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Cumin-Lime Vinaigrette
Cornstarch, commonly used as a thickening agent, gives this red wine vinaigrette body so it can better coat a salad.
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Yield: 1 cup (serving size: 2 tablespoons)
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- Calories: 23
- Calories from fat: 70%
- Fat: 1.8g
- Saturated fat: 0.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 0.3g
- Carbohydrate: 1.8g
- Fiber: 0.1g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.0mg
- Sodium: 199mg
- Calcium: 1mg
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Combine broth and cornstarch in a small saucepan, stirring with a whisk. Bring broth mixture to a boil over medium heat; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and chill. Stir before using.
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When planning a meal, I often find that the most difficult part is deciding what would serve well and complement your main course and other side dishes. That is one of the most wonderful things about the design of A Summertime Grilling Guide. Tracy Kompelien had the inside cover open up to 3 separate connected pages for which Lynne & Sally crafted several menus for different occasions such as an old time grill party, a vegan feast, a cool super for a hot night, ect. There are 12 full menus presented in these 3 pages consisting of main courses, sides, salads, sweets and drinks. It is one of the things that make this book unique.
Lynne & Sally describe the Grilled Asparagus and Spring Onions as a simple and unusual first course or side dish. It is that and more and would make for a great companion to not only the Essential BBQ Chicken but with steak, burgers or chicken, as well.
The list of ingredients is fairly straight forward with one exception. Scallions, are they the same as a table top onion? I was fairly sure by the description in the book which says to cut 1-1 ½ inches off of the green tops and trim the roots that a scallion and the table top or green onion were one in the same but decided to call mom just to be safe. The prep time for this dish at 5 minutes probably was correct but since I was doubling it, it took me about 10-15 minutes total.
After cutting the asparagus and onions, I placed them in a Tupperware container and added the extra virgin olive oil and other ingredients and tossed it around so that each would be lightly coated with the mixture so as not to burn. The grill was VERY warm and turned to high. Contrary to what the book says about grilling the asparagus and onions separately, I figured if they were going to end up served on the same platter that I might as well grill them together, especially since both called for 2 minutes grill time. I placed the vegetables on the grill and was careful to place them the opposite way of the grill grid. I did manage to burn my hands when turning the asparagus and onions and had a difficult time keeping them on top of the grill and not falling through. If you have one of the vegetable turners for the grill where you put them inside the metal grate and trap at the vegetables in, it would be a good idea to use it… .
The biggest hit of the entire meal was the simple mustard vineagrette dressing. I guess Lynne was correct when she said once you have a homemade dressing, you will never go back. And what a pleasure to find that it is so easy to make. The dressing went together very smoothly. Upon tasting it, I found it to be a bit bitter with the mustard and the balsamic vinegar thus I added a generous pinch of brown sugar, improvising a bit from Lynne & Sally's recipe. Here is the recipe for the dressing:
2 to 3 tablespoons high-quality balsamic vinegar, or 1 tablespoon each minced onion and wine vinegar (I used the balsamic vinegar)
2 tablespoons coarse mustard (I used the French's mustard which was on-hand and probably not coarse)
3 tablespoons heavy cream
2 tablespoons minced chives
BTW – don't forget to dress your asparagus! The biggest hit of the night almost went unused until one of my friends asked me what the mustard sauce was supposed to dress. I had forgot to put it on the asparagus. Thankfully, he was the first in line but that meant having to dress the asparagus and quickly take the new picture as a line had formed and everyone was hungry.
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Is there any sort of PVP add on out there which does something like this:
Visually list (maybe like a raid grid?) all combatants on the other side of a battleground, and separate them by class, so you can conveniently click on/focus on certain people without having to pick them out of a crowd?
I'm thinking something like this could be good for helping to target healers and stuffing them with curses and d00m faster. No idea if that sort of add-on would be against any rules.
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Shift-spacebar brings up the scoreboard, which will show all the allies in blue, hordes in red, and has an icon by their names so you know what class they are. Once the bg has started, you can sort by damage or healing done (or other things like HK's or KB's). That's usually how I identify the healers in bg's.
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Works great!
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Comments about Nashbar Mountain Bike Rear Derailleur:
I replaced a totaled XTR with this based on other reviews. It installed in minutes, was easy to adjust by following the included instructions and is lighter than the original.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Follow up review after 400 miles
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This is a follow up for my previous review below. So far I've put around 400 miles on the derailleur over the past few months and have had ZERO problems with it. After the initial install I haven't had to adjust it at all, and it hasn't missed any shifts at all. I've been using it on a road bike converted over to a flat bar set up, and I've switched the front crank from a double to a triple with this rear derailleur on and no problems at all. I started the bike out with a 53/39 crank, then went to a triple 50/39/30 crank, and now I've got a 48/36/26 crank on it now and the derailleur has worked perfect with all three cranks. This derailleur is made by Microshift, and Nashbar actually sells it cheaper under their own brand name than their competitors do under the Microshift brand name, so it's a really great deal. This is the best price out there for a derailleur that can handle a triple crank and a 34 tooth rear sprocket, and at 231 grams that it weighs it's also lighter than anything else close to it's price range from any other manufacturer. Would I buy one again ?...YES !...as a matter of fact I plan on ordering another one. For the weight, quality, and price you can't beat it.
Great derailleur
By Ambrose
from Memphis, TN
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Crisp shifts. I don't notice any difference between this one and a more expensive Shimano product. This is my second one that I've bought and am very satisfied with them. I race bikes and they perform.
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By Big Ring Bill
from Novi, Michigan
Converting a single speed to a 1 x 9. Not installed yet, but product had good appearance and workmanship is very good. Experience with order logistics was good, fast ordering and shipping.
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Great deal!!!
By Bike shop geek
from Tehachapi, Ca
I bought this to replace a broken XT unit. At 1/3 the price this thing is awesome! Works great, very little initial setup time. Super light weight. Looks great too!
Didn't last
By Dr_LHA
from State College, PA
At first I liked this, it's large, almost gloriously chunky and industrial looking, plus it felt like it was well made/machined. For the price it seemed like a steal. Certainly set up was simple and for a few hundred miles it worked great for me. Then I started to have issues getting to the smallest cog and it turned out that the derailleur simply had lost it's springiness, it had simply lost the tension required to get there. Kudos to Nashbar, they refunded me fully. I decided I'd spend the extra bucks and go with a Shimano part instead, which have never failed me like this in the past.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Can"t be beat!
