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Ultra-White Embossed Glass Market Prospects
With the rapid development of science and technology, the use of glass products has become increasingly wide range, from glass as the basic
Original created by new products are constantly emerge. We experienced the era of large-scale glass curtain wall, due to human environmental protection, energy conservation, life safety, and so increasing attention, such as insulating glass, LOW-E insulating glass, tempered glass, etc. are gradually replacing the traditional glass of the original films, to go into people's lives. The face of the domestic glass market has become increasingly fierce competition in the future, and constantly develop the introduction of high-end products and seek product differentiation will become a glass primary means of gaining access to advantage. Now, a new energy-saving products is on the rise, it is solar photovoltaic cells. The manufacture of solar photovoltaic cells, one of the key components is the solar photovoltaic cells encapsulated glass. This new product has begun to attract increasing number of glass companies in importance as many companies racing to develop a new program of high-tech glass products.
At present, the production of solar cell glass packaging technology mainly rolling method, which is embossed with special
Roller, in the ultra-white glass surface to suppress a special pyramid-shaped pattern made of. It is the solar photovoltaic cells indispensable component parts. According to relevant forecast growth potential within the next five years, a large glass LOW-E glass products and solar cells with ultra-white embossed glass, namely the solar cell glass packaging. San Han Nanjing in China's Pattern Glass Company glass production line can provide this product. Han, Nanjing Saint Saint-Gobain Glass Co., Ltd. is a collaborative South Korea Glass Group acquired in 2001, Nanjing South woo Glass Co., Ltd. was established on the basis of the.
By Saint-Gobain's leading glass manufacturing process, will replace the existing 420-ton high-quality float glass line of float line, while building a 260-ton high-quality embossed glass production line, mainly producing solar panels for ultra-white embossed glass. Given the current shortage of ultra-white embossed glass market realities, Nanjing St. han glass company intends to seize this favorable opportunity to quickly seize the market, has decided to build a new ultra-white embossed glass production lines. In addition, Qingdao Jin Jing Co., Ltd. to cooperate with the PPG, development and production of a 3.2mm steel of low iron float glass, ultra-white high permeability, is currently the only low-iron steel production of ultra-white glass manufacturers. The company is also using the world's largest production base of the advantages of embossed glass and are actively developing 3.2mm low iron ultra-white pattern (suede) glass, as a solar cell glass packaging components, to adapt to future market of need.
From abroad and the production of such glass enterprises are concerned, one of Japan Asahi Glass Company, because of its own production of ultra-white glass
Glass of technological capabilities, its expertise in North America with a production of solar cell glass packaging production plant, the main North American market. Another is the UK's Pilkington, in Australia with an ultra-white embossed glass production line, the scale of approximately 150-200 tons / day. Of its holding company in China Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington has also been seen as a national energy strategy, part of the increasingly widespread use of solar energy received attention, with related industries developed rapidly, as the photovoltaic cells and solar water heaters supporting ultra-white embossed glass substrate demand is also growing. Therefore, the company has also spared no effort in the implementation of this work. Intended use of photovoltaic cells and solar water heater business opportunities supporting special glass to create the company's new profit growth point. And then there are the French Saint-Gobain, and in addition to its production line in Nanjing, and is building a second production lines, in Germany there is a super-white embossed glass production lines. From these company's production situation, the yield is generally not high, probably in between 50-70%.
Well, this ultra-white embossed glass market prospects in the end what? It should be said that its market is dominated by solar photovoltaic cells determined by the market. Solar photovoltaic cells used to package the glass, the current mainstream products in the low steel of pattern glass (some say the glass is called steel pile), a thickness of 3.2mm, the solar cell spectral response in the wavelength range (320 ~ 1100nm ), light transmission rate of up to 91% or more, for more than 1200nm infrared light have a higher reflectivity. Solar energy as a clean, renewable energy, much attention around the world. According to official statistics, as of the end of 2004, the global solar cell module production to reach 1,300 megawatts, of which the production of solar modules in China more than 160 megawatts, is obviously still at a relatively low level of development and production. With regard to solar photovoltaic cells encapsulated glass in the sun on the dosage, Let us be present for each 165-watt consumption of 1.3 square meters of glass terms, however, in 2004 the global solar photovoltaic cells encapsulated glass consumption of 10.4 million square meters, of which China's more than 1.28 million square meters. In accordance with the current global PV modules to calculate the average annual growth rate of 30% this year, the world's new solar year of about 3.5 million square meters of glass packaging. 2007 China solar cell module production capacity will exceed 420 MW, solar cell packaging each year consume about 340 million square meters of glass.
