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To: elmatador who wrote (89511)4/26/2012 12:25:25 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218591
 
... and what would be better FED policy to print endlessly? Debt problems are not solved with more debt. The problem in the EU are the unions with very stiff and inflexible employment rules.



To: elmatador who wrote (89511)4/27/2012 5:56:23 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 218591
 
For those that want an investment idea with one year horizon, NGAS ETF on London will gain with the NG recovery which it seems bottomed out.

finance.yahoo.com

Reasoning - at present prices NG is more competitive than coal for electricity generation and more and more utilities are switching ot NG combined cycle.

Another play is Gazprom now around $11.25 - but this is Europe dependent

powermag.com

Coal generation, as a percentage of total power output in the U.S., declined steadily to 39% at the end of 2011 from about 51% in 2002, while generation from natural gas–fired combined cycle plants grew to more than 20% from 10% over the same period, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said on Friday as it released its annual assessment for U.S. energy markets.