By Jim
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Replaced a 7yr old XT with this. Set up matters! Shifts so good, let us see for how long but considering the PRICE this cannot be beat.
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Overall construction review
I just received it unboxed it so this is just an intial construction review of how it's built. I weighed it and it came in at 231 grams, which is the exact same weight as my older Shimano 105 model RD-5501 long cage road derailleur. I got it on sale at less than 1/3 of the current Shimano 105 long cage derailleur Nashbar is selling, so it's a great deal for the price based on weight alone. Physically the main body is larger and bulkier looking than a 105 derailleur, with wider spaced pivots on the front, looks are OK for an MTB, but would look bulkier on a road bike. As far as construction goes the main body is polished aluminum, the knuckle is plastic (like some SRAM models) with a dark grey with metallic specks finish, the inner and outer pulley plates are aluminum, and only the rear main body pivot plate is steel painted black. As far as the hardware goes the derailleur hanger bolt is aluminum for light weight, but be careful mounting it so you don't strip it or crossthread it as in another review below. I tested the rest of the hardware with a magnet, the cable mounting bolt, the "B" and "H" and "L" screws, the jockey pulley screws, and all the body pivots are all non-magnetic stainless steel so they won't rust. The "B,H,L" screws all screw directly into the aluminum body and have a keyed plastic insert on the face of the body that keeps them from unscrewing. The cable mounting bolt goes through the aluminum body and uses a regular nut to hold it, so you don't have to worry about stripping threads out of the body when tightening the cable bolt. The pulley mounting bolts are Torx bolts, instead of allen head screws, so you'll need to get a Torx bit to remove them. As far as overall construction quality goes it seems pretty good, the plastic knuckle would be my only concern for MTB use. The pivots are all decently built and there's no slop in the main body from any pivot looseness. The main body spring and the pulley cage spring seem just as strong as the Shimano 105. My only gripe is with the pulleys themselves. The top pulley DOES NOT have the "Centeron" feature that Shimano uses that lets it float side-to-side, it's just a regular pulley with a bushing for a bearing, similar to the old friction shift derailleurs. Without the Centeron side-to-side float, that means your derailleur alignment will have to be spot-on, because any misalignment will cause it to make noise or mis-shift, that's why Shimano went with Centeron so things wouldn't have to be perfect. That might explain some of the poor shifting or "week spring in the middle of the cluster" comments posted below. I haven't tried to take it apart yet, so I don't know if a Centeron style pulley could replace the upper one. Set up on a rear derailleur is pretty easy and straightforward, mount it without a chain on it, set the "H" and "L" crews for the travel limits, take the slack out of the cable wih the shifter on the smallest cog and tighten the cable, then use the barrel adjustment screw to line up the derailleur in the middle of the cog range. Just by eyeballing the rear derailleur so that the upper pulley aligns with each cog when shifting through the gears without a chain on you can get it 90% correct, and any slight misalignment can be taken care of with the set screws and barrel adjuster once you put the chain on and ride the bike. I'll post another review later once I get it mounted on the bike and have some miles on it, but it looks like a decent unit, especially given the price-to-weight ratio.
Very good derailleur
By cwball
from Denver, CO
Wow! I am super impressed! Light weight derailleur that works perfectly. Nice price and a true alternative to the more well known brands. Way to go Nashbar/Microshift!
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Nashbar rear derailleur compatability
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Street retired the A's in order to pick up his 41st save of the season Wednesday.
Street pitched a clean inning with a strikeout to notch his 40th save of the season against the A's on Tuesday.
Street pitched a clean inning with a strikeout to notch his 39th save of the season Saturday against the Rangers.
Street pitched a scoreless ninth inning Saturday, giving up a hit and striking out one to pick up the save against the Astros.
Street was not available Wednesday, and will not be available Thursday, due to lingering soreness in his hamstring, Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register reports.
Street (hamstring) said Wednesday that he is back to 100 percent health, and should be available out of the Angels' bullpen going forward, the Orange County Register's Jeff Fletcher reports.
Street is dealing with a tight right hamstring, but he should be available Wednesday, the L.A. Times' Mike DiGiovanna reports.
Street allowed two hits in an inning of work to record his 37th save of the season Saturday.
Street allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in the ninth inning while blowing Friday's save opportunity against the Twins.
Street allowed two hits and struck out a batter to record his 36th save of the season Thursday against the Twins.


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Who's Sleeping with Your Husband? Part 2
Why are our husbands risking marriage and family for sex with them?
In Part 1 of our MomLogic Investigation, we spoke to 5 women who all admit to sleeping with married men. Some do it for the money and some do it for the thrills...but all of them admit that they never even consider their lovers' wives and children sitting at home.
But what exactly is it that makes men willing to risk it all for a romp in the hay? All of the "other women" we spoke to agreed that there is at least ONE thing that we can do to help fight infidelity in our marriages.
Coming tomorrow...how you can tell if your husband is cheating and what can you do if he is. Momlogic went straight to the "other women" for advice on how to catch a cheating hubby and what you can do to keep it from happening in the first place. This could save your marriage!
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where is the special about how to tell that your wife is cheating?
Let us not worry too much. Maybe we should be looking somewhere else too!
Ok, what about all the woman out there such as myself who are willing to do what ever it takes. These mistresses are full of crap. There are husbands out there not willing to do the same thing to a woman- these woman are saying is the reason most men cheat..Then lie to these people just cause they know that they can..To make the guilt seem more easy to swallow..Easy is easy—YOU ARE HOMEWRECKERS!
Men cheat b/c you make it easy not to.
For 10 years I gave my husband everything he wanted when he wanted sex he got it . Never turned him down he wanted oral he got oral. Last summer he had an affair and told me he didn't love me anymore and had been sleeping around one me for 7 years. Everything was my fault why he did it. I blamed myself at first then I woke up and realized I was not the one at fault. When I tried to kick him out told him I had had enough. Then it was I'm sorry I made mistakes I love you I want us to work out. So I'm sorry these women that say the wife don't give men what they need at home and there gonna get it somewhere else that is a bunch of BULL. these women want what another woman has and don't care who they hurt or what this does to the kids how it destroys them there nothing but self centered and selfish and deserve everything they get.
