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The Best of The S&A Digest
March 13, 2010
 The U.S. government produced the largest monthly deficit in history last month at $220.9 billion. That's 14% higher than the previous record set in February 2009. And the deficit through the first five months of this budget year totals $651.6 billion, 10.5% higher than a year ago.
OBAMA! projects the 2010 deficit will hit an all-time high of $1.56 trillion, besting last year's $1.4 trillion. So we've had no major bailouts this year, but the Fed is still spending increasing amounts of money it doesn't have. Time to start thinking about inflation.
Lots of talk about natural gas at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates conference... Tom Walters, a top executive at ExxonMobil, explained his company's bullish views on gas (courtesy of Rig Zone):
Walters joined a group of industry leaders to address a global gas plenary on "The Role of Natural Gas in the Future Energy Mix." He noted that despite the effects of the recent economic downturn, the long-term outlook for natural gas is positive.
"We expect global energy demand to increase nearly 30 percent in the next 20 years. By 2030, global gas demand will be around 140 billion cubic feet per day higher than 2009," he said.
The major driver of this demand is power generation, which will account for more than half of the gas demand growth, Walters said. He also emphasized the environmental benefits of natural gas as a source of power generation. "Natural gas is a cleaner-burning source of fuel and power generation that over the next 20 years will continue to form an increasingly important role in the global energy mix. This can be attributed to its advantages of lower carbon emissions and greater flexibility into power generation."
When the world's largest energy companies say natural gas is the world's future energy source, it's best to listen. These companies are the market. Plus, the world needs a cheap energy source cleaner than coal – especially in China.
While gas is up from its 2009 lows, it's still trading at one of its cheapest points in over five years.
If you haven't already read Porter's issue explaining his bullish thesis on natural gas, do yourself a favor and click here. His recommendation is an unlevered, pure-play on gas. It's a super-safe way to profit from the rally, plus it yields nearly 8%. Also, in his Investment Advisory, Porter tells you the best way to protect yourself from the runaway inflation we mentioned above.
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S&P 500 |
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American Intl Group |
AIG |
+25.04% |
Citigroup |
C |
+19.43% |
Zions Bancorporation |
ZION |
+14.35% |
Countries |
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Indonesia |
IF |
+4.20% |
Malaysia |
EWM |
+2.51% |
Brazil |
EWZ |
+2.29% |
Sectors |
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Airlines |
FAA |
+3.42% |
Transportation |
IYT |
+3.14% |
Internet |
FDN |
+2.95% |
Commodities |
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Coffee |
- |
+2.57% |
Lead |
- |
+1.06% |
Heating Oil |
- |
+0.73% |
S&P 500 |
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Equitable Resources |
EQT |
-7.42% |
Invesco |
IVZ |
-6.79% |
Zimmer Holdings |
ZMH |
-5.11% |
Countries |
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Turkey |
TKF |
-1.83% |
Chile |
CH |
-0.60% |
Thailand |
TTF |
-0.55% |
Sectors |
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Gold Mining |
GDX |
-2.39% |
Agribusiness |
MOO |
-1.02% |
Basic Materials |
IYM |
-0.26% |
Commodities |
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Sugar |
- |
-13.16% |
Nickel |
- |
-4.94% |
Cotton |
- |
-4.44% |
Source: Bloomberg, Yahoo, StockCharts, XLQ 3/5–3/11.
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