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I was this close to not writing an ACC preview at all. This conference is decent, but let's face it, it's not pretty. There's one team that really has the potential to be great this season, and the rest are looking at 10-2 being a wildly successful season, so 8-4 is more in the realm of possibility.

I have an ingenius plan! Yes, indeedy! Here it is... I will spend my days and nights shopping at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) purchasing products from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) while eating cheeseburgers and those delicious fries from the McDonald's Corp.

Barry Ritholtz over at the Big Picture recently highlighted Bloomberg's Chart of the Day showing that analyst profit forecasts are currently worse than ever. With that in mind, we pulled up a post we did back in November highlighting the average analyst price targets for the 30 Dow stocks.

One of the investment strategies Peter Lynch touches on in his book One Up on Wall Street is to invest in companies that that you see every day. For instance, if you notice a new restaurant or retail store is performing really well you should check out the company’s stock (assuming it’s a publicly traded company) and see how the stock is performing.

Investors who abandon China now will live to regret their decision. That’s why we say that every investor has to have a China investing strategy.

It’s not often that the president and chief operating officer of a major corporation visit to honor one of its suppliers. (MCD)

CCTV is China’s national television station and the country’s largest national TV network. It attracts more than 1 billion viewers with a coverage of more than 90% of the population in China. With such massive television audience reaching a large consumer market, many companies from around the world have paid significant amounts of money to be associated with the Beijing Olympic games.

The pro-style offense is alive and well in the Pac-10. And, with respect to the Big XII, the Pac-10 is the real home of offensive football in the college ranks. With a couple of notable exceptions, these teams don't feel the need to spread the ball out or stay in the shotgun for an entire game to score.

Burger King (BKC) just reported its earnings results, and a main takeaway was the drop in restaurant margins, which fell to 13.1 percent from 14.8 percent a year earlier. The company is pointing to higher commodity costs and expenses tied to remodeling outlets. (more…)

There are many college football conferences out there, and the Big XII is definitely one of them. Thanks, thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal. But seriously, folks, it's time to preview the redneck cousins of the SEC's po' white trash fans and their favorite teams.