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Who's dumping now? Feaking day traders?
The seller to SMSI may be worth a look, IMSI.OB. Depends what they have left for revs. Fundamentals not bad for an OTC, low float.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=IMSI.OB
SMSI to start trending back up on acquistion news, looking for it to head back to $9 and maybe hold long term on growth of existing phone software contracts, "IF" markets willing!
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050705/latu067.html?.v=17
Heating oil concerns! I thought it would be too early in the year for that! Come on Tandem, let's get out some news! Keeping a good percentage of long term holdings in energy and drillers, this is here to stay.
Oil Prices Climb Above $59 on Supply Fears
Tuesday July 5, 6:39 am ET
By Edith Balazs, Associated Press Writer
Crude Oil Prices Climb Above $59 a Barrel on Heating Oil Supply Fears
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Oil prices climbed Tuesday on persistent fears that the heating oil supply would run short this winter when demand is expected to peak.
Ongoing concerns about U.S. stock levels keep overall sentiment in the market bullish, said Julian Lee, an energy analyst with the London-based Center for Global Energy Studies.
"I don't think one can rule out a spike to $65 a barrel, but we are looking at price levels in the upper $50s throughout July," Lee said.
Light sweet crude for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 67 cents to $59.42 per barrel in electronic trading in Europe, following the Independence Day holiday weekend in the U.S.
On Friday, the contract gained more than $2 a barrel to close at $58.75.
Heating oil rose nearly 2 cents to $1.7310 a gallon while gasoline was up over a cent to $1.6627.
On London's International Petroleum Exchange, August Brent futures gained 16 cents to $58.10 a barrel. The contract was up more than $3 from its June 30 low of $55.04.
Prices continued to be supported by concerns that North America's aging refineries will have to stretch production levels to the limit as they ramp up production of distillates, which include jet fuel and heating oil, ahead of winter.
The tightness in refinery capacity coupled with strong demand leaves little margin for refinery glitches to occur.
"Heating oil may have rallied because of strong global diesel demand," said New York-based Energyintel analyst George Orwel. He said heating oil's 17-cent climb over the last four weeks was "fueled by diesel demand and fears that U.S. refiners won't have time to make enough heating oil for next winter."
With global demand showing no signs of abating, except for a modest slow in demand growth in China, prices are unlikely to drop significantly this year, Lee said.
Meanwhile, U.S. affairs in the Middle East have propped up concerns of supply disruptions in the oil-rich Gulf.
New Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised he would boost the transparency of his nation's oil deals and pursue a nuclear energy program.
Washington has been pressuring the Europeans, involved in tricky nuclear negotiations with Tehran, to make clear to Ahmadinejad that a nuclear-armed Iran will not be tolerated.
Iran rejects U.S. claims that its nuclear program is for building weapons, insisting that it is pursuing nuclear technology to generate power.
Iran also accused the United States and Israel of a smear campaign against Ahmadinejad, who has been accused of taking American hostages in 1979 when students seized the U.S embassy in Tehran.
"Continued tensions with Iran seem inevitable. Ominously for tight oil markets, supplies are less secure and flowing less freely as a result," said Energyintel analyst Peter Kemp in a research note.
"The U.S. is clearly uncomfortable with the results of presidential elections in Iran, and although this does not act as an immediate price trigger, ongoing market concerns support bullish sentiment," Lee said.
Despite markets being amply supplied, oil prices have remained persistently high in the past year with the price of crude oil futures about 60 percent above year-ago levels.
Associated Press Writer Gillian Wong in Singapore contributed to this report.
OT: TRCPA, I'll make it really simple. I pick a mid-cap mutual fund, ARTQX versus FASC, $50,000 investment in both. I'll let those "Professionals" try to get my money! LOL!
ARTQX 2637.13 shares at $18.96 Friday close, $50,000.
FASC 1,789,099 shares at $0.042 Friday close, $50,000.
TRCPA, can't argue with that! Don't agree, but can't argue with it! LOL! Do agree that's what makes markets, and that's why I frequent all stock boards, to try to see what makes investors tick and what moves stocks. Investing long term in FASC goes against all reasons on what to look for in a company from an investing standpoint, IMO.
I couldn't recommend any long term term stock priced as "cheap" as FASC pps-wise, but I could rec a few "cheapies" for a 1-4 year hold. But if I posted them and we compared them to FASC, I think the posts would begin to be deleted. I think you would have to agree that if one traded FASC for 8 years, they would be much futher ahead than only buying and averaging down long term.