Then there are those of us wives who have been faithful while our husbands are God knows where, doing God knows what/who and only wish we could do the same!
I'm thinking term limits on marriage would be a good start. Ohh sorry… your 7 years is up and I choose NOT to renew our vows!
They are trailer trash, plain and simple. They would sell their soul to the devil.
Cynthia on June 3, 2008 8:35 PM wrote:
For 10 years I gave my husband everything he wanted when he wanted sex he got it . Never turned him down he wanted oral he got oral. Last summer he had an affair and told me he didnât love me anymore and had been sleeping around one me for 7 years.
sorry Cynthia but you sound as if you did CHARITY by giving him BJ's etc etc -as if it was some tough chore ! No wonder he went looking elswhere!
I had a husband that cheated - I had it coming because I met him when he was still married.. What made me think he would treat me differently .. Oh well - I chuck it up for experience. And then.. some men are just stray dogs - no big deal - just don't blame it on the women - they are not the home wreckers …
When a person has an affair they usually try to blame the other person to whom they are married to. In reality it has nothing to do with that person they are married to…it is all about them & their insecurities! You can bend over backwards doing everything 4 them so they won't cheat but they still will because they are the problem. Unless they get help with their issues…you will have no control no matter what you do. They need help & have 2 want 2 get the help to figure out the reasons about themselves.
I was married for 25 years. I did it all, oral, dressing up, massages,roll playing etc. I gave and gave. I then found out he was interested in "animal" Porn, and was obessed with sex.I just couldn't take it anymore! I think men are just men. They like the "chase".During my marriage I had red flags I blew off as my imagination. Never egnore them is my advice. You will eventually save yourself time and humiliation. I finally woke up and left!
I feel so angry and hurt about husbands cheating. I do all I can to keep my relationship going in EVERY way. I am always so concerned about my looks and my weight - afraid that someone may interest him more than me because I am getting older. My husband listens to Bubba the love sponge who says that woman over the age of 40 are disguesting….I am over 40. My husband has a beer belly and he doesn't worry at all. He says that men look more distinquished as they get older. Woman just get old.
I work all kinds of hours but so does he. BUT-guess who gets pampered and who does not?
I ask him all the time to take me out and he says he has no interest because he is a homebody. I would I love to go out on a date—just to feel good about myself but when I plan something and he does go—he falls asleep in the car and acts so uninterested that I think I should just forget it. AND-yes, I do try to find things that HE likes—not just me. GUY MOVIES, etc.
I know that he would probably find another woman attractive and have an affair because he thinks I should just do everything and ask for nothing. If I try talking to him about it he gets very defensive and angry—-
We HAVE tried counseling and they always try to get him to be more understanding….I read a book on Passive-Aggressive men and I am sure that he is one. If he cheats—I am sure that he will say that it is totally my fault. :(
i loved being the other women however being the other women has made me have the best friend i have and the best husband in the world
I am 37 and have a family. I think its unrealistic to expect a man NOT to cheat on you. If you are going to spend your entire life with one man, you should be realistic, and expect that someday it will likely happen. Are you going to throw away an otherwise good marriage and family because of it? The main concern should be disease exposure, and safety. That is the main problem with cheating.
Jennifer T,
does that mean that you have/or will cheat on your husband. If yes, then I guess you have a pragmatic and different way of living life. Good for you I hope it works out. If the answer is no then maybe you should see that men should be held to the same standards as women.
All I can say is, so what, let the tramps be together, better her to live with a pig than you. Some women will do anything for a man, and have no sisterhood whatsoever. Your man dont really want them, they just think they do because nobody else does. Put a bow around his head and place him on her doorstep, with an empty wallet and two kids on his back…hey its a package deal.
I say if they can't live within the committment they made (and this applies to the man or woman), then just move on. But frankly, it's selfish for either partner to believe that they have the right to remain in a relationship and pretend to be committed and playing by the rules while stepping out on the sly. Man up, be honest, take your licks and move out. Pay the alimoney or child support, learn to live alone and do your own laundry if that's what you want but you shouldn't get your cake and eat it too! My hubby is great but is welcome to leave any time he wants - he knows where the door is. Cheating is just unnecessary and is all about ego, period. Anytime he decides I'm not enough for him, he can pack up and move along. But if I catch him cheating, he'll pay. The same should apply to every marriage out there.
My wife doesn't work outside tne home, the kids make their own breakfast, dinner is rarely prepared, except weekends, (that's when I cook.) The house is always messy, I do 90% of the laundry but after more than 10 years of marriage I get the I am too tired resonse most of the time. She naps every day when the kids are in school and during the summer she is in bed until 10 or 11.
Affair - at least there would be something to look forward to.
I was married for 13 years. I also was a wife who did everything- but I did it because I loved my hudband. I found out that he had been seeing a "skank" that he worked with. This devastated my family. But- the other woman didn't care and still doesn't care that he has a family. They have since married and she treats my chldren like dirt and has obviously has taken away my ex'es balls- because now she has his house, etc and she rules the roost. So as they say- the grass isn't always greener". They deserve each other- but the one who suffers the most from this are the children.
Communication is the key. How many couples have actually sat down and verbally discussed their wants/needs in the arena of monogomy?
My husband and I have sat down and discussed our marriage. We have thoroughly contemplated the views that there is a difference between love and sex - we can go elsewhere for protected sex, but come home for love. It has worked for many, many years - for us. It is definately not for every couple, as the couple must both agree to put out jealousy. Communication is the key.
I've been married for 6 yrs, and we have both cheated in our marriage. My husband did first, and when he told me i went out and cheated on him. It was of course to get revenge for what he did , but I was the one living with the guilt. To top it off i cheated with a married man. I became the woman i hated the most, a homewrecker. Women need to realize that if a man is not happy at home he is going to go elsewhere to try to find that happiness, even if it is temporary. My husband cheated because of the problems in our marriage and he was young and stupid. I learned the hard way that if you're there for you're husband not just as a wife, but as a friend and a sexual Goddess he wont have no reason to go out and cheat. Now if there's a man that just has cheating in his DNA then leave him he will never change. Women that pursue married man in my experience and opinion have serious low self esteem issues and feel they need validation with competing with the wife.
