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Saturday 17 May 2008
Q Our children love animals and are now old enough,at three and five, to enjoy a safari. We'd like to visit a game park but I have heard how there are problems giving malaria pills to children. Would it be safest to give them a homeopathic preparation? P Sims, Manchester
A It is possible that health stores may offer non-pharmaceutical products that claim to protect against malaria, but they shouldn't. Channel 4 recently reported that a popular cosmetic brand, Neal's Yard, had been reprimanded by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency for selling Malaria Officialis 30c, which was intended as a treatment or preventative for malaria.
The MHRA stopped sales of this product on the grounds that travellers are mislead into thinking they are protected, and the concern is that this could lead to serious illness or even death.
Interestingly the British Homeopathic Association (www.trusthomeopathy.org) an association of health professionals who are also qualified in homeopathy, is clear on warning against relying on homeopathy for malaria prevention. The idea of prophylaxis and immunisation is actually contrary to homeopathy theory. Homeopathy aims to cure using the idea of treating like with like, so it can't be used before the disease has struck.
The first task is to identify whether a destination is malarial. Statistics just released about the cases of malaria imported into the UK for 2007 state that of the 844 cases for which there was information, 81 per cent (704) of travellers had not taken malaria prevention tablets, and a high proportion of the remainder took tablets that were inappropriate for the destination.
The authoritative site which includes a malaria risk map for each country is at www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk. Good information is also available on www.nathnac.org and www.malariahotspots.co.uk. It is important to be clear that malaria is a very dangerous disease – and it is life-threatening especially in small children and in pregnancy.
The big problem of malaria is that symptoms in children can be very hard to recognise. Serious malaria can – initially, at least – make a child cranky, or a child can simply slip off into a coma. Travelling with the under-10s is challenging because they can just get very sick very fast. And then how do you find a competent medical opinion?
Families planning to travel to Africa can avoid malaria by choosing a non-malarial destination; much of South Africa as well as the southern regions of both Namibia and Botswana are considered low risk. If that isn't possible, bites need to be prevented between dusk and dawn, and – with the help of a travel health advisor – a suitable antimalarial preparation chosen.
Over-the-counter chloroquine syrup gives very little protection in malarial Africa and doxycycline permanently disfigures growing teeth so the choice is between just two effective and suitable preparations: Malarone and Lariam.
Lariam (mefloquine) has suffered from alarmist reports highlighting that a minority of adults experience side-effects ranging from mood alteration to distressing nightmares. These side-effects do not seem to trouble children and the tablets are generally well tolerated by youngsters. Lariam can be taken by anyone weighing six kilos or more and tablets can be cracked into pieces for ease of swallowing. Its advantage is that it is only taken weekly, and it is relatively inexpensive. It needs to be taken for a month after leaving the malaria risk area. Malarone (atovaquone and proguanil) comes in pink paediatric tablets. It is taken daily but only for a week after getting home. It can be used by people weighing more than 10 kilos and is the most expensive of the available malaria prophylactics.
Dr Jane Wilson-Howarth
The writer is a GP and author of 'Bugs Bites & Bowels: the essential guide to travel health' (Cadogan, £9.99).
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Have a really nice original Hitler Youth Knife and original metal sheath it came with. Handle with inlaid swastika perfect, blade also original, not ground on. Beautiful piece of history.
Might anyone know a ballpark value on this knife??
Thanks: Lastcast,,,,,Ranger Recon, Class of 67.
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I am NOT an expert on the Hitler Jugend knives- but I know there are more reproductions than originals. I mean a TON of repro's. Unless I got the knife from my great uncle Wilhelm who told me about when he joined the HJ at age 12, I would find an expert to look at it.
Good article on them- orginal and repros- http://www.lakesidetrader.com/HJlesson.html
What we have here is... failure- to communicate.
I received the knife from my Father-in-law who got it during the war in the European Theater he was fighting in. It's definitely authentic.
Lastcast,,,,,Ranger Recon, Class of 67.
Like any military collectable, value will be driven by exact condition and model- I know enough to know that the HJ knife had several makers, a couple of different versions, and that drives the price. Could be anywhere from about $300 to $900. Congratulations on having a very interesting bit of history there.

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If you added some sugar to the secondary, would that affect anything?
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Mine cleared after about a month. I used Danstar Munich (fermented waaaaaay to dry), so I don't know how liquid yeasts would perform.
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Speak the truth... what was the verdict on this? Did gramps like his present?
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Oh my gosh, but cider's neat!
Well, the cider was really dry (.99) from the Danstar Munich yeast, and I kinda forgot to add priming sugar...so no, my grandparents didn't appreciate the finer nuances of the cider. Maybe next time.
I made this as my first cider, hoping for something that finished on the sweeter side. I had an OG of 1.068 and after two weeks in the primary its down to 1.012 (used a dry hefe yeast). Tastes very good but a little drier than I was hoping.
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just made 2-1 gal batches of this from the whole foods apple juice. took 1st reading and it was 1.063. im leaving for a cpl week on thursday so will prob rack it when i get back. will keep posts on progress.
I made a similar cider last year, and it was way too dry as well. After going to the LHBS, I learned that adding lactose with the priming sugar will sweeten it up some. I did this as well, and still too dry. Most enjoyed it though. I am still looking for the sweet cider though. I will try again this weekend-should be ready by the holidays.