Thus, due to widespread use of solar cells, and because the state worked hard to pursue energy-saving products, which Market demand growth is very fast, but this brought about the demand for ultra-white embossed glass, also showed rapid growth trend, and this increase in demand would be a longer period of time continuity growth.
When the electric power, coal, oil and other non-renewable energy sources frequently in an emergency, energy constraints of the international community has increasingly become
When the bottleneck of economic development, more and more countries have begun to implement "Project Sunshine", developing solar energy resources, seek A new driving force for economic development. Some of Europe's high level of nuclear research institutions have begun to shift to renewable energy sources.
As at 20 By the end of 2002, solar PV manufacturing capacity has reached 560,000 KW, the actual installed capacity of nearly 4 million KW
, Component costs fell to 3.5 U.S. dollars / WP. Expects the price of PV modules in 2020 will drop to a U.S. dollars / WP below. Currently the world's largest photovoltaic facility will produce 36MW, the price of 3-4 U.S. dollars / WP. China's solar energy resources are very rich in theoretical reserves of 1.7 trillion tons of standard coal annually. Solar energy resources to open up
Made use of the potential for very broad. China is located in the northern hemisphere, north-south and east-west distance of 5,000 km distance in order to On. In our vast land, rich in solar energy resources. In most regions the average annual amount of radiation per day
Square meters more than 4 kwh of Tibet on the amount of radiation of up to 7 kwh per square meter. More than 200 hours of annual sunshine
0 hours. With the same latitude compared to other countries, and close to the United States than in Europe, Japan, is much superior. Therefore, I Photovoltaic industrial development prospects of the country is very broad. In recent years, the application of solar photovoltaic cells gradually in China's western region Expansion. In the domestic production of solar cells, according to rough statistics, there's much of a certain well-known techniques Strength of the production of solar cells are mainly more than a dozen companies. With the bright western development and implementation of the project, I A number of emerging countries are emerging photovoltaic business. But overall view, the scale is not big enough, showing a scattered, disorderly, Piecemeal situation, can not meet the Chinese demand for the development of photovoltaic cells.
International professional bodies believe that, by 2010 the cost of solar photovoltaic cells will be greatly reduced, so that with regular
Regulatory energy competition. By 2050, solar energy in the energy mix is about 13% ~ 15%. This Shows the speed of its development. At the same time, these forecasts fully reflect the solar energy in the human more and more important Strategic position. The great potential in the international PV market, under the impetus of the photovoltaic manufacturing industry competing countries invested heavily in expanding
Large-scale production in order to fight a seat. With the international compared to the booming photovoltaic power generation, China lags behind developed countries in a 0-15 years, or even significantly behind India. China's PV industry at an annual rate of 30% growth in domestic
Photovoltaic cell production capacity has reached 100MW. At the national project to support the various ministries and commissions under the current PV Laboratories in China
The efficiency of the battery has reached 21% of PV modules can be commercially effective rate of 14-15%, the general commercialization of the battery-efficient
The rate of 10-13%. At present, China solar photovoltaic cell production costs have been substantially reduced the price of solar cells
Gradually from 2000 to 40 yuan / 33 watts to 2003 yuan / W, 2004 has been reduced To 27 yuan / watt. This is the domestic solar market grow and mature into play a decisive role, for achieving the international
PV market integration of great significance.
With the photovoltaic technology and architecture is increasingly integrated photovoltaic curtain wall great potential for development, in addition to achieve glass
Glass curtain wall outside the same aesthetic effect, but also the use of solar photovoltaic technology to generate new energy, and is now
The new darling of the international construction industry. Xinzhuang Industrial Zone in Shanghai, there is a zero-energy solar energy utilization model building, this building
Three-story buildings near 1 / 5 of the walls and roof, covering more than 300 solar panels, small building's glass curtain wall
Also made the "sandwiched" - double-glazed pieces in the mosaic of a solar panel, the balcony was also set up special
Meter in a circle connected by a double-sided solar panels into a fence. It is reported that the cost of solar architecture and this building is not expensive
, To 50 yuan / watt solar panels prices, the entire building for solar power generation amounts to around 200
Million, representing an overall cost of the 1 / 4, and 1 yuan / square meters of high-grade glass walls, solar glass curtain
The cost of the wall was only 4,000 yuan / square meter. In the recently held Shanghai International Exhibition on Solar Energy, Shenzhen 1
The company has also produced a solar photovoltaic curtain wall of the sample room, a block of solar panels mounted double-deck glass
Glass is made into blinds, very beautiful, aroused widespread attention at the exhibition. This shows that the traditional glass curtain wall
The existence of many security problems, light pollution and so on use of solar photovoltaic panels can be a good solution.
