Dry-shipping companies and the ETF

kevin o’leary is one very smart man and a billionaire also.
 
he has loved the shipping industry for a long time (ocean-going cargo ships that transport goods from one continent to another) and he owns a lot of stock in these companies.
 
http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip107847
 
HRZ as of today Nov2/08 at $4.69,  pays 9.38% dividend
 
DRYS                           at  $19.25 pays  4.16% dividend
 
TGP                             at  $18.00 pays  12.22% dividend
 
other […]

Two old hands comment on “diversification”

http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/08_43/b4105073900964.htm
 
from the oct 27/08 business week,  these two old guys make some comments that are not usually mentioned:
 
such as: what is your human capital?   do you have a steady job where your income doesn’t change in good times and bad?
if so, then your human capital is very stable, and in effect, can be converted to a […]

The long-term case for oil

oil is currently undergoing a massive correction following the parabolic run-up in the first half of 2008.
books will be written about this runup for the next century.
 
however, the current correction will take several more months to itself out. there will be three legs down and we have just finished leg number one.
 
From Levi Folk’s comment in […]

Natural Gas and HNU

nat gas appears to bottoming in the $6-6.50 range. currently it closed at $6.78 for december contracts the best way to play natural gas is with HNU.
 
looking at the charts of HNU, it appears that it is bottoming in the $7.25-7.50 range.
it closed halloween at 8.37. somewhere this november, gas and by extension HNU will likely bottom.
I am looking […]

Oil to bottom at $48US in spring 2009

last week at a course in montreal, I heard a real-world trader from france predicting that the price of oil would bottom at $48US.
 
here is a recent article where a scotiabank analyst says the $60US level is the “bottom”
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=bec9b861-78ff-4f94-9b81-7ac0b0f5cdcb&k=22634
 
she is going to be proven wrong.  $60 might be the average price over the next 6-9 […]