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Why my dad and I will vote for health
October 15th, 2015 · Dr. Vanessa Brcic · 2 Comments · Democracy, Election commentary, Health care, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Privatization, P3s & public services
Tags: health care·health care costs·inequality·poverty·role of government·service cuts·tax cuts
Evidence is in: privately funded health care doesn't reduce wait times
June 14th, 2015 · Dr. Vanessa Brcic · 1 Comment · Health care, Privatization, P3s & public services
Current public dialogue is full of questions about what kind of innovation or "revamping" the health system needs. In this context, as a physician, I am compelled to apply principles of evidence-based practice to the public vs. private debate: Will Brian Day's plan to expand privately funded health care in BC shorten wait lists and […]
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How Doctors are Paid in BC
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[A version of this piece was posted on the Tyee] Health care is the biggest, most expensive and most important thing that government does. Hospital care swallows up a large proportion of the health care budget, but primary care in the community takes care of most patient needs and keeps people out of hospital. […]
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Anti-poverty movement, meet the culture of medicine.
January 23rd, 2014 · Dr. Vanessa Brcic · 4 Comments · Health care, Poverty, inequality & welfare
The evidence for the burden of income inequality on health is plentiful and convincing, with inequity and its health impact both increasing in British Columbia in recent years. Many voices are calling for attention to poverty reduction and a living wage. But what happens when you add doctors into this conversation? Progress and challenges both. Some physicians are at the […]
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Making health care funding sustainable
January 13th, 2012 · Seth Klein · Comments Off on Making health care funding sustainable · Health care
The BC Legislature's Select Standing Committee on Health is currently investigating the sustainability of BC's health care system (with a focus on demographic / aging trends), and asked for written submissions of peer-reviewed studies on the subject. Here's what I just submitted: Submission to the BC Legislature's Select Standing Committee on Health From: Seth Klein, […]
Tags: budget·health care costs
The End of the H1N1 Pandemic
August 23rd, 2010 · Alan Cassels · 1 Comment · Health care
The world spent billions on medication and vaccine stockpiles because the World Health Organization cried wolf. If the WHO cannot cleanse its ties to the industrialists hungry for profits in exaggerating the severity of disease in order to sell treatments, why should we ever again listen to anything they say?
Tags: health care costs
Cholesterol drugs don't help the healthy
August 12th, 2010 · Alan Cassels · 1 Comment · Health care
I have said this before and this recent research begs me to say this again: Someday we will look back on society's zeal for checking and chemically altering our blood cholesterol in the same way we now regard blood letting and purging: A medical barbarity that good science cannot support.
Tags: health care costs
Teeny Budget factoid
September 3rd, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · 2 Comments · Economy, Privatization, P3s & public services, Provincial budget & finance
It appears when it comes to the heavy lifting of cutting spending in BC, not all public agencies are equal. The February Budget documents stated that: To ensure that health services are protected in the current economic environment, the Ministry of Health Services and health authorities will be required to achieve efficiencies and administrative savings […]
A Framework for Enhancing Home Support in BC
May 4th, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off on A Framework for Enhancing Home Support in BC · Health care
Home support is an important element of the broader home and community care system, which unfortunately tends to get overlooked in many health care discussions. Home support serves an important dual purpose: it improves the quality of life of vulnerable citizens by allowing them to continue living independently in their own homes and it enables […]
Tags: baby boomers·health care costs·home and community care·home support·seniors
Seniors' care concerns should be taken seriously in this election
May 1st, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off on Seniors' care concerns should be taken seriously in this election · Health care
Access to residential care beds for seniors was dubbed "an election hotspot" by CTV early last week, and for good reasons. The party that forms government after May's election will have to deal with the pressures that the aging population would put on the already strained system of seniors' care in BC. Fundamentally, providing an […]
Tags: accountability·health care costs·home and community care·hospital·Jeremy Tate·Liberals·Marcy Cohen·NDP·platform·residential care·seniors


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- Congo (Dem. Rep.)RetailFunding via Hekima, a partner of World Relief
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Ekanga L. lives in the Murara neighborhood, township of Karisimbi, and she has a charcoal depot in the Birere district. Moreover, in order to maximize her income, she also sells palm oil wholesale in the market of KIBABI. Ekanga L. began her business with her own funds around 2002, before the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano, which completely destroyed the economic life of the town of Goma. She was selling fritters with a working capital of $12.50. And all this after her husband's death.