In the long run, this technology can be the promotion of a great and the prospects are extremely good. It will break through solar photovoltaic
Existing pool area, so that solar photovoltaic cells applied to the more extensive construction areas as well.
The average conversion efficiency of solar cells in China is not high, mainly due to the low level of specific materials, localization, such as closing
Glazing completely dependent on imports, low iron content of the high-transmittance glass substrate market is still unable to meet the demand, research into the
Fruit has not quickly and fully into industrial advantages. Thus, the domestic market for solar photovoltaic cells encapsulated glass
Demand for domestic glass companies still need to intensify its efforts to break the monopoly of foreign enterprises. The present, though, Qingdao Jin Jing Branch
Technology has produced a surplus and white glass, but in how they could be converted to solar photovoltaic cell glass packaging products, but also
For further efforts. Obviously, such a dedicated solar photovoltaic cells super-white embossed glass, profit and P
Pass than the glass is still quite considerable. From last year's market price situation, the import price of the finished glass is about
15 USD / square meter, or about RMB120 / m; of the original film in import prices of 8-9 U.S. dollars /
Square meters, and some may also be higher, about RMB 64-72 yuan / square meter. This is currently the other
Ordinary glass prices are second to none.
At present, China is promoting the establishment of energy-saving society and solar energy as a renewable resource, being the more
To the more widespread use. Related to this solar PV market prospects are very good, its domestic market,
Will promote more rapid pace. Therefore, the main components of solar photovoltaic cells - the needs of ultra-white embossed glass
Volume will grow rapidly. Considering the current type of glass, mainly rely on imports to solve domestic glass companies have great
Opportunities for development. As the original ultra-thin glass, as in no domestic production prior to rely mainly on imports, such as a.
1mm glass import prices can be sold for 32 RMB / square meters, while in the domestic development and production out of the kinds of products
After prices fell to 25 yuan / square meters. In any case, this product is indeed a kind of to be expected
Have a more lucrative profits products. And now ordinary glass products in the market the profit is simply incomparable. We
Reason to believe that after the ultra-white embossed glass in a short time, it must become more concerned about the glass business and be full -
Force development of new varieties of glass products.
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Surprise! Coal & Nuclear Power are Keys to Obama’s Energy Plan
[Editor's Note: This is the eighth installment of our “Outlook 2009” series, which looks at the global investing outlook for the New Year.]
President-elect Barack Obama has made no bones about wanting to jump-start the renewable energy markets – pledging $150 billion for the development of biofuels, solar and wind power, other alternative energy sources during his first term.
But what might the new administration mean for more traditional – and more reliable –energy sources?
Oil is always the first energy source to spring to mind. But it’s hardly a solo act – coal and nuclear make up the other two-thirds of the top fuel trio. Coal delivers 50% of U.S. electricity needs, and nuclear power brings another 20% to the table.
The cold truth is that demand for energy of all types – and especially electricity – is going to keep advancing, domestically and worldwide. And developing alternatives to coal and nuclear will take time. For instance, tying wind and solar into the existing power grid will be enormously expensive and is likely to pose massive technical and engineering problems.
In fact, according to the International Energy Agency, renewable energy isn’t likely to make a meaningful dent in meeting the world’s energy needs before 2030, if then.
And regardless where the power comes from, our appetite for electricity will continue to skyrocket. Across the planet, overall electricity consumption is expected to double by 2030, increasing by 17 trillion kilowatt hours. While electricity demand will “only” increase by 50% in the U.S. market by 2030, demand will increase 400% in China and six-fold in India.
Our research indicates that President Obama will have very little flexibility in solving our short-term energy problems once he’s sworn into office next month. While he may prefer the environmentally friendly alternatives, most of those replacements are far from fully developed.
