whisperonthewind

Best Buy: Flat Screens and Flattish Shares Make for Good Profits

I hope it's just my local Best Buy - the customer service where warranty service is concerned is extremely poor. Evidently they only like you when they get the cash up front, and then when performing the service, they aren't getting paid again... I won't go back to Best Buy, and I don't want their stock, no matter how good it performs.

TARP: Why The Media Doesn't Need Every Detail

The media doesn't seem to realize that this country has been short on hope lately, and we're running out of change. If people believe there is an end, they will keep trying. The media wants to keep shoving us back into that pit of despair. Thank you for reminding them. They won't listen, most likely.

Citi: Not Earning Its Way Out of Bailouts

Since no one seems to agree, I'm going ahead with my own instinct. I believe that Citi will come out of the storm battered and bruised and alive. Since I bought in when it was around $1.10, I'm already on track. If they do go under, I don't lose 4x investment (current value), I only lose my investment, which was less than 1% of my "after the storm" portfolio. For a very small outlay, I basically think of this as my long-term lottery ticket. In fact, I've spent more on lottery tickets over the last year, but I've gotten further with Citi.

I'm patient, I'm not ready to retire yet, so I'll just sit back and watch.

Oil and Gas Service Stocks: An Inflation Hedge

Oil service stocks aren't much different from everything else in the market - since March 6, pretty much everything has gone up with a roar. Not to say I don't have some of the oil service stocks in my portfolio, but to use the increase since April as a reason is pretty flimsy.

Natural Gas Momentum Likely to Continue - Blackmont

It starts to get pretty chilly in October, here in Michigan.


On Sep 16 02:52 PM Aricool wrote:

> This seems like a rediculous quote:
> "Investors, however, are clearly looking 'across the valley' to the
> winter months when cold weather will stimulate demand for gas and
> when economic growth is expected to return to North America."
>
> Did you know it gets cold in November, not October? October is probably
> the worst demand month of the year, no cooling and no heating. So,
> why would an October deliverable contract trade on November and beyond
> demand dynamics? Please enlighten us.
>
> thanks,
> Ari

The Economic Impact of the G20 Ending Oil Subsidies

Save those funds from the subsidies - Obama can use them to pay for the health care plan.

Stocks to Buy in Cyclical Advertising Recovery

If this comment were on the finance pages of google in the blogs, it would have been considered as a pump/dump entry.


On Sep 14 07:51 AM User 365880 wrote:

> You should be tracking Worldgate Communications, the stock has gone
> from around 24 cents to $1.10 recently and is heading much much higher.
> The stock hit a low of I blieve 1 cent before being bought out. Check
> this stock out and write some reports on it like you dor for SIRI.
>
> Thank You
> Jim

13 Consistent Dividend-Raising Companies Currently on Freeze

I agree - not necessarily time to sell yet, but definitely time to watch closely.

BP Strikes Black Gold: A Boon for Energy ETFs?

If the automotive industry decides to go with natural gas as a fuel, natural gas will not be in oversupply. I can deal with natural gas.

If BP's find IS oil, it brings to question what other 'finds' there may be on American soil. But of course, they won't want to drill here, will they?


On Sep 08 02:34 PM Jrbarnes wrote:

> BP's find at 25k feet is hardly likely to be oil. At that depth,
> the termperature and pressure cook the hydocarbons into natural gas,
> not oil. BP carefull refer to BOE, or barrels of oil equivalent in
> their press release. Natural gas in in oversupply, and selling for
> $3 per mcf or less at the well head. It is hghly unlikely that wells
> like BP's can be affordably drilled and produced at these natural
> gas prices.

MLPs After Their Worst Year

Last year was the first for me to use TurboTax and deal with MLPs. I have used TurboTax for a few years, and the MLPs changed the time it took, but now I know how, and it will be easier this year. The difficult part was finding WHERE to enter the information. I'm sure that with the comments they've gotten and the questions they've answered, they will find an easier way for us to locate this info.

As for investing, I like these MLPs because of the dividends. My investments are directly intended to supplement retirement income and they're doing just fine in that. I have LINE, NRGY, and a few more, and am always looking for something new. It's all about the money, and with the way stocks tend to fluctuate, basing my retirement plan on the price of the stock doesn't seem to be the most reliable plan. Instead, I'll take my payback now, thanks! Give me the cash (dividends or distributions, or whatever they want to call it).


On Sep 09 05:10 AM Income4Sail wrote:

> I followed your comments on MLPs through the downturn and picked
> out the units I felt could hold up. (not tied to commodity prices)
> I already had EPD and NRGY from way back. Both have continued to
> pay/raise their distribution and NRGY has shown a fair bit of growth
> as well. I picked up more of both on the downturn. I also picked
> up KMP while it was in the gutter, and while not a fan of MLPs tied
> to oil and gas prices, I grabbed up a bunch of LINE based on their
> hedging into 2011. A common theme in your articles is the tax ramifications,
> specifically the "dreaded" K-1 form. I am finding that TurboTax
> Deluxe has consistently improved how it deals with the K-1. Last
> year I think I actually had to "fudge" one or two lines, and that
> with 4 MLPs! Anyone who is skiddish on their taxes will not like
> their first experience with it, despite partner instructions. Great
> articles please continue to publish them.

Natural Gas: America's Energy Salvation

AO, very impressive, and if we do get to NG-powered vehicles, I'd be proud to drive one. (Can you please work on an NG-Mini?) I'm very tempted to put some of my unemployment money into HP, and may do that very thing. I'd be more tempted if they had a dividend that was higher. Perhaps you could pass that word on to the 'powers that be.'

Thank you for a very thorough response to an interesting article.

Can Higher Capital Standards Cause Lower Pay?

When the banks become less profitable, the investors will find some other investment opportunity.

Is Best Buy Picking Up Steam?

Best Buy needs to work on their customer service. I purchased a brand new computer there a while back, and had all the bells and whistles installed, plus I purchased the 2 year warranty. The computer was complete by the following day, and I brought it home. The hard drive crashed 6 months later, and when I took it in for service, it took a week for them to "restore" the hard drive on a new hard drive. Considering that they already had the money for the computer and the warranty, I could only assume they were treating me as a "freebie" customer, one who did not have to pay for the current service. True, although I had paid in advance for the warranty. I questioned this, but they never could seem to explain the difference in a full new computer (with nothing on it) being completely ready within 2 days, all current updates installed, and a hard drive restore only. Somehow, I failed to see where that process would take 5 extra days, since installing a hard drive only takes a few minutes.

Best Buy has seen the last of my money. I don't want their products and I don't want their stock.

30 High Dividend Stocks and ETFs

I'm surprised you didn't add DTE in there with the other utilities. Along with being within range, they've paid a very nice dividend for more than 20 years, and they are planning to add another nuclear power plant at some point. If there really is global warming, DTE will be there to help control it.

U.S. Profits from Bailed-Out Banks

PainfullyAware, the government doesn't make money, it takes money. It doesn't earn money because it doesn't work.