Gamesa Corporation a Buy

Written by Laura Machens on Friday, 27 April 2012. Posted in Stock, News, Portfolio, Investments

Buy / long term portfolio

Gamesa Corporation a Buy
US Market: GCTAF.PK $2.60 Gamesa Corp Tecn Sa
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German /Deutscher Aktienmarkt: GAMESA CORP. TECNOLOGICA S.A. ACCIONES PORT. EO (Aktie/XETRA)
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Altaeros Energies - Airborne Wind Turbine Prototype 2012

Written by Laura Machens on Monday, 23 April 2012. Posted in News, Wind Power, Videos

Seeing Is Believing

Altaeros Energies - Airborne Wind Turbine Prototype 2012
CleanTechnica reports: Tina Casey previously reported on a helium-based airborne wind turbine from Altaeros Energies capable of delivering electricity from elevations ranging from 350 feet to 1000 feet.

Clean Energy Crowdfunding Wind & Solar Projects in the UK

Written by Laura Machens on Monday, 23 April 2012. Posted in Solar Power, News, Wind Power, Investments, Renewable Energy

Clean Energy Crowdfunding Wind & Solar Projects in the UK
From CleanTechnica: Community-funded or crowdfunded wind and solar power is now being encouraged in the UK by renewable energy networking site EnergyShare, which is offering up £5,000 each for the first 5 renewable energy projects that also raise £5,000 on their own via the crowdfunding website.
Another company, Abundance Energy, is also trying to get individuals and businesses to help fund and gain from clean energy projects, encouraging them to invest as little as £5 in wind turbines for an upcoming project. Is crowdfunding about to sweep into the clean energy sector?

1st Light Energy Creates Benevolent Fund for Groups Looking to Convert to Solar

Written by Laura Machens on Monday, 23 April 2012. Posted in News, Solar Power, Investments, Renewable Energy

Allows nonprofits and municipalities to go solar at no cost

1st Light Energy Creates Benevolent Fund for Groups Looking to Convert to Solar
MarketWatch writes: St. Benedict Catholic Church and School in Holmdel, N.J. first fund beneficiary, which allows nonprofits and municipalities to go solar at no cost; school celebrates with Science Day

RENIXX - Renewable Energy Index and Incentives

Written by Laura Machens on Thursday, 19 April 2012. Posted in News, Index, Investments

It’s an opportunity to support the American economy while bringing hope to future generations and the state of the planet

RENIXX - Renewable Energy Index and Incentives
RENIXX: The RENIXX® (Renewable Energy Industrial Index) World is the first global stock index, which comprises the performance of the world´s 30 largest companies of the renewable energy industry whose weighting in the index is based on the market capitalization (free float).

Trade Facebook Options before IPO

Written by Laura Machens on Thursday, 19 April 2012. Posted in News, IPO, Investments

Trade Facebook Options before IPO
Facebook-IPO.Net writes: The world’s largest binary options trading platform, facilitates Pre IPO trading on Facebook upcoming stock. While the amount of shares and opening price is still not finalized, traders can hedge the market value at closing of first day of trading and make up to 300% profit.

Asia's Largest Solar Park, India: Production capacity 650MW

Written by Laura Machens on Wednesday, 18 April 2012. Posted in News, Solar Power, Investments

650 MW solar power projects to be inaugurated in Gujarat, India

Asia's Largest Solar Park, India: Production capacity 650MW
Economic Times: AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said 15 solar projects with a capacity to produce 650MW power will be dedicated to the nation at Charanka solar park in north Gujarat on April 19

Geothermal steams forward, under the radar

Written by Laura Machens on Tuesday, 17 April 2012. Posted in Geothermal Energy, News

Geothermal steams forward, under the radar



Shifra Mincer from EarthTechling, writes: Geothermal has long been touted as the only stable form of renewable energy because it produces constant 24-hour energy from hot rocks deep underneath the ground.

Like the energy it produces, the geothermal industry is proving to be strong and steady as well. According to a recent Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) report, the industry grew steadily in 2011, adding approximately 91 megawatts (MW) of capacity despite the prospect of aproduction tax credit expiring at the end of 2013.

