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Photo:dbaron, Creative Commons, Flickr The House gets to one of the many mortgage bills sifting through Congress – all part of an effort to respond to the nation's still jittery credit market. HR 3915 would set new lending standards for mortgage brokers and backers, requiring – for one – that brokers make sure families can…
Will a new Brazilian oil discovery save Big Oil?
The world’s largest solar system integrator, Germany’s Conergy Energy (CGY.DE – Last trade €27.24), recently pre-announced that they will miss their earnings estimates due to delays in receiving solar modules. It therefore comes as no surprise that the company plans an assertive shift to more in-house production, and MEMC Electronic (WFR – Last trade $71.16)…
A picture, even if it is as aesthetically pleasing as this piece of garbled mish mash, says a thousand words. In a previous article I suggested that coordinated central bank intervention to save the U.S. dollar from its slippery slide could be an effective tool to knock down lofty oil prices. Lower oil prices would…
Will the oil spill in San Francisco affect Big Oil's image?
In July, I wrote about the sudden emergence of media stories discussing the environmental impact of the bottled water industry. The New York Times recently published two stories related to the issue: an interview on Nestle Waters and an article of Fiji Water.
As Congress investigates whether or not Yahoo has inappropriately turned over user information to the Chinese government, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang articulated a convincing argument to deny Yahoo's culpability in the case.
I was otherwise busy, but Irene had time to catch Jim Lehrer's lecture to the Journalism school this evening. (He gave a similar talk at my alma mater last month.) Lehrer upheld the conventional tenets of journalism; he is alarmed at the decay of discourse, but it seems Gore and Gingrich agree on that too.…
What a treat to hear Kenro Izu talk with Owen Flanagan at the Rubin Museum of Art in conjunction with the opening of his exhibition of photographs, "Bhutan: The Sacred Within." Kenro Izu's been exploring and photographing sacred sites both natural and manmade for decades. To look at his landscapes of sacred places around the…
PetroChina doubles its stock value in Shanghai debut, surpasses ExxonMobile in capitalization.
One year from now I will be sipping on morning coffee while reading about who won the 2008 presidential election. History has shown that the Stock Market does very well during election years, but many variables come into play in this election and an in depth study may help clear the fog.
In sharp contrast to just two years ago, concerns about climate change have now become a household topic. What caused this epidemic to tip (apologies to Malcolm Gladwell)? Was it the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth? Was it G.W. Bush mentioning those two magic words in his 2007 State of the Union address just six months later?…
A Reader Asks: Hi David, How does an average guy like me with an Ameritrade account take advantage of the Canadian Dollar rising (13% since September). Are there any currency products that are traded? Also, can I short the dollar at the same time? Thanks, Mark D
Photo:lynnieb, Creative Commons, Flickr Is the solar industry about to sell its soul? The emerging consensus is that solar is a commodity, and the only thing that matters is cost per watt. The quicker the industry can reduce costs, the quicker solar technology can be introduced to the masses, and the more valuable your solar…
Photo:sneakums, Creative Commons, Flickr Top Fifteen Listed/Tradeable Holdings as of October 2007 month end. Prices as of November 1, 2007. I've been spending much of the month in the beautiful autumn colors of the Berkshires of Massachusetts. My portfolio has not changed much but check out below to see where it has: 1. Ishares Inflation…
ExxonMobile leads the stock market bears.
While the field of socially responsible investing is growing, there is still a much more limited selection of assets that classify themselves in the category: mutual funds, community development financial institutions, individual stocks, and ETFs are possibilities. Here is another: a World Bank bond.
It's children's health deja vu all over again, with Congress looking like it'll pass a bill expanding health coverage to up to 4m low income kids (or 2m according to conservative estimates). This version looks a lot like the bill Congress couldn't get past a Bush veto last month; but with minor changes Dems hope…
Yesterday's Wall Street Journal added a supplement called "Environment: The Journal Report." Since the Journal has yet to follow the New York Times' lead and offer online content for free, here is a quick summary of the front page article "Handicapping the Environmental Gold Rush" by Jeffrey Ball:
As oil prices rise, so do solar stocks.
What do M&M’s, Snickers and Twix have in common besides chocolate? Deadly animal tests!
How long will Big Oil remain a solid investment?
Do you remember progress? Probably, if you do you, then you are an older sort like me, or an oddball collector of paleo-futurism. Michael Chabon has a wistful eulogy for the future at Long Now. The odd thing about contemporary market triumphalism is that it celebrates an incapacity to redesign the world. This so-called "realism",…
After languishing in energy stock hell on the market for this past week (in which time Exxon – XOM – actually briefly dipped below $90 a share), Big Oil seems to be getting a break. While it seemed that the rising oil prices might actually result in lower profits (and hence lower stock prices) for…