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Why I'm Still Buying Johnson & Johnson at These Levels

Great company. I've been long for a while too. A buy and ride it stock. Uncertainty over health care plan has been hurting it on the market.

Why Apple Is Worth $80

I love a contrarian view as much as the next person, but the foolishness of the analysis here is stunning. Seems like a bold move to attract attention rather than a serious look at the company and its potential in the future.

Disclosure: I've been long APPL for some time, and expect more profits in the next five years as the company evolves into something that doesn't exist today, a consumer information/entertainment organizer.

Apple: Plenty of Upside Left

At some point they may stumble, but their strengths should be emulated by all American businesses. Our country needs more Apples.

Nissan Hopes to Make the Price of Owning Electric and Gas Cars Equal

Hope Ford can make it work, as Nissan is coming on strong and other Japanese auto makers, especially Toyota, are banking on hybrids. What we see going forward is a fractionalized market, with families perhaps owning an electric for work commutes and a hybrid for long trips. The maintenance cost of an electric as well as the low fuel cost and long life expectancy in some parts of the country will make it economically feasible for those who can do the math.

Under the Hood with Ford’s Electric Cars

Ford is alone among American carmakers in their embrace of innovation. I just don't think the GM Volt will be as impressive.

Everybody Loves Apple

Though it's tempting to cash in my profits, I'm holding Apple for a long time. Jobs has done a great job creating a culture that is innovative, stresses customer service and harkens back to the best American companies of yesteryear. If any company controls the future, it's APPL.

Mary Meeker: Economy Is Recovering, Mobile Is Exploding

Have you seen the horrible commercials pushing the Droid phone? Meant to appeal to tech saavy people, there isn't one significant advantage over the iPhone except the 5 megapixel camera, and, really, few are complaining about the camera in the 3GS.

Apple has no peer right now. That's why I've been long Apple for some time.

Freakonomics' Latest Adds Little to the Energy Debate

Excellent column. Global warming is complicated by issues far out of control of the species, such as solar weather. And the spurning of clean coal and nuclear, very promising sources that don't contribute to climate change, is very telling.

Toyota to Test Plug-In Prius at Xcel’s SmartGridCity

Hope Ford is working on a similar product and ready to challenge...

Nu Skin: Earnings to Surpass Estimates, Shares Keep Soaring

A HORRIBLE company, horrible aging play. Did you read the accounts of "diamond" sellers buying product and storing it in the garage in order to keep their high status as distributors? It's bad multi-level marketing, prone to puffery like this story, and there are MANY companies offering the same products at less cost at your local drug store.

BEWARE!

The End of the Oil Age? Not Quite

This is idiotic. I have a Prius with 200K miles on it. Still original batteries. In San Fran they have used them as taxis for 300K miles, still original batteries. If I HAD to replace the batteries (which are warranted by the manufacturer for 150K miles), it would cost $4,000. That's a fraction of the gas I've saved if I've driven a lot of miles. Also, there are fewer parts on a Prius to maintain (no starter motor, no conventional transmission, etc.) It's an engineering marvel.

Talk about what you know, not what you think.


On Oct 13 09:55 AM a. palmer jr. wrote:

> The auto industry wants us to go with hybrid cars for one reason,
> they make more money off hybrids than the other types. Hybrids have
> all the parts of a regular car plus the battery parts. When the hybrids
> start getting old, look out! They'll be a maintenance nightmare.
> Probably the best way to go is all electric for normal use and if
> you can afford it you can add solar cells to your garage and maybe
> a windmill in your back yard so you won't be giving all your money
> to the electric company. If I were a little younger that's what I
> would be working on right now, but I don't drive as much now as I
> used to when I was working full-time.

Expect Coke's Stock to Rise over the Next Five Years

I don't think it will see $44....

Nu Skin: Rapid Aging of World Population Portends Strong Future Growth

Pyramid operation. Amway 2.

Too much competition from similar, less expensive products.

Is Toyota Losing Ground in the Electric Vehicles Race?

The future is in diesel hybrids.

Hydrogen fuel cell cars make NO sense from a science standpoint.

It should tell you something that our brilliant ex-president thought that was the answer.

The Social Security Tax Increase Is Coming

Where were you "less government, lower taxes" people when W was fighting TWO WARS off the books and turning a surplus into a deficit?

Blaming this on Obama is STUPID! We're spent ourselves into oblivion, and cutting services won't balance the budget.

It's the debt, stupid!