In view of her family responsibilities and living alone, she was just scraping by. However, in 2004, she received a first loan from the MFI Hekima. From then on, she was able to reestablish her social and economic equilibrium. Ekanga L. has already managed to achieve some family goals, notably the purchase of a plot of land. If God grants her long life, Ekanga L. intends to continue to be ambitious enough, despite being a widow, to build a house for her children. With the loan from Hekima, widow Ekanga L. hopes to grow her sales by buying 10 sacks of charcoal (for her charcoal business) and 5 barrels of oil (locally known as «Kafindondo».)
Ekanga L. says that the major challenge to her charcoal business is the multiple attacks along the route carried out by outlaws who are hiding in the Virunga National Park, in the east of the DRC, and Rwandan Hutu rebels from the FDLR. Also the police and administrators make difficulties, especially since the State has threatened to bring to justice those they say are destroying the environment (people who sell wood from the national park). As for her oil sales business, she sometimes buys a load of spoiled oil or poor quality oil which has lost all its flavor, since this oil is produced by local artisans in the province of Kindu-Maniema and way up north near Lake Kivu, around Beni, or Mangina, and sometimes stored in dirty jerrycans or rubber containers that are fragile, etc. This can cause her an enormous loss.
Widow Ekanga L. would like to thank the MFI Hekima for the loans that she receives without collateral since it is thanks to these loans that she is managing to support her orphaned children. The Baraka Office group is composed of eight women.
Vue la charge de familiale et la vie seule, elle a évolué difficilement. Cependant elle a bénéficié de premier crédit de l'IMF Hekima en 2004. De la, elle a retrouvé un équilibre social et économique. Dit-elle, Ekanga L. a déjà réalisé plusieurs projets familiaux (achat d'une parcelle). Si Dieu la prête vie, Ekanga L. reste ambitieuse, malgré son statut de veuve, de pouvoir construire une maison pour ses enfants. Avec le crédit de l'IMF Hekima, la veuve Ekanga L. souhaite augmenter son chiffre d'affaire en achetant 10 sacs des braises (affecte au business de braise) et 5 fus d'huile (localement appelés «Kafindondo». Ekanga L. explique le défi majeur de son activité de vente braises est lié aux multiples pillages au long de la route par des assaillants ,qui restent dans le parc national de Virunga, a l'Est de la RDC et rebelles Hutu rwandais de FDLR. A cela s'ajoute les tracasseries policières et administratives surtout comme l'Etat a déjà pris de mesures pénales aux soit disant destructeurs de l'environnement (vendeurs de bois de parc national). Pour l'activité de vente d'huile parfois elle achète un stock d'huile pourries, des mauvaises qualités, qui a déjà perdue toute la saveur, étant donné que cette huile est produite en technologie locale artisanale dans la province de Kindu-Maniema et dans le grand Nord de Kivu, vers Beni, Mangina, et conservée parfois dans de bidons salles ou des emballages en caoutchouc fragile, etc. Cela contraint à connaitre une perte énorme.
La veuve Ekanga L. remercie l'IMF Hekima pour les crédits qu'elle reçoit sans aucune garantie matérielle car grâce à ces crédits, elle parvient à subvenir aux besoins de ses enfants orphelins. Le groupe baraka office est composé de 8 femmes.
Additional Information
Important InformationHEKIMA is a microfinance institution headquartered in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with branch offices in Goma and Bukavu. HEKIMA aims to contribute to the transformation of the economic, social, and spiritual lives of the economically active poor of the DRC. To this end, HEKIMA provides its clients with solidarity group loans to support income-generating activities. Despite ongoing instability and violence in its operating areas, HEKIMA continues to keep its doors open and provide credit and savings services for its over 90% female clientele.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Congo (Dem. Rep.)
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 6 months (Additional Information)
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- May 27, 2010
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Beautiful espresso at Cesura, from Coffee Extraordinaire Katherine Hartline.
