The Obama Administration is desperate for another couple of billion dollars added to the Cash-for-Clunkers coffer. Miners like North American Palladium (AMEX:PAL) want the money even more.

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A good number of investors don’t consider it, but there are prospective profits in timber stocks and according to Martin Denholm, “ it’s beaten most investments hands-down for decades.”