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  1. Outstanding Investments: Going for the Jugular July 26, 2006

    "Going for the jugular" is an expression used in sports and business life, indicating a strongly aggressive move or an especially competitive strategy. In casual use of the phrase, we forget the graphic nature of what is being described.

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  2. Outstanding Investments: Northern Exposure July 21, 2006

    Greetings again from the land of commodity resources. I hope the markets have been treating you well. It hasn't been easy lately, I know, but hang in there. This is the time to regroup and look for opportunities for the next leg up.

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  3. Outstanding Investments: To The Depths July 19, 2006

    A fascinating piece in the latest MIT Technology Review, "The Oil Frontier," highlights the depths to which we now must go for energy -- pun intended.

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  4. Outstanding Investments Friday Hotline July 14, 2006

    Sorry, I have to keep this short today but I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off and doing tons of TV to talk to people about the run up in gold and oil lately.

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  5. Outstanding Investment Friday Hotline July 7, 2006

    Well, the much-anticipated and over-talked-about ADP employment report was a yawn, as expected. Our equities have been recovering nicely, but these pullbacks each week and then jerky moves higher are tiring,

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  6. Outstanding Investments: Power Down July 5, 2006

    This morning has been a reminder of how energy dependent we really are. The power here has been out for at least the past hour -- it went out before I woke up -- and I am writing this Midweek from my battery-powered laptop at the crack of dawn.

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  7. Garbage in…Energy Out? July 1, 2006

    Your July 2006 Outstanding Investments Issue is now available.

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