In the arts, there is a word we use which does not seem to have much practical use to the rest of the world. Caesura. -- Stop. Pause. Break. Cease. Time does not exist here.
Beautiful espresso at Cesura, from Coffee Extraordinaire Katherine Hartline.
As a choral conductor, I invariably experience the caesura as an intense contest of will. First, because I have to stop. (I hate stopping. On an average day, I don't even much like to sit down unless I'm driving somewhere.) But lest I think that forcing myself to observe a musical cease-fire is difficult, I can always hold my reaction up in comparison to my choirs' reactions... it does not matter how much I do or do not want the music to break. Choirs abhor musical breaks. Particularly ones that require them all to break at the same time, for the same amount of time. I sometimes feel that, instead of "railroad tracks," the symbol should have been a railroad crossing instead, complete with flashing lights and barricades. The caesura interrupts one of our foundational laws... the one about an object in motion remaining in motion. It states, quite clearly, that for no reason other than compositional whim, all motion must temporarily cease.
I thought, perhaps, that Bellevue's Cafe Cesura must have been arbitrarily named. But after visiting it for a quick, ten-minute cup of coffee this weekend and leaving roughly two hours later... I suppose I see their point. Time, somehow, suddenly quit on me.
In many respects, the Bellevue Cafe is barely even open. It is up and running smoothly, but still less than a month old. Its official opening was on 11/11/11. Its street is quiet. People are still figuring out it's there. It hasn't fully become what it will be, yet.
But it has a pretty good idea. For a new cafe, its menu is well-developed and well-presented. Its furniture is decidedly single-era in theme, and there are no signs of waiting for matching dishes or any other tiny details to appear. The long, wood table at the center of the cafe is polished to a gleam, one-of-a-kind (made especially for Cesura), and surrounded with comfortable chairs. I had to look up the cafe's opening date, and was surprised to find it in official operation for fewer than six months; it seems so settled.
On bar, behind the bright red La Marzocco espresso machine, shots of Stumptown's coffee are making their way into fabulous in-house mugs. The coffee is single origin rather than typical espresso blend, and the mugs are, brilliantly enough, clear and insulated: the cup doesn't get hot, the coffee doesn't get cold, and the ability to see the whole shot, all at once in all its glory, is a rare treat for most coffee drinkers.
Tyson Stagg watches while his Aeropress brews.
As an unexpected bonus in my day, I happened to arrive just before barista Tyson Stagg began teaching a class on Aeropressing, and I failed to leave before the class began. So I stayed, and tried a couple of coffees brewed by different Aeropress technique, discussing and debating technicalities such as the optimal amount of agitation for an Aeropress brew, from my comfortable leather chair.
If I must observe a caesura in my day, I am at a loss for one that might be better to observe than one that ends with a really comfortable chair, the conversation of coffee folk, and samples of coffee to try.
Cafe Cesura is located at 1015 108th Ave NE in Bellevue, and is open from 7 until 7, every day of the week. Watch their website for information about regularly scheduled brewing classes, where, with zero pressure and absolutely no intimidation, you can learn about brewing your own coffee at home, just like the pros.


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By Spc. Monica K. Smith, CAB Public Affairs
<b> FORT BENNING, Ga. </b> -- Every motorcycle rider in the Army is required to take a mandatory motorcycle safety class, however riders in the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade took time to refresh themselves on motorcycle safety during motorcycle safety training, March 27 and April 3, at Hunter Army Airfield.
"With the weather getting better and more riders getting out on the road, the goal for the training was to re-focus our riders on getting their bikes ready for the riding season, give them some tips on how to properly maintain them and help them recognize some of the danger spots in the local area," said Chief Warrant Officer Randy Kirgess, 3rd CAB safety officer. "Additionally, we wanted to put them through some maneuvers and drills to brush the cobwebs off of their riding skills that may have accumulated over the winter months."
The motorcycle- riding Soldiers, new and experienced alike, took part in a class March 27 that covered maintenance and general care of motorcycles. The class was given by members of Superbike Specialties, a bike store that also sells parts and has a full-service body shop.
