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tobin smith 10 bagger The light bulb, as we know it today, is DEAD.

In an age of soaring energy costs and environmental fervor, incandescent bulbs are headed for the trash heap of history. Way too much of the electricity they consume goes up in wasted heat. And according to the Department of Energy, incandescent lighting consumes 22% of all the electricityproduced in the U.S.

But widespread adoption of white-light LEDs – light-emitting diodes – the “new light bulbs” – would cut that energy consumption in half!

It’s a no-brainer. And this little microcap is a pure-play.

I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see one of lighting’s big guys buy it out in the next year or so. Color Kinetics doubled on the path to the Philips buyout. A tiny company like this would be much more explosive — we could easily see a buyout five times higher from its current price of around 50 cents per share.

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Banned in Boston?

Not yet. But by law, incandescent bulbs are banned as of 2009 in Europe. Banned in Australia by 2010. Banned in Canada as of 2012.

Even the notoriously-behind-the-times U.S. Senate is working on a proposal to phase out incandescents over 10 years.

But the states, as usual, aren’t waiting for the Feds to lead the way on this do-or-die issue. California, in particular, has already banned the sale of incandescents by 2012. And that is creating a remarkable wealth-building opportun


LSGP ?

I found this website by doing a search for "Tom Dyson 12% letter" and then going through a couple more googlizations to reach the gumshoe. I like the concept, and subscribed immediately. I did not subscribe to the "letter", yet...

;-)

Thanks, Gumshoe!

Pat

Does anyone have or anything about (ARAY)...

Put the Dickson comments in quotes and then we would know which are yours and which are his. ARe you saying you think this could be "the most profitable stock" or is this a P.S. on his newsletter?

tarheelzeb

I heard Kramer yelled it was a SELL and drove the price down. I rate it a BUY.

New to this but here is a teaser from from Penny Slueth, Western "Slow Volcano" Dynamo #3 has '15 Geothermal Projest in Nevada' This has all the marks of Sierra Geothermal Power. TSX-V:SRA Could be a good investment selling around 78 cents.
Great newsheet Gumshoe, certainly always interesting .

I do know that the internet was developed by the DOD (sorry Al Gore) so I would suspect they might be referring to them.

Has anyone read Bullion and beyond- 5 ways to get richer on epic metals boom ahead'? They talk about a way to buy gold that is fdic insured up to 100,000.

Well put, farley -- this one comes up every couple months when a new tranche of the CD is offered. The fine print is a killer, and the key part of the fine print -- aside from the fact that your principal is only guaranteed if you hold it until maturity -- is that you get a return based on the difference between the price of gold in six months, and the average gold price during the next seven years as measured in a very specific way, essentially, not on the actual change from today to seven years from now.

I don't knwo if Agora has a stake in Everbank, but they do get a commission on every person they send to Everbank who buys one of these products. They do disclose this, though they say it doesn't impact their opinion. Hmm.

Here's what I wrote about this offer most recently, and I would echo farley's recommendation to read the fine print and really understand how they will calculate your return in seven years.

http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/03/government-guaranteed-gold-outstanding-investments.html

Yes,this is a nice website.We can get a lot of information from this website.Also can get tips how to go through discussions.
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As a newbee to stock option trading, I am receiving much information from various sources in the form of newletter touting there service as a complete source to easy option trading and solid income sources. ie trading concepts - mentoring traders for life. Does anyone have info on Trading Concepts???

mynunny- you can't be serious and this is a put-on post right? Seriously, sorry if it is true that you lost your job but to take $10k and invest it overnight and expect to quickly replace the ongoing income from a $150k a year job I think would be most challenging even for our experts but I will defer your answer to their wisdom.

Perhaps you could always buy pine needle elixer stock from swuzzlebubbler and be a multimillionaire overnight (just kidding).

Hello again, I gave the wrong impression with my first post, I guess. I have for months to get another job and pay off as much consumer debt as I can. I know that I will be able to get another job, but I also know that my salary will be no where near what it is now. So I will need to supplement my income. That's where the 10,000.00 and some really great income producing investments come in to play. I hope that clarified some, Mxlplytz I checked into the pine straw elixer stock but it is on the down slide the company's product was giving everyone the poops.LOL

Here is one that came today from Investment U and apparently has to do with "The Oxford Club" membership.My curiosity is what they are talking about with regards to the "gas rebates". I can't find it mentioned on the website nor this forum but feel I musst have just missed it. Thanks for saving me alot with your service.

"Thursday, October 23, 2008

OPEC Meets Tomorrow. Here's What To Do...

Dear Investment U Reader,

We wanted to get this report in your hands as quickly as possible.

As I write, members of the OPEC cartel are flying on their private jets to Vienna, Austria for an emergency meeting.

The crisis? Falling oil prices are cutting into their huge profit margins. And tomorrow, OPEC plans to "firm up" prices by cutting back production by 1 million barrels a day. As if that isn't enough, OPEC already scheduled another meeting in December to reduce oil production even more.

Bottom line: Our only source of relief these last couple of months - the recent gasoline price "holiday" - could soon be history... starting as soon as tomorrow.

But for a few smart Americans, this price hike won't matter in the least. They're making enough money to offset their current gas costs, plus recoup the thousands they've already wasted after years of inflated prices.

And you can easily do it, too.

Simply click here to find out how to get your first "gas rebate" check on November 14.

Best regards,"

Here is the page the link went to:

http://www.oxfonline.com/OXF/gas1008.html?pub=OXF&code=EOXFJA05&o=1575914&u=16643375&l=1594404

ST - You can buy a Word Processor program. I use one called Word for Windows. I formulate my brilliantly drafted proposed post and even get the spelling checked. When it is as good as I can get it, I simply cut and paste onto this site. Try it, you'll like it!

Hi spreadtrader (and everyone else) -- sorry that I missed your "wish list", I get lazy about monitoring the forums because so many excellent contributors do a good job of keeping it nice and smooth, so I apologize that I didn't even see this before today. I have no idea how to change the "time out" period, I never get logged out when I'm in and I do let it "remember me" with cookies, but I'll look into it and see if I can figure it out.

It's got to be more fun than working on my taxes, at least.

Thanks. I use Opera as my browser; and my brother walked me through some settings changes to prevent that from happening anymore.

Go to the top, on the left in red letters.

Sounds wonderful...........this guy says he made just under $3.9 million in the last 8 months.......and he's willing to sell you all of his secrets for the modest sum of $26.90.

..........how bad can it be?

Also, how does the "sink this discussion" thing work and who does it effect?
Same for using "bookmark this discussion".
Any guidance on those features?