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Is There an Opportunity in First Solar?

All near-future PV solar residential and small to medium business installations are now adversely impacted by state and national cut-backs in rebate and other incentive programs. We just had to at least postpone solar installation at our home in Massachusetts because on October 9 the rebate program was summarily killed due to budget problems. I have heard that Germany's very robust subsidies are toat as well.

How the Copenhagen Climate Treaty Will Affect Equity Markets

The right's unassailable explanation for any objectively obtained scientific evidence of climate warm-up--" Undersea volcanic activity is doing it " --a plausible possibility but unprovable. What is clearly true is that our oil , natural gas , and coal deposits are not infinite and they WILL DIMINISH quickly when we get close to their practical exhaustion and END AS PROFITABLE ENERGY SOURCES so it is not a bad idea to do something now. So whether you lean left or right it is not a bad idea to get smart and stop being idealogues one way or another. Totally free enterprise will rape, pillage and destroy every acre of land and sea, and tree huggers will whine about mosquitoes dying. Lets get it right !!!!

Price Probability Ranges for Key Asset Categories

I am a complete idiot but EWZ is hot , is it not ???

Inflation or Deflation? Who Cares

So, to summarize, be on the alert at all times to buy into a rising asset and liquidate a diminishing asset. Easy to say but a high wire act right now with a lot of wild events occuring simultaneously. For example, 80 billion barrels of oil is discovered in Brazil and the news is out they get the 2016 Olympics. Immediately EWZ goes nuts !!!! For awhile until Lula runs off with the money !!! These are crazy times !!!!

Comparing Today's Bank Crisis to the Past

I hate to be negative but this could be a PERFECT STORM with all this very scary stuff going on with banking and with Oil diminishing in supply right when worldwide demand is so high, and most simple manufacturing jobs overseas--heck in the depression we still had skilled people who could make our shoes, clothes and other bare necessities located in communities nearby .Oil reserves were very plentiful and easy to tap.just waiting to fuel a recovery. This is different than the Great Depression, maybe on the downside of different.

True Unemployment Numbers

Does anyone calculate the amount of overtime hours that have diminished in the last 2 years ? These figures also should be considered. I know from personal experience that an extremely large number of US postal workers who thrived on 10-20 hours of OT a week are now getting almost none as the USPS is somewhat desperately trying to stay afloat by cutting virtually all OT. It would be very interesting to see some stats and graphs on OT rates as well. USPS is in serious difficulty, by the way.

How Eastern Europe's Troubles Affect Us

Oh Come on now !!!!!--We have to bail out Latvia ,too. Please , it is beginning to look obvious that lots of bad economic stuff will happen. Face it, if you planned on a rosy future financially for yourself and all those you care for, you and they had better HAVE BEEN careful how you lined up all your ducks in the pond !!!

Are Things As Bad as They Seem?

Thank you Steven for this very thorough , honest and creatively written view of the financial seascape. You are a big help to the little guys like me.

Sector Performance vs. the S&P 500

Thank you Richard, I always like to read your articles--There's always something that I learn.