Joe Sixpack and Inflation
caloo calay
Since the governing folks / market manipulators have managed very
well to create inflation I was wondering if we could get in on the
deal. The big money is going to profit from it somehow, so why can't
Joe Sixpack ???
Is Joe Sixpack just supposed to be happy to keep his job, with no
raise ever, and watch all the prices go up ???
Got to be something Joe Sixpack can get in on, right???
Buy gold? Buy oil? Can Joe Sixpack buy oil futures?
Move to Canada?
Signed,
Joe Sixpack
hchi...@hotmail.com
Automaker stocks. The market for new ultra-fuel-efficient cars is now
firmly established. The automakers who can get to that marketshare
with inexpensive cars first will win. My bets are Ford and
Volkswagen. Ford is motivated, VW is looking to build new plants in
the U.S.
Canadian oil sands (PWE) Ignore the price fluctuations and collect
the regular small dividend checks while you wait.
Small meatpackers. With the big boys getting hammered with recalls
due to the mass mixing of thousands of pounds of meat, the smaller
packers who work in smaller batches stand to pick up market share in a
market where prices are about to go up.
Logan Shaw
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 15:31:31 -0700 (PDT), caloo calay
> <user1...@aol.com> wrote:
>> Since the governing folks / market manipulators have managed very
>> well to create inflation I was wondering if we could get in on the
>> deal. The big money is going to profit from it somehow, so why can't
>> Joe Sixpack ???
> Automaker stocks. The market for new ultra-fuel-efficient cars is now
> firmly established. The automakers who can get to that marketshare
> with inexpensive cars first will win. My bets are Ford and
> Volkswagen. Ford is motivated, VW is looking to build new plants in
> the U.S.
Possibly true, but like any disruptive change, there will be winners and
losers. The automakers who don't put the right priority on that, or who
do but who fail to come up with a good design / product, will suffer.
Of course, I suppose that applies to anything where you'd try to profit
from a changing environment...
- Logan
hchi...@hotmail.com
Dude, of course. Hedge your bets.
Don't buy wheat futures. We are all planting the stuff here and it is
coming up fine.
Don't go for the gold. Too little, too late.
Interestingly enough, the last SciAm mentioned being able to bet on
Hillary vsMcCain. Didn't mention B. Any invesment strategy has to
consider which will be a factor in the next four years.
This all gets too complicated for Rod and the Chinese spammers. I'm
considering a website for ex-MCFLers.
George
> hchi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 15:31:31 -0700 (PDT), caloo calay
>> <user1...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>> Since the governing folks / market manipulators have managed very
>>> well to create inflation I was wondering if we could get in on the
>>> deal. The big money is going to profit from it somehow, so why can't
>>> Joe Sixpack ???
>
>> Automaker stocks. The market for new ultra-fuel-efficient cars is now
>> firmly established. The automakers who can get to that marketshare
>> with inexpensive cars first will win. My bets are Ford and
>> Volkswagen. Ford is motivated, VW is looking to build new plants in
>> the U.S.
>
> Possibly true, but like any disruptive change, there will be winners and
> losers. The automakers who don't put the right priority on that, or who
> do but who fail to come up with a good design / product, will suffer.
Unless they have a massively secret idea gm won't be the one. It is
almost embarrassing seeing their "you need to buy an escalade because it
is *big*" commercials. They seem to really be a one trick pony who only
wants to make big, fluffed up trucks to sell as "cars".
James
> Logan Shaw wrote:
> > hchick...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 15:31:31 -0700 (PDT), caloo calay
> >> <user132...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Since the governing folks / market manipulators have managed very
> >>> well to create inflation I was wondering if we could get in on the
> >>> deal. The big money is going to profit from it somehow, so why can't
> >>> Joe Sixpack ???
>
> >> Automaker stocks. The market for new ultra-fuel-efficient cars is now
> >> firmly established. The automakers who can get to that marketshare
> >> with inexpensive cars first will win. My bets are Ford and
> >> Volkswagen. Ford is motivated, VW is looking to build new plants in
> >> the U.S.
>
> > Possibly true, but like any disruptive change, there will be winners and
> > losers. The automakers who don't put the right priority on that, or who
> > do but who fail to come up with a good design / product, will suffer.
>
> Unless they have a massively secret idea gm won't be the one. It is
> almost embarrassing seeing their "you need to buy an escalade because it
> is *big*" commercials. They seem to really be a one trick pony who only
> wants to make big, fluffed up trucks to sell as "cars".
I'm not so pessimistic on GM.
The Saturn divison had a total makeover, and they now sell mostly
Europoean designed cars (without plastic panels) like the Aura
(Malibu), Astra and Vue. They have mild hybrids for Aura and Vue that
are just a few thousand more than non-hybrids.
Chevrolet has the new Malibu, a great car and very competitive against
the Camry and Accord - more so that the Ford Fusion. Its available as
a mild hybrid.
For those who do need a big vehicle the Tahoe hybrid makes some sense
- it has both cylinder deactivation and full hybrid mode - two
technologies working together. Cylinder deactivation works for highway
cruising, where as hybrids work well for stop and go.
GM has an uphill battle, but I think it has taken the hits earlier
than Ford, and done more to prepare for a high gas price future. Other
than the Ford Escape Hybrid, what have they done? GM and Chrysler have
more flex fuel vehicles. Ford is very dependant on F150 sales, and now
Toyota is giving them real competition in that arena.
James
Frank
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Joe Sixpack could have purchased WMT for $1.07 this morning. Market
manipulators at work, you think?
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=wmt&hl=en