The market has been extremely quiet the past few days.nbsp; Volume and volatility have been low as investors are waiting for the next catalyst.nbsp; Never fear, however, as earnings season has arrived.nbsp; Alcoa disappointed, but the market shook that off easily.nbsp; Now, we're looking to Intel after the close today, and JPMorgan tomorrow morning.nbsp; In the past two cycles, Intel in particular was of high importance.nbsp; So, we wait.br /br /Health care stocks, and particularly big pharma, has been rocking.nbsp; Portfolio holding Pfizer has gained about 5% this week, and its one of the few mega-cap names I really like right now.nbsp; br /br /Sticking with health care, I also really like Carefusion (CFN), and almost added to my position a few times this week.nbsp; There will be some good opportunities to add soon (I'm hoping).nbsp; br /br /I still would love to establish a large position in Loews (L).nbsp; ...

The continuing ruckus about opening offshore drilling to the continental shelves of US coasts may be a good sound bite, but it is only that to those who are getting the job done in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world. In many respects, the offshore drilling of oil and gas is like an iceberg. Only the smallest part of the operation is visible on the surface - or the rig. The sea floor is where most of the action takes place, as drilling gets underway with small spider-veins of piping, and tie-back and flotation devices marking the sea floor like a road map. Navigating and building this road map is no easy task, but for those who can, profit will be waiting.

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It seems that almost every day there is an editorial urging John McCain to relieve the American people of their high gas price burden. But rather than an endorsement of his gas tax vacation, the average conservative citizen is urging McCain to drill for domestic oil. If he indeed decided to drill for more oil on American soil, he would be embraced by the right.

But how much good would it do? The Wall Street Journall’s Real Time Economics has an article indicating that even if we were to drill in the massive ANWR reserves, it would not be likely to impact gas prices now.

Furthermore, 2008 Central has a humorous bit of an exploitation article on the same issue. In 1985, McCain insisted (very strongly) that offshore oil in states like California should be distributed to Americans on a national …

In “Cap-and-Trade Craziness” what energy resource does Larry Kudlow NOT mention?

Why not allow higher oil prices to open the door to a full portfolio of energy resources, including offshore drilling, Alaska, nuclear power, oil shale, conversion of coal and natural gas to liquid fuel, and the development of so-called alternative-energy sources such as solar, wind, and various cellulosic investments (although this latter group may never contribute more than 10 percent to our energy needs)?

Looks to me like the only thing missing is geothermal.