Waitedg, I believe NEOLOGY is a private company, so Yahoo won't show it. Their website has no investor info which also indicates private company.
Waitedg, did you find any info on "Keybase Management, our initial funding source" in your DD? Initial funding source, but not mentioned in Q filings. Also nothing in Google search other than IDCO PR. Do insiders own Keybase?
manosdepiedra, BSX is waiting on Weiner to approve the PR, IMO.
TRCPA, I think you somehow confuse fully SEC reporting with success. You keep comparing to Pink Sheets, I compare to other exchanges that have more stringent requiremnts on fundamentals for continued listing. So while you think the OTCBB is wonderful compared to Pink Sheets, I think the other exchanges are wonderful compared to the OTCBB because of their listing requirements. Why do you think investors get excited when an OTCBB company mentions looking at listing on Nas or Amex? Because it takes some of the stink off and implies improved fundamentals to get the better listing. I have some spec money in a Pink Sheet right now hoping for an Amex listing, but it's a real crap shoot, IMO, and a lottery ticket may be better! LOL!
TRCPA, no, I'm not confusing OTC with Pink Sheets. And yes, I preclude significant revenue increases, and I also preclude what OTC managers do with increased revenues, bonuses have already been paid last year, and an increase in salaries or another bonus would be more attractive to management than a share buy-back.
In additon, when the message board talk starts to get manic, it's a good indicator to me that the pps has reached it's peak! LOL!
TRCPA, what do you figure FASC's share of revenue on the KDS sale in Malaysia after deducting manufacturing costs, local salaries, and other expenses, etc.? I just don't think it's all that much. Plus, you have stated much the same in the past about releasing info and when the filings are released the losses still keep looking much the same and no surprises in the filing info. Share buyback at cheap prices? Always appears at this stage on the OTC message boards when the Authorized is close to being used up! LOL!
Recent buyers at the lows did get a decent pop and return if they played it, congrats to those that did!
BTW, did anyone notify FASC about the AGES update? I don't think those guys communicate well with each other.
"Revenues are covering the burn rate and then some. The numerous projects in place.....all over the world.... are just beginning to bear some revenue fruit."
Controlling the OS: If in fact the tranfer agent is giving the correct YTD OS figures, another possibility is the 3,345,400 shares registered for sale by Cal and Brian will be sold and used to loan $$$ to the company. That would be $133,816 at 4 cents, the burn rate for a quarter or so? The next filing will be the K in September? So won't know any details on that possibility or if the tranfer agent is reporting last filing figures rather than YTD until then.
Just ain't no way revenues are covering the burn rate, IMO. If true, I'm sure that info would be quickly released by FASC as most companies do when they see light at the end of the tunnel.
Getting Ready For Gold's Run To $500
(Go to link at end to get other links mentioned in article)
John Dobosz, 07.01.05, 9:21 AM ET
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NEW YORK - The price of gold has come a long way in the past four years. In February and April 2001, you could have picked up an ounce of the shiny yellow metal for just over $255. By early last December, it had kissed $454 in London, for a gain of nearly 80%.
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Stocks of the mining companies performed even more spectacularly. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Mining Index (XAU) bottomed out in November 2000, at 41.85, and by last November topped at 111.50 for a four-year gain of 166%--more than double the gain of the metal itself.
But that volatility in the miners cuts both ways. Gold (the metal) corrected almost 10% from its high to form two parts of a double bottom early in February and again in late May. Meanwhile, the miners in the XAU got hammered to the tune of a 30% drop from last December to mid-May. True to form, however, the miners have vaulted 20% higher from the May 16 low, while gold gained about 5% on its recent run, from $415 back near $440.
So, given the four-year bull market in gold and gold stocks, what's a savvy investor to do? In short, some of the best gold advisers say hang on to any gold exposure, and to continue to accumulate as prices of the metal and the miners are likely to consolidate before vaulting to new highs.
"I'm fully expecting to see $500 gold by the end of the year, as long as it can take out its high earlier this year of $445," says Sy Harding, editor of Street Smart Report, the number one ranked gold timer by Timer Digest for the past 12 months. Harding's technical indicators, which rely primarily on price and volume reversals, flashed sell signals for both the metal and the miners at the top of the market last December, and got him back into both on May 24.
