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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gary D who wrote (21864)	12/13/2004 4:21:19 PM
From: J-L-S	Respond to of 42834

"It also wasn't mentioned that ethanol is energy-inefficient to produce and requires that huge amounts of land be cultivated." One more important point that only avid gardeners and the farm industry knows: corn is one of the most nitrogen fertilizer dependent plants there is -- no regular, heavy doses of nitrogen equates to no crop. Nitrogen also requires a lot of energy to make, transport, and apply.

To: Gary D who wrote (21864)	12/14/2004 3:11:56 PM
From: Tim Bagwell	Respond to of 42834

Gary, Thanks for bringing up the comments regarding energy conservation that were made on the weekend program. I agree that Bobble didn't have both oars in the water when he pushed away from dry land . All the energy alternatives that are being floated about by scientific challenged nincompoops are seriously flawed in some way. You pointed out a couple of them so I wont repeat. This neophyte analysis of energy conservation is also economically flawed and underscores the economic naivety of Bobble's late years. What do you think will happen to the price of Mideast oil if we drop our consumption and turn to other sources? Did Bobble ever really study supply and demand or did he bobble that subject too? If demand decreases on Mideast supplies, they will simply lower their price to remain competitive and we will still be in the same situation at a different price point. Thus, we would expend an enormous amount of our resources to gain virtually nothing. Heck, Bobble might want to consider running for a political office with this type of logic. These numbskulls need to recognize the reality we live in today. Oil delivers the largest energy bang-per-buck than any other potential source on the horizon. World oil reserves are enormous and may well even be inexhaustible. There is new thinking that suggests that oil might even be being regenerated in the Earth today. It might be a natural process with no real end in sight. Once again I ask, what does Bobble really know about anything?

To: Gary D who wrote (21864)	12/14/2004 9:38:09 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 42834

Hi Gary D, Re: "Back to the investing topic, how about that call to add to holdings when S&P 500 dipped below 1100? Not looking too shabby about now." Yes it was another nice call. But with interest rate increases like described in the story below, I have to wonder how long Bob will remain positive. Associated Press Fed Raises Interest Rates to 2.25 Percent Tuesday December 14, 8:14 pm ET By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates Quarter-Point to 2.25 Percent; Fifth Increase Since June WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised interest rates for the fifth time since June and signaled it was likely to keep pushing them higher at a "measured" pace in the new year. The latest quarter-point increase raised the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, to 2.25 percent, more than double the 46-year low of 1 percent in effect when the Fed kicked off its credit-tightening campaign six months ago. Best wishes, I2