My husband of 29 years found a woman and had an affair. I confronted him gently. He admitted it and took his life 2 days later. Devastated his family. Then I met the woman. She had no idea he was married, he told her we were divorced. I liked her. Sometimes we do all we can, and it still falls apart. 5 years later, I am picking up the pieces, and I'm still lonely.


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The post was vague about who might be in the running to replace outgoing chief executive Steve Ballmer.
"As you would expect, as this group has narrowed, we've done deeper research and investigation, including with the full board. We're moving ahead well, and I expect we'll complete our work in the early part of 2014," Thompson wrote.
CNet speculates the could mean either that Microsoft is wooing a well-known candidate and doesn't want to tip its hand just yet or that the company is having trouble finding someone who will accept an offer.
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Billionaire Glenn Dubin's Long-Term Stock Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - July 25, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, DISH, HTZ, SEIC
While the primary purpose of Insider Monkey's database of hedge funds' 13F filings is to help us develop investing strategies (for example, we have discovered that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year), we can also go through these filings to find a top manager's favorite stocks in a number of areas more »
Small-Cap Farm Products: Room to Grow or Fallow Fields?
By Chris Hodge - July 22, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, FDP, ANDE
Farming is great because of the security it affords investors. After all, society needs these products desperately. But there is a great gulf between being moderately successful in farming and being large enough to really thrive. Are these small-cap farming companies up to the task of building your portfolio and make you money, or will they rot on the vine?
No guarantor of growth
Dangerous Valuations in Farm Products
By Chris Hodge - July 20, 2013 | Tickers: ADM, BG, CZZ
The world needs its farm goods, and the market is well aware of this. The problem with something that everyone knows they need is that the price can become insane. The following are some examples of companies that at first glance look like stocks in which you might want to wait for a dip before buying.
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Where to Shop for Agri-Related Stocks
By Damon Churchwell - July 17, 2013 | Tickers: ADM, BG, CZZ
Having already reviewed a number of grocery-store stocks, I decided to look further into the market for home-cooked foods, specifically companies that sell processing-related commodities and farm produce. Several companies are notable for their earnings prospects, healthy balance sheets, and attractive P/E valuations.
Lets review some of the top names in this group.
Commodity giant expanding through Australian buyout
When Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) reported first-quarter results in more »
Billionaire Glenn Dubin's Small Cap Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - July 7, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, CTRP, SATS, SEIC, URI
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds as part of our work researching investment strategies, and have found that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year. We think that this is because small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalization between $1 billion and $5 billion) receive less more »
It's Not Too Late to Buy These Companies
By Shweta Dubey - July 6, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, DISH, TMUS
Highbridge Capital is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management. The fund started with $35 million in 1992 and it now manages $29 billion. The main investors in this fund are institutional investors, public and corporate pension funds, endowments, and high net worth individuals. The fund invests in stocks and derivatives, using strategies like arbitrage, long and short, with a short term view. Following its movement can provide an investment opportunity more »
Planting Seeds for Future Yields: 3 Stocks From the Farm Industry
By Victor Selva - June 21, 2013 | Tickers: ADM, BG, CZZ
When looking at the farm industry, analysts are usually very pessimistic. It is said the industry carries an inherently large risk. This may be true, but why is so much emphasis placed on this risk? It's because most analysts focus on the short run instead of the long haul. However, this industry has always paid dividends in the long run, some better than others, but it has always paid more »
3 Promising Brazilian Stocks You Did Not Know About
By Jaiyant Cavale - June 11, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, GGB, VIV
Just a couple of days ago, Standard & Poor revised Brazil's economic outlook from "Stable" to "Poor." Brazilian stocks and currency are down by 7% and Brazil's growth has been stagnant, growing by just 0.6% in the first quarter. However, the Brazilian consumer price index is at a 6.5% ceiling, which meets expectations.
Brazil's disappointing economy is an opportunity for international investors
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Billionaire Glenn Russell Dubin Loves These Stocks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 28, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, DISH, HTZ, PCLN, RIG
Highbridge Capital Management is a New York-based hedge fund with assets under management of approximately $29 billion. It is managed by key founder Glenn Russell Dubin, and Highbridge's equity portfolio has a reported value of $6.4 billion. In the first quarter of 2013, several changes were made to its top holdings, including movements in mega-players like Transocean (NYSE: RIG) and Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN).
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Earnings Season Review and Outlook 2013
By Jay Ralez - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, EA, FNMA, LNVGY.PK, MONI, NQ, NOK, TEF, VELT, WMMVY.PKI am reading my stocks earnings releases now since its earnings season and I havent reviewed anything in months.Cosan http://cosan.com.br/Cosan is doing great all around and has just finished integrating Brazils largest natural gas pipeline into its portfolio. I like the pipeline business. The sugar business is also expanding and Cosan's partnership with Amyris for the development of sugar based hydrocarbons to replace petroleum more »
Creating a Portfolio with Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
By Arturo Cuevas - April 5, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, MKC, RDS-A
Sugar and spice and everything nice, to borrow a line from the nursery rhyme "What are little girls made of," is one foolish but potent guide to assemble a winning stock portfolio. Cosan (NYSE: CZZ), for one, is a potential winner as a sugar-and-everything-nice adjunct, given the banner performance that this Brazilian conglomerate reported for its 2013 fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012. For the period, it more than more »
Are These Confection Stocks a Sweet Deal?
By Chris Hodge - January 23, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, MDLZ, HSY, TR |
I've been trying to stay away from candy lately, but I recognize that just because I'm not personally into something says very little about how popular it is. I rarely drink, but Diageo is thriving. I've never smoked, but Philip Morris International is alive and well regardless. So what about the confections industry? Are these stocks a taste of heaven, or are they just rot bait?
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Why Does George Soros Love This South American Ag Giant?
By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 16, 2012 | Tickers: AGRO, ADM, BG, CZZ, ANDE
Dwight Anderson, the founder of Ospraie Management, is a New-York based financial advisory firm that manages close to $2 billion in assets. Anderson's fund has a variety of investment strategies and has been known to place big bets on the commodity markets that occasionally turn sour. Ospraie lost close to $1 billion in the most recent financial crisis due to ill-timed bets in commodities, but has since bounced back more »
Is Hershey a Comfort Stock for Investors?
