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  1. The Country is “Out of Money” • May 27, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend.  Quite a bit happened in the world.  I’ll comment on one key issue below… Time Travel As for me, over this past weekend I traveled through time.  I went back about 100 years or so.  That is, I marched in a [...]

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  2. There’s Good News in Our Portfolio… • May 21, 2009

    **Updates: FTI, BHI, APA, CNX, FCL, CCJ, WY, ORA, GE, AU, AEM, KGC, AUY, HL, NG Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m putting the finishing touches on your next issue of Outstanding Investments. You should see the e-mail notice for the online version sometime next week. My focus in the July issue, as you can [...]

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  3. Sell Recommendation — Book Gains on Foundation Coal • May 12, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m back from my trip to Houston last week, where I attended the 40th Offshore Technology Conference. I have lots to report, but first… Foundation Coal Holdings (FCL: NYSE) is up sharply today on the news that Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources will buy Foundation for about $1.4 billion in [...]

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  4. From Houston, Halliburton and the Offshore Technology Conference • May 6, 2009

    Dear Outstanding Investments Reader: I’m in Houston this week, attending the 40th Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The OTC is the world’s largest industry show that deals strictly with offshore energy and resource development. In the olden days, it was all about offshore drilling. Today, the OTC encompasses a multitude of things related [...]

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  5. Let’s Go 4 TIMES DEEPER Than the Deepest-Diving Navy Submarine! How Deep-water Oil Exploration Means BIG GAINS for You • May 1, 2009

    Download PDF Could you work beneath 9,356 feet of seawater? No way, right? That’s almost two miles, and no human being can possibly survive in water that deep. How about going down there in a submarine? Could a Navy nuclear submarine go that deep and operate? Nope. I can’t tell you how deep Navy submarines dive (it’s [...]

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