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Yesterday I was preparing income tax returns for low income persons, as a volunteer trained by the Canada Revenue Agency, at our church.
One client was a widower in his mid 80s owning a home in an upper level village, and lacking a private pension, had Canada Pension and Old Age Security, plus some other income for $22,000. total.
I wondered whether it wasn't rather difficult to get by on such a low income, but he said that he could manage it without difficulty.
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ole joyful
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How would you go about seeing that would be done? The tax has to be completed before distributions are done, I understand.
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Any suggestions.
This is in Ontario Canada
Presuming that you have full confidence in both the skill and the integrity of your executor, which should be a "given", shouldn't it? ... empower the executor to alter the amounts to be distributed in order to be tax-efficient to whatever level/rate you choose.
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But you know what? We're starting to think there are more practical reasons to go than to enjoy the free food. Like stocking up. Seriously, we should be there with a big bag, emptying platefuls of food into it to take home for the freezer. It could save us thousands of dirhams off the next few 'big shops.' Because, as anyone who eats has probably realized, food is getting more expensive.
And that's actually one of the big topics at this year's Gulfood. How can we in the UAE – and all countries in the Gulf – protect ourselves from global food price fluctuations?
The problem for the UAE is, of course, that it is massively reliant on imported food. So when the global food supply is outstripped by demand, and prices rise, the UAE cannot control them. For instance, Emirates 24-7 reports that, "food supply and food stocks in the region will remain tight for the rest of 2011." The bushfire in Russia, floods in Australia and other unpredictable events have caused a shortage in the supply of wheat, according to Essa Abdulla Al Ghurair, Chairman of Al Ghurair Foods, one of the world's leading flour mill companies.
"The bush fire in Russia and floods in Australia have caused the wheat supply situation very tight. Everybody is trying to store a bit more than their regular requirement and there is a psychological pressure to stock food crops," Al Ghurair said at Gulfood.
This instinct to stock up only uses up supply faster, forcing the price higher still.
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Going into the final six weeks of the year, the major U.S. stock markets have already registered 20%-plus gains, and most are at or near record levels. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 is up 26% to 1798, finishing the week at a new high. This is the best year for the S&P since 2003. Small stocks have soared even higher, with the Russell 2000 index up 31%. And the workhorse Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the week at a record 15,961, having moved up almost 22%.
The widespread gains have prompted talk of a bubble similar to ones in 2000 and 2007. And in certain pockets of technology, including social media and cloud-related companies, that is no doubt true. Highfliers like Twitter twtr 0.8484848484848485% Twitter Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD49.92 0.42 0.8484848484848485% /Date(1427403621131-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24070106 AFTER HOURS USD50.08 0.159999999999997 0.32051282051282054% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 315677 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 32067930267.334 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 385652 More quote details and news » (ticker: TWTR), LinkedIn lnkd -0.1015426674477641% LinkedIn Corp. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD255.79 -0.26 -0.1015426674477641% /Date(1427403672633-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 836744 AFTER HOURS USD255.79 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12349 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 32036414591.1024 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 321700 More quote details and news » (LNKD) and Workday wday 0.8647609896709104% Workday Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD83.98 0.72 0.8647609896709104% /Date(1427403703944-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2115608 AFTER HOURS USD83.98 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15253 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 15569620526.5198 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 303023 More quote details and news » (WDAY) all look overextended. And in the strongest IPO market since 2007, shares of up-start restaurant chains Noodles & Co. ndls -1.2345679012345678% Noodles & Co. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD17.6 -0.22 -1.2345679012345678% /Date(1427403600149-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 241223 AFTER HOURS USD17.6 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 575 P/E Ratio 45.40763673890609 Market Cap 558640910.810959 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 42499.1 More quote details and news » (NDLS) and Potbelly pbpb -2.6734104046242773% Potbelly Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD13.47 -0.37 -2.6734104046242773% /Date(1427403600122-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 180717 AFTER HOURS USD13.47 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5744 P/E Ratio 89.8 Market Cap 400391208.638001 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 62880.6 More quote details and news » (PBPB) are rich enough to give you heartburn.
But big blue chip stocks, including large financial, technology, and energy companies, still look attractive. The S&P 500 is valued at 16 times projected 2013 operating profits of $109 and at 15 times estimated 2014 earnings of $120. Those price/earnings ratios are about equal to the long-run average. Even if next year's earnings growth is closer to this year's projected 5% than to the aggressive current estimate of 10%, the S&P 500 forward P/E is 15.6, which doesn't look excessive at a time of near-zero short-term rates, a 2.71% yield on the 10-year Treasury note, and sub-6% average yield on junk bonds. The S&P 500 dividend yield is 2%, but the earnings payout ratio is historically low at about 35%, meaning companies have room to further boost dividends.
This is the best year for the S&P since 2003. Small stocks have soared even higher. Getty Images
"The first stage of the bull market was a revaluation to something resembling reasonable levels as it dawned on investors that the world wasn't going to end," says Stephen Auth, chief investment officer at Federated Investors. "The second stage began this summer with a transition to the view that the economy is accelerating and that earnings are poised to increase significantly in the coming years."
Tom Lee, the bullish JPMorgan strategist, says "We're in a secular bull market that will last at least another three years." Adds Jim Paulsen of Wells Capital Management, "If inflation stays at 3% or less, the market P/E could get into the 20s."
