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  • Falling Commodity Prices Could Burst The U.S. Farmland Bubble [View article]
    I live in farm country, the local AG tv shows say they are looking for $3 corn later this year. And some of the big acreage farmers are selling now at what they think is the "top" and say they will buy back at 75% discount.
    Hard to believe that some are buying at $13 K per acre. It was $2500 5 years ago.
    May 20 10:28 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • The Case For Owning Digital Realty Trust: When Hedge Funds Don't Know What They Are Talking About [View article]
    P/E is not relevant for REITs. It is P/AFFO that counts. And DLR is around 13.5 I think, which is low.
    May 15 10:12 AM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Retail REITs Look Awfully Sweet [View article]
    What are the P/AFFO's of these retail reits?
    I only buy when on sale, and use this metric to determine. (I learned this from you)

    Thanks again
    May 15 09:49 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Protecting Your Portfolio From Inflation [View article]
    I have chosen to invest in "bank loan funds" such as JRO and BKLN.
    They invest in adjustable rate loans.
    May 13 11:34 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • How To Play The Deere & Company Earnings Announcement [View article]
    Price of corn to fall to $3. Farmers might not want to buy new equipment with revenue falling.
    Deere will fall with corn.
    May 13 11:22 AM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 10 Stocks To Profit From Emerging Market Consumer Sector Growth [View article]
    Saw lots of JNJ products in Chinese stores also.
    Corn price is predicted to fall to $3 so say local AG reports.
    May 13 11:16 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Has McDonald's Price Hit A Ceiling? [View article]
    They just eliminated the high end hamburger line (Angus) and beefed up the $1 menu.
    Does not seem to bode well for bottom line.
    May 13 11:13 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 3 Water Stocks With Rising Profits And Encouraging Inventory Trends [View article]
    Have been watching LNN and VMI for awhile. Don't see the reason for drop, unless they feel that since corn is projected to fall due to overabundance (I watch AG reports on TV) equipment sales will fall.
    May 13 10:54 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The Best Utilities For Dividends, Part 2 [View article]
    Don't utilities fall when rates rise?
    May 13 10:21 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Highfields Capital Is Wrong Because This Digital Cloud REIT Ain't Going Nowhere But Up [View article]
    Was going to buy HTA, but saw the P/FFO chart you provided, think I am too late for now.
    Bought DLR instead. Can't resist a bargain.
    May 13 09:57 AM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Battle Of The Telecoms: AT&T And Verizon Vs. CenturyLink, Windstream And Frontier [View article]
    I invested in telecom for years, but now I feel that the threat of low cost competition and gov meddling makes the likes of VZ, VOD and ATT too risky.
    The big co's are too greedy and rely on expensive plans to make profit.
    Recently ATT dropped "Straight Talk" owned by American Movil I think, sold in Walmart. It offered same unlimited data plan for 1/2 price and no contract.
    May 9 08:55 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Apache: Finding Value In Today's Market [View article]
    APA is a poorly managed company. They should be doing much better. Look at EOG. They used to be valued closely.
    Apr 19 07:08 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The Low Down On Nitrogen Producers [View article]
    I live in farm country (NE Ks.) I will give you two observations.
    1. Ethanol is selling here for 10 cents a gal. higher than regular. That is exact opposite of the norm.

    2. Local large land owners and local AG tv shows expect $3 corn this year. They have converted huge tracks of wooded areas and terraced and removed hill tops to accommodate more cropland.

    Add these facts to the huge bubble in land prices ( in five yrs it has gone from $2500 to $14,000 per acre) Willie Nelson will be doing "Farm Aid" concerts soon.
    Apr 19 07:05 AM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Intel: A Very Disturbing Long Term Trend [View article]
    I think a portion ( maybe the PC Client Group revenue of $8.0 billion, down 6.6 percent) of the poor performance of Intel is the poor reception of Win 8.
    I know I have put off buying a new PC because of it. I bought my wife a Win 8 notebook and found it very confusing.
    I think it will go the way of Win Millennium.
    Apr 18 06:16 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Dow And Monsanto Deal Sets The Stage For Next Generation Of GM Seeds [View article]
    As the price of corn and beans trend downward, so will chemical usage. That is what the local large farm guys tell me.
    Apr 16 09:30 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
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