Monday, February 28, 2011

Margin Compression Soon To Hit All Producers

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Commodity price explosions aren't just igniting Middle Eastern protests against the rising cost of food staples.  They're now impac...

Middle Eastern Kleptocrats Demand Gold

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Retail investors aren't alone in their flight from unstable currencies to precious metals.  Dictators in the notoriously unstable Middl...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Limerick of Finance for 02/27/11

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Shale oil and gas are now in play Large producers will show us the way Drilling set to begin May the lowest costs win Hydrocarbons will ...

Plenty Of Oil Left In U.S.

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Forget what you've heard about Saudi Arabia's oil fields approaching their production peaks, if they haven't already passed the...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Wisconsin Approaches Sanity On Union Smackdown

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The Wisconsin legislature is one step closer to fiscal solvency for the state after its lower house passed a measure to curtail state employ...
Friday, February 25, 2011

GDP Growth Not Where We Thought It Was In Q4 2010

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Anybody still crooning about a recovery needs to check this out.  The economy's purported growth rate is weaker than recent reports indi...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Italy Depends On Libyan Oil

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This one's fast and easy to digest.  Libya's turmoil has cut its oil production.   Italy gets 22% of its crude from Libya.   Direct ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

U.S. Infrastructure Deals In Brazil

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America's commercial infrastructure is in a sorry state.   This nation's bridges, railway overpasses, dams, locks, ports, and variou...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Updating The Alpha-D For Feb. 2011

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Options expiration last week left me with choices to make.  I allowed a small portion of my TDW holdings to be sold away and renewed my sho...
Monday, February 21, 2011

The Haiku of Finance for 02/21/11

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Euro inflation Heating up with some warning Caused by debt bailouts

Monday Newsreel for 02/21/11

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The U.S. stock market is closed, so I need something to do.  Reading headlines is just the thing. The IMF (i.e., the U.S.) is unable to he...

Wind Energy Costs Decline Despite Transmission Obstacles

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Wind energy may be catching its second wind lately.  How's that for a pun?  The cost of generating electricity from wind is now close to...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Limerick of Finance for 02/20/11

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Nasdaq closes in on its high Tech earnings give some reason why But as we all learned Last decade when burned Tech results can still mas...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

YRCW Way Behind In Mobile Apps

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Here's a clue as to how badly YRC Worldwide is hurting.  The company is just now rolling out a mobile phone application that allows cus...
Friday, February 18, 2011

The Haiku of Finance for 02/18/11

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Brent crude price is up Triggered by Bahrain unrest Time to drill for shale