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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

JUST ONE MORE NAIL IN THE FACTS, BY VFRTXN


I wanted to add this link below today as just one more nail in the reality of my local economy.

"And starts of homes plunged even further – down more than 50 percent from second quarter 2008, Dallas housing analyst Residential Strategies said Tuesday."
The media can paint this economy in many different ways. I use info like this as facts, as solid evidence, not a biased opinion of where we set here in DFW.
So these are the realities of my local economy.
I bought back into FAZ today at $5.26.
I have been in and out of FAZ and FAS lately.
My last trade on FAZ was from the $4.60 area to $5.20 ish.
I like the confirming action at this level on FAZ and so I bought it back today around lunch time.
V.

Monday, July 06, 2009

STOCKS TO SHORT NOW, BY VFRTXN

There was a time before cap and trade talk stocks like Exxon Mobile (NYSE:XOM) were great stocks to have in ones portfolio, no longer.

The below link for XOM contains the perfect shorting chart.
Same looking chart for Shell.
Even Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is a good short.
I like DUG again. It's a buy again, confirming nicely.
My biggest argument here is the worldwide slow down in construction and the slow down in people who travel on vacations from flying to driving. In general I think this slow down continues and these oil company profits will drop.
I think XOM will have a huge drop in NET earnings on July 30, 2009 and so I claiming oil stocks a great place to short now.
I think DUG will go from the $20 range to the $40 range in the next two months.
I am still bullish on FAZ as well. Though I trade this etf on a constant basis along with FAS I still favor FAZ.
On a personal level I am growing more bearish again as if I wasn't bearish enough already. This slow down is now hitting closer to home more so than ever in my life. I have been in construction here in Dallas TX for almost 25 years. It has NEVER been this slow, not even in the 80's. There are people I know in the industry who are very productive, smart, great project managers and electricians who have lost their jobs.
There is NO one hiring here in this area, an area that is showing the slow down more so these days than ever. I was off on vacation for the last two weeks. I took the time to drive around the metroplex area looking at two main things, construction sites and FOR LEASE sings on all the buildings. I found few construction sites, the ones I did see are finishing up. The bidding process now has 20 contractors where only 2 or 3 might have estimated before. People are hungry for work and making no profits on the work they get.
I saw another scary thing. There are so many FOR LEASE sings up on all different types of buildings, from large to small, all over town, new buildings as well as projects just completed.
You can check this site out for all the empty office space out there.
Though we have a slow down our inventory is thinner than in prior years. I guess that's a plus, but I don't like what my peers are saying right now. It's slow and there is no work of any size coming any time soon. I hear it all over my industry here in this area.
This is where I see things right now, slow and getting slower.
Maybe where you live you see a different reality. I don't see it here.
V.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A DREAM ABOUT THE POWER OF STARS

I have another dream to share. This morning I had a dream about man making a star on Earth. I swear to you I have not been thinking or reading or researching anything about this topic but in this dream here is what came to me. I was thinking what if you took hydrogen a small amount and exploited it's energy by focusing an explosion on it like a star does when it explodes but use a laser beam on it.

What if man creates on Earth an energy form like a star has? Again I have no clue why I was thinking this in my dream state. I kept thinking this is our promise, this is our way to cheap powerful renewable fuel, the stuff that stars are made of.
So of course I had to Google this morning and found the below articles.
Most people have no idea about this research, read below, I didn't until last night.
Laser beams and shooting hydrogen pellets, I still do not understand how I dreamed this, so I Googled it and found what is being researched now and just last month this building in California opened up.
I kept thinking about how would you contain the huge amounts of heat. I guess they figured that part out. After reading up on this I found we are in the early days of discovery and research.
So maybe this is way down the road from reality. In the bigger scheme of energy research I think it will become in time a usable energy source, not in our life time but maybe 100 years from now.
Hey, it's just a dream I wanted to share today, don't be too hard on me for dreaming like this. Who knows, maybe it will work some day.
V.

Friday, June 26, 2009

CORPORATE DELEVERAGING, CAP AND TRADE BILL, WE HAVE SOME HUGE PROBLEMS HERE, BY VFRTXN 6-26-09

While researching renewable energy and the SMART GRID I ran head on into the topic of the day and it has many roots to research. CAP AND TRADE and CORPORATE DELEVERAGING, two topics I ran into which will effect everything including the SMART GRID to feeding our families. I do not know how well informed some of our readers are about current topics. I am sure most of you are well informed but just in case some of you are missing the biggest topics that shape our lives in the coming years I suggest you catch up on your reading. These topics and information below go way beyond what stock or stocks we should invest in. It is the big picture and I base my perceptions of the future on a lot of my research.

