Energy
Dec 17th, 2008 |
By John Schuler |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured, Housing, Macroeconomics, Options, Penny stocks
With yesterday’s rate cut, and with the bailout money in excess of $1 trillion by most estimates, it appears as if the government is setting the stage for massive inflation in 2009. So, what’s in it for you?
Inflation is the silent predator that’s constantly stalking your retirement savings. Normally, you ...
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Tags: Fed, gold, Penny stocks
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Featured, Housing, Macroeconomics, Options, Penny stocks |
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Dec 16th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured
“Global Demand for Oil to Plummet,” screams the headline of the Financial Times on Dec. 10. Huh? No it won’t. Who are they trying to kid?
Global oil demand is not going to “plummet.” And for the FT to say so is just plain silly, if not irresponsible. OK, I know. ...
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Tags: oil, OPEC, World Bank
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Featured |
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Dec 12th, 2008 |
By Jim Nelson |
Category: Energy, Featured, Investing Strategies
In the corporate tax world, one dreaded phrase reappears when you talk about dividends: “Double Taxation”. All incorporated companies are taxed on the income they make. The shareholders are taxed again on any dividend distribution they receive from the company. So the same income is taxed twice. But, there is ...
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Tags: Master Limited Parternships, MLPs, small cap
Posted in Energy, Featured, Investing Strategies |
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Dec 10th, 2008 |
By Jim Nelson |
Category: Energy, Featured, Over the Counter Markets, Penny stocks
On January 20, 2009, millions will line the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to watch the 44th President take the oath of office. And while conversation in the District centers on hope and change, we will be talking about the best way to cash in on Barack Obama’s first act ...
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Tags: green energy, Infrastructure, Obama
Posted in Energy, Featured, Over the Counter Markets, Penny stocks |
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Dec 2nd, 2008 |
By Jim Nelson |
Category: Energy, Investing Strategies, Technology
We don’t play politics at Penny Sleuth. Frankly, we can’t agree on politics. But that doesn’t mean smart investors should ignore what Washington’s doing. Some of the largest profits in history spawned from legislation and court rulings.
Take solar energy for example. After the introduction of the Solar Energy Research and ...
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Tags: defense stocks, energy stocks, Obama, Penny stocks
Posted in Energy, Investing Strategies, Technology |
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Nov 19th, 2008 |
By Jim Nelson |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured, Macroeconomics
Clientele Effect: The preference of an investor or group of investors for buying a particular type of security.
— BNET Business Dictionary
We’ve seen a run up of banks, real estate, and commodities, just to see all three crash in unforgettable fashion. Now, investors are a little more skeptical…at least, you’d think ...
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Tags: Buying SUVs, Commodities, Dividend-paying Companies, Income Investors, Low Energy Prices, Run up on Banks
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Featured, Macroeconomics |
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Nov 17th, 2008 |
By Dan Amoss |
Category: Energy, Featured, Housing, Macroeconomics
The battle between credit contraction and government-sponsored inflation rages on. For several weeks, the forces of credit contraction have been winning.
There are fears that banks will never expand lending again, and that everyone with debt wants to pay it down as fast as possible.
I think these fears are excessive. They ...
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Tags: credit contraction, demand for debt, existing mortgage debt, Federal Reserve, rising inflation
Posted in Energy, Featured, Housing, Macroeconomics |
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Oct 28th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Investing Strategies
The price of oil goes up. The price of oil goes down. On July 11, 2008, oil sold for a record $146 per barrel. Just over two months later, on Sept. 15, oil plunged through the $100 mark for the first time since last February and was changing hands at ...
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Tags: Cost to hire a tanker, The Crude Oil, The Price of Oil, Two Billion Barrels of Oil, Very Large Crude Carriers, Well Managed Tanker Company, Worlds Oil Moves by Pipeline
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Investing Strategies |
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Oct 21st, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Technology
“It’s not easy being green,” sang Kermit the Frog many years ago on Sesame Street. At the time, Kermit was simply referring to the fact that he’s a frog, frogs are green and it’s tough out there for green frogs — especially if they can talk.
But today, “being green” has ...
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Tags: Being Green, Cost-Efficient Energy Storage, Electricity from windmills, Energy Conservation and Efficiency, GE spent Millions On Green, Low-carbon Environmental virtues, Support renewable power systems, Wind and Solar Power
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Technology |
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Sep 9th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy
In the world of energy and scarcity, the name of the next president will matter to us quite a bit. “People are policy,” as Ronald Reagan used to say.
But then again, a lot of energy and scarcity facts defy party labels. The energy resources are out there.
They are what they ...
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Tags: energy and scarcity, Presidential energy policy, rising fuel costs, world commodity boom
Posted in Commodities, Energy |
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