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Home Prices: Sustainable Bottom or Dead Cat Bounce?

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:33:51 GMT

Recent price action suggests that the shadow inventory problem may not work out like most think.[More...]

Three Energy Stocks Our Top Managers May Have Overlooked

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:57:33 GMT

The last year and a half has been a tumultuous one not just for the financial sector but for the energy sector, as well. Just over a year ago, crude oil prices were topping out above $140 a barrel before starting a downward spiral that left prices bottoming out around $35 per barrel earlier this year.[More...]

Tickers For The Latest Portfolio Reshaping

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:21 GMT

Fortunately my portfolio management methods don’t revolve around frequent trading. One of my kids came up to me recently and said, “What did you do today, Dad?” I said, “I made one trade, and I did a bunch of research.” He then asked, “How often do you trade?” I answered, “That was my first trade in a week, and I haven’t traded much in the last two months, but that’s not normal. There is no normal for me. When the market is really volatile, I trade a lot more, selling when stocks are rising, and buying when they are selling off. When the market is relatively placid, I don’t do much.” He looked at me, kind of smiled, and moved on. Information overload from Dad. Most people and investment managers trade too often. They sell their winners too rapidly, and panic too soon on their losers. Now, I’m not advocating “buy and forget,” or Buffett’s statement, “Our favorite holding period is forever.”[More...]

General vs Limited Partners in MLP's

Wed, 20 May 2009 13:40:00 GMT

There are two types of partners in a Master Limited Partnership structure, a general partner and limited partners. The general partner manages the master limited partnership and typically holds a 2% economic interest in it. The general partner also receives a percentage of the profits off the top, before the[More...]

Commodity ETPs Closing In On A Bull Market

Thu, 07 May 2009 15:05:00 GMT

HardAssetsInvestor.com's managing editor compares six broad-based commodity exchange-traded products. Risk trades are backInvestor sentiment has shiftedInterest in 'safe-haven' gold is eroding[More...]

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) – An Island Of Stability For Dividend Investors

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Master Limited Partnerships are limited by US Code to only apply to enterprises that engage in certain businesses, mostly pertaining to the use of natural resources, such as petroleum and natural gas extraction and transportation. They combine the tax advantages of a partnership and higher dividend yields with the day to day tradability of common stocks.MLPs consist of a general partner who manages the operations and limited partners who own the rest of the units for the partnership. Unlike corporations MLPs are not subject to double taxation.Their stocks are called units, while their dividends are called distributions. The units are very easy to buy and sell, as they trade just like any[More...]

Daily Report For Friday, Mar 13, 2009

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:55:00 GMT

(9:48am ET) Equity market prices lifted pretty much from start to finish of Thursday’s session. Retail Sales, Jobless Claims and Business Inventories and comments from Barney Frank and Tim Geithner played a role in the general bullishness. The latter made comments on the dangers of ending the mark-to-market rule and instead believe subtle changes could be made in an effort to improve it. Pfizer (PFE) made a big splash with the announcement its Phase III trial of Sutent was stopped early as the drug showed a significant benefit in patients with pancreatic cancer. At the close, the DJIA (+239.66 +3.46% to 7170.06), S&P 500 (+29.38% to 750.74) and NASDAQ (+54.46 +3.97% to 1426.10) were up sharply for the second day in the past three. The Toronto Composite (+271.25 +3.39% to 8282.27) and Venture Board (+19.52 +2.37% to 843.42) were almost as strong. The winning sector by a wide margin was[More...]

Where Is The Bottom?

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Highlighted stocks include Sempra Energy (SRE), Allegheny Energy, inc. (AYE), The Hershey Company (HSY), Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP). Given where the bottom-up analyst forecasts are for the S&P 500 -- currently at about $62.50 for 2009 -- and the rate of decline of the forecasts, it seems likely that the eventual actual earnings for the S&P 500 will be about $50. This refers to operating earnings, excluding one time charges and gains. There will be far more[More...]

