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Wondering why is Uranium & Lithium Soaring?

November 30, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: URRE , ROC , GE

Electric Cars hooking up to the electric grid equals more demand for Uranium the fuel used in Nuclear powered plants. Lithium is used in the rechargable battery for the electric vehicles.

Electric Car Sales Could Create Big Opportunities – If Utilities Get Their Act Together!  November 29, 2010 | By Paul Mauldin

A number of U.S. electric utilities are both concerned and excited over predicted electric vehicle sales and their impact on the electric distribution system. Electric cars will be marketed in mass starting this spring. That effort, $7,500 tax credits and a recovering economy releasing a pent-up consumer spending urge could result in big sales. In turn, neighborhood distribution systems could see dramatic load increases. (See Associated Press article)
 
On the other hand, a utility can take advantage of this opportunity to upgrade its energy delivery system while expanding its rate base, thereby increasing revenues. And all this fits in with smart grid deployment strategies (and potentially, lest we forget, federal stimulus dollars).
 
All depends on whether a utility can get its distribution budgeting/planning act together in time. Historically, the record is not great. Here’s an example:
 
 
It was the summer of my discontent, and also that of most of my neighbors. We had relocated from California and loved our new home, our neighbors, and the culture – almost everything except the lousy electric reliability. Several times during the week our lights would go out. Sometimes for minutes, sometimes for hours. At times the whole area would be blacked out, looking like a set from The Twilight Zone under the soft starlight.
 
Being a so-called industry "expert", I was asked by a major newspaper to comment on the problems and so I explained that the outages were mostly due to exploding transformers, overheated by air conditioning demands. Blah, Blah. Standard stuff. But in my head I kept thinking “What the heck is wrong with the power company!”
 
Then a utility executive was interviewed on TV (fortunately our power stayed on during the interview long enough for us to watch). She said that the local load growth had been higher than expected, the summer was hotter than usual, and a lot of the transformers were old. Also, she explained, the utility had a transformer replacement program that minimized costs to its ratepayers (apparently by allowing the transformers to reach full, doddering maturity).
 
In other words - “Not the utility’s fault, period.”
 
The interviewer seemed satisfied. Smiles all around. But…to those that know something about the industry, she was in effect admitting that the planning methodology was seriously flawed. And so were the assumptions about customer preferences. After all, area population and business growths were certainly predictable and, in any case, change slowly enough to allow adequate time for corrections. And as far as saving the ratepayers money, our family would much prefer paying a few cents or even a few dollars more on our monthly bill rather than sitting in the dark playing cribbage with flashlights!
 
Apparently the state public utilities commission didn’t buy the utility’s story either. After some heavy fines, new planning processes were put in place. We now have excellent service. And I don’t think our electric bill has changed much, if at all.
 
For some reason, utilities are slow to upgrade their distribution systems, even when the capital upgrades are reasonable and would provide additional revenue through the allowed rate of return, just as would generation and transmission additions and upgrades.
 
I need to add that electric distribution engineers and field workers are some of the hardest workers in the industry. Under-appreciated, under-budgeted and often under-paid, they manage to keep the lights on almost all of the time. Amazingly, in many companies executive management acts as though it doesn’t realize that the electric distribution system has moved from being the enterprise stepchild, to becoming the biggest strategic business asset.
 
Hopefully it will begin to be managed as such. During the next decade, electric vehicles and smart grid could be the acid test. 
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Game Changer for Lithium miners is here:

November 30, 2010 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: LIT , SQM , ROC

While GM hopes the Volt is a game changer, so do Lithium Miners who will be one of the biggest profiters of  Lithium Battery run cars.

Warren Buffett: In 20 years, all cars on the road will be electric   [more]

BEAR RAID 3 straight days, don't fall for it..

November 30, 2010 – Comments (10) | RELATED TICKERS: TECL , QQQ , SPY

Nov 30, 2010 9:11 AM | about stocks: QQQQ, NDAQ, DOG, SPY, TYH, TNA, BGU, MWN, BGZ, VXX, VXZ  [more]

"Doomsday" guys out in force today

November 29, 2010 – Comments (12) | RELATED TICKERS: QQQ , SPY , TECL

with only 1 month left for the end of the Q4, the doomsday guys are out in force today trying their best to get you to sell your shares before the Q4 guidance starts rolling in next week and beyond.   [more]

Why invest in Lithium?? Warren Buffett is the reason : He said last year that in 20 yrs all cars will be electric. Countdown is now 19 years to go...