"We wanted to improve their knowledge," said Adam Gati, owner of Superbike Specialties. "Basically, we don't want to come in here and tell them to come to the shop and buy this or buy that. We want them to be safe - that's the main thing."
The second training session was a week later, on April 3, and consisted of riders taking their bikes through various lanes, testing their ability to brake quickly, manage turns and weave. Instructors manned each lane to help riders perform better on each task.
"Everyone should practice the fundamentals of riding to continue enhancing their experience and their safety," said Sgt. Wendy Terry, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd CAB. "What was good about this training was that you were on your own personal motorcycle instead of just the one that is provided for you in the safety course."
The focus and theme of the training was letting Soldiers know there is a time and place for everything, said Kirgess.
"Traffic conditions are continually changing and riders must modify their riding style and habits based on the conditions at the time," Kirgess said. "For those Soldiers, young and old, that want to push their bikes to the limits of their performance, there are closed tracks with professional instructors and control riders available in the local area to give proper instruction and provide facilities that are more conducive to such activities.
Riding fast down Abercorn during rush hour traffic isn't the time or place to see how fast your motorcycle will go. That not only puts the rider in danger, it needlessly exposes innocent others to the risk as well."


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How did it affect you?
Was the drinking every day or more binge drinking once-in-awhile?
My biological father was an alcoholic. Drunk everyday and abusive. My mom left him when I was in elementary school and I was eventually adopted by my mother's 2nd husband who also had issues. The biggest effect it had on me is that I'm terrified of drunk people, I don't like to be around drinking (and don't drink), and I find violence (especially by men) unacceptable in speech and in action. My DH promised me that he would never get drunk again after he did it once when we were dating and he saw how scared I was. He also knows that I never find it acceptable for a grown man to yell at, intimidate or threaten children/women with their words/tone/body language. I'm a strict pacifist and anti-gun for this reason (I saw my father put a gun to my mother's head at 4 years old and say he was going to blow mommy's head off).
I probably unfairly put pressure on him to act or not act certain ways b/c of my fear but he was well aware of this before we had kids or got married and he decided he was okay with it. I'm very guarded and use to come off as very cold hearted but that has lessened dramatically since being w/ DH and away from family. I also use to have anger issues and would rage about stupid things but I've learned to heal that part of myself. I've actually healed at lot in the past 7 years of being with DH. I often tell him that he saved me from a very dark place and I don't know where I would be if I hadn't met him.
"It's like everyone started speaking in tongues. And I don't speak tongues. :(" -Margo_Channing
I wonder about the affects of a "functioning alcoholic" who is otherwise a stable parent, not abusive, goes to work, etc. but I'm guessing they aren't too emotionally available.
My FIL (DH's step dad) is, IMO, a functioning alcoholic, although nobody in the family will talk about it or label it as such.
He was/is very successul, havsa beautiful home (with MIL) and had a good career (he is retired). However, he normally goes through 2 bottles of wine between 4 and 8 pm. He is never abusive or violent; in fact he can be quite charming, although he can also be really pretentious and arrogant, and that gets worse with the drink.
My SIL (his bio daughter) knows better than to phone him after 4:00 pm, and my BIL (his bio son) has spent most of his young adulthood trying to have an authentic relationship with his dad, so I would say that yes, in our case, FIL is emotionally unavailable.
I don't really care what he does with his life, but I do think it is sad that my children (who are 100% his grandchildren, as my husband's bio dad died over 25 years ago) are starting to notice his 'idiosyncracies'. Frankly, at 8 and almost 10 years old, they are getting too old to hide it from, and to make excuses to on Grandpa's behalf.
Melissa mom to 7!
In middle school I had a friend sleep over. When we were leaving for school in the morning we opened the door and found my stepdad passed out on the porch in a pile of his own vomit. I was humiliated. I have ton of stories like that.
I'm sorry, everyone, that I haven't been back until now.
I've read over everyone's posts & they break my heart. I'm so sorry for what you all went through!
My father was an alcoholic when I was young. He would binge drink, & was often short-tempered & cruel with his words. He did eventually quit drinking when I was a teen & we became very close. He passed away a few years ago.
The main reason for my post is because my SO is a functioning alcoholic. He drinks every day, but gets very drunk (slurring, stumbling around) about once or twice a month.