By Meena Krishnamsetty - August 27, 2012 | Tickers: CZZ, HSY, TR
Investors who are worried about the U.S. economy may be attracted to large-cap stocks that experience a low statistical correlation with the S&P 500, and The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) fits that bill to a T. The stock's beta is 0, and 0.0 when rounded to one decimal place. Even a downturn in the U.S. economy shouldn't affect its stock price, due to the more »
How a Free Codexis Can Elbow its Way to the Top
By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - August 7, 2012 | Tickers: CDXS, CZZ, RDS-A
On July 16, industrial enzyme developer Codexis (NASDAQ: CDXS) announced that they had signed an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with long-time financier Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A). Although terms of a new research agreement won't be finalized until later this month, the announcement has given valuable insight into the future of both companies.
While everything won't come up roses for Codexis the company will likely be granted freedom to more »
How to Profit from the World's Sweet Tooth
By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - May 20, 2012 | Tickers: ADM, BG, CZZ |
The future is sweet for sugar, which is good news if you are an opportunistic investor. Its use has increased mightily in recent years in two major ways: as an alternative feedstock for chemicals and fuels and as an ingredient in foods and beverages. Analysts and experts have touted an inevitable sugar economy in Brazil as the primary explanation for their bullish views. If the United States ever makes the more »
Brazil No Longer a Sweet Investment
By Tony Daltorio - May 18, 2012 | Tickers: BG, CZZ, EWZ, RDS-A, CANE |
Not long ago, one of the hottest places on the map for investors to get a great return was Latin America's biggest economy, Brazil. The country was in the sweet spot, blessed with abundant natural resources that the world's largest emerging country – China – wanted and needed.
But the country and its stock market have fallen on hard times in recent months. That is not news to the holders more »
Energy Common Sense: Codexis Plays the Shell Game With Management
By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - February 22, 2012 | Tickers: CDXS, CZZ, RDS-A
It's never a good thing for a company to lose two executives in a single month, but that's exactly what has happened at Codexis (NASDAQ: CDXS). Despite the sustainable chemical producer's successful pharmaceutical enzymes business (fetching $49 million in 2011) and brilliantly orchestrated ascendance to the top of the cellulase enzyme market (in a mere three years) the past month has witnessed the departure of CFO Robert more »
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By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - February 21, 2012 | Tickers: ADM, BG, CDXS, CZZ, WY
In the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton beat incumbent George Bush Sr. despite his 90% approval rating in March 1991. Once thought a shoe-in for re-election due to an impeccable foreign policy resume (end of Cold War, aiding Kuwait against Saddam), the main reason Bush Sr. fell to Clinton could be summed up in one quote: "It's the Economy, Stupid". Similar to the economy's importance in the 1992 more »
Fueling Tomorrow: Codexis
By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - February 13, 2012 | Tickers: AMRS, CDXS, CZZ, PFE, RDS-A
If you think Solazyme is a tough act to follow, then you certainly aren't familiar with the next company in the FuelingTomorrow series. Despite being severely underappreciated and undervalued, Codexis Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) can hang with the best of 'em.
As TheStreet's Eric Rosenbaum correctly noted, biofuels IPOs may be a worse investment than social media IPOs. However, he incorrectly threw Codexis into the group of unsuccessful biofuels more »
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Episode 240 – Zapekanka: Cottage Cheese and Raisin Casserole – Healthy Living
Another classic dish from Russian cuisine . Zapekanka means casserole what in translation literally means to bake over. Aram and Ruben share their recipe.
Episode 239 – Calories: To Count Or Not To Count? – Healthy Living
Do you count calories? Are you trying to lose extra weight? Aram and Ruben share their thoughts
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Episode 237 – Tasty Classic: Deviled Eggs – Healthy Living
Easy to make and an instant crowd favorite snack. Ruben and Aram share step-by-step instructions.
Episode 228 – Yo Mama's Hot Chocolate – Healthy Living
This Hot Chocolate has a secret nutrient-dense ingredient. Aram and Ruben show how they roll.
Episode 225 – Whey Protein Dangers And Benefits – Healthy Living
Used as a supplement, whey protein supposed to provide valuable amino acids used to aid in muscle recovery. It is commonly sold in many health food and supplements shops. Aram and Ruben share their thoughts.
Episode 220 – Eggs: Highly Nutrient-Dense Whole Food – Healthy Living
Are eggs good or bad for my cholesterol? Is it healthy to drink raw eggs? Are whole eggs or egg whites better for you? Aram and Ruben share their wisdom.
Episode 208 – Simple ways to fine-tune your diet – Healthy Living
Fine tuning your diet can have an immediate impact on your lifestyle. Ruben and Aram share few simple steps you can be taking to feel better and enjoy your life even more.
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Episode 201 – The Best Sources Of Protein? – Healthy Living
Whether your goal is to lose weight or build more muscle mass, consuming right amount of protein from a great source is very important. Aram and Ruben share their thoughts.
Episode 187 – Cream Of Potato Soup – Healthy Living
Rich and satisfying soup that is very easy to make and even easier to digest and absorb. Ruben and Aram share their secrets.
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When I was a child growing up in the 1960's, if anyone had predicted the big, bad Soviet Union would break apart within a few decades, they would have been labeled a lunatic.
If anyone had predicted the nations of Eastern Europe would free themselves–secede–from the yoke of the Soviets, they also would have been labeled lunatics. After all, the Hungarians and Czechs had both tried, and were crushed.
Yet, through peaceful but determined resistance, these independence movements succeeded.
The same holds true for India, which seceded from Britain in 1948 under the non-violent but determined leadership of the incomparable Mohandas Gandhi. Again, if one had said in 1940 that India would be independent by 1948, he would have been declared insane.
I bring up these historical examples because the same attitude prevails about the prospects of American secession. Right now, anyone who brings up the idea of secession of individual states seems loony.
"Never happen," people will say–even if they support the idea.
"Why, if Washington hears about it at nine, the tanks will be rolling by noon," say others.
The tanks might indeed roll. After all, though we like to pretend that our masters in Washington are so much better than the old Soviet masters, when their precious empires are threatened, they move quickly.
More and more people are beginning to understand, however, that Washington DC is completely out of control. Domestically, the Beast is now firing the heads of major American companies, and printing money hand over fist in a desperate attempt to spend itself rich.
Internationally, despite the fact that it is beyond broke, the Beast continues building an American Empire spanning the globe, stationing troops in well over a hundred countries.
