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Investment U: Tune Out the Natural Gas Naysayers… You CAN Profit From This Industry
by Karim Rahemtulla, Advisory Panelist
Tuesday, January 18, 2011: Issue #1430
If ever there was a market that should be all the rage with investors, it’s this one.
It’s a market that boasts abundant, cheap supplies in the United States and should be a slam dunk as America’s fuel of choice.
But it isn’t. At least not yet, anyway.
I’m talking about natural gas.
Beaten down and unloved, with prices stubbornly bumbling along below the $6 level for almost a year now, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you can’t make money from the natural gas industry.
But that’s not true, because many natural gas companies have made money regardless, either due to their production costs being lower than market prices or through hedging at higher prices.
There is a way to make money from natural gas… if you know where to look…
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Sabrient Systems: Earnings Season is the Key
by David BrownChief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems, LLC
After a fairly positive start last week, earnings season began in earnest this week. Two tech bellwethers, Apple (AAPL) and IBM (IBM), both handily beat estimates. Those announcements came after hours, with Apple recovering some of what it lost after yesterday's announcement that Steve Jobs was stepping down for health reasons. Goldman Sachs (GS) reports on Wednesday; Google (GOOG) on Thursday; and General Electric(GE) on Friday. Next week, earnings action speeds up even more.
The market closed up before the announcements from Apple and IBM, with the S&P 500 gaining 2 points to reach 1,295, another 30-month high. This, despite a couple of disappointing reports -- Delta Airlines (DAL) and Citibank (C). Citibank had a much worse than expected report on earnings, revenue, and write-downs on its bond portfolio. The stock lost more than 6% today, though it is up slightly in the aftermarket. This could trigger more fears about the bond marketwhich many economists think is almost certain to decline. Continue reading “Sabrient Systems: Earnings Season is the Key” »
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Biomed Reports: Zalicus Release Confirms Bullish Sentiment
Monday, Zalicus (Nasdaq:ZLCS) released an update that clearly confirms analyst recommendations that Zalicus could be
headed higher.
headed higher.Zalicus announced this morning that its oncology research collaborator, Novartis, was extending their contract by a year to May 2012, sending shares up 11% in early trading. We've been following the Zalicus story since early December and shares have appreciated well over 125% since our initial report. Here are some quick notes to consider:
I. Collaborations:
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Investment U: The Coming $1.7 Trillion Tech Sector Cash Wave
by Matthew Carr, Contributing Editor, Investment UOver the past year, we’ve heard a lot about precious metals and other commodities. We’ve heard a lot about healthcare, financials and automakers. Heck, even the rare earth area has received some press.
But one sector has quietly lurked in the shadows. And because it’s not getting as much attention as it should, few people are talking about the momentum that’s building.
I’m talking about technology.
The tech sector is booming right now. But the boom, in our opinion, has only just begun…
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John Mason: Where the Real Deals Will Be
Today, let’s put the conclusions of my first two blog posts of this year together. The second blog post discussed “Four ‘Uncomfortable’ Situations to Watch in Early 2011,’ (http://seekingalpha.com/article/244531-four-uncomfortable-situations-to-watch-in-early-2011). The basic point of this post is that there are four areas of the economy that bear watching because the situations that exist within these sectors are extremely fragile and could result in some kind of collapse in the future.
In my first blog of the year, “Economic Policy in the Decade of the Twenty-Tens: More of the Same” (http://seekingalpha.com/article/244325-economic-policy-in-the-decade-of-the-twenty-tens-more-of-the-same), I argued that the federal government will continue to follow the same economic policy philosophy that it has followed for the previous fifty years. I have called this a policy of “credit inflation.” The focus of this policy is to keep unemployment as low as possible for as long as possible over time. The consequence of this policy has been the massive growth of debt over this fifty-year period and the financial innovation that has accompanied the growth.
A consequence of the first situation is that there may be a substantial amount of distressed assets around that can be purchased very, very cheaply.
The consequence of the second situation is that the federal government will do all it can to keep the first situation from spiraling downward.
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