(For a differing view, see the interview with GMO's Ben Inker, "Bright Spots in a Pricey Market.")
Auth, who has been one of the most bullish analysts in Barron's periodic surveys of Wall Street strategists, thinks the S&P 500 could hit 2000 by the end of next year, about 11% above current levels.
Among major asset classes, stocks are by far the best, he says. "The fundamentals are good for stocks and terrible for everything else: bonds, commodities, and cash." Treasury and junk-bond yields are at historically low levels, while slowing growth in China and much of the developing world is cooling demand for a range of commodities, which are in the red this year based on broad-based indexes.
Barron's consistently has been bullish on the stocks in recent years, starting from the market low in March 2009 ("Ouch! That Hurt," March 9, 2009) and including a cover story early this year when the Dow industrials traded around 14,000 ("New Highs in Sight," February 4).
One of the biggest coming challenges for stocks is the likely curtailment of the Federal Reserve's aggressive bond purchases during 2014. When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke raised the prospect of "tapering" in the spring -- an action that the Fed has since postponed -- stocks stumbled. But Auth argues stocks can appreciate in 2014 in the face of higher bond yields.
THERE ARE PLENTY of reasons for caution. Margin debt has risen to record levels, investor complacency is high with the VIX index -- a gauge of volatility known as the "fear index" -- near a 10-year low, and many professional investors are raising cash or hedging their portfolios. Warnings about bubble-like conditions are coming from the likes of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and longtime bull Warren Buffett who said two months ago, when the S&P was 5% below current levels, that he's "having a hard time finding things to buy." That said, last week Berkshire Hathaway brka -0.35023041474654376% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD216240 -760 -0.35023041474654376% /Date(1427403611483-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 506 AFTER HOURS USD218624.1354 -21.8646000000008 1.1025413429522752% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2 P/E Ratio 17.16599190283401 Market Cap 355183015711.33 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 616054 More quote details and news » (BRKA) disclosed that it had taken a $3.45 billion stake in ExxonMobil xom -0.6363422106999764% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD84.32 -0.54 -0.6363422106999764% /Date(1427403607650-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13913588 AFTER HOURS USD84.3 -0.019999999999996 -0.023719165085388995% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 487107 P/E Ratio 11.104526358763646 Market Cap 355961390987.97 Dividend Yield 3.2732447817836814% Rev. per Employee 4357980 More quote details and news » (XOM).
Barron's Roundtable member Scott Black of Delphi Management in Boston notes this year's bull move is different because "the market hasn't left anything behind." All major sectors of the stock market have rallied this year, a contrast to the situation in 1999 and 2000 when technology soared and most other areas of the stock market trailed badly. Among the few weak spots in 2013 are coal and gold shares.
Another laggard has been real-estate investment trusts, which have risen just 5% including dividends, as measured by the MSCI U.S. REIT index. That's behind telecom, utilities, and master limited partnerships. REITs appear to be one of the most attractive income-oriented sectors of the stock market given average dividend yields of about 4%, the prospect of mid-single digit annual profit growth and some inflation protection.
The case for small and mid-cap stocks is harder to make after outsize gains this year and more than a decade of outperformance relative to their larger brethren. The median mid-cap stock in the S&P MidCap 400 has a market value of about $3.4 billion while the median issue in the S&P SmallCap 600 is just under $1 billion.
"Small caps are awfully expensive on an absolute basis and relative to large-cap stocks," says Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategist Steven DeSanctis. He calculates that the Russell 2000 index is valued at about 18.5 times forward earnings. The small-cap benchmark historically has had a higher P/E than the S&P 500, but the spread has averaged less than one multiple point. The gap, based on 2014 earnings estimates, is now more than two points.
DeSanctis's work shows that when small stocks have been this expensive -- dating back to 1979 -- the return in the subsequent 12 months has averaged a negative 1% and they have trailed large-cap stocks by about five percentage points. Black agrees, noting that small- and mid-cap indexes look overpriced and that large-cap stocks are fairly valued. "It's getting especially difficult to find good value among small and mid-cap stocks," he says.
