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      <title>Today's Market: No One Wants To Be The Evil Empire</title>
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        <![CDATA[It does say they bought the drug from Novartis.  However upon second look you appear to be correct on the insurance coverage issue, although that was not good news and the stock price action at that time indicated as much.  My notes probably were not as detailed as they should have been there.  But an investigation is an investigation.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:08:27 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[It does say they bought the drug from Novartis.  However upon second look you appear to be correct on the insurance coverage issue, although that was not good news and the stock price action at that time indicated as much.  My notes probably were not as detailed as they should have been there.  But an investigation is an investigation.]]>
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      <title>Today's Market: Lots Of News For Investors To Act On</title>
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        <![CDATA[Maybe not! If they get to service it at their service centers that would be revenue every time someone switches! :)]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:50:40 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Maybe not! If they get to service it at their service centers that would be revenue every time someone switches! :)]]>
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      <title>Commodities Today: Investors Confused About Oil</title>
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        <![CDATA[With the trains moving more and more oil I think we can forget about the pipeline argument for now.  Looking at international oil, one could argue that falling US demand due to increased domestic output could be a big driver for the price.  However the drop did happen recently, so it is possible that the traders moved out to get exposure to other plays as neither the factors you pointed out nor the ones I did are relatively &quot;fresh&quot; news or new insights.  It is very interesting though!]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:13:40 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[With the trains moving more and more oil I think we can forget about the pipeline argument for now.  Looking at international oil, one could argue that falling US demand due to increased domestic output could be a big driver for the price.  However the drop did happen recently, so it is possible that the traders moved out to get exposure to other plays as neither the factors you pointed out nor the ones I did are relatively &quot;fresh&quot; news or new insights.  It is very interesting though!]]>
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      <title>5 Commodity Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[Fair enough.  One lesson I have learned over the years is sometimes it is necessary to play some momentum moves, no matter your feelings towards them, in order to make money and add to your base portfolio.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:05:50 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Fair enough.  One lesson I have learned over the years is sometimes it is necessary to play some momentum moves, no matter your feelings towards them, in order to make money and add to your base portfolio.]]>
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      <title>Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[Interesting.  Thanks for sharing.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:04:15 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Interesting.  Thanks for sharing.]]>
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      <title>Commodities Today: 4 Uranium Firms For The Portfolio; Wary Of A Gold ETF</title>
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        <![CDATA[Keep in mind that the numbers most companies give you are their cash costs.  You want the all-in costs.  Depreciation and depletion play a big part in why many never seem to make money when looking at it from a P&amp;L basis.  If they are able to mine it at a profit when the all-in costs are presented that is a good project.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:02:47 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Keep in mind that the numbers most companies give you are their cash costs.  You want the all-in costs.  Depreciation and depletion play a big part in why many never seem to make money when looking at it from a P&amp;L basis.  If they are able to mine it at a profit when the all-in costs are presented that is a good project.]]>
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      <title>Today's Market: Housing A Buy On The Dip?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Lots of pent up demand.  Many new households have been put on hold as well.  Historically low interest rates too.  If the tax laws change, I will agree with you though.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:59:20 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Lots of pent up demand.  Many new households have been put on hold as well.  Historically low interest rates too.  If the tax laws change, I will agree with you though.]]>
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      <title>Commodities Today: China's Commodity Focus Shifting</title>
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        <![CDATA[Good point on the Mosaic portion, was trying to differentiate between POT &amp; MOS and AGU on the other side with the ag side business.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:58:01 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Good point on the Mosaic portion, was trying to differentiate between POT &amp; MOS and AGU on the other side with the ag side business.]]>
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      <title>Commodities Today: Investors Confused About Oil</title>
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        <![CDATA[I think it is priced in for the most part now.  Of course it will initially fall on the news, but long-term the story seems to be there.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:39:31 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I think it is priced in for the most part now.  Of course it will initially fall on the news, but long-term the story seems to be there.]]>
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      <title>5 Commodity Stocks Moving On News</title>
      <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/1466601/comments?source=feed#comment-19410601</link>
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        <![CDATA[No more information than was in their report and public knowledge, however they did stipulate that this was bad if things do not turn around.  Keep in mind that this was a few years out, so the company has various ways to adjust for this...and an improving economy always helps with that.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 08:51:42 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[No more information than was in their report and public knowledge, however they did stipulate that this was bad if things do not turn around.  Keep in mind that this was a few years out, so the company has various ways to adjust for this...and an improving economy always helps with that.]]>