Secession movements have become more and more vocal, and continue to gather followers. In the far northeast, there are two active secessionist movements, one in Vermont with a distinctly socialist feel, and one next door in New Hampshire, with a libertarian approach. Power to them both!
In Texas, Governor Perry has made himself the butt of jokes by casually mentioning secession as an option. Yes, it is true that talk about Texas having a right to secede written into its treaty to join the Union is an urban legend. (Texas insisted on the right to divide itself in up to five separate states if it saw fit to do so, but there is no secession clause.) Texas has only the same right as every other state to do so, under the Tenth Amendment.
A recent poll shows that almost one in five Texans, given the opportunity, would vote to secede.
If Vermont or New Hampshire (or any other state) declares independence from Washington, it would be interesting (to say the least) to see the reaction. Would the tanks roll in by noon? Maybe–and that would show the true nature of our central government Politburo.
Should states declaring independence take up arms and fight against Washington? What, are you nuts?
No, the only approach that would succeed would be the Gandhi approach: mass civil disobedience and non-violence.
To paraphrase a line from David Attenborough's film: "You don't expect us to just let you leave the Union, do you?"
"Yes sir. That is exactly what I expect you to do."
Update: Secession is no longer a discussion topic that is beyond the pale. See the recent articles by Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com, and Walter Williams. We are still a long ways from any state taking that critical first step, but with the Bush/Obama economy teetering on the edge, the time may come sooner than anyone thinks.
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Were Gandhi to protest today he'd be met by police armed to the teeth and his peace group would be infiltrated by a plethora of 3-letter agencies that would work to radicalize the group to use violence. If that failed they would send the agent provacateurs to wreak havok at the street protests giving the police the needed excuse to crush the whole protest under boot, pepper spray, bean bag bullets, and electroshock torture we call a Tazer.
Possibly. Check out the movie, "Gandhi," and see what the British did to him and the independence movement for India. Beatings, jailings, torture–you name it.
Do Americans have the courage and determination of Gandhi to achieve independence through peaceful, non-violent (but determined) civil disobedience?
It all depends. In Vermont and New Hampshire, they are close to that level of determination. In Texas, they are almost as close. In New York, there's not a chance in Hell.
If a state pushed year after year for more autonomy and and keep pressuring US institutions like Post Offices to leave, by setting up state type post offices next door, eventually the political climate might be right to allow it to succeed.
However, how would the US be better off without the input of New Hampshire or Vermont, and how would one of them be better off paying tariff etc. in dealing with the US.
Hi Richard Kane,
I like your blogs, by the way.
Just because Vermont and New Hampshire secede, does not mean the US no longer has "input" from them, any more than Britain no longer has the "input" of the US since we seceded. Vermont and New Hampshire would continue to be productive, high tech, but independent states. It would be in their own interest, and the interest of the remaining US states, to maintain open and friendly trade relations with them.
Better yet, if a state repeatedly told the rest of the country how to run things, then repeatedly installed corrupt political dynasties, then complained when it wasn't running the show and put hundreds of wrenches into the works as a response, would it not better to give the keys and tell them to go and never return?
That's Texas the last thirty years!~
Indeed. Maybe if Texas seceded, the Bush dynasty would remain in that benighted, scorpion-infested state, and not impose themselves on the rest of us. (Just kidding, folks.)
Let them go. But not until they pay their per capita share of the national debt and pay for all the stuff belonging to the US that's within their borders.
And that includes land owned by the US Government. Two pretty big chunks of Vermont are federal property, and ought to be worth a buck or two even in this depressed real estate market.
But the Post Office thing is a good point. Pretty much every town has a post office, owned by Uncle Sam.
What are some of the things that can happen when a state secedes? I quickly came up with a few, but there's bound to be lots and lots more.
Money: What's the new country going to do for money?
Banking system: The Fed stops operating in the state and suddenly there's no way to clear a check. How long before commerce comes to a screeching halt? Hours?
Post office. Hell, you can't even mail a check, let alone cash it.
Got an airport? No planes into or out of the state because the airports just lost their FAA certification.
Got ports? That toot you just heard was the Coast Guard's last cutter heading into Federally controlled waters. You guys are on your own.
Part of the power grid? Not any more.
Trucks come and go to deliver produce, clothing, etc? Not on our watch. Your border is now closed except at Federal check points on our side. What you do on your side we couldn't care less about.
MIlitary bases contributing to your economy? Not any more. In the absence of a SOFA we just pulled all the troops out of that big Army base. And fired all the employees because we closed the base. We also destroyed all the buildings because you didn't pay for them.
Someone in your country wants to sue someone in our country? Sorry. Federal courts are closed.
Got a Federal prison? Not any more. We unlocked all the cells before we turned out the lights. Want a list of the prisoners who walked out? Tough. Not our problem.
Telephone and internet service crossing into our country? Snip. Not any more.
Secessionists: you need to be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
Hi Gazelle,
Well, you've given us quite a running litany. Let me respond to just a few of them.
The "national debt" belongs to the central government in Washington. Vermont and New Hampshire, as independent countries, have no obligation to pay "their share" of the debt, anymore than the US had obligations to pay "their share" of Great Britain's debt when they seceded.
"Land owned by the Federal Government." There is no clause in the Constitution (aka "the supreme law of the land") that says huge chunks of state land can be taken over at the whim of Washington. None of the land Washington claims in Vermont and New Hampshire actually "belongs" to Washington, anymore than huge chunks of New York and Maryland would somehow have "belonged" to the Crown, even after the US seceded from England.
Right now there are huge tracts of land in my own state, Arizona, that are claimed by the Central Politburo in Washington. Those claims are simply false and bogus.
"What's the new country going to do for money?" Well, what did the US do for money after it seceded from Britain? It gave Congress the power to coin money and "regulate the value thereof." What Vermont and New Hampshire want to use for money is their own affair. If they're smart, they would go to a one hundred percent precious metal coinage. If they're not so smart, they'll trust their politicians to print money at whim, and never ever inflate. And they'll believe in the tooth fairy at the same time.
Banking system? Gee, you mean we can't conduct business with Canada, because they have a different banking system? Gosh, I never knew that!
Power grid: You mean, independent countries can't buy and sell power amongst themselves? Really? So we never, ever sell power to Canada? And Canada never sells power to us? And France never sells power to Germany? Gosh, I didn't know that!
