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8:30 AM EST Tuesday, January 23, 2007: I
had planned on writing a piece today on "Imagination, Created Options
and Configured Alternatives." The essence of the piece was your choices
are not what you're presented with, but what your imagination can create.
While it's a good idea to write a list of "pros" and "cons"
down, it's a better idea to write down "Alternatives I can think of."
I have zillions of examples -- including the property I didn't buy because I
didn't let my imagination run. But I've been too engrossed in the tennis. See
below. More on this important subject later.
I'm also working on the portfolio allocation and 2006 returns I promised you.
Kagara grows: My favorite
little Australian mining company, Kagara Zinc (KZL.AU) continues to handsomely
grow its profits. Unaudited profit before tax was $58 million for the half year
to December 31, 2006 compared to a profit of $5 million in the previous corresponding
half year. This chart is from its latest financial report.
You
can read the entire report on Kagara's site.
Click here.
Fossil
fuels hurt global warming: The Wall Street
Journal has a big article today. It says "Big U.S. industrial companies
are acknowledging that fossil fuels are a major cause of global warming whose
emissions should be cut significantly over time." For the article, click
here.
I recently saw Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient
Truth -- a global warning." No matter what your politics or your love
(or not) for Mr. Gore, the movie is absolutely worth seeing.
When I was in New Zealand, I saw many examples of horrendous and rapid global
warming. I saw receding glaciers. I stood on glaciers. I saw markings on a mountain
wall where glaciers had been in recent years, like 1999. I stood where the glacier
was now. The difference was not inches. It was feet. It was disheartening. In
a very few years New Zealand will lose most of its glaciers. See the movie,
please.
The Australian Tennis Open
2007 is on. I apologize. I'm
engrossed in the matches. One is better than the previous one. It's hard to
concentrate on the perfect investment when the tennis is SO good. Here's the
upcoming schedule. All times refer to EST.
Tuesday, January 23
3:30 am - 6:00 am -- ESPN (Live)
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm -- ESPN2
10:00 pm - 2:00 am -- ESPN2 (Live)
Wednesday, January 24
3:30 am - 6:00 am - - ESPN (Live)
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm - - ESPN2 (T)
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm - - ESPN2 (Live)
Thursday, January 25
3:30 am - 6:00 am - - ESPN (Live)
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm - - ESPN2
Friday, January 26
12:00 am - 1:00 am - - ESPN2 (Live)
3:30 am - 6:00 am - - ESPN (Live)
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm - - ESPN2
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm -- ESPN2
Sunday, January 28
3:30 am - 6:30 pm - Final - ESPN2 (Live)
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Final - ESPN2
In case you missed these great videos from yesterday:
+
Apple announces the iPhone:You must
watch this video. It's hysterical. Click
here.
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News from the telecom industry: You
must watch this video. It's Comedy Central's Steve Colbert reporting
on the new AT&T and the old telecom industry. What's most fascinating is
that his take is actually true. Click
here.
The
cost of health care:
When the Park Avenue doctor's snooty receptionist told Milton that his five
minute visit would cost $500, he said, "I don't have it."
"You don't have it. And you have the nerve to come to the country's leading
specialist?" she said haughtily.
Rising in righteous indignation, Milton exclaimed, "Madam, when it comes
to my health, money is no object.".

This column is about my personal search
for the perfect investment. I don't give investment advice. For that you have
to be registered with regulatory authorities, which I am not. I am a reporter
and an investor. I make my daily column -- Monday through Friday -- freely available
for three reasons: Writing is good for sorting things out in my brain. Second,
the column is research for a book I'm writing called "In Search of the
Perfect Investment." Third, I encourage my readers to send me their
ideas, concerns and experiences. That way we can all learn together. My email
address is .
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role in choosing the Google ads. Thus I cannot endorse any, though some look
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note I'm not suggesting you do. That money, if there is any, may help pay Claire's
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