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BLACK GOLD
Welcome to Black Gold the HedgeCo blog site about Energy and investing operated by logi Energy. logi Energy is an investment management team that invests in the oil and gas sector in equities, options, futures, as well as on and off shore oil and gas fields and wells. In this premier post, I’d like to tell you who we are and what we believe. In other posts, other team members from logi Energy will provide detail and clarity to my mere words. The basis of our investment approach is that peak oil has occurred in the world. The world will never produce as much oil as it did in 2008 – ever again -. Continue reading →
Thomas J. Powell – Reasonable Regulation: That’s Allstate’s Stand
Reasonable Regulation: That’s Allstate’s Stand Many companies involved in financial services cower when an official of any stature mentions the threat of national regulation, but Allstate has decided to embrace it. Since late April, Allstate has been pushing an advertising campaign that is rooted in support for creating a national regulation agency for all players in the financial industry, […]
The Powell Perspective – August 28, 2009 Issue
Stats Won’t Save Us Every day, and every minute somewhere on the Web, another statistic that hints at an economic recovery is reported, copied, translated, manipulated and reevaluated. It seems for every positive up tick in economic numbers, there is also a negative. We have been experiencing shaky times for the past 20 months. Every sector is not going to […]
Cash for Clunkers Part II: Dealers Have Clunkers, No Cash
Cash for Clunkers Part II: Dealers Have Clunkers, No Cash In last week’s first Cash for Clunkers installment, Cash for Clunkers Part I: Good for Businesses?, I discussed the potential threat the program poses for small businesses. This week I am presenting Part II. Auto dealers across the country have been accepting qualified jalopies from consumers in exchange […]
Learning To Trust Real Estate Again * Ally Bank * California’s Ongoing Challenges
Once Bitten: Learning to Trust Real Estate Again The housing bust burned real-estate investors. Even more frightening, many investors were blindsided by the bust because “credible” officials as high up as then -Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan were convincing them housing was immune to speculative bubbling. At some point, however, investors will be wise to forgive the real-estate market and […]
There’s A Czar For That Too * Our Trade Deficit Answer * California’s Mortgage Protection Plan
Yeah, There’s a Czar for That It is beginning to appear that the job of high-up elected officials is simply to hire others to oversee the issues we elected them to solve. President Obama has appointed a czar for nearly every significant issue that faces his administration. According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, “Republican Sen. John McCain […]
Loan Modifications * Recession Proof * Recovery Timing
Subprime Lenders, Transformed With shady subprime-lending practices behind us, former subprime lenders have been forced to put their devious skills to work elsewhere. The complexities of loan modifications have attracted many ex-lending predators and provided them a vehicle to employ their corruption. Now no one is saying that each and every person involved in loan modification is corrupt. In that […]
The New “R” Word: Reset
The New “R” Word: Reset Over the past 18 months, we have been inundated with bleak tales of economic strife. Inevitably, the media has worn us all thin with their never-ending string of bad news. Yes, we are stuck in the thick of a very painful recession. Unemployment rates are flirting with double digits, fears of inflation are beginning to […]
Putting Money Back To Work
Mr Money – Unemployed A Slice of Real Estate Pie Investors know that building a solid portfolio involves striking a balance between producing high returns and protecting the portfolio’s assets. The underlying factor in both of these is risk. However, our desire to manage risk does not mean we need to sacrifice high returns, and that is the beauty […]
What Will Happen to Wall Street if Romney Wins?
During the first presidential debate, a Yahoo Finance poll found that 80 percent of voters (33,782) believed Mitt Romney gave a stronger performance than President Obama. Among the praise and critiques of both candidates, one important question has emerged: what will happen to Wall Street if Romney wins in November? “I think they have pretty much more or less settled […]