Trucks can't cross the border? Really? You mean, trucks never cross the border delivering goods from Germany to France, or Germany to Poland, or Italy to Spain? So, because a state becomes independent, all trade ceases? Trade across international borders doesn't exist?!
Gosh, Gazelle, I didn't know that!
I could continue on with your list of supposed insurmountable problems: courts, lawsuits, prisons, etc. But there is no point in doing so. Just as independent states can work out such issues today, so Vermont and New Hampshire can do the same, as independent countries, tomorrow.
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How to invest in the cloud
Everybody's talking about it (reason enough to be cautious). Know which technology companies can give you a piece -- or a bigger helping -- of the action.
Is the much-hyped trend toward cloud computing an investor's ticket to cloud nine?
I'm as leery as anyone else about following an investment crowd, particularly one in technology. And the cloud has drawn a crowd. But it would be a mistake to dismiss this trend as a bubble or a fad.
The cloud offers so many benefits to consumers and businesses that there's still a decade's worth of huge spending as companies try to catch this trend. This should help drive up the stocks of the key companies involved, including Salesforce.com (CRM, news), Apple (AAPL, news), Google (GOOG, news), Microsoft (MSFT, news), Amazon.com (AMZN, news), EMC (EMC, news), VMware (VMW, news), IBM (IBM, news) and Accenture (ACN, news). (Microsoft is the publisher or MSN Money.)
Before we get to the best stocks to buy to invest in the cloud, let's ask simply: What's the cloud?
A mainframe in the air
If you ask 10 experts, you'll get 11 answers, quips Jimmy Lin, an associate professor at the University of Maryland who was recently part of a Google-IBM effort to get universities to better train computer-science students to work in the cloud. After talking with at least 10 experts in the space, I can tell you he's got a point. But it boils down to this:
- In the early days of computing, people had dumb desktop devices that tapped into mainframes. The big boxes handled the heavy lifting of running software and storing data.
- Later, computing power shifted to the desktop in the PC revolution -- which made a lot of investors very rich.
- In a way, with the cloud, we're going back again. Software and storage are moving to a central location, away from your desktop. Thanks to the Internet, this place may now be far away -- on a server farm in another state or country, not down the hall on a business or university mainframe.
One benefit is that you can reach your stuff from anywhere, using a variety of devices. You don't even need to plug in. Another advantage, says David Rudow a tech stock analyst at Thrivent Asset Management, is that pooling resources like massive server farms shared by many companies mean lower computing costs.
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There's been buzz around cloud computing since 2008, but the trend is still young. There are many ways to slice the market, but by one measure, annual spending by companies on cloud computing will grow to $227 billion by 2020, from around an estimated $18.6 billion last year, according to Forrester Research. A lot of that spending will happen over the next three to five years. Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimates companies will spend $117 billion on cloud computing during that time.
"Over the next three years, most small and medium-size companies will move a lot of their operations into the cloud," predicts Eric Openshaw, a cloud expert and vice chairman at Deloitte. And big companies will keep setting up there, too. "The cloud is one of the most important shifts in technology to happen in a very long time," says Shan Sinha, the group product manager of Google Apps for Business, which offers services that help businesses move to the cloud.
Based on a recent survey of corporate tech managers, Morgan Stanley predicts the workload handled by the cloud will grow 50% a year for the next three years, or twice as much as most investors currently estimate. In other words, investors recognize this is big -- but they underestimate how big.
Most of the money will be spent behind the scenes by businesses using the cloud. But let's start with the segment of the cloud that's most visible to consumers.
The personal cloud
Back in the old days, you had a computer at work and maybe one at home. Music was on CDs. Family photos were in albums on the shelf. Home videos were on tape.
How quaint.
These days, many of us have three or four devices -- a PC, a notebook or laptop, a tablet, a smartphone and perhaps something else. Last year, 124 million adults in the U.S. regularly used at least two devices connected to the Internet, and that will grow to 184 million of us by 2016, according to Forrester Research.
Forrester says this trend has turned the Internet into the 'Splinternet.' Each of your devices probably holds a different collection of music, photos and personal contacts. Wouldn't it be nice to have all that in one place?
Various companies are working on this as they help consumers grab their piece of the cloud.
Apple tried to get an edge earlier this month when it announced the iCloud, which lets users access digital content from any Apple device. Analysts think iCloud will be popular, and it will increase loyalty to Apple devices -- its revenue bread and butter. "Apple is bringing the integration of its platform to a new level," says Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope, who has a "buy" rating and 12-month price target of $470 on the stock, from about $320 now.
The business cloud
By now, lots of businesses have begun using the cloud to run key software and store data. "It has really become a part of the DNA of a business," says Phil Garland, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers who advises companies on how to use the cloud. The following advantages will drive a continued ramp up in business spending on the cloud over the next several years:
- Lower capital spending. Before the cloud, companies had to fork over a lot of money for servers and software before they even knew if the equipment would do what they hoped. "Now you can rent computing from Amazon," says Lin. For entrepreneurs, this can dramatically cut a big capital expense. The cloud does this for startup divisions within big companies, too.
- More agility. When companies rent software and storage space in the cloud, they can quickly add capacity. Openshaw cites the example of Animoto, the online photo album company, which quickly expanded its server base -- to thousands from a few dozen -- after it took off. "That type of elasticity is not available in any (traditional) data center I know of on the planet," says Openshaw.
- Better data mining. The cloud gives companies "massive computational resources" that would otherwise be tougher and more expensive to get, says Lin. This computing power might help fund managers run complex simulations on options-investing strategies or help pharmaceutical companies crunch drug-study data.
- Support for the 'digital native.' Increasingly, a lot of jobs are performed "in the cloud." We store work there. We go there to collaborate with co-workers in other cities, when we work from the road or from home, or when companies hire employees who work from remote locations. Forrester calls this the new kind of worker the "digital native."
How do you invest in a cloud?
As with any big tech trend, the cloud can put you knee deep in jargon pretty quickly. Let's sum things up by saying cloud companies typically offer software services (the biggest growth area in the space), platforms where other companies can run their own software, and infrastructure such as massive server farms. Then there are the "enablers" that help companies understand how to use the cloud.
The big players in the space -- tech giants -- do most of the above. Google, for example, is betting that a lot of businesses will want keep things simple by renting their apps. It also has massive server farms to give companies a place to do that.
