James Levy

Why I'm (Cautiously) Optimistic About the Future

Thanks for sharing this very personal insight, and for introducing me to the concept of ¨psychic income¨. Congratulations to you (and expecially your wife!) for your large family, built with the addition of the special love demonstrated by adoption. God bless you all may your optimism prove well founded!

No Climate Bill This Year, Senators Say

Cap and Trade (or is that Crap and Trade) is a keystone in arching ambition of the Obama Socialists. It is incredible that the Congress should consider imposing huge new taxes and bureaucracy to fight a threat which doesn´t exist. There is NO global warming, and even if there where, human generated CO2 would be insignificant compared to natural factors such as volcanos.

Turning CO2 into a great evil does however play into the hands of the Obama crowd in another useful way. It is a fact that babies generate CO2, which is another reason for their pro-abortion fervor!
Can´t you see them teaching in NJ schools, ¨Have an abortion and save the Planet¨?

NanoLogix (NNLX.pk): Will its Ultra-Fast Diagnostics Revolutionize the Petri Dish Market?

PDE...Thanks for your comment. YOU were the pioneer on Seeking Alpha for this terrific microcap opportunity. I have added a disclosure of my own long position. I fully agree with your expectation, and think the share will be over $1 in the next several months.

Philip Obal..I have my own approach for due diligence of microcap opportunities. First, the company´s own webpage, which in the case of NanoLogix is excellent and packed with information, including all important third party validation. Secondly, as in the case of NanoLogix, I like to actually purchase the product and test customer service. Thirdly, beyond any available SEC filings, I listen to conference calls, and scan the investor bulletin boards over a period of months. Finally, I like to conduct online investigation of the top executives of the firm, including checking their social networks, what others have said about them, if they have investor complaints against them, and reviewing their professional trajectory.
In the case of NanoLogix, there is a video on youtube which shows the construction of their cleanroom facility, and gives a clear indication of the character of their ¨can do¨ CEO and President, Bret T. Barnhizer.

Personally, I enjoy searching through the pinksheets (pinksheets.com is a good source) to find these diamonds among a lot of garbage (I NEVER buy mining stocks!) using the techniques I mention above. In light of the massive fraud we have seen in the financial crisis, there is truly no more reason to be skeptical of a share trading for 40 cents than there was to be skeptical of Lehman Brothers or Bear Stearns shares when they were the darlings of Wall Street, with ¨BUY¨ recommendations from dozens of highly paid analysts. Personally, If I hadn´t left the employment of Merrill Lynch when I did and sold my shares at $80, I would have lost my retirement funds.

Nanologix at 47 cents I think is a very good buy to hold for as long as this company continues to grow, which could be for years to come...

'The Fourth Turning' Shows Disturbing Signs of Data Fitting

Economic Joker...Why limit yourself to expectations? Why don´t you write the something ¨better¨ that you are expecting yourself on this same topic?

Than you Mr. Hui for your consistently interesting and informative articles in Seeking Alpha.

Bond Expert: Thursday Outlook

Another serious, INDEPENDENT observer of the current financial (and moral) situation of our nation who is profoundly worried. I share your concern. It is not the military-industrial complex which threatens our nation, it is the government/Goldman complex! Fascism is a system where corporate and government interests dominate over all other aspects of society.

The chickens will come home to roost eventually in the US. Maybe it was´nt such a good idea after all to put a man with NO experience in ANYTHING in the White House
. Hillary, sooo sorry!. God Save the Republic!

Chinese threats to stop exporting rare earth minerals - with applications in electronic devices as well as wind turbines, hybrid cars and missiles - have touched off a boom around the world to develop alternative mines. One exec says three months ago "You couldn’t borrow 10 cents from anybody in the financial community [to develop a mine] ... We get inundated with calls offering financing these days."

Mining generates carbon dioxide, the cause of the global warming which the ¨progressives¨ warn is the grave threat facing humanity (despite falling average temperatures). Come to think of it, breathing generates carbon dioxide. Thus the ¨liberal¨ support for assisted suicide and abortion. These people must be stopped or we will fund our great leader and his friends living in luxury while the rest of us alternately freeze and overheat in caves.

Market Outlook: Expect a Major Shift in Bond and Equity Correlations

Good work Dian. You take a clear, firm postion, and explain why.
I agree fully with your analysis...Now let´s see what the market decides! Please post updates.

Rachael Granby Is on Maternity Leave

Congratulations Rachel! Our country desperately needs more children from intelligent, hard working people like yourself.
All the best and good luck!

NOT SUITABLE FOR SEEKING ALPHA

Excellent articles. Please continue post at Seeking Alpha, even if you are only permitted to post the links. Patriots are often scorned!

CAUGHT IN A TRAP - I CAN"T WALK OUT

Thanks for this excellent post. Please continue you contributions to Seeking Alpha, they are VERY valuable and no debt helping more people than you realize. God Bless America, and may better times be ahead...

SeraCare: Five Reasons to Buy This Biotech Microcap with Recurrent Revenue

Ravee, what occurred in 2006 has nothing to do with the current management team. The wrongdoers where identified and punished, justice was served. This ¨stain¨ on the reputation of SeraCare is becoming ancient history, but while the company rebuilds its reputation it provides current investors with an opportunity to participate in the growth and full recovery of this excellent franchise at a discounted price. Given the corporate history, the new management team is EXTREMELY careful with accounting issues, and in fact the SeraCare is 100% compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley. I

PAUL KRUGMAN IS A SNIVELING WEASEL

Krugman is a convenient stooge who helps to provide cover for the Goldmans Sachs takeover of the United States government. He is a well known hero of the Left here in Spain, where the Socialist government (who are in awe of Obama) have done everything possible to give us our current 20% unemployment rate. I´m sure his ideas will give the same excellent results in the US within a year or two more.

Is the Market Correction Finally Here?

This is a nice synthesis piece bringing together is a concise way very good reasons to be out of the equity markets, or to hold short positions at this time. Thanks, and looking forward to your follow up postings on this topic.

If the recovery seems patchy so far, it may be because there is a big and growing divide between credit-haves and credit-have-nots. The market's new willingness to make risky loans doesn't apply to everyone - and some firms are going on a buying spree while they can.

The credit ¨Haves¨ are large companies ¨saved¨ by the Obama administration and its cronies. This type of ¨Chicago Style¨ politics cannot be from Washington on the millions of small businesses which are the backbone of the American economy. These businesses can only be helped effectively across the board tax cuts.
Instead, there are about to be hit by tax increases for nationalized health care and ¨crap and trade¨ to fight non-existent global warming while further enriching Goldman Sachs. God help us, as Washington won´t!

Toyota (TM) will close down California's last auto plant in March after operating it well under capacity. The Fremont, Calif., plant employs 4,700 and was the site of a unique joint venture with GM in 1984, but the Pontiac Vibe was canceled, and Y/Y production of Toyota Corollas and Tacomas are down 25% and 83% there.

This is great news! Another ¨old economy¨ factory which produces countless tons of terrible, toxic, greenhouse effect Carbon Dioxide is to be closed. Sure am glad that President Obama has promised millions of new ¨green collar¨ jobs thanks to the stimulus plan.

It is unforgivable what the ¨Progessives¨ have done to the economy of the most important state of the Union. God help us, as it is true that California leads the nation.