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      <title>Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[Sure you could.  But why pay more than you need to?  If it jumps $3-5 on short-term news and one expects a pullback of half to all of that, why not wait to get more bang for your buck.  Also, remember that 1-10% difference upfront becomes big over decades...especially with compounded gains (dividend reinvestment).]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 07:04:06 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Sure you could.  But why pay more than you need to?  If it jumps $3-5 on short-term news and one expects a pullback of half to all of that, why not wait to get more bang for your buck.  Also, remember that 1-10% difference upfront becomes big over decades...especially with compounded gains (dividend reinvestment).]]>
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      <title>5 Commodity Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[That is kind of a different story to be honest.  The uranium story is something where a serious discount could be applied to the Niger area mines/companies indefinitely and a premium applied to safer locales.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 08:34:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[That is kind of a different story to be honest.  The uranium story is something where a serious discount could be applied to the Niger area mines/companies indefinitely and a premium applied to safer locales.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Well we have been over all of this before...but now you are talking about value.  Value-wise even I have some questions about certain E&amp;P names, especially the juniors in the gassy stuff.  But viability is an entirely different story...but that all boils down to how one views the shale and fracking plays.  And that is where we differ in opinion.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:10:12 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Well we have been over all of this before...but now you are talking about value.  Value-wise even I have some questions about certain E&amp;P names, especially the juniors in the gassy stuff.  But viability is an entirely different story...but that all boils down to how one views the shale and fracking plays.  And that is where we differ in opinion.]]>
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      <title>5 Commodity Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[Covering that in tomorrow's article!]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:35 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Covering that in tomorrow's article!]]>
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        <![CDATA[This article was certainly not the cause to that effect...]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:12 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[This article was certainly not the cause to that effect...]]>
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      <title>5 Commodity Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[Still worried about the fracking?  I get that you are short all things fracking, but the trend is not your friend.  Almost every one of these names has risen dramatically despite your worries.  GPOR has doubled, FANG and PDCE too.  EOG and Continental are viable companies no?]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:54:48 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Still worried about the fracking?  I get that you are short all things fracking, but the trend is not your friend.  Almost every one of these names has risen dramatically despite your worries.  GPOR has doubled, FANG and PDCE too.  EOG and Continental are viable companies no?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Certainly not in the gold equities these days...certainly not a trade which has paid thus far.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:35:39 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Certainly not in the gold equities these days...certainly not a trade which has paid thus far.]]>
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      <title>Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News</title>
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        <![CDATA[Exactly, which is why it is interesting.  All things internet rising?  Investor sentiment changing?  Just something interesting we noticed and up for interpretation.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:49:31 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Exactly, which is why it is interesting.  All things internet rising?  Investor sentiment changing?  Just something interesting we noticed and up for interpretation.]]>
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        <![CDATA[See above? :)]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:10:15 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[See above? :)]]>
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        <![CDATA[Ok, so where did we trash it?  Decent play, pointed out the draw backs.  They have a good news surprise and that causes a dramatic rise.  Let it play out.  If you were trying to win a war you would not get excited over one battle.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:09:51 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Ok, so where did we trash it?  Decent play, pointed out the draw backs.  They have a good news surprise and that causes a dramatic rise.  Let it play out.  If you were trying to win a war you would not get excited over one battle.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Could be any one or all of the issues you stated above as well as geology not playing out as anticipated or the milling process not being calibrated correctly.  One has to fine tune these mines to get it working perfectly and sometimes just one thing being off 1% can cause a huge difference in production.  There are a million things that one plans can go wrong and another million you do not know about which can go wrong.  Talk to any CEO in the industry and they will tell you...any one who is not telling a lie that is.  ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:07:07 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Could be any one or all of the issues you stated above as well as geology not playing out as anticipated or the milling process not being calibrated correctly.  One has to fine tune these mines to get it working perfectly and sometimes just one thing being off 1% can cause a huge difference in production.  There are a million things that one plans can go wrong and another million you do not know about which can go wrong.  Talk to any CEO in the industry and they will tell you...any one who is not telling a lie that is.  ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Very true.  Usually it has to do with a company using the funds to invest in better returning assets, but here it is simply altering the capitalization of the company.  Unfortunately they are bowing to the market's will, short-term good but long-term it will cost them.  The Egyptian assets do need to go though, too much of a headache.  Reminds me a bit of the Talisman situation with Sudan years ago.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:03:48 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Very true.  Usually it has to do with a company using the funds to invest in better returning assets, but here it is simply altering the capitalization of the company.  Unfortunately they are bowing to the market's will, short-term good but long-term it will cost them.  The Egyptian assets do need to go though, too much of a headache.  Reminds me a bit of the Talisman situation with Sudan years ago.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Been writing about them (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/urg' title='UR-Energy Inc'>URG</a>) a bit.  Time to start accumulating on the summer dip.  ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 08:51:51 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Been writing about them (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/urg' title='UR-Energy Inc'>URG</a>) a bit.  Time to start accumulating on the summer dip.  ]]>