The bottom line: Obama’s apparent preference for renewable energy aside, coal and nuclear power are fully deployed, and in widespread use, meaning they’ll remain the backbone of our energy sector in the New Year – and for years to come.
Even so, it’s well worth factoring in all the possible players as we examine energy-sector outlook – and the accompanying potential profit plays – for the next 12 months.
King Coal Reigns Supreme
When it comes to future energy profits for investors, coal and nuclear will continue to be the “dream team” for years to come. Coal will provide the answer to our short-term and intermediate energy needs. It’s plentiful, it’s cheaper than other available alternatives, and a big percentage of the world’s power plants burn it.
Nuclear power offers a long-term solution to energy shortages and a clean solution to global warming, as well. Uranium-fueled nuclear plants are cheap to operate, can run for long periods without refueling, and cause little pollution.
While there is widespread distaste for coal-fired power plants that spew billions of tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants into the air, there’s no doubt coal will continue to be the dominant player in the electricity game for some time to come.
A full 50% of the electricity U.S. consumers use is generated by coal, and coal is king in the rest of the world, as well. According to the IEA, coal accounted for 42% of all worldwide electricity consumption in 2005.
But get this – the agency predicts coal use will explode by 73% over the next 20 years. That’s the largest projected percentage increase of all energy sources.
As you might suspect, China and India use 45% of world’s coal and will be responsible for 80% of that increase. China, alone, uses more coal than the United States, Japan and Europe combined. China is utterly dependent on coal to run its factories and assembly plants, with coal supplying 80% of its electricity. The Red Dragon also is the world’s top producer of steel, a process that’s also a big burner of coal.
But while China is coal’s largest consumer and producer, the United States controls 27% of the world’s proven reserves, the biggest-single percentage on the planet. That puts this country front and center on the worldwide coal stage, and President-elect Obama’s energy policy in the spotlight.
The president plays a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s energy policy, naming top officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Obama has proposed an economy-wide cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. His system – which would set an overall emissions limit, then require polluters to buy allowances at public auction – would increase electricity rates and discourage coal consumption in the U.S. market. President-elect Obama even has stated that any utilities building coal-fired plants could go bankrupt buying pollution allowances.
And on Capitol Hill, newly emboldened Democrats recently tackled global warming and other environmental problems by choosing Sen. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., to head the House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce panel. Waxman has already signed onto legislation that would ban any new coal-fired power plants that aren’t built using new technologies that capture carbon dioxide and store it underground, a key part of the Obama energy plan.
Luke Popovich, a spokesman for the National Mining Association, said he believes Obama will be pragmatic about the need to keep coal in the nation’s energy mix.
"He presumably would be sensitive to the impacts of energy policies given the perilous state of the economy," Popovich said.
But while U.S. utilities may eventually be forced to tighten emissions rules and increase rates, Obama’s renewable energy plans will have very little impact on U.S. coal producers in the near future.
The world needs coal. We have it. And we’re going to sell it.
In the first half of 2008, U.S. coal exports increased by 13 million short tons, or 50%, over first-half 2007 shipments, according to the IEA. Strong global demand for coal, combined with supply disruptions in several key coal exporting countries (Australia, South Africa and China), were the primary factors behind the increase.
But lately, coal prices, along with the prices of other fossil fuels, have suffered from the global economic crisis, and from a resurgent U.S. dollar. An 80% decline in global shipping rates has also fostered competition from other exporters, like Australia, which can now ship farther and compete with U.S. exporters.
As a result, the price of Appalachian Coal on the New York Mercantile Exchange (CME) has fallen to less than $80 a ton from $143 in July.
This will have a negative impact on coal producers until the world economy is able to gather itself back up and build up a new head of steam.
But don’t expect the slump to last long. China’s economy is getting a shot in the arm from a gigantic $586 billion stimulus package, cementing growth expectations for 2009. Expect U.S.exports to accelerate when that kicks in, probably in the second half of 2009.
Since the stock market usually leads economic indicators by six-to-nine months, right now is a good time to be looking at candidates for your investing dollar. But you should be cautious about pulling the trigger. Watch construction activity in China – especially steel demand in the late spring – for the first signs of a rebound in coal prices.