One indication of how scarce bargains are in the small- and mid-cap arenas is that there are just 10 stocks in the S&P mid-cap index with P/Es of 10 or lower based on estimated 2013 earnings and just 14 such stocks in the S&P small-cap index. There are 21 sub-10 P/E stocks in the S&P 500 with the largest representation from financials, including MetLife met 0.5366726296958855% MetLife Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD50.58 0.27 0.5366726296958855% /Date(1427403898724-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6112914 AFTER HOURS USD50.58 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 132008 P/E Ratio 9.246800731261425 Market Cap 56308916314.8729 Dividend Yield 2.76789244760775% Rev. per Employee 1037540 More quote details and news » (MET), Prudential Financial pru 0.8314436885865457% Prudential Financial Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD80.04 0.66 0.8314436885865457% /Date(1427403859798-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2993485 AFTER HOURS USD80.04 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 45195 P/E Ratio 27.05242167168013 Market Cap 36038518753.0518 Dividend Yield 2.898550724637681% Rev. per Employee 1211330 More quote details and news » (PRU), and Capital One Financial cof -0.4185692541856925% Capital One Financial Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD78.51 -0.33 -0.4185692541856925% /Date(1427403825379-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2272973 AFTER HOURS USD78.51 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18110 P/E Ratio 10.182879377431906 Market Cap 43319267323.7622 Dividend Yield 1.5284677111196026% Rev. per Employee 516783 More quote details and news » (COF), and technology, such as Hewlett-Packard hpq -0.5900621118012422% Hewlett-Packard Co. U.S.: NYSE USD32.01 -0.19 -0.5900621118012422% /Date(1427403897131-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13252824 AFTER HOURS USD32.01 -0.00999999999999801 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 456205 P/E Ratio 12.033834586466165 Market Cap 58525399897.4296 Dividend Yield 1.999375195251484% Rev. per Employee 363454 More quote details and news » (HPQ), Western Digital wdc -1.03572183470725% Western Digital Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD93.64 -0.98 -1.03572183470725% /Date(1427403600599-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3340925 AFTER HOURS USD93.64 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 205057 P/E Ratio 14.102409638554217 Market Cap 21860248255.0928 Dividend Yield 2.135839384878257% Rev. per Employee 180619 More quote details and news » (WDC), and Micron Technology mu 0.3387278885961611% Micron Technology Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD26.66 0.09 0.3387278885961611% /Date(1427403600827-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 44332107 AFTER HOURS USD26.82 0.16 0.6001500375093773% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 370263 P/E Ratio 7.68299711815562 Market Cap 28624205769.863 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 555559 More quote details and news » (MU).
What still looks reasonable in a record-high market? JPMorgan's Lee favors large-cap technology stocks. So does Black, who has recommended Qualcomm qcom -0.08183306055646482% Qualcomm Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD67.155 -0.055 -0.08183306055646482% /Date(1427403600428-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13699139 AFTER HOURS USD67.39 0.234899999999996 0.3499367135730772% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 136774 P/E Ratio 13.961538461538462 Market Cap 110866930027.869 Dividend Yield 2.5016752289479562% Rev. per Employee 861470 More quote details and news » (QCOM) and Oracle orcl 0.13976240391334732% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD42.99 0.06 0.13976240391334732% /Date(1427403687066-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13930695 AFTER HOURS USD42.99 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 134923 P/E Ratio 17.618852459016395 Market Cap 187478308886.435 Dividend Yield 1.3956734124214933% Rev. per Employee 318369 More quote details and news » (ORCL). Most big tech stocks still trade for low double-digit P/Es based on 2014 earnings -- below the market multiple -- and carry dividend yields of 2% or more.
GROWTH IS A PROBLEM. Cisco Systems csco -1.347414420975965% Cisco Systems Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD27.09 -0.37 -1.347414420975965% /Date(1427403600222-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 48372739 AFTER HOURS USD27.18 0.0899999999999999 0.33222591362126247% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 555394 P/E Ratio 16.02958579881657 Market Cap 140176121937.8 Dividend Yield 3.10077519379845% Rev. per Employee 649402 More quote details and news » (CSCO) gave surprisingly weak guidance of an 8% to 10% revenue drop in its current quarter in conjunction with its quarterly earnings report last week, prompting a 11% drop in its shares Thursday. And International Business Machines ibm 0.8731155778894473% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD160.59 1.39 0.8731155778894473% /Date(1427403728847-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4368445 AFTER HOURS USD160.59 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 27579 P/E Ratio 13.3825 Market Cap 157357099571.46 Dividend Yield 2.739896631172551% Rev. per Employee 244455 More quote details and news » (IBM) has been beset by consistently weak revenue.
The big-cap tech growth challenge, however, appears to be reflected in stock prices and P/Es. And the effective P/Es for stocks like Apple aapl 0.6970335548711298% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD124.24 0.86 0.6970335548711298% /Date(1427403600218-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 46941057 AFTER HOURS USD124.5 0.260000000000005 0.20927237604636187% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 631812 P/E Ratio 16.63186077643909 Market Cap 718657398025.289 Dividend Yield 1.5132002575660013% Rev. per Employee 2153110 More quote details and news » (AAPL), Cisco, and Microsoft msft -0.602990834539315% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD41.21 -0.25 -0.602990834539315% /Date(1427403600761-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 37072058 AFTER HOURS USD41.26 0.0499999999999972 0.12132977432661975% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 423569 P/E Ratio 16.484 Market Cap 340128925067.335 Dividend Yield 3.00897840330017% Rev. per Employee 728656 More quote details and news » (MSFT) are even lower than they appear thanks to huge cash positions. Apple's P/E, for instance, falls to about nine from 12 when factoring in its $143 a share in cash, which is nearly 30% of its $525 share price.
Not surprising, activists like Carl Icahn are pouncing, trying to unlock some of the value in these behemoths. A less aggressive activist, ValueAct Capital, has been involved with Microsoft. Its shares are up 20% since CEO Steve Ballmer's August announcement that he plans to step down amid expectations that his successor will take shareholder-friendly actions to boost earnings like selling the company's unprofitable search engine Bing and cutting bloated costs.
Cisco could become the next activist target in tech. Investors could push Cisco to use its great balance sheet -- with about $6 a share in net cash and investments, or 30% of its current stock price of $21 -- to return more cash to holders. Change could come at Cisco with longtime CEO John Chambers facing greater criticism. Cisco's P/E is around 10 based on reduced current-year profit estimates.
