Most interesting insider buys and sells from last week

The first every buy from Exxon Mobil XOM controller Patrick Mulva steps up and purchases $1 million at $89 on 3/13/13.  We are all over this one.  There are plenty of catalysts.  Exxon is a major…


20 Beneficiaries of the Shale Gas Boom - ABB, DRC, EMR, GE, SI - Foolish Blogging Network

Repercussions from the surge in unconventional energy sources are being felt across the capital goods space, particularly in those verticals that are closely tied to gas power generation. Therefore,…


Chinese firm invests big in US natural gas stations|Companies|chinadaily.com.cn

  A woman fills her car with CNG at a Blu LNG filling station in Salt Lake City, Utah. ENN Group Co Ltd, one of China's largest private companies, is rolling out plans to establish a network of…


China markets makes low for the year while U.S. marks high

There is something of significance to the fact that U.S market made a new high for the year while the Chinese market marked a new low.  I'm not sure what to make of it.  Is the Chinese market, or…


Non-correlated returns

As the market creeps higher and higher, the chances of sharp pullbacks increase.  At this time, I'm looking for non-correlated returns.  Risk arbitrage is one place where you may find them.  Take…


Maybe without Jobs, Apple managment just doesn't get it.

Take this curiois statement from Phil Schiller, Apple head of marketing, on the eve of the widely promoted and talked about new Samsung smartphone. In the Walls Street Journal today, Mr. Schiller…


Dresser Rand- the play on the decade long boom in global LNG and natural gas

Everyone by now knows that the U.S. has become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas and may someday be far less reliant on imported oil to recent technological advances in drilling that have unlocked vast…


Analysis: Next Intel CEO to guide new business, maybe Apple deal | Reuters

I've been talking about this so long as to be amazed that it hasn't happened yet.  At the depressed levels INTC is trading at, this would be bullish although an admission that they aren't the…


Investors Embrace Climate Change, Chase Hotter Profits - Bloomberg

We blogged about our interest in the out of favor agricultural play.  We added more October 28  call options on the DBA today. We now have both October and January 25 2014 call options  It's a cheap…