Archive for April, 2008
Is the party over for Gold and Silver?
I see oil making new record prices day after day, but continue to see gold trading in the low $900s. Looking at the price charts, I see that gold and silver peaked in mid March, with gold hitting $1,000+ and silver over $21 per ounce. The last 30 days for the metals look very trading [...]
San Francisco real estate is hot again
I really do not have an opinion about this video. Just nice to see there are buyers somewhere for real estate. Maybe it isn’t the end of the world.
yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = “San Francisco real estate is hot again”;
http://timplaehn.com/2008/04/22/san-francisco-real-estate-is-hot-again/
New Energy Index - NEX - Weekly Update
Last week the NEX was pretty much in line with the broader market. NEX gained 5.2% compared to 5.8% for the NASDAQ and 4.5% for the S&P 500. NEX is the bogey index for the PowerShares Global Clean Energy Fund (PBD: 25.936 +0.386 +1.51%). The New Energy Index is a global index of clean/renewable energy [...]
GM Beyond Oil
GM Beyond Oil
The above article concern the remarks by Dr. Larry Burns, VP of Research and Development for General Motors to the National Hydrogen Association conference on April 2, 2008. I will let you read the article to get all the details but I wanted to put down a few thoughts/predictions of my own.
First, I [...]
Citi rally leaves Thornburg behind
FORTUNE: Daily Briefing Citi rally leaves Thornburg behind «
Here on this blog I was a big fan of Thornburg Mortgage (TMA: 0.42 +0.08 +23.53%) surviving the mortgage meltdown and making investors a bunch of money. Then in March they got hit by margin calls that basically wiped out the assets of the company. To save [...]
