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Alternative Markets are Heating Up

By Rick Walter

You may still have time to adjust or rebalance your investments before the end of the year. Just do it or call us and I can help you do it now. I just updated our semiconductor portfolio and per previous blog on the industry, it's a tough market out there.
Today, Mario Coumo of New York is filing anti-trust charges against Intel. Intel is being charged with taking or paying "kickbacks" under the guise of a rebate scheme. Wow! That's hot news. What does this means for the industry as a whole? Not much. Lol. It's tough to make money in the semiconductor markets, however, I am still positively hopeful my recently posted diversified semiconductor portfolio will make some money. If you are interested in the semiconductor markets subscribe to his portfolio.

Recently though, I've been zeroing in on the Alternative Energy and the Renewable Markets because there have been lots of activity going on here. Who said the recession had killed the venture capital industry. Here is an interesting article I found on Reuters- entrepreneurs having success raising money from venture capital companies, for companies specializing in green or renewable chemicals.

The Alternative Energy and Renewable Markets are just beginning to heat up, but be careful. Many start-up companies in this space can be deadly to a neophyte investor's portfolio. Here is a company based out of Nevada that may be worth following. Nevada Geothermal, Inc. The company Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (OTCBB: NGLPF) is an emerging renewable energy developer focused on producing CLEAN, sustainable geothermal electric power from high temperature geothermal resources. The stock trades on the over-the-counter bulletin board. Be cautious, companies that trade on the OTC markets are usually under capitalized and could go belly up at any time, but I still think this company may be worth a follow.

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