Many big financials have stalled after early-year gains and trade for around 10 times next year's projected earnings. JPMorgan Chase jpm -0.11742996141586982% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD59.54 -0.07 -0.11742996141586982% /Date(1427403694761-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13748849 AFTER HOURS USD59.51 -0.0300000000000011 -0.05038629492777964% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 290710 P/E Ratio 11.170731707317072 Market Cap 222244739507.027 Dividend Yield 2.6872690628149143% Rev. per Employee 403805 More quote details and news » (JPM) may finally be getting past its legal woes and that could drive its share price, now $54, above $60 in 2014. The bank's core franchises -- investment banking, trading, commercial and consumer banking, credit cards, asset management and private banking -- look better than ever. That's not reflected in its rock-bottom P/E of nine based on estimated 2014 earnings. The shares yield nearly 3%.
A well-managed Wells Fargo wfc -0.07334066740007333% Wells Fargo & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD54.5 -0.04 -0.07334066740007333% /Date(1427403645057-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13799355 AFTER HOURS USD54.5001 0.00010000000000332 0.0001834862385321101% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1239249 P/E Ratio 13.039837301112573 Market Cap 280640208480.455 Dividend Yield 2.5688073394495414% Rev. per Employee 340658 More quote details and news » (WFC) has a lucrative consumer-banking business and a big fan in Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway has steadily added to its stake in recent years. Berkshire holds over $19 billion worth of Wells Fargo, making it Buffett's single largest equity investment.
The two largest U.S. energy companies, ExxonMobil and Chevron cvx -0.39746380240370965% Chevron Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD105.25 -0.42 -0.39746380240370965% /Date(1427403797433-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7232355 AFTER HOURS USD105.43 0.180000000000007 0.171021377672209% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 44576 P/E Ratio 9.621185805437227 Market Cap 198678622832.922 Dividend Yield 4.066508313539193% Rev. per Employee 2963760 More quote details and news » (CVX), have trailed the market this year mostly because investors worry about the high cost of maintaining -- and expanding -- their huge reserve bases. Those problems are reflected in their share prices with Exxon, at $93, trading for 12 times estimated 2013 earnings, and Chevron, at $120, carrying a 10 P/E. Both yield around 3%.
THREE DEFENSIVE LAGGARDS this year have been AT&T t 0.6131207847946045% AT&T Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD32.82 0.2 0.6131207847946045% /Date(1427403661850-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 30384449 AFTER HOURS USD32.9 0.0799999999999983 0.2437538086532602% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 239737 P/E Ratio 27.57983193277311 Market Cap 169303273596.928 Dividend Yield 5.728214503351615% Rev. per Employee 523506 More quote details and news » (T), Southern Co. so -0.6132182602770838% Southern Co. U.S.: NYSE USD43.76 -0.27 -0.6132182602770838% /Date(1427403726924-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5936348 AFTER HOURS USD43.84 0.0800000000000054 0.18281535648994515% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12037 P/E Ratio 19.89090909090909 Market Cap 40061926820.8277 Dividend Yield 4.798903107861061% Rev. per Employee 700330 More quote details and news » (SO), and Simon Property Group spg -0.7725985063095545% Simon Property Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD192.65 -1.5 -0.7725985063095545% /Date(1427403780310-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1786636 AFTER HOURS USD192.65 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16502 P/E Ratio 47.89905519641969 Market Cap 61038814353.3204 Dividend Yield 2.906825849987023% Rev. per Employee 927872 More quote details and news » (SPG), the country's largest REIT. AT&T has a bond-like 5% yield -- its dividend may be lifted by about a penny per quarter soon -- and seems capable of mid-single earnings growth thanks to its large wireless business.
Simon, a mall REIT, has one of the industry's best management teams, ample free cash flow in excess of its dividend that goes toward expansion and a history of regular dividend increases, including a recent hike in the quarterly payout to $1.20 from $1.15. At $152, the shares yield 3.2%. Southern, a slow-growth electric utility has been hurt by cost overruns at new power plants, but its dividend yield, at 4.8%, appears to be secure.
Caterpillar cat 0.02504382669671926% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD79.88 0.02 0.02504382669671926% /Date(1427403644379-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4228179 AFTER HOURS USD79.92 0.0400000000000062 0.0500751126690035% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10358 P/E Ratio 13.357859531772576 Market Cap 48408496366.0687 Dividend Yield 3.5052578868302455% Rev. per Employee 483083 More quote details and news » (CAT) and Deere de -0.32842582106455265% Deere & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD88.01 -0.29 -0.32842582106455265% /Date(1427403788673-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1982629 AFTER HOURS USD88.18 0.170000000000002 0.19315986819679581% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6267 P/E Ratio 11.015018773466833 Market Cap 29977498030.0781 Dividend Yield 2.726962845131235% Rev. per Employee 583792 More quote details and news » (DE) have bucked the upward trend in most big industrial stocks this year and now have some of the lowest P/Es in that group. Weakness in North American farm prices -- corn is down 30%, to $4.30 a bushel, this year -- has weighed on Deere, while tough conditions in the global mining industry have hurt Caterpillar. Both are world-class companies that are exposed to strong long-term trends in agriculture and infrastructure development.
Although there has been some cooling lately in the stock market's hottest sectors, mainly Internet, social media, and cloud computing, the marquee stocks still are up sharply for the year (see table below.).
