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    • ON: Fri Sep 12th 16:07 PM
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      Wake Up Copper Consuming Dragon
      Good to read an article and comment on this, since I in my lack of wisdom become way to heavy in FCX and PCU alone. It's like I suddenly became ravenous towards copper. Anyway, I do believe that China will someday have to buy more copper and these stocks will regain their former prices. In the meantime, PCU has pretty good dividends.
      I just hope their rise is sooner than later. I think that all of this recent desire and rationalization that everything is getting better now in the U.S. will diminish when future reports of increased national debt, more job losses, etc.... come out in the news. Then people will come back to reality. It might hurt copper some, but I think China has reached the point to where it's copper needs aren't really dependent upon the U.S. economy. And when people start getting really scared from bad reports, they'll start buying up gold again.
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    • ON: Mon Sep 1st 15:02 PM
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      Opportunities in Energy Storage Stocks
      Great article!!! It's the only one I have ever saved to my computer for future reading, since I can't possibly take it all in at once. I sent it to others too for them to read if they wish. Thanks!

      Oh, and thanks to Jim too, for telling us about Valence. I'll be watching that company too.
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    • ON: Mon Sep 1st 14:29 PM
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      Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence
      Due to trading in a few solar stocks over the past year, I'll say that I noticed that oil prices affected solar stocks. So, I'd have to agree with Dru. I also agree that it seems that solar stock prices are being a little bit less affected by oil prices as time goes on. So, I think that he's on the right track here.

      I'm not so sure about the correctness of the chart since it compares stock prices to "peak oil". That seems a little to vague, but still it's a nice chart to compare how each one has moved. I have owned WFR, along with FSLR, SOL, ESLR, and YGE. Made some money on each of them except for WFR. I now think that WFR has a great potential to perhaps move up the most.

      I sometimes try to figure out what the mindset of the average U.S. person is like. As this is an election year, it seems that people who are for "change", regardless of whether they are for Obama or McCain, might at this time be more excited about purchasing the various solar or battery powered things than they would be when there is less talk of other sources of energy depletion. Are more people building with solar panels this year? It is obvious that more people are buying cars that in part use batteries.

      I think that we'll get going with solar sooner than most people realize. It seems to me that our addiction to being able to drive around a lot will create a good market for solar power. So many people in the future will be willing to have a little less power in their cars to get the battery powered car market really strong. Later on, with the money from the first battery cars, they'll work on making these more efficient and faster. This is the way of any new type of technology. I'm not worried and I plan to get back into solar stocks as soon as I make some more money on FCX, which is still gradually going up, though it went down in the last session.
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    • ON: Sun Aug 31st 21:55 PM
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      The New Energy Cold War: The Warsaw-Tehran Connection
      Nice, thoughtful article, but it would have been much better if you had edited it down to less words. Or maybe my ADD kicked when you decided "to recap". I felt like I was reading a school paper. Most readers on here don't need a recap.

      Otherwise, I like reading about geopolitical strategies.
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    • ON: Sun Aug 31st 21:42 PM
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      Obama's Green Promise
      I'm all for taxing gas to keep it high. I would want to ensure that these taxes could only go towards subsidizing solar and a few other renewable energy resources. However, that's harder than it seems. As one person commented, some politicians would probably find ways to divert the taxes to other things. Even if they didn't, these politicians would see that they have more money overall to spend. But I still think it's worth a try, or maybe we should just make sure that our representatives promise to use a certain amount of money for alternative energy, and also tax gas to keep it high, but make these two acts independent of each other.

      I liked Obama's idea of using 150 billion dollars to get us off of dependence on foreign oil. It's probably not enough money but it's a start. I just wish we had not spent all of that money and a lot more on a war. We could have used it as Obama is planning to do.

      Anyway, I think it's a good article.
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    • ON: Sun Aug 24th 11:27 AM
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      Ten Shining Arizona Stocks
      Although I own FCX and PCU, I thought that this article might have more information in it. But it seems to simply be an advertisement for Arizona and a waste of my time.
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    • ON: Sun Jul 27th 11:10 AM
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      The Case for Copper
      So, why did prices go down the other day for FCX and PCU? I'm not saying that I disagree at all with the article. Just asking a question.
      I own wayyy too much PCU and FCX , or hopefully I don't own too much. I have felt the same way about the future of copper. Population growth worldwide, along with the idea that many of these greater numbers of people now have a little bit more money to buy things that require copper. I know that the U.S. economy will have something to do with copper demand, but I think it's not as much a factor as some might think it is. The U.S. is gradually becoming less important to the world, IMHO.
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    • ON: Sun Jul 27th 10:53 AM
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      Banking Sector: Band-Aids Just Won't Do It
      The way I see it is this: If I loan a lot of people money, and have to borrow money to loan it out, then I stand the chance of losing everything I have. And that's the choice I make. If they don't pay me back, then I'm out of business. And so people will have to get loans from someone else. Perhaps that next person will be more careful with loaning out money. In the meantime, I should be able to take strong measures to retrieve as much money as possible from those who defaulted on their loans. And if I tricked them into taking loans that they couldn't really afford, then we both lose, but ultimately it is up to everyone to know the details and risks of any contract they sign.

      Now I still owe money to those to whom I borrowed money. And it's too bad for them too, since I can't pay them. So, they lose too, and perhaps they will make the next person who wants to use their money to make loans to others go through a much more stringent examination of how they plan to make loans.

      So, those people who took out loans they couldn't afford, whether it be individuals or banks, and for those who loaned out money, whether it be the banks and the stockholders of the banks, or the government, it's just too bad for them. They should feel the pain of irresponsibility. And since the government is you and me, then we need to make our representatives know how we feel about this. I write mine a lot about many issues. I don't know if it does any good or not, but I try. My district just got through kicking out one of the bums 2 years ago. And we'll do it again if needed.