"The cloud gives companies an easier way to manage all their technology," says Sinha, of Google Apps for Business. "It moves all the hard, boring parts into the sky and makes it invisible." Companies seem to like this. Sinha says Google Apps for Business sales have tripled over the past year. The company doesn't break out numbers, though, so it's hard to know how big an impact it is having on overall revenue growth.
Still, Google's cloud efforts are part of what makes it a buy right now, say analysts. Trading at about $490, down from above $640 earlier this year, Google looks cheap, says Michael Scanlon, a stock analyst at John Hancock Asset Management. Down here, the stock trades for less than 10 times expected earnings, if you take out its $36 billion in cash. Scanlon believes the contributions to growth from cloud computing and mobile search are being overlooked by investors. "Anything that can get people into their ecosystem benefits the wider franchise," he says.
Of course, by attempting to move business computing to the cloud -- and away from the PC -- Google and other cloud providers pose a direct threat to Microsoft, which makes a lot of its money by selling desktop operating systems and business software deployed inside companies.
But don't count Microsoft out, because it has cloud offerings of its own, known as Azure and Dynamics. "Its public cloud offerings polled the strongest of any vendor in our survey," says a recent report on the sector by Morgan Stanley. "Microsoft is likely to gain the most from a broader adoption of public cloud environment."
Besides, as useful and popular as the cloud is, it's not clear the PC is going away. "The cloud won't replace conventional computing, because it is still convenient to have your data and applications on one machine," says Michael Cusumano, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management and author of "Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World." "And remote access doesn't always work well. It may be at least 10 years before we have such ubiquitous broadband wireless connectivity that people will want to give up their desktops or laptops. It may never happen."
Amazon, through offerings called the Elastic Compute Cloud and Simple Storage Solutions, is another major player that provides a combination of software services, and the platforms and infrastructure to run it all.
Getting pure
Unlike these giants, which are involved in a lot of different businesses, several smaller companies represent more-focused ways to invest in the cloud.
Salesforce.com serves as a nearly pure play. It offers software that helps corporate sales teams track leads and sales as well as share developments inside their companies, all from the cloud.
This is a stock that traders love to short, or bet against, mainly because of a rich price of 74 times earnings. But the company has defied such investors. "They own their market. They are taking share," says Rudow, at Thrivent.
On the infrastructure side, VMware plays a big role by selling software that helps cloud providers subdivide servers for private use by customers. "It's like two kids sharing a room, and not knowing it," says Scanlon.
And of course, EMC is a major cloud play because it sells storage devices and the virtualization and security software that make them run. "They have a lot of the key technology. When you are setting up cloud servers, it is hard not to buy something from EMC," says Abhi Gami, senior analyst for the Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund (VAFAX), which has beaten the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) over the past year.
Among the "enablers," Accenture and IBM stand out as public companies that should continue to get meaningful business by helping companies set up in the cloud.
Of course, among the big risks here are concerns about the safety and privacy of data in the cloud. Openshaw, at Deloitte, says such fears are overblown. "Security is good, and probably better than what most individual organizations can muster on their own."
Besides, having all your data up in the cloud and not on your laptop can be a blessing, says Google's Sinha. "Your data can't just get up and walk out the door with the device."
At the time of publication, Michael Brush did not own shares of any company or fund mentioned in this column. Brush is the editor of Brush Up on Stocks, an investment newsletter.
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access via the internet, rather than dedicated point-to-point lines. In my mind SECURITY should be your main concern if you are considering moving your data to the 'Cloud' ... if the Pentagon and several other branches of the government ... and major companies like Microsoft and Apple and CitiBank ....etc ... can be HACKED ... then your data can be hacked too ... especially if someone gains access to a site 'hosting' multiple companies ... BEWARE THE CLOUD ...!!!
Ahem, Ahhh, the cloud. Just another form of control. It don't mean jack! Did you notice that "we are coming full circle....." comment!? Oh, back to the olden days again!
The question you should ask yourself is: Do I want to turn control of my personal data over to someone or someplace I know not much about? What about security? Another place for the hacks to get to your personal life! More social BS stuff. Hey, think this: are you better off today with the cloud than you were without it? Think Big Brother and I don't mean the government I mean BIG BUSINESS!
Cloud = Server Farms = Intel Chips = Invest in Intel. Pretty fricking simple isn't it.
How big of a player in servers is intel?
I'm pretty sure their core is selling processing chips, for mobile smart phones, for laptops, pcs, and now tablets.
The companies he mentions are good, IBM is probably the most diversifed and safe value stock that will benefit from the cloud.
I put all my porn and passwords on some remote server farm and rely on Verizon to keep me connected? Oh Heeeeeeeeelll no. Then I have to worry about some zit face kid living in mom's basement trying to defeat someone else's security? Oh Heeeeeeeeeelll no. I put all my illegal activities on a mystery server to make it easier to subpoena? Oh Heeeeeeelll no. I will however,
do some research and invest in this new activity. May as well make a few bucks off the knuckleheads using it.
But don't count Microsoft out, because it has cloud offerings of its own known as Azure and DynamicsWindows Azure puts all Microsoft applications on a global cloud for private or public access. Microsoft Dynamics, an ERP, actually has nothing to do with cloud computing but can be put it the cloud using Azure. Office 365, Exchange email, Sharepoint websites SQL databases and any applications developed with Visual Studio can also put put in an Azure cloud architecture. Don't count Microsoft out is a ridiculous statement since Microsoft is the leader in providing for enterprises to put applications and content in private and public clouds. The author better hire some researchers before publishing articles about subjects beyond his understanding.
Warcat, the internet is a series of routers. If something goes down than within seconds the internet is rerouting around the problem. Most of the time it happens so fast you will not even know there was a problem. The internet itself is very robust.
As for server farms imploding, the technology is still emerging, but redundancy is one of the benefits. You can bring a server down for maintenance and distribute the load to other servers seamlessly. Of course redundancy comes at a performance price. What I think you are using the term imploding to describe is when performance deteriorates to a crawl. The technology has been improving along with the skills of the work force.
People that understand load balancing real well are in high demand, but very rarely paid what they are worth. Only a few are able to leverage their way to $250,000 or more per year, but I know two. Most stay at a company to long locked in between $80,000 and $120,000 with the same skill set. Most companies will not even acknowledge their worth until they are gone and cannot find replacements.
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