Many of these stocks have little or no earnings and thus are being valued on revenues and some dubious financial measures, notably earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) and adjusted earnings per share. Both these figures exclude often high costs associated with restricted stock grants to employees. It's tough to make a strong case for any of them at current levels.
Twitter is an extreme example. At $44, it's valued at about $31 billion with an enterprise value (market value minus net cash) of around $29 billion, based on a fully diluted share count of around 705 million shares. That's more than 25 times projected 2014 sales, more than double the rich valuations of Facebook fb 0.1085383502170767% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD83.01 0.09 0.1085383502170767% /Date(1427403600172-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 32186751 AFTER HOURS USD83.22 0.22999999999999 0.2529815684857246% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 608049 P/E Ratio 74.11607142857143 Market Cap 232094067043.751 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1355150 More quote details and news » (FB), LinkedIn, and Zillow z -1.8604651162790697% Zillow Group Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD101.28 -1.92 -1.8604651162790697% /Date(1427403600846-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1246405 AFTER HOURS USD101.05 -0.25 -0.22709320695102686% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8549 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 5946223655.3437 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 268225 More quote details and news » (Z). The S&P 500 is valued at less than two times sales.
Twitter isn't expected to be profitable until 2015 or 2016, though some think it could top $1 a share in earnings by 2017. That means it trades for 40 times on potential profits four years out. Twitter has enticing potential with its ad-targeting capabilities to its 232 million subscribers based on their demonstrated interests, but that's more than already reflected in its share price. A sevenfold rise in revenue between 2013 and 2017, which is what the Street is expecting, could be tough to achieve.
TWITTER ALSO IS A MAJOR OFFENDER when it comes to excessive employee stock grants. It issued over 50 million shares of stock to employees this year, whose value exceeds current-year projected revenue of about $650 million. That's based on the pre-IPO grant prices of around $20, not the current market price.
Analysts generally exclude the high cost of those grants, which typically vest over a four-year period, from Ebitda and adjusted earnings calculations even though the stock is equivalent to cash -- and viewed as such by employees. GAAP earnings properly require stock compensation to be treated as the expense. That's why GAAP earnings are a better financial measure than non-GAAP, or adjusted, earnings. Outside of the tech and biotechnology industries, companies rarely try to exclude restricted stock from their expenses.
Cloud-computing stocks have similar valuations to social networking shares. Industry leader Salesforce.com crm 0.3192459714198845% Salesforce.com Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD65.99 0.21 0.3192459714198845% /Date(1427403755031-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2831258 AFTER HOURS USD66.29 0.300000000000011 0.4546143355053796% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 140369 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 41507179229.7363 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 335849 More quote details and news » (CRM) doesn't earn a profit based on GAAP earnings that includes its stock compensation expense and yet it has a market value of $34 billion. Other hot plays with 2014 price/sales ratios above 10 and no GAAP earnings include Workday, NetSuite n 1.641317430791115% NetSuite Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD92.89 1.5 1.641317430791115% /Date(1427403788394-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 329776 AFTER HOURS USD92.89 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15384 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 7065269289.89624 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 165709 More quote details and news » (N), and ServiceNow now 1.0892388451443569% ServiceNow Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD77.03 0.83 1.0892388451443569% /Date(1427403636325-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1526913 AFTER HOURS USD77.03 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 94076 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 11300459779.9683 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 241530 More quote details and news » (NOW). One skeptic on some of the cloud stocks has been veteran tech manager Paul Wick, who runs the Columbia Seligman Communications and Information fund (SLMCX; see "Keep Your Head -- and Money -- Out of the Clouds," Sept. 30).
Investors are also chowing down on restaurant stocks like 2013 IPOs Noodles & Co., Potbelly, and longtime favorite Chipotle Mexican Grill cmg -1.0736219349219935% Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD658.82 -7.15 -1.0736219349219935% /Date(1427403613119-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 367231 AFTER HOURS USD660.9 2.07999999999993 0.31571597704987703% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3208 P/E Ratio 45.91080139372822 Market Cap 20659720004.3527 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 77383.1 More quote details and news » (CMG). Noodles has more than doubled its June IPO price, to a recent $43, valuing the company at more than 100 times current-year earnings. The chain, which offers macaroni and cheese and other, often high-calorie, noodle dishes, is opening plenty of new restaurants but comparable-store sales rose only 2.7% in the latest quarter, hardly impressive for a triple-digit P/E stock.
Wall Street got too aggressive in pricing one hyped initial public offering last week and buyers paid the price. Chegg chgg -1.9631901840490797% Chegg Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD7.99 -0.16 -1.9631901840490797% /Date(1427403664614-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 390964 AFTER HOURS USD7.99 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3634 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 688683113.288498 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 477049 More quote details and news » (CHGG), an unprofitable college textbook rental company, went public at $12.50 a share, above the top of its projected IPO pricing range of $11.50 and ended the week around $9. Through a series of Internet acquisitions, Chegg has tried to position itself as a "student-first connected learning platform" thanks to its involvement in e-textbooks and online college recruitment for high-school students. The company still gets about 80% of its revenue from college textbook rentals, a competitive field threatened by e-textbooks, another highly competitive area. Even with the decline, Chegg is valued at around $800 million, compared with Barnes & Noble bks 0.13210039630118892% Barnes & Noble Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD22.74 0.03 0.13210039630118892% /Date(1427403736752-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 472283 AFTER HOURS USD22.8026 0.0626000000000033 0.2752858399296394% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10074 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1451032704.37408 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 151398 More quote details and news » (BKS) at $1 billion. Barnes & Noble has about 30 times Chegg's sales and a profitable college bookstore business.