November 29, 2010 – Comments (4) | RELATED TICKERS: LIT , SQM , ROC

Nov 29, 2010 8:46 AM | about stocks: LIT, SQM, ROC, BYDDF.PK, TSLA, TM, HMC, DAI, F, GM, NSANY.PK, SLV, GLD, KOL, PKOL, SCCO, CU, PALL, MOO, POT, MOS, AGU, CF, ANR, CLF, WLT, REE, MCP, X, AKS, RS, ATI, RTI, TIE  [more]

2011 - 2020 Decade of Lithium Bull Market

November 24, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: LIT , ROC , SQM

Treasure interred in the salt September 30, 2010Repost: Nov 24, 2010 11:33 AM | about stocks: ROC, TSLA, LIT, SQM, GM, F, NSANY.PK, TM, AONE, HMC, REE, MCP, SLV, GLD, KOL, PALL  

Electric cars have transformed interest in the Andes' salt flats, writes Richard Reynolds.   [more]

Black Friday could surprise on the Upside "Hints USA Income Report"

November 24, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: WMT , TGT , M

Americans boost spending as incomes grow

Americans boost spending as incomes grow, hopeful sign heading into holiday shopping season
Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer, On Wednesday November 24, 2010, 8:45 am

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans earned more and spent more last month, a hopeful sign for the economy ahead of the holiday buying season.  [more]

The safest sellside in the market? VXX

November 23, 2010 – Comments (4) | RELATED TICKERS: VXX

Why? It goes down even on days the market is down modestly, VXX needs triple digit down days like today to go up and there are not many triple digit down days to get the trend in VXX to go up.  [more]

GOLD & SILVER should Soar in 2011 on Bill in Congress & Manipulation Lawsuit

November 23, 2010 – Comments (4) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV , SIVR

Price Manipulation

Price manipulation is the most controversial theory that has circulated among gold bugs for 20 years. Some argue that gold prices have been illegally suppressed over the last two decades by central banks and governments. The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, or GATA, is the biggest complainant.

According to statistics from the World Gold Council, central banks reportedly have 32,000 tons of gold, with the International Monetary Fund  accounting for 2,966.8 tons. Under the Washington Agreement on Gold, its members can sell a maximum of 400 tons a year, thereby restricting the amount of gold in the open marketplace.

GATA argues that central banks actually have less than 15,000 tons of gold, and that the missing gold has been secretly sold or leased into the market to prevent gold prices from rising to their actual value, which should be between $3,000 to $5,000 an ounce.

"The reasoning for the suppression is governments/bankers [look at] gold to be a barometer of the health of economies and countries. These suppressors want to kill or at the very least, greatly slow the messenger," argues Peter Grandich, editor of Grandich Publications. The suppression theory means that global economies are in worse financial shape than investors think and that gold should be bought as the ultimate safe haven. Texas representative Ron Paul  is planning to introduce a bill in Congress next year calling for an audit of U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox.

The gold manipulation theory has been gaining traction of late after trader Brian Beatty filed lawsuits at the end of October against JPMorgan and HSBC for conspiring to "suppress and manipulate" silver prices on the Comex.

The allegations are particularly noteworthy because HSBC and JPMorgan are custodians of the physically backed exchange-traded funds like the SPDR Gold Shares(GLD_) and iShares Silver Trust(SLV_), which means the big banks are in charge of storing the metal investors are buying while being accused of manipulating the prices.

Bart Chilton, commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , is pushing the commission to prosecute a two-year investigation into the silver market. According to reports, the CFTC is also looking into JPMorgan and possible silver manipulation trading.

The belief is that as investors realize that the precious metals  market is manipulated, gold and silver prices will rise exponentially, but until then prices will suffer.

"Our complaint is that more often now they're doing it surreptitiously as a mechanism of supporting their currencies, supporting government bonds and suppressing interest rates," says Chris Powell, secretary and treasurer of GATA.

Powell also argues that manipulation gives the inside scoop for the investment banks who are working for the government and helping them execute their secret gold trades.  [more]

3rd Qtr Bank of America buys more Gold & Silver

November 23, 2010 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV

Bank of America added 1.3 million shares to its GLD position and become the largest holder and biggest buyer of the silver ETF, the SLV, by adding 4.6 million shares bringing its total position to 12.3 million shares.

James Turk recent highs in Gold & Silver to be taken out in a matter of days

November 22, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV , SIL

James Turk - Developing Banking Crisis Bullish For Gold  [more]

Some Gold holders starting to switch for Silver instead.

