Archive for August, 2008
Speculative stock pick: Green Hunter Energy
I have a strong interest in the renewable energy sector and believe this is a strong growth area for the next 20-40 years as renewables increase their percentage of world wide energy consumption. Green Hunter Energy (GRH: 5.98 -0.11 -1.81%) flew across my radar a few months ago and I added it to this site’s [...]
New Energy Finance - NEX - Weekly Review
Each week I provide a review of the previous week’s performance of the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index, symbol NEX. This information is provided by New Energy Finance. The NEX consists of about 90 stocks from 20 countries in seven sectors and is the bogey for the PowerShares Global Clean Energy Fund (PBD: 10.19 [...]
California home sales: 43% year over year increase!
Business - California home sales rise for fourth month - sacbee.com.
In contrast to the national news that existing home sales rose from June to July but are still below the levels from a year ago, California is bucking the national trend by showing its 4th straight month of year over year sales gains. Many pundits [...]
Ethanol companies innovate for growth
I have come across a couple of interesting news items recently that point towards continued viability and growth for the U.S. ethanol industry. As I have written in the past, I believe the U.S. corn based ethanol industry will grow as a viable part of the country’s vehicle fuel structure. The current environment of high [...]
Ship Finance cruising on profits
I should not be bored owning a high yield stock that is this consistent, but the quarterly earnings reports for Ship Finance International Ltd (SFL: 11.28 +0.62 +5.82%) almost make it difficult to write an interesting analysis. Ship Finance has developed a business model that appears to be bullet proof and the market puts such [...]