When you think things are ready to take off, Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) and Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) – the largest U.S. producers – are worth a look. For those who like to play a basket of shares, the Market Vectors Coal exchange traded fund (KOL), or ETF, provides the desired diversification. All three securities are trading at discounts of at least 80% from their July highs, and currently trade at bargain basement multiples.
If you want a coal play that bets directly on China, Money Morning Investment Director Keith Fitz-Gerald likes Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (ADR: YZC), one of China’s biggest coal suppliers. It produces lots of high-grade, low-sulfur coal, which burns cleaner and therefore fetches a premium price. The company boasts profit margins of 22%, when the industry averages half that. The company profits are up a blistering 364% in the year’s first three quarters, compared with a year ago. The stock trades at only three times earnings and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
Nuclear Power: It Struggles in the U.S., but Thrives Abroad
Nuclear power is attractive to the energy industry because it produces electricity on a predictable, 24-hour basis – earning it the industry sobriquet of “base load” power. Coal and hydroelectric plants are the only other power sources that also rate that label. Such alternatives as wind, solar or biofuels do not.
During its term, the Bush administration tried to spark a “renaissance” in the construction of nuclear power plants. And during his presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain stood firmly behind the industry’s hopes of building 45 new reactors by 2030.
Interest in new types of reactors seemed to hint at least at the beginnings of a new start. But President-elect Obama has been lukewarm on nuclear. He acknowledges that nuclear is one of several viable components of the nation’s energy portfolio – the current 104-plant fleet provides 20% of America’s electricity – but has questioned its safety while emphasizing a need to diversify the nation’s energy mix with more wind, solar and other renewable sources.
"That’s sort of like my wife saying she’d support divorce under certain situations," says William Kovacs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vice president of environment, technology, and public affairs.
In fact, the Barack Obama/Joe Biden New Energy for America Plan, while recognizing that nukes provide 70% of our non-carbon-generated electricity, says that “before an expansion of nuclear power is considered, key issues must be addressed including: security of nuclear fuel and waste, waste storage and proliferation.” It goes on to say that the team of President-elect Obama and incoming Vice President Joe Biden “do not believe that Yucca Mountain is a suitable site as a long-term repository for spent nuclear designed for long-term storage. In any case, the earliest the storage site could open would be 2017, and that was before Republicans lost control of the Senate.
With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., firmly opposed to nuclear waste storage in his home state – and with the Obama administration ready to hold the industry’s feet to the regulatory fire – any plans to expand the nuclear industry in the United States now face a high hurdle.
But nuclear proponents are hardly impotent. The Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry’s most powerful lobbying group, helped craft the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with more than $12 billion in subsidies for nukes.
Maintaining nuclear energy’s current 20% share of generation would require building three reactors every two years starting in 2016, based on U.S. Department of Energy forecasts. Right now, some 17 companies and consortia are pursuing licenses for more than 30 nuclear power plants with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
But the last operating license for a nuclear plant in the United States was issued in 1978, and the approval process takes a minimum of 24 months after site approval, which can take years. Expect lots of public comment and infighting in Washington, as applications wind their way through the approval process at the NRC.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world is racing ahead with plans to up the ante in the nuclear power game. There are currently 440 nuclear reactors in 31 countries that generate about 16% of the world’s electricity.
Uranium-fueled nuclear energy is rapidly gaining global acceptance as a clean, reliable alternative to such dirty-burning fossil fuels as coal and oil. In a twin bid to combat global warming and keep up with soaring demand for electricity, countries are rushing to build nuclear power plants. Under current projections, 630 reactors will be operating in 55 countries by 2030.
It’s the new technologies those reactors are designed around that are aimed at allaying the public’s perception about the safety of nuclear power. Toshiba Plant & System Services, which has built 112 plants in the past 12 years (more than any other company), is working on a “mininuke,” according to Forbes magazine. Called the “4S” (short for Super-Safe, Small and Simple), it uses a bath of molten sodium to produce steam twice as hot as steam from water-cooled reactors. The 4S can crank out as much as 50 megawatts of power, easily enough to fire up a small factory, or to service an entire town that’s located off the main power grid.
On top of that, the mininuke can go 30 years without refueling, as opposed to typical reactors, which must be fed every 18 months. And the 4S will be safer, because the reactor core is deep underground, well protected against a terrorist attack or earthquakes.