November 22, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SIL , SLV

Nov 22, 2010 10:48 AM | about stocks: GLD, SLV, SIL, SIVR, HL, MVG, SVM, SSRI, SLW, PAAS, GG, AU, AEM, ABX, BVN, SCCO, FCX, NEM, GOLD, AUY, EGO, NG, NGD, GFI   [more]

Lucky Friday

November 19, 2010 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: HL , SLW , SSRI

Hecla says to try an increase Silver Production by 50% over current production levels at the Lucky Friday Mine.   [more]

Solar demand driving Silver demand by 1 to .75 ratio

November 19, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: SLV , SIL , SIVR

For every percent that Solar demand increases it also increases silver demand by 0.75%

Rising Solar-Panel Generation Means Increasing Industrial Demand For Silver

19 November 2010, 12:32 p.m.
By Allen Sykora
Of Kitco News
http://www.kitco.com/-Solar/Silver-Article  [more]

Miners expecting much higher Gold, lower hedging by 2 million ounces

November 19, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV , SIL

Nov 19, 2010 10:56 AM | about stocks: GLD, SLV, SIL, SIVR, PAAS, SLW, CDE, SSRI, SVM, HL, AU, HMY, GOLD, BVN, KGC, RGLD, LIHR, AUY, AEM, ABX, GG, PALL, PAL, BHP, RIO, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, WLT, ANR, CLF, PCX, FCX, SCCO, NEM, X, RS, AKS, ACH, AA  [more]

Double Dip officially off the Table

November 19, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: TZA , VXX , SPXS

Philly Fed Index Jumps to Highest Level in 2010 as Manufacturing Surges By JOSEPH LAZZARO Posted 2:09 PM 11/18/10
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/d1KoIa

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Don't follow the headlines, Gold going much higher on QE2

November 19, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV , SIL

Nov 19, 2010 8:59 AM | about stocks: GLD, SLV, SIVR, PAAS, SLW, CDE, SSRI, SVM, HL, AU, HMY, GOLD, BVN, KGC, RGLD, LIHR, AUY, AEM, ABX, GG, PALL, PAL, BHP, RIO, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, WLT, ANR, CLF, PCX, FCX, SCCO, NEM, X, RS, AKS, ACH, AA  [more]

$1,600 Gold in 75 Days

November 18, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV , SIL

Nov 18, 2010 2:51 PM | about stocks: SLV, GLD, SIVR, PAAS, SLW, CDE, SSRI, SVM, HL, AEM, ABX, GG, PALL, PAL, BHP, RIO, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, WLT, ANR, CLF, PCX, FCX, SCCO, NEM, X, RS, AKS, ACH, AA   [more]

James Turk : Silver to hit $400 (2013-2015)

November 18, 2010 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: SLW , PAAS , HL

November 16, 2010   [more]

Silver surging after week long slump

November 18, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SLW , PAAS , CDE

Not going to chase SLW or PAAS or CDE instead I am looking for laggards on price to earnings valuations.

LMAO HGSI getting crushed on Positive Panel vote

November 17, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: HGSI.DL , GSK , DNDN

Imagine if the vote was negative? It had been $29+ in afterhours yesterday after the votes were posted. HGSI -10.3% (falling sharply in pre-mkt after gaining in after-hours following yesterday's positive panel vote on Benlysta)

How can tiny Ireland cause market to crash over 200 points

November 16, 2010 – Comments (7)

this just does not make any sense? Oh what could it be the Muslim Holiday? Did all the Muslims put in sell orders while they are on Holiday break for 3 days?? They are 1/5th of the World Population so you never know.

Prostate Cancer cases could be rising further with men holding cell phones in pockets, they need a clinical trial for this asap.

November 16, 2010 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: DNDN , EDAP

Nov 16, 2010 12:30 PM | about stocks: DNDN, EDAP  [more]

ASYS getting crushed down since opening gap to $20.73

November 15, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: ASYS , FSLR , TSL

That has been the trend in its other earnings days performance as well. Although soon afterwards the stock starts gaining traction and has gone up in the following days in dramatic fashion.

Keep a watch on this tiny float stock, its has a tendecy to change direction in a heartbeat.

In a business where you gain 100% more clients when markets are not doing so well?

November 12, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: NOAH

Yes thats exactly what (NOAH) did when the markets were not doing so well 2008-2009.   [more]

Chinese Millionaires and Billionaires need to let someone manage their money.

November 12, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: NOAH

That manager is Noah Holdings.

I would not be surprised at all if this stock turns into a multibagger.

Bear Raid on STRI

November 12, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: STRI

When good news is considered bad.  [more]

Whats Silver worth vs. Gold : Full Analysis

November 11, 2010 – Comments (4)

The FED. just made the case for Metals that much Stronger.

