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    • ON: Wed Aug 13th 19:29 PM
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      How to Profit From China's Environmental Woes
      Lightguy, I wouldn't exactly call FTEK's technology "clean coal", but it is much cleaner than using nothing at all, which I think is what most coal plants in China do! Their technology is especially good at reducing SOx and NOx, which are really nasty pollutants that cause things like acid rain. Here is a good study they did describing some of the efficiency gains:

      www.ftek.com/pdfs/TPP-...

      Take a look at the before and after pictures on page 11!
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    • ON: Wed Jul 16th 09:54 AM
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      GM Goes Lean to Stay Ahead of Toyota
      hoffman, I hope you're right about GM! I think if they can get the Volt released on time in 2010 and not have too many major problems with it, that's going to help them immensely! I'm already saving up money to buy one!
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    • ON: Tue Jul 15th 18:49 PM
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      Investing in Dividend Paying Companies
      What about PGF: the PowerShares Financial Preferred ETF? This thing yields about 8% and is only down about 1.2% ytd, compared to -30% or so for XLF. I just discovered it today and I'm looking into it for my IRA, if anyone has any opinions on PGF, please feel free to share.
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    • ON: Tue May 6th 15:48 PM
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      Wal-Mart's Expands $4 Drug List, Puts Pressure on Drug Store Chains
      I disagree as well. The first time WMT announced this $4 drug plan, CVS and WAG both got hammered for about a month. But that proved to be excellent buying opportunities for both stocks, especially CVS. The WMT plan has not made a dent in CVS's earnings at all, and I don't expect it to start now.

      If you think about it, why would you drive out of your way to a Wal Mart when a CVS or WAG is probably less than a mile away from your house. Just the money you'd waste in gas will use up the money you save on your Rx. Even more so if you have it mail ordered!

      I think the WMT plan is good for people who before couldn't afford their prescriptions and were doing without. Most people have health insurance though and don't need to be bothered with WMT's offer.
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    • ON: Mon May 5th 15:05 PM
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      Cleantech "Power 10" Ranking (Vol. I)
      Piggyback -

      Nice rundown of all the wind power stocks available, but you left out Kaydon, KDN! A large part of their business comes from selling large bearings that go into wind turbines. Plus they trade in the US, for all the not-so-sophisticated investors like my self!
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    • ON: Thu May 1st 16:49 PM
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      Hydrate Your Portfolio with Some Veolia
      Hasn't the strong euro HURT earnings? Just like a weak dollar helps US multinationals, a strong euro must be a negative for VE.
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    • ON: Tue Apr 1st 13:58 PM
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      Clean Energy ETFs are Volatile, but Hold Potential
      I believe GEX is the only ETF of those mentioned that holds large cap stocks, as well as small to mid sized companies. PBD and PBW, while they may hold more stocks, basically hold only small to micro cap companies, many with no earnings yet. It's hard to say which is more risky.
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    • ON: Mon Feb 11th 14:18 PM
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      Walgreen: Attractive Valuation and Growth Story
      All of you are comparing WAG to other companies like WMT, CVS, or RAD, which is fine, but they're not really apples to apples comparisons now. Since CVS bought Caremark last year, they are much more of a pharmacy benefit management company than Wallgreen or Wal Mart. I believe only about 15% of their revenue comes from the retail end of their stores. CVS deserves the higher PE because of this.

      I also don't see Wal Mart taking much business from any of the drug stores. The two closest Wal Marts in my area I can think of several Wallgreen, CVS, and even Right Aid stores I would pass before I got to the Wal Mart. Since I, like most Americans, have health insurance, I'm much rather go to the closer drug store than drive all the way out to Wal Mart. But perhaps Wal Mart is expanding prescription drugs to people who previously couldn't afford them and didn't have insurance, but that's not taking any share from the drug stores.
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