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Giddy-up! Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Climb Aboard Coal Bandwagon
Berkshire Hathaway’s recent acquisition of rail operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp has generated a tremendous amount of dialogue within the investment community. For one, the deal involves Warren Buffet, Berkshire’s iconic CEO a...
Chris Nelder, logi Energy-What Peak Oil Can Do for Climate Change: Follow the Yellow Brick Road
With all eyes focused on the Copenhagen climate summit in less than three weeks, perhaps its time for the peakists to find a new purpose. The reason is simple. Money isn’t interested in problems; it’s only interested in solutions. And whe...
Stock Market Investing: Warning Signs, Credit Risk Increases, Precious Metals Investment Thesis Redux
Stock Market Investing: The warning signs are multiplying. Blood is in the water and the sharks are circling so beware. US$ weakness still keeps the equity markets aloft but the technical picture grows more ominous. Meanwhile, precious metals continu...
The Main Event: Traditional IRA v. the Roth IRA v. the Self-Directed IRA
There has been a lot of discussion concerning Roth IRAs lately among those planning for retirement. One reason may be because new federal tax laws have changed the limitations placed on converting to a Roth. Plus, the December 31st deadline to conver...
Chris Nelder. logi Energy-China: The Vampire Squid of Commodities. Part Two
Outmaneuvering America Rodgers has no doubt that China understands peak oil and expects future supply disruptions, which is why it’s accumulating foreign assets and diversifying its import options. Peter Dea, the president of oil and gas explor...
Summary of Recommendations From Obama’s Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation
I. PROMOTE ROBUST SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF FINANCIAL FIRMS A. Create a Financial Services Oversight Council 1. We propose the creation of a Financial Services Oversight Council to facilitate information sharing and coordination, identify emergi...

