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  1. Oil Patch Update, and Obama’s Economic Policy • March 24, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m out on the road this week. But I have some more news for you. From the Oil Patch up North Longtime Outstanding Investments holding Suncor (SU: NYSE) just announced an agreement to acquire Petro-Canada in an all-stock deal worth about $15 billion. Suncor is the third-largest oil and [...]

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  2. Gold Fever is Spreading • March 23, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m heading out on the road this week, so your update is a couple of days early.  Meanwhile, keep an eye on your email in-box.  Later this week you should receive the alert for your next OI monthly issue.  The new investment recommendation involves high-end oilfield technology.  This [...]

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  3. Oil and Gold Portfolio Comments — Lots of ’Em • March 19, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: Do you remember that old expression about how “a rising tide lifts all boats”? Whatever is causing the current rise in the economic tide of Wall Street is lifting a lot of the boats in the portfolio from post-crash lows. Oil Moving Up It didn’t hurt that in the past [...]

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  4. Market Comments and Updates on GE, HAL, MDR and AA • March 12, 2009

    Happy Thursday. The stock market had a couple of good days this week. Two, to be exact. Now go for the hat trick? We'll see. And Friday the 13th is tomorrow.

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  5. General Electric: Bringing Disappointment to Life • March 4, 2009

    Does General Electric (GE: NYSE) ever cease to disappoint? You probably saw that GE slashed its dividend last week. It's the first dividend cut since 1938, which makes me wonder how bad things were back in 1938.

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  6. How Much Coal is out There? • March 2, 2009

    I've been following the U.S. and world energy predicament for over 35 years. If there's one common thread in the discussion over the course of nearly four decades, it's that someone is sure to say something like, "The U.S. has a lot of coal."

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  7. March 2009 Issue: Let's Dig for Gold — With a Fast-Growing Company That Defines a New "Gold Standard" • March 1, 2009

    That is, you can be the best geologist in town. You can do fieldwork until you walk the soles off your boots. You can bash rocks with your hammer, stare at thin sections under a microscope and crunch geophysical data until your brain is numb.

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