War - April 5, 2002
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-biz-market0428pdf.acrobat?coll=ny%2Dnews%2Dcolumnists

Most of the more reputable sites for something like this require a
paid subscription to access (Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Business
Week, etc), so links wouldn't help you.

By the way, if you're going to try to cash in on this situation,
remember that most pros buy on the rumor and sell on the news.

Being an investor for many years, and having "survived" the 1987
crash, the .com implosion and the Gulf war, I have a few words of
advice. 1) Nobody, <repeat NO one> can accurately predict what
individual stocks will rise/fall if we invade Iraq. 2) Do your own
research and disregard what the "analysts" are saying. 3) Make
educated decisions based on your research and maybe, just maybe you'll
guess right and have a profitable investment. My dads' favorite quote
on the market "you ain't seen nothing, yet" As to the current world
situ- Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.