I see nothing good at all coming from this cap and trade bill. I also see a dangerous move in wrecking our current health care system for a National one where big brother runs it. We have some huge problems and I think we are going down the wrong road to fix them. This will effect our markets in a negative way and in a big way.
I found this article I wanted to share with you. It describes what we are facing in our corporate world for years to come. We are faced with this unwinding of debt for years maybe decades to come. All the while we will face as well higher taxes to pay for the many programs that this administration is trying to pass. Cap and trade is one example that just passed the house today. If this becomes law it will be passed onto to us in higher energy costs, call it a tax increase because we the tax payer will pay for it.
A national health care system will be yet another burden that will hinder our existing health care and will make it worse than it is now. We are becoming more socialized and this will only cost us more money for less service. We are about to get a health care system that does now work if it falls under the control of the U.S. government.
Back to the other problem. What is corporate deleveraging and what does it mean for our country?
Everywhere we look these days we see one major theme, more big government. Government is getting more into every aspect of our lives and if you think this is good wait for several more years. People who voted for more government are about to get what they voted for. More taxes and less money to spend.
Corporate deleveraging is just one more problem that will hinder any hopes of a recovery.
Above is a link you might want to check out.
Above is a book you might want to check out.
It is a national best seller for a reason.
I have veered away from renewable energy research just a bit because for now a bit of it is tied to cap and trade.
The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity and gas so that Americans will use less. These higher prices will show up not just in electricity bills or at the gas station but in every manufactured good, from food to cars. Consumers will cut back on spending, which in turn will cut back on production, which results in fewer jobs created or higher unemployment. Some companies will instead move their operations overseas, with the same result.
When the Heritage Foundation did its analysis of Waxman-Markey, it broadly compared the economy with and without the carbon tax. Under this more comprehensive scenario, it found Waxman-Markey would cost the economy $161 billion in 2020, which is $1,870 for a family of four. As the bill's restrictions kick in, that number rises to $6,800 for a family of four by 2035.
CAP AND TRADE BILL ARTICLE FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Every day I try to find something positive to make me feel good about our future. Every time I look I find more that is going to hurt our country. I find more bad than good. I do not search for the bad, it's just there. The more I look the more I find our government in everything and the more I turn bearish because our government is our biggest enemy to free market growth.
WAKE UP AND READ THIS LINE BELOW, YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.
Even as Democrats have promised that this cap-and-trade legislation won't pinch wallets, behind the scenes they've acknowledged the energy price tsunami that is coming. During the brief few days in which the bill was debated in the House Energy Committee, Republicans offered three amendments: one to suspend the program if gas hit $5 a gallon; one to suspend the program if electricity prices rose 10% over 2009; and one to suspend the program if unemployment rates hit 15%. Democrats defeated all of them.
That passage was taken from the Wall Street Journal article above.
We are headed down the wrong road with this Democratic leadership, big time.
Boy oh boy we are in for some tough times and sky high taxes and less growth.
The hand writing is all over the wall.
These subject matters, these facts above are what keeps me bearish on our economy.
I do not like what I see coming from Washington at all.
It scares the hell out of me actually that more Ameircans are NOT involved any more than they are and are NOT informed enough to make a difference.
God help us, we are in deep trouble with some serious problems that will effect us all for years to come if they are not handled properly.
The question is will our country survive as we know it with these enormous challenges and huge tax burdens on the way?
V.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

THE NEXT CATALYST, BY VFRTXN 6-21-09

The next meaningful catalyst for man kinds evolution is renewable energy. Anyone researching these days will most likely agree as nations around the world seek greater cooperation from each other to advance this cause. Regardless of your political party or affiliation you should agree that renewable energy technologies will advance man kinds standard of living as a whole.