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By Mel Daris:General Motors (GM) is roaring back from its recent bankruptcy. In SEC filings, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) disclosed that it owns 10 million shares of General Motors. I think chances of GM stock going up are clearly better given that the "Oracle of Omaha" recently purchased 10 million shares. In addition, GM is introducing a handful of new models that are competitively priced compared to Japanese and Korean models. Due to the government bail-outs and subsidies, GM is able to position them well and I expect consumers will buy them. Finally, GM has little exposure to Europe, compared to...
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By Stock Croc:Once upon a time, Nokia (NOK) was the world's leading manufacturer of mobile phones, with a 41% share of the market. Following the rise of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and its own slow reaction to the shift in the consumer device landscape, it has since fallen on challenging times. Today, Nokia is second behind Samsung (SSNLF.PK) in Mobile Phone sales with a market share of 19.1% -- less than half its peak market share. To stem the tide of its losses, Nokia brought in a former Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop, who promptly revised Nokia's smartphone strategy by paving the...
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By Stanley Barton:The beauty of being a long-term, value investor is that you get vindication every 20 years or so. Unfortunately, that is small compensation for all those luncheons with colleagues bragging about their stock picks doubling, when the best thing you have to celebrate is a ten-cent dividend bump. There are also uncomfortable situations, such as stepping into the batter's box at the company softball game, as hecklers taunt you with nicknames like "Dead Money."For better or worse, my value-oriented investment style generally prevents me from participating in "bubbles." Early in that phase, frothy stocks are disqualified by my...
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By Vatalyst: The Wall Street Journal annually looks at the annual reports of 100 large energy companies to see how many companies believe actual risks need to be factored into their communication with their shareholders. In the 2012 version of the survey, 74% of companies cited hydraulic fracturing for natural gas as a risk, up from 52% a year earlier. This process, known as "fracking" has been used for decades, but improvements in techniques has caused an expansion in fracking in North America and beyond in recent years. Allegations of impacts to fresh water supplies have been made from Pennsylvania to...
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By Investment Underground: by Morgan Smith A refinery that Valero Energy (VLO) recently shut down in Louisiana is expected to restart operations very soon, which is certainly good news for the energy company.After evaluating the economics of restarting the refinery and following a discussion with community residents, it seems that the energy company has indeed made the decision to restart the refinery and get production back up to normal standards by the beginning of June this year. The refinery has been shut down since January for maintenance.This is not the company's only refinery that has been experiencing problems lately. The...
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By Insider Monkey: By Guan Wang We are favorable about the energy sector. We think energy stocks are undervalued as a sector and investors can benefit in the long term by purchasing energy stocks at cheap prices right now. A good strategy for picking great energy stocks is to focus on the stocks favored by T. Boone Pickens, a billionaire who spent decades in the oil fields before turning to money management. Pickens founded Mesa Petroleum in 1956 and sold it after it became one of the largest independent natural gas and oil production companies. Today, Pickens chairs BP...
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Philippe Laffont Video 17-05-2012 19:15
Philippe Laffont was on Bloomberg Television today. Philippe Laffont is the founder of Coatue Management, he presented at the Ira Sohn Conference yesterday. In his Bloomberg... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Bill Ackman lost nearly $300 million today because of a 20% decline in JC Penney (JCP). According to Ackman’s latest 13F filing Pershing Square had nearly $1.4 billion... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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John Lykouretzos’ Hoplite Capital isn’t very well known but we have been tracking it for a while now. John T. Lykouretzos launched Hoplite Capital Management in 2003... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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John Paulson doesn’t really have a good track record of stock picking. He made his billions by shorting the housing market and by buying physical gold. At the Ira Sohn... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Billionaire Steve Mandel said he doesn’t like fixed income because of extremely low yields and inflation risk. His favorite stock pick is Kohl’s (KSS). Mandel... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Einhorn, Ackman, Greenblatt, and Klarman picked a guy named Ardewall as this year’s winner of Ira Sohn Investment Idea Contest winner. I am going to be honest with you.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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  • BloombergAre 10-Year Treasury Yields Heading to 1.5%?Wall Street JournalBy CYNTHIA LIN NEW YORK—Once burned, bond managers are no longer shy about betting on a new all-time low in 10-year US Treasury yields. Investors and analysts widely regard US government debt as too expensive, given that yields are flirting with ...Treasury Sells Inflation Notes at Record Low Negative YieldBloombergAnalysis: US bond...

  • Globe and MailWeaker euro zone nations need more support from core: UKEconomic TimesLONDON: The euro zone can protect its currency if its stronger countries provide more support for the weaker to help them deal with their problems, British finance minister George Osborne said in a newspaper on Sunday. The future of Europe's 17-country ...The euro is ripe for creative destructionThe...