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chuck77
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 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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| Since we all know the "Peak Oil" is a problem, lets make a little money off of it. Does anyone know of a "small cap or mid cap stock" that has the "BEST ASSETS" that we could invest in???? If they have the best assets I would assume it probably would be a decent investment. Thank you to all. ChuckP |
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BigTex
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:13 am Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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I wish there was a free lunch.
But there's not.
Study the archives. There are lots of personal favorite stocks discussed.
Don't treat anything as a sure thing, though.
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Ainan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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I have read on a number of Survivalist sites, where posters were telling people to invest in gold when it was around $350. Years later there are posts by many members who have made some nice returns now gold is so expensive.
This is not an investment but I'm sure many people on PO.com are putting their wealth out of dollars.
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essex
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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| Check out Canargo - CNR - go to www.investorvillage.com |
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Madpaddy
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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Keep an eye on Eddie O'Connor an Irish Wind Energy Entrepeneur. I'ld bet my house on this guy delivering but I think the entry costs to his venture will be for big investors only (€500,000 +) but I hope that syndicates are formed to allow smaller investors in.
| Quote: | INVESTMENT banks Barclays Capital and JP Morgan are among the backers of Airtricity founder Eddie O'Connor's new venture Mainstream Renewable Power, which he established just days after leaving Airtricity two weeks ago.
O'Connor confirmed that Mainstream, which will develop wind and solar energy facilities, was backed by the same investors behind his failed management buyout of Airtricity, which was sold to Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for 1.9bn last month.
O'Connor's other backers included private clients of stockbrokers Goodbodys and Dolmen, South African bank Investec and Oceanteam, a Nordic power company which is also involved in a bid to build a private electricity interconnector between Ireland and Britain.
His final bid for Airtricity was 2.1bn . . . 10% higher than SSE's offer . . . but failed because he lodged it too late.
"We've had a lot of interest in funding Mainstream from investors and all the original backers from the management buyout are still there, " O'Connor told the Sunday Tribune.
O'Connor, who made around 50m from the sale of Airtricity, said that Mainstream could engage in major projects in large markets such as China.
"China is on the verge of changing in terms of its attitude to sustainability and it's a great place from a wind viewpoint. And our new company will believe in scale."
O'Connor said that Mainstream would use a slightly different business model to Airtricity and would not get involved in supplying electricity to homes and businesses.
"The model is you develop a station, then you build it, then you sell it to investors and get a perpetual contract for operating it. That way, we can recycle our investment cash and make it a more profitable entity."
O'Connor said this would make Mainstream less capital-intensive than Airtricity, which currently has development costs of around 1bn per year. He said, however, that he did not believe that its decision to retain ownership of its wind farms was a mistake.
"If you look at where we began, we had no option but to do so. The whole market for wind has changed over the past two years.
Wind is mainstream now and there are a lot of funds that want to invest in wind projects."
O'Connor will also continue to promote his idea of a European offshore supergrid to improve the continent's security of supply, even though Airtricity continues to own the Supergrid trademark.
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jlw61
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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While I'm sure there is still plenty of money to be made in the market, I am not capable of divorcing my emotions from my money. It's a stupid thing, but at least, after losing a good chunk of change in the 80's, I've come to know my limitations. Instead I am investing in myself by learning several new skills, investing in improving my home, and finalizing my preparations.
The only investing outside of a 401k (hey, a miracle could happen and I may need that for retirement in 20 years) is in metals with copper coated lead and brass being two of my main purchases on regular basis.
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gambler1
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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| I Have been trading stocks for the past 6 years or so. I can honestly state that I have NEVER lost money on an energy stock. Currently because the peak oil theory is all over the mainstream press most energy stocks have experienced excessive price appreciation. If you are not an experienced trader then I would suggest buying the price dips in energy sector index shares such as IYE DON'T bet the farm on any one trade. Buy in small chunks. I currently own only 2 energy stocks MRO and WFR. Another way to bet on the Peak oil theory is to buy gold stocks. Think of it as a bet against the U.S. Dollar. Gold prices tend to move in tandem with crude oil. Unlike oil, gold prices have pulled back recently. I also own shares in ABX |
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SoylentGreen
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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CNQ ,Canadian natural Recources. ECA, Encana. Oil sands plays. Most American coal companies.
The US military has recently flown B1B and B52's on synthized JP(8?)(from coal)just to prove it can be done.
The US is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
Companies that make horizontal drilling and other equipment designed to get more Oil out of harder to get out places and fields that are nearly tapped out. |
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TreeFarmer
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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Why not go the mutual fund route? Fidelity for one has several energy focused funds such as: FSENX, FSESX, and FSNGX. Take a look at the track records of those, you'll wish you would have invested in them 5 years ago. For my investing, especially with respect to energy, the question is; is this really peak oil? If it is, then those funds should continue to do very well.
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RedStateGreen
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Location: Oklahoma City, USA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: BIG QUESTION FOR ALL (Could change your Life) |
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Would this go better in the Depletion Economics forum?
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