Archive for February, 2008

Atlas Pipeline Partners – Prospects look bright

I recently listened to the year end conference call for Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (APL: 14.24 -0.10 -0.70%). The company had an outstanding 2007 and prospects look good for 2008. APL is majority owned by Atlas America (ATLS: 34.59 -0.55 -1.57%) which manages several related companies in the natural gas business. Here is an excerpt [...]


New Energy Index -NEX- Weekly Update

Time again for the weekly New Energy Index update. The NEX is the bogey for this site’s 20 Stock Portfolio component: the PowerShares Global Clean Energy Fund (PBD: 15.0704 +0.1104 +0.74%). I have been looking forward to receiving last week’s data from NEX since I read this article at Seeking Alpha. The article, dated 2/24, [...]


Silver Wheaton – growth slows in 2007

Silver Wheaton (SLW: 16.31 +0.44 +2.77%) has reported 4th quarter and 2007 results with record revenues and profits. For 2007 the company sold 13.1 million oz. of silver with net earnings of $91.9 million, or 41¢ per share. 2006 closed out with 13.5 million oz. sold, $85.2 million and 40¢ net. Fourth quarter 2007 and [...]


Ship Finance – Steady and Profitable

Ship Finance Ltd. (SFL: 18.75 +0.26 +1.41%) is so far under the radar that the latest earning release and conference call are not listed on either Yahoo Finance or MarketWatch under recent news. These events happened on 2/14, and just today I tracked them down on Ship Finance’s website.
As my headline indicates, SFL had a [...]


Flat earnings for Aegean Marine Petroleum Network

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW: 27.91 +0.46 +1.68%) is an international company of the growth persuasion that I have been positive about and is a component of this site’s 20 Stock Portfolio. The company has just released 4th quarter results and the stock is down over 10%. The primary reason is that earnings per share [...]