Currently, Harding says the XAU is "overextended" above its 21-day moving average, which has been a reliable indicator of support. He looks for the XAU to pull back to the moving average before resuming its uptrend. However, he cautions "a break below the rising moving average, if it occurs before Comex gold breaks out above $445, would be a negative." Harding currently has 30% of his model portfolio in gold-related investments: 10% in the exchange traded streetTRACKS Gold Shares (nyse: GLD - news - people ) and 20% in the Rydex Precious Metals Fund ( RYPMX) .
Another believer in soon to be $500 gold is Curtis Hesler, editor of Professional Timing Service. Like Harding, Hesler anticipates profit taking after the sprint higher in the XAU, perhaps a drop back to the 85 level.
"If you don't own any gold, buy a little here. But then load up on Yamana (amex: AUY - news - people ), if it falls back to $3.10; and on Barrick Gold (nyse: ABX - news - people ), if it pulls down to $22.50," he says. Another core mining stock, says Hesler, is Goldcorp (nyse: GG - news - people ), of which he is waiting to buy more on a pullback to $13.75.
Jack Adamo, of Jack Adamo's Insiders Plus, made a profitable call in his May 14 newsletter, urging investors to buy gold stocks that have since run up between 13% and 24%. He's hanging on to those positions, but his models are telling him to hold back on new purchases just now.
"The indicators I track and trust give me excellent results on bottoms, but only tell me when the risk-to-reward to the upside is getting unfavorable," says Adamo. "Right now they're saying hold, but don't buy."
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Adamo is a long-term gold bull and never completely sells out of the sector, although he will prune his positions, which he says he will probably do with AngloGold Ashanti (nyse: AU - news - people ) and Newmont Mining (nyse: NEM - news - people )--once this short-term cycle has peaked. One strategy he does employ on some of his profitable positions is to write out-of-the-money covered call options. "That way you put some more money in your pocket and probably get to keep the stock."
Currently, Adamo's favorite gold stocks are Meridian Gold (nyse: MDG - news - people ) and Goldcorp.
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Paid pumping and daily fluff PR's turn most serious long term investors off, which leaves the momo players. The excellent small companies out there only release serious PR's and let their fundamentals carry the pps. IMO.
Happy safe Independence Day to all this weekend. Those guys that gave it to us had real balls. May we never forget or let it slip away.
Dang it! Used up a message! Someone delete this one!
Sambeaux, always the truth and nothing but the truth.
But always IMO! LOL!
Setonian, it's iron oxide, not the metal (like gold). It's like rust stains you get in sinks from high iron in water. So it needs to be dissolved, maybe with a chelant (EDTA) in water and "washed" out with fresh water. Then you have to worry about disposal of the effluent, the whole process just adds cost to the final clay product. Far cry from the CEO loading up his pickup and making a delivery.
I don't understand why BIPH wastes money on paid pumps. Can't the company stand on it's own potential?
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Post subjects for today:
1. No volume? Has trading been halted?
2. MM's refusing to fill my 5 million share order at ask!
3. MM's won't let it go over 4 cents!
4. Why no PR from FASC?
5. Don't worry, the word will get out next week!
Any bets on pps today? My guess will go over $3, but close under $3. Not sure if the market will get as excited as those on other boards ordering their Jags (I already have mine! LOL!).
PS: Jag is a Ford with lipstick! What a POS!
Sam, here's link to Ginn Minerals
http://www.ginnmineral.com/
and address in Sandersville:
http://www.ginnmineral.com/contact.html
BIPH cut a good deal with BSX, boy was I wrong on that one!
Well, it looks like I was wrong, Weiner came through!
Man, this AGES announcement is treating FASC like the Idiot Cousin. No buying going on, so those in the know aren't loading up. Just like the Zeolite deal, no buying by those in the know, probably because they know. Should keep the DD'ers busy over the Holiday, though, I think we'll see some good stuff!
The AGES 3000W? No mention of FASC, will they have their own PR?
AGES secures SDTC financing for a major waste-to-energy project at Flakeboard Company Ltd.