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    • ON: Fri Jul 25th 11:16 AM
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      MEMC Electronic: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
      I feel better now. I listened to the conference call yesterday and it all seemed fine to me! But I still was totally confused as to why the stock had plummeted. Your statements of Quants? dumping it helped me understand it better. I hope some good, decent people have been able to take advantage of the quants dumping this stock, as it is bound to rise back to over 50 dollars, and even more over the year. Just wait until the next oil crisis occurs, and people wake up to the fact that we are going to HAVE to move much faster to solar. I can't wait for that day to come. Solar energy, charging batteries for our cars. Solar power heating and cooling our homes. And much quieter roads maybe.

      Anyway, it's good for me to hear others say something that I suspected, that there was a horrific over reaction to the earnings report. It makes me wonder if anyone actually read the report or listened to the conference call. I noticed two analysts at least upgraded the stock afterwards.
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    • ON: Mon Jul 21st 11:53 AM
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      Solar's Warm, But Not Hot - Barron's
      I happened to go to my congressman's website yesterday. He wrote in his Issues/energy section that congress is taking away the subsidies given to oil, and putting that money into alternative energy. And then he went on to first talk about solar energy and how much he is in favor of working hard to get us going on that source. Now this is a conservative Democrat in the western NC area, not some tree hugging, bleeding heart, way to the left liberal, sort of like myself. Though he does love our mountains. What I'm saying is that it seems to me that if a conservative Democrat is so much in favor of helping subsidize solar, then I would think that there will be much support in Congress elsewhere.

      I am hoping that this will help offset Germany and Spain's diminished enthusiasm for helping this vital industry.

      And that idea that any industry that has to be subsidized will not make it, is just ludicrous and certainly without any historical proof.

      Eli, you are my favorite writer, but I hope you are wrong about solar! If you are, I won't hold it against you, but I'll just be happy for the environment and for our energy independence.
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    • ON: Fri Jul 4th 10:54 AM
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      Starbucks Tells Walmart:: "Here, You Take Them."
      Very good article, in that I agreee with you. And it really doesn't take studying to figure out that when SBUX fires 12,000 people and closes 600 stores, that our economy is going down.

      By the way, anyone remember Walmart's old "made in U.S.A" advertising years ago? Well, now I really am feeling like blaming Walmart for leading the way to forcing everyone to use China as their supplier. I'm sure that Walmart didn't just follow the lead of others of going to China to be the low price leader. They started the whole thing and it has ruined us. I don't shop there at all anymore.

      I don't buy my coffee at SBUX either. I enjoy the much less expensive and every bit as good coffee at either a local coffeehouse or at home, where I don't pretend to be an intellectual. If you know what I mean, you know that people who've been frequenting SBUX are there just as people posing as either the idle rich or as some sort of fashionable revolutionary book reader. If they are so smart, why are they buying lattes at around 5 dollars? (Actually I don't know what the cost for a latte is.)

      Anyway, I might buy some SBUX on Monday, but it won't be the coffee. It will be the stock, and then I'll use the money to buy coffee in bulk and just watch birds in my back yard.
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    • ON: Mon May 5th 09:18 AM
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      Copper Proves the Commodities Bull Isn't Over - Yet
      I sold my PCU on May 2nd, last Friday. I made good money, but I had this sneaking suspicion that maybe I had sold it too early. But now I own more AUY. I hope that was a good decision. Nice article.
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    • ON: Sun May 4th 13:46 PM
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      Will Starbuck's New Menu Satifsfy Investors?
      All I know is that rather than making coffee at home today, I decided to go out for some and enjoy it in a coffee shop. But I waited too late. I was going to get hot coffee but the weather had warmed up, so I wanted ice coffee. Well, not all independent coffee shops have that, so though I am no fan of Starbucks, I do like the ice coffee somewhat. So, I pulled in, got out, went to the door. And the freakin' line was backed up to the door!!!

      I asked myself, "Is it really THAT good?" Though I left not wanting to wait in line, it did make me feel like maybe Starbucks has bottomed out and is here to stay and grow. They made some mistakes, but the news of them not opening so many more stores in the U.S. makes VERY good sense to me.

      I read that international sales are better and growing. If they can just get a billion or so Chinese to drink coffee, that would be a boon to them. Chinese do seem to like to smoke cigarettes, so I guess they will just love coffee once they try it, and get that buzz off the caffiene.

      I might just buy some SBUX on Monday, while I drink my Dunkin' Donuts coffee made at home.
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    • ON: Sat May 3rd 09:33 AM
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      Good Times and Bad Times in Gold
      I loved the tone of your article! I'll read more from you, if only for entertainment. But I do agree with you on whatever you said. I guess I do, because I just bought a bunch of Yamana on Friday afternoon. (More than I EVER have). So, I hope you are right. I hope you are "lucky" as the first commenter apparently believes is the only way anyone ever makes money on gold. I strongly disagree though. It seems to me that making money in gold is a fairly easy thing to do with fairly simple rules to follow. We'll see if I have even a peabrain in my head next week or so.
      Regardless I really like the way you write. I like the attitude. Dave
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    • ON: Wed Apr 30th 11:00 AM
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      Airlines Set to Rally on Oil Pullback
      I would buy AAI, but then I already did. It's worth looking at, due to the fact that it dropped waayyyy too much and is surely going to come back at least part way. It's at 3.40 and I would think that a price of 4.75 is quite obtainable within a short time. I just wish it were me that were buying it now, rather than when I did. I'm sure AMR is a good buy too.
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