The Chegg comedown could happen to many more hot stocks. While the bull market may have much longer to run, it may soon be dominated by the shares of large, quality companies rather than the many speculative stocks that have done so well this year. In our February cover story, we wrote that alternative investments like hedge funds starred in this century's first decade, but that stocks would dominate in the current decade. So far, that call looks good.
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Q: Was it strange for the locals to see this Volkswagen pull up with strangers looking for decrepit churches?
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Q: When you refer to the complex history, do you mean specifically Stalin, the Nazis, the end of the Soviet Union?
A: All of it. Certain churches were restored under certain regimes. Certain were moved. You still see signs on the front of churches saying they're under the protection of the state when obviously they are not. If anything survived, it was because of local people. In many cases, even the icons were stripped out and used to make horse troughs or flooring, turned into firewood and burned.
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Hey fellas!
So After finishing the Rustler, Means there is some resources to get another project started! Although I have a 1/16 Traxxas in Pieces, literally (from being dye d) waiting to be put back together. And A TRCE Slash 4x4 needing to be rebuilt, I am starting ANOUTHER Pede 2wd . So Why?
Well, typically every Sunday, my lady and I visit either my parents, or her parents place. When we do, I bring the Trucks. At first just mine, now both mine and hers. Every time I do so, the families get a huge kick out of it, and really enjoy watching me jump it.
Last week, was the first time I took both trucks to my parents house. When I did so, my brother in law, father and even niece drove it. My Brother in law was a natural. Fantastic driver. My Dad, although an amazing driver at cars, bikes, and even games like GT4 (whoops me most times) he isnt that great at the Pedes. Lol But regardless, he also had a awesome time. Although I was really freaked, he helped my niece drive my ladies truck, because when we told her she was too young, poor lil thing cried (I would too) And the thing was, it wasnt even a pout, or acting out kind of cry. She sat in corner, and cried cuz she really wanted to. So it was cute and sad, so we let her do so. She did a good job for her (7 yrs of age) and didnt crash into anything but a soft bush So I then promised her, that next time I came back, id have a truck for her to drive all by herself. (think of the stocker at home)
While I have my Stocker, pretty much ready to go. No upgrades . But do have an electrify and XL5 with LVC ready to go (thanks baldy!) I decided another truck would be even better! Especially cuz im sure the stocker will break easy, and this way they can enjoy a 3rd truck, and even so we can be driving 4 trucks around
Not to mention, the fast I pretty much have EVERYTHING to build another truck, WITH a Brushless system, and upgrades included! Takes a lot of my spare upgrade parts, but its okay
So this one I have decided will be BLUE I had some Traxxas Castors, and F R carriers, and that was the basis to the build.. So I work around that. Although it will be brushless, I also had a set of brand new stockers, so I went and got some Dark Chrome All-stars to pair up. (yet another set of tires)
So here it is ..
I didnt take the time to pull out everything, but except for like 4 more bearings to complete a full matching set, its all there .
Although I am all about the Metal geared servos, I may just use my Traxxas 2070 for the time being.. I will also make this my winter truck, and when snow comes throw a Velineon system, Hi-tech waterproof servo, and bind my remote in it, and a blue waterproof Hi-Tech servo
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Some of the main pieces. I also have a big ol bag of stock plastic parts, and will use as needed, but most are here anyway..
The basis to the build. Im not gonna be using the Traxxas Alum links for this build, but I will be using that link for my battery hold, in conjunction with its own Blue NOS bottle of course
And last but not least, The brushless system going in . Never thought id use this either. I purchased this Slash used, and been picking upgraded parts off ever since They system is good, but the Slash needs more power. This will work great in the new pede, until I install a Velineon.
As for Remote, I have a GT2 to use for the time being, than when I make it the winter truck, I will bind it with my remote. I got to hurry and pump this, and the stocker out, so I can show up to family stuff with 4 trucks while its still decent weather. Nice thing about this build, gives me a chance to use a bunch of stuff I have extra, and have not/would not use, yet its still gonna have the AbSoLooT Touch, and look great..
Only downside is now il have two more bodies to paint, putting me at a grand total of 8! Lol. Oh man.. I also have to glue up 5 Pairs of tires.
It is really cool that my family loves my truck so much, and spends hours watching me drive around, and now are getting involved in wanting to drive them around also. Love it a bunch, and is really cool to see. As u guys know very well, with ur own trucks, these things get a ton of attention everywhere they go But its even better when its loved ones.
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Ok i've been trying to find help on a lot of sites and forums and i am having a hard time finding anything on these flowers; ok so here are my questions.
1) Can you self-pollinate PaperWhite Narcissus?
2) I have tried to self-pollinate my Narcissus and i am wondering if it worked, so how do i tell if they will produce a seed? I self-pollinated them on 12/26/2002, the flowers on the ones i have pollinated are starting to turn a brown color and are wilting. Is this a sign that they are producing seeds? Or are they dyeing? Please i need help with this. Thank you, JumSmith
Did you get a seed pod? You can definitely self pollinate some paperwhites, if they are fertile varieties. Do you know what kind yours were?