Nov 5, 2010 8:33 AM | about stocks: GLD, SLV, EXK, SIVR, KOL, JJC, SCCO, PALL, FCX, REE, MCP, KMT, AEM, ABX, NEM, SSRI, SLW, PAAS, CDE, HL, MVG, SVM, AUY, GFI, AU, GOLD, PKX, BHP, RIO, BVN, GG, AA, X, CLF, TCK, WLT, ANR, MEE, BTU, POT, MOS, CF, AGU, TNH, DE, CNH, CAT, ATI, RS, AKS, MT  [more]

Market leaders being punished for taking market share from Old Techie CSCO

November 11, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: CSCO , FFIV , EQIX

How funny is that, CSCO loses market share to younger and more innovative companies and those taking market share are being punished today. Its just comical, should be on Comedy Central.

 Market should rebound now because CSCO is not what it once was, its now a tired old tech stock.

Did the USA go to War in Kosovo for Coal & other Minerals?

November 10, 2010 – Comments (5) | RELATED TICKERS: KOL , GLD , SLV

Thats what Serbia the Arch Rival of Kosovo is claiming. I thought we went there to stop ethnic cleansing? Is Serbia playing monday quarterback now seeing all the prices for metals soar and saying see the war was for metals in Kosovo.   [more]

Its $105 Billion Stimulus over the next Month

November 10, 2010 – Comments (1)

Fed to Purchase $105 Billion of Treasuries Over Next Month

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will purchase $105 billion of Treasuries over the next month as policy makers expand monetary stimulus measures to reduce unemployment and avert deflation.   [more]

Major market move at 2pm coming.

November 10, 2010 – Comments (2)

What will the Fed. Buy in Treasury Bonds today? $70B or higher? The first QE2 infusion of a total of $600 Billion by end of Q2 of 2011.

CAGC getting crushed ahead of Strongest Qtr Q4

November 10, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: CAGC.PK.DL , POT , MOS

Yeah they missed estimates this qtr, yeah the flooding was a factor. Who cares, the stock is now down -3.19/shr so its all factored in at this point. Now the focus will be looking ahead to its strongest qtr Q4.   [more]

AKAM losing its footing, NFLX defects on slow AKAM video processing.

November 10, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: AKAM , NFLX , CVC

Nov 10, 2010 10:07 AM | about stocks: AKAM, NFLX, CVC, NWSA, TWC, YHOO, GOOG, CSCO, AAPL, BIDU

Well it was gonna happen at some point with the demand of video on the net surging on a daily basis. People now want to cancel Cable and watch TV off the net.

Either (AKAM) has to expand its video infrastructure dramatically or competitors will start to take big market shares.
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Bull Raid on Metals today a Reverse of Bear Raid Yesterday

November 10, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: SLV , GLD , PALL

The Bear raid yesterday is turning into a bull raid today. Its hard for bears to keep down metals when the bulls have $600 Billion QE2 to back them up. Its gonna be some kind of whooping today on yesterdays bears of the metals.

http://www.kitco.com/market/

World's Next New Uranium Mine

November 09, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: UEC , URRE , CCJ

Waiting on News of Opening of "World's Next New Uranium Mine", November 2010 was targeted as start of production date, anyday now we should be getting the good news..

Constructing the World's Next New Uranium Mine
On August 30th, 2010 Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) announced that the Company had completed Phase One of Wellfield Development at the Palangana ISR uranium project in South Texas.

Construction at Palangana is on-track for initial production starting in November this year.

The Company has completed 40 injection and production wells thus far, which completed Phase One in the development of PAA-1. The wells will be brought on-stream in three approximately equivalent phases as part of the build-up to initial sustainable levels of production.

Construction of Palangana’s ion-exchange satellite facility is underway with pumps and tanks to be being installed.

Harry Anthony, Chief Operating Officer, stated, “The development progress at Palangana is on-track, on-schedule and on-budget for initial production starting in November this year. We are continuing the drilling, electrical build-out and wellfield piping, and are pleased with the pace and testing to date.”  [more]

Move over EBAY , new leader emerging.

November 09, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: ALBCF , EBAY , MSFT

Alipay set to become world's No. 1 e-payment firm

Alipay, a unit of Alibaba Group which owns China's largest e-commerce website Alibaba.com (1688.HK) and China biggest online retailer Taobao, says it handles more than 1 billion yuan ($146.5 million) in transactions daily, and will reach an annual transaction volume of 1 trillion yuan in two years, topping PayPal and becoming the world largest e-payment firm.  [more]

YHOO buyout rumors getting stronger

November 09, 2010 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: YHOO , GOOG , MSFT

So there maybe something to the rumors of AOL or AliBaba joint venture buyout of YHOO.

I would assume a forward PE of 30 as good place to start for a buyout price on YHOO.

