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Joined October 2011
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24 Sep 2012
Retail pick in econ. rebound. Retail REIT CBL & Assoc Prop. (CBL) Shares up 45% YTD; 23% past 90days; yield of 3.84%. S&P: "strong buy."
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19 Sep 2012
What's not to like? CenturyLink (CTL) has 6.83% div. yield; its shares are up 20% YTD, and it gets 13 analysts' buy ratings.
31 Aug 2012
After 4 days in Bakken oil fields, see Continental Resources (CLR) as a long-term can't miss. Biggest lease holder/ producer with best tech.
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10 Aug 2012
Need Transcanada's(TRP) Keystone pipeline; Bakken crude now ships by rail to St.Louis; Kirby(KEX) barges dwn Miss. to Gulf refiners(1 week)
Chimera Energy (CHMR) claims new non-hydraulic shale oil extraction method; no water use; cld be huge given drought in most drill areas.
10 Jul 2012
H20 recycling industry sure winner: climate change/drought/hydro-fracking = crisis. Artemis Project tracks tech startups.Watch for IPOs.

30 Apr 2012
after 1Q's big returns and slowing econ. many considering: `Sell in May and go away' setting up potential ripple effect. But where to go?
$AHS is a sleeper stock pick: AMN Healthcare Services, provider of temp. nurses svcs., compelling demand and demographics; up 22% pst month
28 Mar 2012
$HUM; Humana will be a hlth care winner, no matter Sup Cts decision due to size, diversity, Medicare Advantage growth; S&P rates strong buy
20 Mar 2012
$FAST Fastenal sells nuts & bolts. Boring? Not its returns: up 19.7% this yr. w/c is it’s avg annual gain over 10 yrs; over 15 yrs its 18%.
Happy anniversary! Bull market is 3 yrs. old today. Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all up more than 95% on a cumulative basis since then.
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Fidelity energy fund mgr says oil up on econ. recovery, not Mideast fears. Sees prices flatten 2nd half; U.S. oil refiners biggest winners.
Gold company stx look better bet than oil stx in the event of European embargo of Iranian oil: S&P Capital IQ.
27 Feb 2012
$HPQ Hewlett-Packard upped to 5-star rating at Morningstar; says 2012 is rebuilding year but new focus is baseline for profitable growth.
21 Feb 2012
Its a lock that $XOM, $CVX, and $COP, are going to make barrels of money in volatile oil price periods like this. CVX up 1.6% today, XOM1%.
20 Feb 2012
More turmoil in EU economy: Iran stops sale of crude to U.K.and France. Greece is most dependent on Iran oil. Help from Saudi Arabia?
17 Feb 2012
Really tough times ahead for Europe when u couple debt bailouts and July boycott of Iran's oil - Euro oil buyers already cutting back.
17 Feb 2012
High-paying dividend stx, last yr's darlings, lag this yr as investors shift to cyclicals. Obama higher tax prop. also an issue. Trend?
15 Feb 2012
Big week for stock mutual fnds ending Feb8: inflows of $3.6B, by far the most this year; w/ domestic funds getting $1.9B. last wk outflows.
Off to the races: The Y-T-D gain for the S&P 500 of 6.94% is the best opening gain for the Index since its 13.97% start in 1987 says S&P
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