When he is sober, he's great. And often even when he's drunk he's not mean. Sometimes, however, he can get a little mouthy (he doesn't raise his voice or curse), but still I don't like walking on egg shells even for a day or two a month.
We have a 3-year-old together (my SO & I live together). She is too young to really know what is going on, but I wonder how long until she figures it all out.
I suppose my question is, how bad does it have to be to justify my leaving?
Talking to him has helped a lot since our LO has come along. He used to drink a lot more often. He is trying, but this binge drinking once or twive a month has been a regular thing for a bout a year now.
I really don't want to cause my sweet little girl to have issues later on. She is my main concern.
Thanks, everyone, for listening & sharing your experiences!
Life is GOOD!!!
My dad would be considered a functioning alcoholic. However, he was never abusive or mean, so I don't think it phased me too much. However, he was also very unmotivated in life, but that may just be part of his personality. He is over 70 now and the first thing he does when he comes to visit us (9 hour drive) is go to our local grocery store and buy a case of beer. First beer is 9AM. But, I've really only seen my dad noticably drunk a few times and he tends to be a happy drunk.
Outcome is, my brother told my mom at a young age that he wasn't going to be an alcoholic like dad and now rarely drinks. He is very successful and has a good life.
I am fairly successful as well, but married a substance abuser and weekend alcoholic. My husband doesn't "smoke" anymore, but he drinks excessive amounts on the weekend and it does make him less tolerant of things. I do worry that this will eventually effect my boys to the point that I actually discuss alcohol addiction with my 9 year old. My husband claims he will eventually stop, but I'm waiting for the day...husband's grandfather, whom he lived with, was an everyday alcoholic and eventually his liver gave out. So, DH knows he is susceptible.
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Scribble, I came looking for this this morning because I wondered if that was why you had asked this and if there was another post from you. I don't know your SO so I can't be of much help there. What I can tell you is that if you think it's harmful for your daughter then it's probably twice as harmful as you think it is. My mother should have left. Now, as a mother, I understand why she didn't but I had a lot of anger for many years that she didn't. My father was a mean,violent,scary drunk so in my mind there is no question that we shouldn't have been forced to live like that. Since everyone's situation is different that's a question really only you can answer. If you ever need anything you can PAN me! Good luck to you
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Thank you, everyone! Snarkypuppy, thank you very much. I really am at a loss. On the one hand, he is pretty awesome, but on the other, I worry about the damage it may do to my daughter.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Sophomore tailback Rodney "Speedy" Stewart was as disheartened as any Colorado player Saturday after the 20-6 loss to Kansas State. At the college level, Stewart has never celebrated a road victory.
Colorado has now lost 10 straight road games, including the 2008 loss to Florida State at the not-exactly-neutral site of Jacksonville, Fla. Dan Hawkins is 2-17 in road games, with both wins (against Baylor and Texas Tech) coming in 2007.
"I don't think our players like playing on the road as much," Stewart said Saturday before heading home. "It's something to do with (not having home) fans. We just don't get enough energy on the sideline. There's a lot of things going on, on the road. We need to fix that."
Junior defensive end Marquez Herrod also was scratching his head.
"Every guy is different," Herrod said. "I like being away. I like coming into a stadium and being hated. I like playing hard and being hated when I make a sack.
"You know, maybe some guys play differently."
Tough sledding.
After running the ball effectively against Kansas a week earlier, CU netted 60 rushing yards on 31 attempts. That included minus-8 yards by sophomore quarterback Tyler Hansen, who was sacked four times.
"It's hard when you're running on first down and then you're stuck in second-and-12," offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau said.
Flag fest.
Colorado was whistled for eight penalties for 69 yards. Two holding penalties in the first half were particularly costly.
"Part of playing at this level is, you have to stay focused and know your assignment," junior wideout Scott McKnight said. "You need to take care of only what you can do. That starts with the snap count and carries over to other parts of the game."
Kansas State is 3-1 in conference play for the first time since 2000. . . . The only CU injury reported was a bruised knee suffered by junior linebacker B.J. Beatty. He is listed as day to day. . . . With six receptions, McKnight moved past Charles E. Johnson (1990-93, 127) into sixth place on the school's career list with 130 catches.
