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Contemplating the Coalescence of a Natural Gas Economy
Industry Masquerading as Art? I like it. I have been thinking about natural gas a lot. My appreciation of natural gas as a potential domestic energy source might have blinded me to human...
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Carnival of Stocks and Options #5
Welcome to the December 10, 2012 edition of Carnival of Stocks and Options. Trading Strategy stefanz presents Benjamin Graham – Investing: Strategy, Risk, Tools, and more… – Skuzet posted at skuzet,...
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Declining Apple (AAPL) Equals Opportunity
Apple (AAPL) is not dead just yet. The recent drop has spooked many people. For those people who did not buy into the insane amount of hype surrounding the company this provides a great opening. No...
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Cisco Is A Great Company, But It Needs To Get Ahead Of The Curve
Whenever I find a company that I might like as an investment, I always try to find anything and everything that might give me pause. I like to figure out what the worst things about a company are, then...
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Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Erects Safety Net Over Pit to Oblivion
Cubes are always awesome! A company going bankrupt is one of the worst things that could happen for holders of its stock. Those shareholders get wiped out. The fear of bankruptcy puts a lot of downward...
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AMD Secures Hostage Err… Lender of Last Resort but What is Next?
Liquidity issues do not just hit companies that have been losing money constantly. Sometimes companies without a lot of cash with adequate amounts of debt can hit liquidity issues due to not having...
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Life Will Soon Return to the Husk that is the Housing Market
English: Home Depot store openings from 1977 to 2006. The first store opened in Atlanta in 1978. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I say soon I mean in the next few years, not tomorrow. I want to make...
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Raw Materials For the Housing Resurrection
People who know me are aware that I like simplicity. Basic materials that are grown, harvested, or extracted are so easy to understand. I consider more complex technical things as well, but I always...
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Carnival of Fundamental Analysis #5
Welcome to the December 21, 2012 edition of Carnival of Fundamental Analysis. Fundamental Analysis John Schmoll presents Why Rebalancing Your Portfolio is Like Buying a Carton of Eggs posted at Frugal...
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Calling the Bluff on the Fiscal Cliff
I am not a fool to dismiss the importance of the fiscal cliff, I just think that it will only progress as close to the edge as possible without going over. I do not think it is a good idea to use...
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iRobot Beyond the Roomba, Full of Surprises
An iRobot PackBot picks up a demonstration object at the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment at Victory Base Complex, Baghdad, Iraq. The robots can be operated by a commercial off-the shelf controller or...
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Analyzing RIMM’s Potential Resurgence
Blackberry (Photo credit: Ario Gaviore – Squall87) I had a feeling that Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) was still trudging along, though a small part of me expected it to be looking for bankruptcy at...
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Are there deeper consequences for Video Game Industry after THQ?
THQ (Nasdaq: THQI) has filed for bankruptcy. That comes as a disappointment for me, because I was hoping it would be able to turn things around. I say that as a fan of the company’s games rather than...
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Is There Hope for Alcatel-Lucent in the Routing Business?
Now that Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) has secured a lifeline, I want to take a look at what I would call a secondary business for Alcatel-Lucent. The company is massive with tons of technological...
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Juniper Needs a Plan of Action Now
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) acquires a software-defined networking firm that was only months in existence and officially only two days old. Hooray? Not to sound purposefully difficult, but it’s...
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Petrobras is Repositioning Itself for the Future
I remember when Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) was an amazingly popular stock. Even saw a few articles talking about really high market caps for it, but I guess when the winds changed those articles were...
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Blitz: Take-Two Interactive’s (TTWO) BioShock Infinite Unlikely to Meet Sales...
BioShock is really a great property and I would like to see a movie that takes place in the setting, but it really has struggled to turn into a top tier franchise, and that is a bummer for Take-Two...
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Blitz: Hewlett-Packard Presents Opportunity and Risk
It seems like every other day I run into a fallen giant. The new world is frequently built on the bones of the old, but on occasion those giants of the past manage to see a resurgence. Like the Titans...
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Solar’s Exile to Green Fringe Ending?
I only mention this because the industry was particularly hard hit when the global economy took a beating. With all the problems in Europe and subsidies drying up the solar industry suffered massively....
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A Diverse Approach to Gold
With enough money you can diversify everything into little pieces, but for gold I have my own reasons for wanting diversity in how you expose yourself to the metal. I am surrounded by people who...
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