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One way might be to raise interest rates. You'll recall they lowered them to a) stave off inflation and b) ease credit for insitutions. We've seen that inflation doesn't really seem to care about interest rates right now and the big institutions need to figure out their own sink or swim strategy. Further, I was just reading in WSJ the other
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Yes, thanks Ian. --traderdad39
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I've read that most analysts think the banking crisis has a way to go (I concur). But I've seen the talking heads on tv chatting about how there are bank stocks with really low valuations and have started moving again. What's your call? Are these good to get back in again?
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As for the alt energy, Obama's been talking wind and solar, McCain's talking nuclear, and then you've got this Pickens plan out there to fill Texas with windmills. Everything I've read says that wind and solar still aren't competitive with coal on a per kW basis. What's your take on that? Any good plays here?
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So there's less easy cash to go around. Okay, then what sectors are you seeing as potentials for investors these days? Commodities seem to have petered out and China's not looking as good as it did a year ago.
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Like how short?
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And didn't retailers report lower than expected sales for "back to school"? Is this trend going to continue? Is the credit/financial/housing crisis spilling over to retail?
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I guess I'll be the first to pose a question: You’ve mentioned a few stocks in your Growth Report blog over the past couple weeks. I recall Emergent Biosciences and Candian Solar. I've been tracking Canadian Solar for a while and noticed it's bounced around. Should I hold these stocks or is it time to sell?
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Hi. Just checking in. Hope I'm not late. Looking forward to getting your thoughts on the market and some investing ideas. Seems like we've had more days like yesterday than we've had good days for a very long time.