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Oct 17 at 5:45 ET (By ContraryOne)

WallStreet Journal Says Buy...Almost anything

"Buffett says he is buying stocks. And no wonder. Stocks are cheap. It's not just Wall Street. It's the whole world. Look at our charts. They show the overall valuation of the world's stock markets going back to the mid-1980s, on three separate measures...

8 Comments Symbols: AMED, ESLT, RDN, IF, WFR, MBI, PPA

Oct 07 at 3:28 ET (By ContraryOne)

Food for the Investor...scraps for the trader

How is that for a catchy title? Actually, I would like some opinions on what an INVESTMENT strategy might look like in this market. Granted, investors (you know, the buy and hold types) are getting skunked. Unless the world market simply implodes and we a...

1 Comments Symbols: N/A

Sep 11 at 10:33 ET (By ContraryOne)

Is wind a trojan horse for natural gas

Very interesting take on the wind craze initiated by t. boone pickens and his friends in the WSJ this morning. If you have access to it the read is fascinating...and explains more than a couple of items in the news lately. Here is the link: http://onl...

4 Comments Symbols: LNG, CHK, BP

Sep 08 at 9:22 ET (By ContraryOne)

Corning Dead and Buried?

Thoughts on GLW? Yes...the flat panel business seems to be slowing down with a glut of supply. Yes...communications seems to be down now too. And yes... they lowered guidance last week. But according to the link below there is still plenty of global deman...

1 Comments Symbols: GLW

Aug 26 at 3:19 ET (By ContraryOne)

Step into energy

This is an excerpt from Bret Stephens column in the WSJ this morning. "take oil and gas production, which accounts for one-third of the country's (Russia) budget, 64% of its export revenue, 30% of foreign direct investment, and a little more than 20% ...

0 Comments Symbols: XLE

Aug 25 at 10:38 ET (By ContraryOne)

Eastern Europe Defense Budgets

Interesting article in WSJ this morning about the need for the former Soviet satelites to increase their ability to defend themselves. In particular they point out the effectivness of some comparitively pretty cheap and effective DEFENSIVE systems... stin...

2 Comments Symbols: LMT, RTN, BA, PPA

Aug 21 at 9:44 ET (By ContraryOne)

Thoughts on Boeing (BA)

It looks like there is some labor risk here to add on to the production problems with the new Dreamliner. But, on the other hand BA is involved in almost too many critical areas of transportation and defense to count. They are a lot more than either an ai...

10 Comments Symbols: CEO, LM, ESLT, AVAV, BA

Aug 20 at 2:47 ET (By ContraryOne)

SLW up 4% today and SLV flat. Silver spot price $13.20. Pretty much unchanged. Strange dichotomy.

1 Comments Symbols: SLW, SLV

Aug 20 at 2:36 ET (By ContraryOne)

Oil and Natural Gas

Look at the XLE chart. After one and a half great days they are bouncing up against resistance at 73-74. The past two times energy got sold and went back down to the high 60's. Yes...there was a commodity bubble that got taken down big time. Look at the c...

1 Comments Symbols: RRC, XTO, XLE, KWK

Aug 13 at 10:40 ET (By ContraryOne)

Any thoughts on this one. Cameco is the world's largest, low-cost uranium supplier providing 19% of world mine production. Please excuse the quotes from the company web site. They are also involved in refining and conversion along with fuel production....

7 Comments Symbols: DNN, GE, CCJ, USU, UUU, URRE

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