Tim Morgan

After a Beating, Solar Energy Is Ready to Shine

GM says they're ranked #2 in CNG auto sales (push.pickensplan.com/v...). It's not clear if that means just in Europe, or world-wide (or if there's a difference).

Several years ago, they had several models available in the US, but all the manufacturers have withdrawn their CNG vehicles from the US market except Honda, which limits the CNG Civic to sales in California. You can still find these models available used, for instance at www.cngmotors.com/. They were CNG adaptations of standard gasoline vehicles, so they could bring them back to market relatively easily and quickly if there were demand for them.

Rick's Cabaret and eHealth Bucking the Trend

Sure, they CAN pay out $3.8M from cash, but it would be a lot better if they didn't have to. That was the point I was making---these days, cash is king after all. Disclosure: long RICK.

Rick's Cabaret and eHealth Bucking the Trend

While I'm similarly positive on Rick's future, you forgot to mention among the negatives the "puts" that the company has. As I understand it, they bought clubs and real estate with shares that, if after an expiration period, are less than $25/share, the company will buy them back or pay the difference between the market price and $25.

Bargain Hunting: Stocks With Strong Earnings Growth

If you're going to look at, for example, the gain of these stocks over the last year, then you need to know what the 5-year-growth estimates were for them a year ago, not what it is today. They may have gone up in the past year because the estimates have gone up (Massey Energy comes to mind), in which case it's not surprising that those with high estimates also have high growth in the past year.