Tom Kensler, The Denver Post


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One of my fave places...need to go back again
That place looks like a nice building in a creepy sort of way I would love to explore that place, I bet it is haunted
No haunts..... I never think of that stuff really. Never get scared. I love this place!! Although it now has some bad feelings to it since I met the guy that was my b/f at this place urbexing and then he was an ass and dumped me via email when everything was just great with us. Long story but I still love the place despite what happened. I have not been back since the bad stuff went down in December. I'm feeling better now.....over him a couple weeks ago.
He dumped you via email? What a coward, he not have the guts to tell you face face, you at least deserved that much, I have no respect for people who do that I am sorry, I am glad that you are feeling better now, do not worry, you shall find your soulmate
Yep in one sentence...found out he was lying about his seperation. I'm better off without the ass. Thanks for your kind thoughts. I hope the soulmate is floating around there .....somewhere
You will find your soulmate, who knows, you might bump into him while exploring these abandon places you go too, he might be doing the same thing at the same time you are


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Caterpillar Inc. 's ( CAT ) shares hit a 52-week high of $102.76 during intraday trading on Apr 2, buoyed by a report that the U.S private jobs have picked up and China's mini stimulus will rev up its economy. The stock finally closed at $102.63, gaining almost 3% in a day. The closing share price reflects a year-to-date return of about 13.7%, outperforming the S&P return of 2.8%.
Caterpillar has emerged strong amid an ongoing Senate probe for possible overseas tax evasions. It is alleged that the company evaded around $2.4 billion of U.S. taxes by shifting profits to a wholly owned Swiss subsidiary. Caterpillar officials defended their case saying that the Swiss subsidiary was a real business and not a tax shelter as alleged. A similar movement was seen in shares of General Motors Company ( GM ) which gained 1.7% yesterday, despite facing congressional hearing as to why the automaker delayed recall of vehicles with faulty ignition switches. Investors' confidence that the companies will not face severe consequences, is giving support to the shares.
Overall, the market got a lift following an employment report from ADP that stated that 191,000 private sector jobs were added in March. Even though it came in a tad lower than analysts' expectation of 195,000 jobs, it signals that the softness earlier this year was due to inclement weather and not economic weakness, thereby improving the market sentiment. Furthermore, China's steps to steady its faltering economy by increasing expenditure on railways, upgrading housing for low-income households and tax relief for struggling small businesses. Investment in infrastructure bodes well for companies like Caterpillar which has a wide exposure to China.
Caterpillar is currently trading at a forward P/E of 17.5x, at a 3.7% discount to the peer group average of 18.17x. Caterpillar's ROE of 20.2% is higher than the peer average of 18.7%. The last traded price is 4.8% above the Zacks Consensus average analyst price target of $102.63. Average volume of shares traded over the last 3 months is approximately 6,360K. Caterpillar has long-term estimated earnings per share growth rate of 8.5%.
Shares of this company, with a market cap of $65.5 billion, have gained momentum since reporting its fourth-quarter earnings on Jan 27. Prices held up steadily above $90 and crossed the $100 milestone on Mar 31, the level last reached in May 2012. Despite a 10% decline in revenues to $14.4 billion, Caterpillar delivered a 48% rise in its earnings to $1.54 per share, helped by its aggressive cost cutting actions. Following three straight quarters of decline in earnings in 2013, Caterpillar finally turned the tables in the fourth quarter with a year-over-year earnings improvement and broke the jinx of four consecutive negative earnings surprises.
Caterpillar will continue to benefit from its additional restructuring actions in 2014 to optimize its cost structure and improve the efficiency of operations. This will help mitigate the effect of lower mining-related sales on its profits. Caterpillar will also benefit from an increased share in the Chinese excavator market. Recovery in the U.S. construction sector and stabilization in Europe add to the growth story.
With Caterpillar shares trading at a 52-week high, there is further scope of an uptrend, as suggested by the company's Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Other players in the machinery industry, which look attractive at current levels, include Komatsu Ltd. ( KMTUY ) and Manitowoc Company, Inc. ( MTW ) both sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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