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        <![CDATA[We will be posting our junior picks in good time, but one of the most important lessons we have learned from these micro super bull markets is that one must always have a cornerstone and solid foundation of mid-tier players before venturing into the volatile junior market.  It is a playbook that has worked for us time and time again and worked to minimize risk.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 07:04:47 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[We will be posting our junior picks in good time, but one of the most important lessons we have learned from these micro super bull markets is that one must always have a cornerstone and solid foundation of mid-tier players before venturing into the volatile junior market.  It is a playbook that has worked for us time and time again and worked to minimize risk.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Oh no, I was referring to my continued buying of EVEP...alluding to how I would rather look back and not mind doing so (obviously with gains in hand, which is not the case now) than have to do so with losses!<br/><br/>The trade you did in GPOR was for risk as I remember, taking money off of the table and you did so by selling calls against the position...which was not a bad idea as it gave you a bit more via the premium...obviously you were confident the shares were not going to go too much lower (as I suspect you would have sold the position entirely then).<br/><br/>ROSE is being dragged down by the secondary and debt issuance, but long term it is positioned like GPOR, great company with prime assets.  Hard to go wrong with Eagle Ford and Permian exposure, right?<br/><br/>If you have done your DD on BCEI, which I know you have, PDCE has probably come up.  Generally speaking somewhat similar.  They rally together so maybe not diversified enough for you.<br/><br/>Best of luck.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:12:03 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Oh no, I was referring to my continued buying of EVEP...alluding to how I would rather look back and not mind doing so (obviously with gains in hand, which is not the case now) than have to do so with losses!<br/><br/>The trade you did in GPOR was for risk as I remember, taking money off of the table and you did so by selling calls against the position...which was not a bad idea as it gave you a bit more via the premium...obviously you were confident the shares were not going to go too much lower (as I suspect you would have sold the position entirely then).<br/><br/>ROSE is being dragged down by the secondary and debt issuance, but long term it is positioned like GPOR, great company with prime assets.  Hard to go wrong with Eagle Ford and Permian exposure, right?<br/><br/>If you have done your DD on BCEI, which I know you have, PDCE has probably come up.  Generally speaking somewhat similar.  They rally together so maybe not diversified enough for you.<br/><br/>Best of luck.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Been buying PDCE and ROSE lately TFCAB, see some value and then a lot of value with EVEP too.  Hopefully when I look back in hindsight I won't mind it being so clear!]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:01:33 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Been buying PDCE and ROSE lately TFCAB, see some value and then a lot of value with EVEP too.  Hopefully when I look back in hindsight I won't mind it being so clear!]]>
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        <![CDATA[Big believer in uranium moving forward.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:58:25 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Big believer in uranium moving forward.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Look back 10-15 years ago and what was discussed and where we are now. Every step forward has been met with what seems a step backwards.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:57:16 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Look back 10-15 years ago and what was discussed and where we are now. Every step forward has been met with what seems a step backwards.]]>
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        <![CDATA[I get the trust concept, but there was no news thus the quote.  All of these names trade a bit higher than they should on the belief that natural gas will be higher and you have some using them as a speculative vehicle after hearing about the amazing gains which were reaped from the BP Prudhoe vehicle.  The fact is a lot of investors are going to get hurt in these as they do not understand the well economics or how the reserves are estimated/calculated.  That was the takeaway.  ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:48:22 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I get the trust concept, but there was no news thus the quote.  All of these names trade a bit higher than they should on the belief that natural gas will be higher and you have some using them as a speculative vehicle after hearing about the amazing gains which were reaped from the BP Prudhoe vehicle.  The fact is a lot of investors are going to get hurt in these as they do not understand the well economics or how the reserves are estimated/calculated.  That was the takeaway.  ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Posted today on them, both of those names actually so nice coincidence.  I like Yamana better because a bit more volatile and still developing assets.  The big boys are entrenched and have to deal more with the costs of running a mine affecting their business...not a whole lot of upside for investors to speculate on.  Also discuss the breakdown in price of gold v price performance of gold miners' shares a bit.  Hard to do in a morning run down, but gave it a shot this morning!]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:44:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Posted today on them, both of those names actually so nice coincidence.  I like Yamana better because a bit more volatile and still developing assets.  The big boys are entrenched and have to deal more with the costs of running a mine affecting their business...not a whole lot of upside for investors to speculate on.  Also discuss the breakdown in price of gold v price performance of gold miners' shares a bit.  Hard to do in a morning run down, but gave it a shot this morning!]]>
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