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High Gold Prices: It's the Oil, Stupid

It's the coal lobby. STUPID. The rural electrification act was probably the best thing our gov't ever invested in to increase productivity and the standard of living at a time when all of our energy was domestically produced. Now it is time for the rural and urban gasification act

6 Dividend Stocks for Current Income

It's not an illusion, I belive you are misinformed about curriency transactions and the effecs on the bottom lines of companies who sell in other nations and domestic companies.


On Oct 21 10:37 PM contango wrote:

> ...this is an illusion if you are a US resident.... when you want
> to pay your bills with these wonderful foreign currency dividends
> what currency will you be converting back to??
>
> On Oct 21 12:56 PM Uncle Pie wrote:

6 Dividend Stocks for Current Income

Canadian oil trusts and reits are going to loose their trust status and be converted to corporations that pay income taxes and will probaly be forced to lower their dividends substantially I think in
2011. This will unfortunately require some rethinking. Your idea of investing in companies that pay in other currencies has merit,but I would stickk to countries who are natrual resource based. What I call the BACs Brazil Canada and Australia. On Oct 21 12:56 PM Uncle Pie wrote:

> When selecting dividend stocks for a long retirement, ask yourself,
> in what currency would I like to receive my retirement income? All
> the central banks are debasing their currencies at various rates,
> but none is being debased faster today than the US dollar. Wouldn't
> it be prudent to own securities which pay dividends in currencies
> other than the US dollar?
> A few suggestions: Canadian telephone BCE pays 6% in Canadian $;
> Crescent Point Energy, oil producer, pays 7.3% in Canadian $, Glaxo
> SmithKline,GSK, British pharmaceutical, pays 5% in British pounds;
> Power Financial POFNF, Canadian financial conglomerate, pays 4.75%
> in Canadian $, Pembina Pipeline, PMBIF, transports oil in western
> Canada, pays 10% in Canadian $,
> RioCan REIT, RIOCF, Canada's largest owner of shopping centers, pays
> 7.5% in Canadian $, Swisscom, SCMWY the Swiss telephone company,
> pays 7% in Swiss francs, Telefonica, TEF, Spanish telco with operations
> in Latin America, pays 6% in Euros, Total, TOT, large integrated
> oil co. based in France, pays 5% in Euros, Vermilion Energy Trust,
> VETMF, produces oil & gas in Europe, pays 7.5% in Canadian $.
> The writer owns shares in all of the above.

7 Ways to Profit from Asphalt and Highway Construction

Concrete may or may not be cheaper, but it is almost always used in new highway construction at least in the northeast where I live. Rural town roads and such are paved initially with blacktop( asphalt) as are driveways and most city streets. Asphalt is used as a repair surface after concrete highways wear out. I wouldn't expect this ratio to change much regardless of the prices of the two materials.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Know nothing, YOU MAKE SOME GOOD POINTS BUT YOUR FIRST STATEMENT IS OUT OF LINE. It leads one to believe you are the only person in the country that knows anything and have a total grasp on the entire situation. No one is that smart and all knowing. Don't blame you for being angry, the congress has failed for so many years to act responsibily and protect and defend us. To busy pointing fingers at everyone else.

The Case for Natural Gas

Don't forget Sara's pipeline from Alaska if it ever gets built what will that do to the market

The Case for Natural Gas

M.Fitzsimmons, You are right. no one ever accused congress of being smart or honest for that matter.