Are you trying to pollinate other kinds of narcissus/daffodils? Email me and I'll send you some pics of some daffodil seedlings..some have tazetta/paperwhite seed parents....Sandra
I have sucessfully self-pollinated them and it has been about 7 weeks so it is getting close... I have many seed pods but there are two that are alot bigger than all of the rest why are those so big? Now i have them still on the plant is that good or should i do something to them? Will the seed pods dry out and crack open?
I did get some seed pods. I will email you my seeds too -k-.
The bigger pods may have more seeds in them.
Leave them longer, and just check them frequently. If you are worried about them, make little covers with muslin or pantyhose, but make sure they don't get invaded by insects that think the covers are for their use.
Cheers, Jan
Thank you for that information i was wondering what was wrong with those... Ok i've got two more questions you might be able to help me with.
What insects or of anything that is attracted to PaperWhite Narcissus? Or anywhere i can find this information?
Also i was reading on a website that the Narcissus has a large variety, meaning that there are 12 divisions of narcissus.
Trumpet narcissi
Large-cupped narcissi
Small-cupped narcissi
Double narcissi
Triandrus narcissi
Cyclamineus narcissi
Jonquilla narcissi
Tazetta narcissi
Poëticus narcissi
Narcissi species
Split corona narcissi
Other narcissi
Now my question is; am i able to cross-pollinate my paperwhites with another flower in one of those divisions? For example can i cross a PapperWhite(in the Tazetta) with a Geranium(also in the Tazetta) ??? is it possible?
Thank you,
Sorry - you have beaten me down. Both questions are out of my range of expertise. The insects particularly, because i am in Australia, so they will be different.
The groups? I know there are some you can and some you can't. I would refer to a good reference book, or check out the American Daffodil Society web page, and perhaps join Daffnet.
Cheers, Jan
jumsmith...you can theoretically cross any division of daffodil with any other division as long as you have the pollen and the seed bloom together at the same time. But not all daffodils are fertile. But you could definitely cross a Geranium with paperwhites.
Email me and I'll give you more details...Sandra
P.S. Here are a few blooms I got last year from seeds planted in 1997...these are late blooming varieties.
Here is a link that might be useful: daffodilhunter posts more pics


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Growing Ottawa company Shopify handles e-store for Angry Birds, Foo Fighters
TORONTO - When web shoppers buy a plush Angry Birds toy, a Foo Fighters or LMFAO T-shirt, or something from Encyclopedia Britannica, it helps fuel a small but growing Ottawa company that once sold snowboards before getting into the e-store business.
That company is Shopify, which this week was named by Fast Company magazine as one of the 10 most innovative retail businesses in the world.
Co-founder Tobias L�tke created Shopify after realizing back in 2005 just how difficult and expensive it was to launch a web business. After figuring it would cost at least $100,000 to get his snowboard store online, L�tke decided the company ought to design its own e-commerce software.
He quickly realized there was a much better business in helping other entrepreneurs sell their wares online and left snowboards behind.
"Today, almost six years later, we have over 20,000 active stores selling one or more products every month in more than 80 countries," said Harley Finkelstein, Shopify's chief platform officer.
"In 2010, our stores did $130 million in gross merchandise value, in 2011 it was $270 million, so it's a really, really quick growth rate."
The company pitches itself as a simple, low-cost tool to start and host a web store; if you can handle email you're technically savvy enough to create your own online store with Shopify, Finkelstein said. Pricing starts at $29 a month with a two per cent transaction fee, and maxes out at $179 monthly with no transaction fee.
The company believes there's a lot of growth to come, given that online sales still represent just a tiny fraction of overall retail revenues, Finkelstein said.
There's also major potential in helping smaller-scale entrepreneurs sell products to a potentially large audience online, he added.
"I think part of the reason we've been successful is we stuck to our value proposition, we've stuck to the fact that we want to make e-commerce very easy, and I think the other part of it is the pie itself is growing," Finkelstein said.
"Mom-preneurs, aspiring student entrepreneurs, anyone that has an idea or something to sell can now build an online store and they don't need $100,000."
While about 98 per cent of its 20,000 or so clients would be considered entrepreneurs or small businesses, Shopify's biggest coup to date is signing up Rovio, maker of the mobile video game franchise Angry Birds, which has surpassed 700 million downloads. The high-profile client has helped make the case that Shopify is a tool for businesses of all sizes.
"They said the site needed to look exactly like the game does and with all these bells and whistles and literally 48 hours later, the shop at angrybirds.com was up and running and now they've sold over two million plush toys," Finkelstein said.
"It was a really great endorsement that ... Shopify allows you to do millions of dollars of sales without a hiccup and that was really important for us. We do have big brands now, Encyclopedia Brittanica, for example, that are now joining Shopify — and again they're not our target demographic — and the fact that these guys who would've traditionally used an enterprise platform are now swimming downstream to using Shopify is a great endorsement."
Shopify now has about 100 employees following the recent acquisition of another Ottawa-based tech company, Select Start Studios. Known for its mobile app design, Select Start Studios created iPad and iPhone apps being used by doctors and nurses at the Ottawa Hospital.
Shopify's current plans are to boost its mobile development and grow its client base by about 25 per cent in the months ahead.
"I think what we're doing is very compelling," Finkelstein said.
"Our growth right now is amazing, we hope to be at 25,000 shops by the summer and grow from there.
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