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pauleckler replied to the Renewable Energy board. 5:20 PM

Re: looking for ideas

For wind, see the Wind Energy article on Foolish Wiki--

http://wiki.fool.com/Wind_energy

Also look at the Wind Energy Category on Foolish Wiki.

For solar, there is a Solar [more]

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pauleckler posted to the Railroads board. 5:10 PM

Kansas City Southern take over target

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241264/kansas-city-sou......

A bullish Bloomberg article toots Kansas City Southern for its strong earnings growth due to its [more]

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pauleckler posted to the Buying or Selling a Home board. 5:06 PM

WSJ: Frank Lloyd Wright homes for sale

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/real-estate-luxury.html?mg......

The Mansions section of today's Wall Street Journal has a feature with photos of Frank Lloyd Wright [more]

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pauleckler posted to the Architecture board. 5:04 PM

WSJ: Frank Lloyd Wright homes for sale

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/real-estate-luxury.html?mg...

The Mansions section of today's Wall Street Journal has a feature with photos of Frank Lloyd [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Foolish Collective board. 4:35 PM

Re: Valspar up 7% on str earnings

Your probably know I am a retired chemist with 40 yrs experience in the chemical industry. What would you like to know about specialty chemicals?

Generally most chemicals are commodities. Companies build large plants that manufacture pure [more]

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pauleckler posted to the Foolish Collective board. 4:17 PM

Kansas City Southern take over target

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241264/kansas-city-sou...

A bullish Bloomberg article toots Kansas City Southern for its strong earnings [more]

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pauleckler posted to the Railroads board. 4:09 PM

Kansas City Southern added to S&P 500

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241204/kansas-city-sou...

That should cause numerous index funds to buy shares.

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pauleckler posted to the Dow Chemical Company board. 4:05 PM

WSJ: Dow 2,4-d tolerant seed appr Canada

Wall Street Journal today carried story of Dow's fine for urethane price fixing as above. Two sentences near the end report that Dow's new 2,4-d tolerant seed (unspecified but probably corn) has been approved in Canada. US approval was recently [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Foolish Collective board. 3:48 PM

Re: Valspar up 7% on str earnings

SO!!!???

I think the earnings data confirms that the housing market continues to recover. I think it has a way to go yet. So these stocks continue to be an attractive holding at least for now.

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pauleckler replied to the Living Below Your Means board. 3:38 PM

Re: Vacuum Cleaners

Kenmore

Keep in mind that Sears was once the leading retailer in the US (until the arrival of K-Mart in abt 1965). Sears stock was a wonderful investment. Employees retired on handsome assets from the Sears stock they accumulated over [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Buying and Maintaining a Car board. 3:22 PM

Re: Paint Repair

Auto refinish enamels are readily available with similar chemistry to the original OEM coating. If properly applied, the paint should last almost like the original.

Of course there are also low cost replacements that are less likely to [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 3:15 PM

Re: How?

While you are learning, it might be best to invest in mutual funds. That way your funds are managed by professionals.

If you want to learn stock investing, a CAPs portfolio is a good way to begin. Once you pick 7 stocks CAPs rates your [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 5:22 PM

Re: THE simplest of questions, please

This is a public board. MF Advisor probably has a private discussion board. Post your question there for a reply from MF Advisor personnel.

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pauleckler posted to the Dow Chemical Company board. 5:20 PM

Dow fined $1.2B urethane price fixing

but will appeal. Others settled for $10s of millions.

[more]

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pauleckler replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 1:26 PM

Re: Changing my allocation at current market hig

Bonds are a contract to pay a fixed sum of interest at specified dates until the bond matures and the principle is refunded.

When interest rates rise, the market value of the bond must decrease to pay rates competitive with other bonds of [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Foolish Collective board. 1:16 PM

Re: Valspar up 7% on str earnings

You will see in my CAPs portfolio that I have Sherwin Williams, PPG and Valspar. All three have been doing well.

I see this as an extension in the recovery of new home sales. I also have several home builders (Toll Brothers, Pulte Homes), [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 1:08 PM

Re: Younger Seniors Burning thru IRAs

I've been through this before trying to talk people into signing up for 401k contributions.

You find there is a lot of "It's my money and I need it NOW" out there.

It's a reminder of how well designed Social Security is [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Investing Beginners board. 1:00 PM

Re: Trailing Stop Loss question

Of course with commissions so low, if you get a false trigger of your stop loss, it is easy to repurchase the shares. But there are also tax implications. In a taxable account, you have to worry about capital gains taxes, and if losses are involved [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 12:52 PM

Re: Robot Bee Drones

I don't think we'll be replacing bees with robots on a large scale any time soon.

Ah, but a robot bee might remain in service for decades. Just update the software.

And like other robots he is full time on the job and does [more]

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pauleckler replied to the Best Travel Spots/Tips board. 12:43 PM

Re: Cruise lines cutting back in Europe

Repositioning cruises across the oceans cost a lot, yet are the cheapest runs for a passenger to take. I suspect they are trying to minimize this dead-space.

I think the low cost of repositioning cruises ($799 for 15 days current [more]