Alternative Green Energy Systems (AGES), in conjunction with its project partners, is pleased to announce that the final Contribution Agreement has been signed with SDTC (Sustainable Development Technology Canada) for a wet 'Wood Waste to Energy' project to be hosted by Flakeboard Company Limited (FCL), at their St. Stephen New Brunswick facility. SDTC is mandated to act as the primary catalyst in building a sustainable development technology infrastructure in Canada and help meet the Kyoto accords. For full details please visit the SDTC web site at www.sdtc.ca, For information on Flakeboard visit www.flakeboard.com
SDTC’s assistance is essential in providing funding for the design and construction of the first production large-scale AGES 3000W wet biomass-processing machine. The new commercially viable AGES 3000W is a complete redesign to enable a large quantity of water extraction. The new machine will mechanically convert and de-water wet biomass wood waste into dry biomass fuel, with specific properties of retained moisture and particle size, to enable the processed material to be burned in a suspension dust burner system. The new machine will receive wet wood waste with an average moisture content of 35% plus, and will convert this material into fuel with a BTU value of up to 15 Million BTU/processed ton. This fuel will be used as a substitute fuel in a large industrial hot gas dryer, previously firing Natural Gas and Fuel Oil.
As part of this project, Flakeboard Company Limited has made a major commitment as they will be installing all infrastructure equipment to handle wood waste to the project and to convey and store the fuel dust after it has been processed. The FCL total investment includes a reclaimer, silo, various conveyors, a major area electric upgrade, DCS modifications and a civil engineering project to site and enclose all the equipment..
AGES is pleased to be partnering with FCL on this important project. Flakeboard Company Limited has been providing quality engineered wood panel products to the North American market for over 40 years. As a world-class producer of particleboard, medium density fiberboard (MDF) and FIBREX® high density thin MDF, along with unparalleled capabilities for a variety of finishing options, they offer the most diverse product range in the industry. The Flakeboard continued commitment to the environment and state of the art improvement is evident in this project.
By removing material from the Flakeboard waste stream and replacing fossil fuel firing, the new AGES 3000W machine will help mitigate the high costs associated with waste disposal at the host site, and will enhance economic viability of operations, all while contributing to Canada’s commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.
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Setonian, I'm starting to lose track of all the products, does FASC have a catalog I can get? In English?
Ginn Minerals Laboratory of Sandersville, GA, sounds like the Macon, GA distributor may have hooked up ALMI with the lab boys. Seems like two steps backwards and the iron must be a problem to some potential customers to have to spend money to clean it up. Customers want consistant properties in a raw material so as not to screw up their end products. Far cry from expected huge sales this year with material ready for market, IMO.
sambeaux, I agree, most of the good food value is in the skins!
At least make healthy vodka with 'em! LOL!
Oops! Potato skins already in use, how 'bout the sludge from these processes?
Ethanol is an alcohol fuel made from the sugars found in grains, such as corn, sorghum, and wheat, as well as potato skins, rice, sugar cane, sugar beets, and yard clippings. Scientists are working on cheaper ways to make ethanol by using all parts of plants and trees. Farmers are experimenting with "woody crops", mostly small poplar trees and switchgrass, to see if they can grow them cheaply and abundantly. Most of the ethanol used in the United States today is distilled from corn. About 90 percent of the ethanol produced in the United States is used to make "E10" or "gasohol" a mixture of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline. Any gasoline powered engine can use E10 but only specially made vehicles can run on E85, a fuel that is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
Can the KDS process potato skins? There must be tons of those at the french fry plants.
Bagasse is already burned by sugar mills for heat required. Pretty competitive industry and what they use now works. If FASC can't sell to the poo producers, I doubt bagasse is a real market.
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:Jkz2dgWa3v8J:www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch01/final/c01s08.pdf+ba...
Buffalobill, good info, Ideally, would be nice to see a more direct contract relationship between BIPH and BIOTRONIK. I would think BIOTRONIK would want that since it appears on the surface that BSX could have access to ongoing research in Europe via relationship with BIPH.
928s32v, look at it this way, there are 2 million shares in the float, if the average daily volume is 10,000 shares (probably high), it would take 200 days to trade the float. So I think most are strong holders, use the dips to accumulate if not over your "risk" fund level.
Techisbest, thanks, especially if the "sellers" are insiders.
That has been the problem all along, IMO. (The OS trend is my proof).
"Today a Doji was formed. This shows indecision about the direction of the market and it represents a tug-of-war between buyers and sellers."
Question, other companies file an 8-K following important news. Why doesn't FASC file an 8-K?
Looks some buyers stepping up to the plate.
Charlie, I can't help it! I waited 5 Christmases and birthdays before I got my BB gun!
Now my wife won't let me use it unless she's with me! That's why I'm a pessimist! LOL!