MSFT was willing to pay over $30/shr earlier so there is plenty of upside still left in YHOO

Lose 1 Win 1

November 09, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: ENOC , FOSL

Lost on ENOC, Won on FOSL

A breakeven day , oh well I was looking for a 2 Run Homerun. Almost made it, ENOC beat by a wide margin but lowered next qtr in guidance.

ENOC beats with $1.67 GAAP eps

November 08, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: ENOC

Press Release Source: EnerNOC, Inc. On Monday November 8, 2010, 4:00 pm Recorded quarterly revenue of $162.8 million, 58% growth over Q3 2009 Achieved GAAP net income of $43.9 million, or $1.67 per diluted share, up 65% year-over-year; Achieved non-GAAP net income of $47.6 million, or $1.81 per diluted share, up 55% year-over-year Generated $17.7 million of cash flow from operating activities Surpassed 5,100 megawatts under managementHuge beat for a $30+ stock..  [more]

TCK a 13 bagger folks

November 08, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: TCK

Since falling into the $3's back in Dec. 2008 , TCK has soared and turned into a 13 bagger..

It was one hot summer this year

November 08, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: ENOC

Wondering if that will affect ENOC earnings out tonight.

ENOC down -0.87 to $29.85

Upward eps stocks still rallying higher.

November 08, 2010 – Comments (0)

Unlike some stocks that are rolling over today, the upward eps stocks are rallying higher.

AERL, JAZZ, EMCI, FOSL, AAPL, 

Copper producer FCX Spikes on China worries on Copper supplies.

November 05, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: FCX

10:23am Macquerie suggested China may classify copper-molybderum as a national resources

FCX is one commodities stock that is still trading at pretty cheap levels compared to others so a major rally in FCX could be just at the beginning stages.

The FED. just made the case for Metals that much Stronger.

November 05, 2010 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: GLD , SLV , SIVR

Back in Mid Summer analysts were making calls for Gold & Silver to hit parabolic highs and that was before the FED. opened the flood gates of QE2.

Historical Silver: Gold Ratio Suggests Parabolic Top For Silver of Over $100 per Ounce!

By Lorimer Wilson
Jul 6 2010 4:24PM

Approximately 70 respected economists, academics, gold analysts and market commentators (see list below) are of the firm opinion that gold is going to go to at least $2,500 if not as high as $10,000 per ounce (or more) before the parabolic top is reached. As such, just imagine what is in store for silver given its historical price relationship with gold. We’re looking at an extreme case scenario of a future parabolic top of perhaps as much as $714 per ounce for silver, the ‘poor man’s gold’. Let me explain.  [more]

Would you buy a company with almost 100% increase in EPS in 1yr going forward?

November 04, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: CWEI , XOM , BP

Well if you answered yes then look at CWEI which has interest in the Permian oil basin.  [more]

summer of 2011 will be BLOODY on Wall Street

November 04, 2010 – Comments (6)

The FED. just Toasted Shorts, and it will keep toasting them
every month for the next 8 months by infusion of $75B per month.

I see a great shorting chance coming but its gonna be 8 months from now. That means the summer of 2011 will be BLOODY on Wall Street.

Getting ready for Monster Earnings by LGL Group

November 04, 2010 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: LGL

(LGL) ($24.70) is -$10/shr off 52week highs at $34.71, but there was a good reason it went to $34.71 and that reason is that the company sits on record backlog and based on what that backlog did to earnings last qtr, the move to $34.71 was fully justified. Now why am I getting ready for Monster Earnings? Well LGL Group is down -$10/shr since its 52wk high and with only a week left before LGL Group reports again I am getting ready for another Monster Qtr.

Highlights from last QTR:

Foreign Sales Increased By 52.7% <------ "China Growth"
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Breaks 10k again

November 02, 2010 – Comments (3)

My caps portfolio has just broken 10k once again. Thats right a portfolio with only 35% accuracy has 10K points.. Goes to show you , that you need a handful of winners to get rich.

How the heck did people rate VTRO below $5??

November 01, 2010 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: VTRO , AAPL , GOOG

If VTRO is not ratable at above $5 because its under $100M cap then how did people rate it under $5 and get points of almost 100 on this outperform rating?? I just don't get how people seem to be able to get around the system rules?? I would love to rate it outperform but can't hack the fool to do so.  [more]

6+ PE prior to Christmas Sales = Extreme Strong Buy

November 01, 2010 – Comments (3) | RELATED TICKERS: SKX , NKE , FINL

Yes believe it or not there is a consumer retail stock that is 2nd in the nation in sneaker sales and is trading at a PE just over 6.  [more]