Friday, November 21st, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘ SI ’

Global Investing Roundups Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Nov 6th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Siemens Settle Bribery Charges for $1.3 Billion; Google Walks From Yahoo; Enbridge Channels 88% Profit Growth; FCC Approves Sprint-Clearwire Merger; GMAC Finance Revenue Stuck in Reverse; Time Warner Revenue Unchanged; Molson Coors Pops; News Corp. Profit Down 30%



Grab Early Wind-Power Profits with These 3 Stocks

Sep 8th, 2008 | By Martin Denholm | Category: Featured, Financial News

Martin Denholm says wind power is taking off in the US. And big players such as T. Boone Pickens and Michael Blooomberg are throwing their weight behind the industry.

For investors who want to minimize risk in a relatively new industry, Martin recommends General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Siemens AG (NYSE:SI). These blue chips are making significant investments in wind energy projects.

Meanwhile, small-cap AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) is well placed in the emerging market of home and office-based wind power generation.



Nuclear Power Will Transform These European States

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sara Nunnally | Category: Featured, Financial News

Russia and China’s nuclear energy ambitions are well known. But Taipan Trader editor Sara Nunnally says Eastern Europe is also turning to nuclear power.

Several of the EU’s newer member states are currently holding bids for new plants. And having a clean and reliable energy source will spur industrial growth in the region, creating attractive investment opportunities in the process.

More from Sara with the countries most likely to benefit from this new energy drive…



How to Profit From Picken’s Wind Power Plan

Jul 28th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Financial News, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

Wind power should account for 20% of U.S. energy needs within a decade – compared with virtually nothing now – as the country’s energy needs are increasingly taken care of by sources of alternative energy, former Texas oilman-turned-wind-power-entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens told Congress last week.



The Lost Decade: How the U.S. Financial Crisis Resembles Japan’s Ten Years of Misery - And How to Play it for Profit

Jul 18th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Politics & Economics

A “Lost Decade” doesn’t have to translate into lost profit opportunities.As the global financial crisis continues to escalate, the United States is increasingly facing the prospect of a long malaise that could easily eclipse Japan’s Lost Decade of the 1990s in both duration and depth.



Former Oilman T. Boone Pickens Taps Wind Power, Natural Gas to Replace Foreign Oil

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

He made his fortune as an oilman, but yesterday (Tuesday) legendary investor T. Boone Pickens unveiled a plan to cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil through the power of alternatives such as wind and natural gas.



Global Investing Roundups Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Jul 9th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: International Investing

Siemens Slashes Jobs; Southwest Cozies Up to Canada; VMWare Axes CEO; Office Depot Drops on Dismal Sales; Oil Drops $10 in a Week; Fed’s New Lending Restrictions; Anheuser Busch Sues InBev; ConocoPhilips Strikes Deal with Abu Dhabi



Buy, Sell or Hold: ABB Ltd.

Jul 7th, 2008 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Emerging Markets

When I coined the term “global synchronic growth” a few years back, I must have had ABB Ltd. (ADR: ABB) in mind. Global synchronic growth is the simultaneous expansion of most of the major economic zones around the world, which spurs investment and creates vast amounts of wealth.



Germany, Warren Buffett Likes It, and So Do We

May 21st, 2008 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: International Investing

Investors have been watching Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B) Chairman Warren Buffett’s moves for years to see which investments are going to take off next.



Former Oilman T. Boone Pickens Makes a $2 Billion Bet on Alternative Wind Energy

May 16th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

T. Boone Pickens made his fortune in oil. But now the Dallas oilman and famed former corporate raider is betting $2 billion that he can have the same success with a new source of energy - wind.