ETF Deathwatch

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:32:00 GMT

That is the title of an article from someone named Ron Rowland. The article has a spreadsheet of 139 ETFs and ETNs that might be in trouble due to very low dollar volume. Exchange traded products are obviously becoming more and more a part of the portfolio landscape, providers have created over 700 funds so far and I'm not even sure if a third of them are profitable. It would be reasonable to wonder whether anything from X-shares will be around a year from now but I doubt anything, no matter how obscure, from iShares/iPath is going anywhere. According to the Deathwatch the Barclays Global product with the lowest dollar volume is the iPath Aluminum ETN (JJU) with only $6118 worth of shares traded per day. Anyone thinking they have some particular insight with aluminum can probably buy JJU with confidence about it lasting. That same type of insight about the biofuels ETN[More...]

Bearish Short-Term Outlook For Oil Stocks

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:45:00 GMT

Highlighted stocks include: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC), BJ Services Company (BJS), Dril-Quip, Inc. (DRQ), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) and Precision Drilling Trust (PDS) OPEC Cutting Production [More...]

Air-Quality Tests Raise Questions About Natural Gas Wells in the Barnett Shale

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:50:00 GMT

Oct. 4--WESTWORTH VILLAGE -- On 20 acres all but hidden between the flows of both Texas 183 and Farmers Branch Creek, Deborah Rogers runs a farm, complete with dozens of goats, a few chickens, dogs, even peacocks, all of whom live peaceably in the shade of giant oak stands.
Walker, with the environmental quality commission, said the Rogers results prompted an investigation into a possible nuisance violation by Chesapeake for odor.
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Home Prices: Sustainable Bottom or Dead Cat Bounce?

Three Energy Stocks Our Top Managers May Have Overlooked

Tickers For The Latest Portfolio Reshaping

General vs Limited Partners in MLP's

Commodity ETPs Closing In On A Bull Market

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) – An Island Of Stability For Dividend Investors

Daily Report For Friday, Mar 13, 2009

Where Is The Bottom?

ETF Deathwatch

Bearish Short-Term Outlook For Oil Stocks

Air-Quality Tests Raise Questions About Natural Gas Wells in the Barnett Shale

Study Shows High Level of Potentially Toxic Air Pollution in DISH

Gas Company to Pay $30 Million

Dallas-Based Firm Positioned to Move

Energy Transfer Partners Completes Texas Independence Pipeline

Energy Transfer Partners Cuts Earnings Forecast

Feds Gather Data at Explosion Site -- 1 Killed, 3 Hurt in Failed Pipeline Test

Energy Transfer Seeks Assets

Compositional Variety Complicates Processing Plans for US Shale Gas

Transwestern Pipeline Completes Phoenix Expansion Project

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update As of October 31, 2009

Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update As of October 31, 2009

Energy Transfer Announces Cash Distribution for Third Quarter of 2009

Energy Transfer Partners' Tiger Pipeline Volume Commitments Reach Two Billion Cubic Feet Per Day

KMP Third Quarter Distribution $1.05 Per Unit

Midcontinent Express Receives PHMSA Authorization to Operate At .8 Design

Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update As of September 30, 2009

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Announces Its Net Asset Value and Asset Coverage Ratios at September 30, 2009

Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update As of September 30, 2009

Energy Transfer to Present at 2009 MLP Investor Conference

Form 4 Energy Transfer Partners For: Oct 20 Filed by: WARREN KELCY L (10K)

Form 4 Energy Transfer Partners For: Oct 20 Filed by: Salinas Martin (10K)

Form 4 Energy Transfer Partners For: Oct 20 Filed by: Powers William G JR (10K)

Form 4 Energy Transfer Partners For: Oct 20 Filed by: MCCREA MARSHALL S III (10K)

Form 4 Energy Transfer Partners For: Sep 02 Filed by: GLASKE PAUL E (10K)

Form 4 BYRNE BILL W For: Sep 02 (10K)

Form 4 Collins Ted Jr For: Sep 02 (10K)

Form 4 DAVIS RAY C For: Sep 02 (10K)

Form 4 Grimm Michael K For: Sep 02 (10K)

Form 4 HARKEY JOHN D JR For: Sep 02 (10K)