It is by far one of the most important issues of our time and this century will see huge advancements made to improve solar, wind, hydro power, geothermal, nuclear, cleaner burning coal plants, and our generation and the next will take bold steps forward in these areas.
As I begin my research into the backbone of this new era, THE NEW SMART GRID, I was not surprised to see my new copy of Popular Science and it's cover title, no other than "POWER PLAN" EXTRAORDINARY SOLUTIONS FOR A CLEAN-ENERGY CENTURY.
It arrived in the mail about a week after I posted my first piece on THE GREEN MOVEMENT AND SMART GRIDS on June 15, 2009.
I also spoke of the most important man in our country that will be center stage for the governments roll in moving us forward. His name is Steven Chu. His ultimate goal is to create and stimulate a second industrial revolution that will cause serious climate changing action. He is our Secretary of Energy and never before in our history has this job been so important. His tenure will assist in growth as we have never seen before regarding renewable energy sources and much much more. This evolution is no longer a pipe dream but a must both for our survival as a planet and economic survival in this country.
So it is that I have finally found a meaningful catalyst, one that I can research, one that I can sink my mind into, one that means everything to our very lives. The subject is more broad than just the specifics of renewable energies most important part, a "Smart Grid" to expedite the delivery of electricity in the most efficient way possible. The task is daunting and wide sweeping covering many companies, many jobs and is not limited to geographical location. It concerns really not only our country but all countries on Earth.
There is no other subject matter that is more important than renewable energy to mankind at this time. Yes there are many other subjects that are extremely important yet without energy civilization would not exist as we know it, so without advancing in renewable energy sources there can be no advancement in any other field or endeavor of the human experience unless you count starvation of mind body and soul. So it is the most important catalyst that will take us into a bright new positive future is RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
As this theme develops over time existing technologies will benefit from new advancements made in this our REBIRTH, OUR RENAISSANCE of THE SECOND GREAT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. Though it seems we live in the dark ages as so much negative has come forth from the financial collapse world wide we have learned in history that for every collapse comes new ideas, new ages and we are entering a new age a new wave of growth. It might not seem like it right now, it might even seem darker in the days to come but long term we are headed into a world in which advanced new technologies propel us and the economies of the world on a positive track forward.
As a nation we have no choice but to advance our technologies concerning renewable energy. We must become world leaders in green house emission reduction and the sciences and NEW JOBS that will get us there. The time and place for our next great catalyst is now, we must be smart and we must act now and I feel we will regardless of politics, politics be damned this time, our greatest wake up call is now. This will make putting a man on the moon seem small, it requires us to move now both for economic reasons, and for our very existent as a species, for our whole planet needs this now more than ever.
V.

FROM EARLY MORNING DREAM SCAPE COMES, "WIP", by VFRTXN 6-21-09

This morning while laying in bed I get this ticker symbol in my head, WIP. Now before you say yeah, right another loony tune from V. Consider what I was thinking of. I wanted a safe vehicle to invest in if inflation spikes which it may.

I know, I know you are saying I just made this one up. Honest to God I didn't. I had the Yahoo block in my head just setting there and walla and in it came "WIP". So this morning I type in WIP and find this. What are the chances of that happening coming up with a perfect ticker symbol for fighting inflation without research. Most will not believe a word of this crap and I understand, but I ain't normal, if you knew me personally you would know that fact as well.

Look below what blew my mind came up. Frigging weird stuff but it is a fact, honest to God I promise.


http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WIP

1. If inflation rises, your principal will remain intact and you'll collect a solid stream of income.
2. If the U.S. dollar decreases, WIP would appreciate in value. You are effectively investing in foreign bonds with currencies that would be rising against the U.S. dollar.
3. If stocks fall, there's no historical correlation to WIP. In fact, the S&P 500 has a slight negative correlation to foreign bonds, but not necessarily a significant one.

In effect, you have non-correlating assets in your portfolio, which is the heart of true diversification; specifically, your portfolio can still zig independently of whether stocks are zagging, zigging or spelunking!

Ok just thought I would share this one.

I have no clue how it came but it did.

Do your own research and for fun track this for sometime and lets see how it turns out.

"WIP"

a HEDGE AGAINST HYPERINFLATION,,,,,maybe so.

Yours truly,

V.

So I wanted to share this experience with you and here I am. Sharing something personal again. Though it may sound far fetched, crazy, a lie whatever you want to call it, it's the truth. I have no clue why or how I came up with this out of thin air this morning while laying in bed before getting up this morning. What is interesting is the correlation of what I was thinking and needed to find. I wanted something that was not a FAS or FAZ etf. All I did was think and it came.
The same thing happened with APL several months ago and the next thing I know it spiked. These things come from somewhere but I don't have a clue how.
Again for fun you can think what you will of me, call it what you may, but lets track it for fun or do your own DD and decide about this apparent safe vehicle for investing, not trading.
I will be buying this one because it came for a reason to my thoughts and every single time I look the other way I regret it what comes in this fashion. I wish I could rationally explain these things but I would rather come off with the truth and sound strange than lie.
Never underestimate your own power of thought, give it a shot, think about something without ever doing the leg work, ask for it to come and see what happens, don't fight the possibility, dream it, see if it comes, think positive, think it possible for something extraordinary to happen and let it flow, you will be surprised what happens when you let go of the programmed thought processes we are raised with and begin thinking anything is possible with thought and the power of the DREAM SCAPE. That portion of our mind is what sent man to the moon and many other inventions, they began as dreams and became reality.
That is the SECRET. Watch this movie when you get a chance.
V.

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