The Water Utilities Industry has declined by almost 20% compared to its combined market capitalization a year ago. It is one of the few parts of the economy that has done worse than the general S&P 500 Index. The decline during the first half of June 2008 has been terribly steep. Is there any relief in sight?

Answers to questions of financial viability should follow relevant diagnoses. Utilities all over the world have been subject to unrealistic expectations for many years. Even free market economies are not exceptions. We use too much water, and do not recognize its true value. This cannot continue whether or not we hold industry stocks.

The Water Utilities Industry has untapped potential for green business. It is positioned just right to leverage environmental awareness for new drivers of competitive advantage. Water is a closed system as a sustainable resource, and enterprises based on this substance must fashion

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There was a time when equal rights for minorities and women defined the state of social development. Fortunately, we can take such freedoms for granted now. It is time to move on to better care for the aged. Longevity is also a marker of social and national evolution. Long-term care is good business and socially relevant as well.

This small-capital member of the Healthcare Facilities Industry from Mission Viejo, CA excels in making the autumns of lives pleasurable and dignified. Dividends from this business have grown by more than 60% over the last five years, while business has expanded by over 30%. The Price to Earnings Ratio on a Trailing Twelve Months Basis is less than 12. No stock-investor requirement is wanting in this case.

There is more than money to this stock. The corporation has 61 facilities with over 7 thousand beds, supported by highly skilled and dedicated nursing personnel. The

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We discussed this name earlier this week as a wind play... [Jun 10: American Superconductor (AMSC) with $450 Million Follow up Order from China]Much like Energy Conversion Devices (ENER) (which I highlighted in early May in the upper $40s, and is now in the mid $60s) this has been a "hope" company for a long time - long on promise, but short on execution. [May 8: Energy Conversion Devices - Is the Turnaround Finally Here?] But we've seen how the ship has appeared to come in for ENER, and perhaps the ship is coming in for controversial AMSC as well. They received a huge follow up order today. This appears to be a 3 year contract for $450 million. Considering the company is only doing under $200 million in revenue in total this year, the magnitude of this contract is enormous for this size of ...

So the current leader of the financial bloggers stock picking contest is Smarty with 100% allocation to Nvidia Corp. (NVDA). In the first two (2) day of this competition, the stock was up more than 9% from the close of April 2008. With that kind of action, I decided to write a financial analysis review of the company.

To start the first post, I would like to provide an overview to NVDA using some of the tools I have shared in my posts:

Company Overview, taken from latest 10-k filings:
NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the graphic processing unit, or the GPU. Our products are designed to generate realistic, interactive graphics on consumer and professional computing devices. We serve the entertainment and consumer market with our GeForce products, the professional design and visualization market with our Quadro products, and the high-performance computing …