China and South Africa are working on so-called “pebble-bed reactors,” one version of which is filled with 100,000 billiard-ball-sized spheres of coated uranium that are cooled by helium. That eliminates the need for enormous pressurized water-cooling systems and million-dollar containment domes, making them virtually meltdown-proof.
U.S. firms are also on the trail of smaller and safer designs. A Santa Fe, NM company called Hyperion Power Generation Inc., is working on a hot-tub sized design, which eliminates the need for the notoriously unstable uranium control rods. U.S. giant General Electric Co. (GE) is working on new, more efficient designs, as well.
No matter how you slice it, the fuel for the reactors in those plants all depend on a scarce commodity – uranium. Flat out, there’s just not enough “yellow cake” to go around. It takes seven to 10 years to transform a uranium discovery into a fully operational mine. With that kind of lag time, it’s clearly almost impossible for supply to keep up with demand.
Until recently, the market reflected the scarcity, rising as high as $137 a pound in 2007. But lately, despite the global shortages, uranium prices – in sympathy with other commodity prices – have nosedived.
Prices have fallen 40% this year, leading to a sharp decline in the share prices of mining companies, and eviscerating the financing for extraction projects. In the last month alone, six uranium mines in western Colorado and Utah were either put on hold or closed.
Some experts lay the blame for this current credit squeeze squarely at the feet of hedge funds – who they blame for buying up uranium – and banks no longer willing to lend money.
“Hedge funds were selling off their uranium to raise cash, and the prices just plunged,” said George E.L. Glasier, chief executive officer of Energy Fuels Inc., a Canadian junior miner that recently put a Colorado mine project on hold as part of a “capital preservation” strategy brought on by the credit crunch.
Uranium prices fell to $75 early this year, and fell as low as $44 this fall. The spot price now is $55.
With the worldwide growth in the industry – and a classic supply/demand imbalance in the making – someone is eventually going to have to pay the price. History shows when uranium prices move higher, uranium stocks almost always hitch a ride North. So when uranium prices advance – most likely to new highs – expect mining stocks to rise in virtual lock step.
But notwithstanding global growth – for now, at least – Obama’s energy plan and the mothballing of mines makes any uranium play a long-term proposition.
Besides Toshiba (PINK:TOSBF), the stocks to consider include Cameco Corp. (CCJ), the largest U.S. producer; and General Electric, which has a presence in the commercial nuclear power market here and overseas. Also, take a look at Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) and BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), huge international mining firms with large uranium deposits. Each of these firms would stand to reap substantial profits from a resurgent price in yellow cake.
Outlook 2009 – and Beyond
However, regardless of what uranium does, coal is still the 800-pound gorilla in the energy world. In the United States, no matter how lofty our environmental intentions may be, it’s unlikely coal will be regulated out of existence anytime soon. That’s especially true overseas, where coal is playing a crucial role, fueling the transformation of such countries as China and India from “emerging markets” into first-order powerhouse economies. Given that, the world market simply can’t replace coal anytime soon, either.
As for nuclear power, safety improvements and other technological solutions make nuclear energy a viable energy source for the long term, eventually grabbing a bigger piece of the energy pie – especially overseas.
The bottom line: The economic outlook for both coal and nuclear power is upbeat. Investors might look at both energy plays when considering how to allocate their portfolio – for the New Year and beyond.
[Editor’s Note: Money Morning’s “Outlook 2009” economic forecasting series last looked at the outlook for retail sales in the New Year. Next up: Latin America. Check out past series stories, which have underscored that uncertainty will continue to be the watchword for at least the first part of the New Year. Little wonder, as the global financial crisis continues to whipsaw the U.S. financial markets in a manner that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. It’s almost enough to make you surrender. But what if you knew, ahead of time, what marketplace changes to expect? Then you’d be in the driver’s seat – right? You’d know what to anticipate, could craft a profit strategy to follow, and could then just sit back, watching and waiting – and finally profiting from – the very marketplace events you anticipated.
R. Shah Gilani – a retired hedge fund manager and a nationally known expert on the U.S. credit crisis– has predicted five key financial crisis “aftershocks” that he says will create substantial profit opportunities for investors who know just what these aftershocks are, and how to play them. In the Trigger Event Strategist, Gilani describes how investors can use these aftershocks, or “trigger events,” as gateways to massive profits. To find out all about these five financial-crisis aftershocks, and about the trigger-event profit strategy they feed into, check out our latest report.]
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