Whisper On The Wind

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    • Mon Sep 8th 12:06 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Royalty Trusts: Maintaining Income in a Volatile Market
      I have most of these, plus other trusts, and they have been carrying me through while my financial stocks wallow in the mud. If they can carry me through till the Canadian tax change in 2011, and in some cases beyond that, I'll take the money and run with it. One of my comparisons is the piss-poor dividend of companies like JPM - terrific company, reliable, sturdy, and I have a bunch of it, but the dividend is lousy and the value hasn't been going in the right direction lately. I'll hold it, maybe sell a little here and there, but the trusts stay with me. When the banks perk up more, I'll take another look.
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    • Mon Sep 8th 11:39 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Five Years of Oil Price in Stock Prices
      We all just guess. But to imagine oil as not being a necessity, even with alternative fuels? HA! Plastics. Tires. Asphalt. They can't build those things with ethanol, hydrogen, or natural gas, and they sure can't do it with wind, water, and nuclear power. Oil is here to stay. You just have to figure out where you want to make your bet on the alternatives, carry both and you should be fine.
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    • Sun Sep 7th 10:14 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Fannie, Freddie, Uncle Sam and You
      I'm too old to try to listen to that music on the video - and from what I did understand it's not something you could have printed the words to. This bailout is no different from other bailouts - they should just let them fail, just like the common people are. The more we give bailouts - either as financial bailouts to FNM and FRE or as stimulus packages to the people - the more dependent we get on the givers. Personally I'd like to see the govt. cut by about 80%, on the state AND federal level, and I'd like to see more people and governments taking responsibility for their own actions. If you can't pay for it, you can't have it.
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    • Sun Sep 7th 09:53 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why Dividend Investors View Stocks Differently
      I have 10 years before I retire, and in the current economy I lost a bunch (to me), so my low end dividend yield is now up around 8% - I don't even look at the lower ones this year. Maybe next year I'll be looking for a touch more stability, but this year it's oil. When the banks come back, I'll add to what I have (maybe) and when REITs come back I'll look into that, but for now I'm staying with the higher yield.
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    • Sun Sep 7th 09:36 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      American Capital Agency: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way
      I'm long ACAS, but I think I'll watch AGNC for another quarter before making that decision. Sure does look good so far!
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    • Fri Sep 5th 15:07 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Theoretical Declines of a Bursting Oil Bubble
      "a major USA ramp-up of coal, nat gas, nuclear power and additional drilling" will never replace the lighter oil-based things we survive on. Cars weigh less now than 20 years ago, toys and housing materials and furniture and clothing all use oil. We don't have anything (yet) to replace those things and the majority of us do not want to go back to the way it was. Ethanol is not the be-all, end-all of oil replacement, nor is electricity or hydrogen. A combination of those three may be, but the cost will be way too high for the common man/woman to accept instantly. Until costs are reduced, there will be a tremendous need for oil and oil-based products. Since the population of the world is constantly increasing, the need will also increase.
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    • Fri Sep 5th 14:54 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Most Important Fact To Know About Oil Investing
      Thought: If no one can predict any market (although some can be lucky for long periods at a time), why do any of us listen to any of the analysts?
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    • Fri Sep 5th 14:40 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      SEC's New Plan Could Revamp Oil and Gas Reporting Rules
      As a beginner in investing, I read as many blogs and articles as I can, looking for as many opinions as I can find, searching out the little bits of true education amongst the glut of words. The best education I found for today was in that P.S. Thank you.
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    • Thu Sep 4th 14:04 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Time to Rethink Our View of Private Health Insurers?
      Sounds like it would be smarter to set aside that same amount in a stock or etf, or even just a savings account, then into something more reliable like a CD, and keep it building so that when you need it, you have it. I'm not putting any of my pay into anything that I can't control or at least withdraw from.
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    • Mon Aug 25th 17:32 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      'Buy, But Sell' - What Are Analysts Thinking?
      He could have just said that, for those of us who are still learning.
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    • Thu Aug 21st 12:26 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Coke vs. Pepsi - Cramer's Mad Money (8/19/08)
      You may give Pepsi higher points, but I'll stick with Coke.
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    • Thu Aug 21st 12:21 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Five Struggling Dividend Stocks I'm Still Bullish On
      I'm with notsosmart, FRO is a winner. Even if the supply of oil/nat gas is decreasing, it isn't going to deplete itself overnight and we still don't have a better way to get it here. As long as Nancy Pelosi plays her games, I will stick with FRO. After all, if oil and the transportation of it from "there to here" is her game plan, I might as well make money off it. Go, Nancy.
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    • Tue Aug 19th 09:30 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Fannie and Freddie Shareholders Run for the Exit
      Just a thought... if analysts hadn't said that investors would lose everything they had in FNM and FRE, would those investors have sold the stock? I think perhaps the drop - if there would have been one - would have been much less dramatic. The analysts wanted those two stocks to drop, and therefore used scare tactics. It worked. And why not? After all, isn't their goal to have the government come in and bail us out again? If we don't get off this government bailout addiction, how will we ever be able to get out of the rut?
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    • Tue Aug 19th 09:12 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Energy Sector Goes on Sale
      Even roller coasters come down once in a while. The ride is still fun.
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    • Tue Aug 19th 09:09 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Price of Oil - Cramer's Mad Money (8/18/08)
      I could be really wrong, and I'll feel the pain if I am, but it will take years for us to come up with a good replacement for oil, and with the prices falling, it sure seems like a great time to buy. Whether it's shipping or the oil/gas itself, we haven't stopped needing it, and since Nancy Pelosi is sitting around with her thumb up her..., we're going to still need it. I've been wrong before, and may be wrong now, but I think we still have time.
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