April 2nd 2011

Top Ten Cleantech Cities Around The Globe

As cleantech continues to make its mark around the globe, there are certain cities that are coming out as leaders in the global clean technology industry. These cities provide warm atmosphere for cleantech to expand and enable more to use renewable energy and energy efficient products. Provided here is a list of the top cities that are working to make an impact in the cleantech sector.

1) Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen has made it public that by 2025, they want to be the first carbon-neutral capital. This goal is doable based on Copenhagen’s long-standing tradition of research, development, and investment in clean technologies. It is home to the Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, one of the largest global clusters dedicated to providing necessary business conditions to aid in cleantech research, development and implementation, the “Sundial,” which is the first fully-carbon neutral building in Denmark, and the International Solid Waste Association. There

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April 1st 2011

(V) Visa Inflates Escrow Account

On Monday, Visa Inc. (V) announced that it will deposit about $400 million to its escrow account in order to fund its litigation costs. This action is considered equivalent to a repurchase of shares of the company. Meanwhile, the company used the funds allocated for the share repurchase program announced in October 2010 to raise the deposit money.

Accordingly, Visa will make the deposit under its previously implemented retrospective responsibility plan (RRP), the terms of which solely affect the financials of the company’s class B shareholders. This financial impact takes place in the form of a reduction in conversion price of such class B shares into class A shares.

Apart from funding the litigation escrow account, under the RRP, such action can also be taken when Visa has to arrange funds for its U.S. financial institutions or their associates and successors.

As a result of this RRP, currently Visa has decided to fund its litigation costs through the repurchase of its class A shares worth $400 million on an as-converted basis. T

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March 28th 2011

Watch Japan

The Japanese Index (EWJ) may act as a leading indicator for our stock market being that Japan is in the news and is being watched closely by investors and traders around the world. If you look at the above daily chart of EWJ, you will notice over the past 6 days while our stock market (green line) has been moving higher, the Japan Index has been trending lower. In my opinion this is not only bearish for EWJ but may have negative implications for our market as well.

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March 25th 2011

Royal Wedding Vacations Help High Yielding British Stocks

April 29 is the big day, the day that Prince William will be marrying Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. The wedding is expected to boost the British economy to the tune of more than $1 billion. If you enter Royal Wedding Vacations into Google (GOOG), you will get 1,190,000 results.

Many of the publicly traded stocks based in the United Kingdom should benefit from the biggest influx of money into England since the Beatles. Plus, many of these stocks pay decent dividends. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over 15 British stocks with yields of 2.5% or more.

As an example, Intercontinental Hotels Group plc (IHG), based in Denham, UK, operates 64 hotels just in the London area alone. The stock trades at 15.8 times forward earnings and pays a nice yield of 3.1%. Avondale recently initiated coverage on the company a few months ago, rating it Market Outperform.

Many will be toasting with Diageo plc (DEO) products. Full Article…

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March 23rd 2011

Stocks Test Resistance

                                    As you know I’ve been somewhat bearish on the stock market (short term) and since my last post the market has  subsequently sold off.  The  stock market is now bouncing and in my opinion is at a low risk selling area. If you look at the above daily chart of the S&P500, you will notice that we are now at the top of a down sloping channel which also coincides with resistance  from about 14 days ago.  Notice the declining volume on the current bounce in the market. I’m looking for a retest of last week’s low and I feel this is a low risk shoritng opportunity with a protective stop right above the the top of the channel.

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