Up until now investors, analysts and newsletter writers have relied on the price performance of the commodities themselves (such as gold, silver, crude oil, etc.), the Reuters CRB Commodity Index or the HUI, XAU, GDM or CDNX indices to determine the health, performance and trends in commodities.

Fortunately, for all concerned, a new index has been introduced that provides a much more all-encompassing mix of companies associated with a wide variety of commodity-related products. It is called the Commodity Companies Index (CCI).

Unlike the large-cap centric HUI, XAU and GDM indices and the nano-cap centric and less commodity-oriented CDNX index, the CCI is broadly diversified across a wide range of commodities and company formats. The index consists of 35 commodity-related companies with associated warrants of at least 24 months duration that trade on the …

Solar Power Inc. designs, distributes and installs complete photovoltaic (PV) solar systems for customers in the United States. The company also sells their solar modules and system components to installers and distributors for use throughout Asia and Europe. Solar Power’s unique brand of photovoltaic modules and system components are manufactured at the company’s factory located in Shenzhen, China.

The company’s business strategy is to develop, manufacture and market solar panels and system component products as a complete photovoltaic system to industrial, commercial and residential facilities located primarily in the United States. Solar Power also brings their products to market through strategic company-owned retail operations and the national Yes! Solar Solutions franchise network that the company is currently building.

Solar Power Inc. announced today that it has entered into definite agreements with institutional and accredited investors with respect to a private placement of the company’s stock. The placement is expected to have

By now we’ve all heard of Amazon’s near-billion dollar acquisition of Zappos which provided a tremendous return to Zappos’ original investors – Sequoia Capital and Venture Frogs. In fact, they only invested $60 million in the company over seven rounds. And, now, they’re sitting on a billion dollar return. How’s that for IRR?

Obviously, this is the magic of venture capital and outside of investing in a publicly traded venture BDC like Harris and Harris (Ticker: TINY), there’s not much we at home investors can do to get in on the ground floor. But, with up and coming retailers, we can still win! Heck, everyone remembers when Zappos was a low-price retailer instead of just a “customer service focused” retailer. Those were good days weren’t they?

Well, it seems a new trend is hitting the web. “Private” members-only luxury sample sale sites.  These retailers focus on getting limited quantities of

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SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the continued success of hosted offerings from its channel partners for midsize companies, enabling customers to better respond to the changing market conditions. SAP midsize customers worldwide, including Clariant Southern Africa (Pty), in South Africa; Eval Europe, in Belgium; General Moly, in the U.S.; Pharmanova Zrt, in Hungary; Songwon Ind. Co., Ltd, in Korea; Starbucks, in Switzerland; Vincenz Harrer, in Austria; and Wunderloop Media Services, in Germany, have chosen hosting as an alternative to the traditional on-premise deployment option, allowing midsize companies to implement and run the SAP(R) Business All-in-One solutions without the need to

As an added Guest Blogger bonus, Bill McCready from Futures Trading Secrets, has a very informative article on the mental aspects of trading, that I think we ALL can learn a little something from. Bill’s been trading for a long time, and a long time successfully, and his knowledge and wisdom is widely appreciated. Bill also hosts widely attended webinars that I think you’d appreciate, learn about the webinars here.

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I have decided that after ten years of posting the same trading patterns and working with hundreds of students, that the trading signals are not the problem. Most students have trouble trading mentally and emotionally.  Here are the topics that are the most important.

Learning the Trading Game The basics are the basics.  Here is what you absolutely must know and master.

1.    Goal Setting that is realistic and possible

2.    Finding your trading edge with patience and discipline

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Source: David and Eric Coffin, Hard Rock Advisory Journal  05/29/2009
The greatest economic realignment since Genghis Kahn took over Eurasia’s trade routes is continuing apace. The west remains mired in an assets contraction of its own making, and the east is refocused on channeling its growth engines into domestic consumption. The resource sector, which is our focus and which has been governed by those growth engines for a decade and half, is indicating at least the expectation of continuing gains in the east. That does not mean we ignore what is going on the developed west, plus Japan.

Most of the planned bad news on the US banking system is now on the table or at least anticipated, in some form. The stress test requirements for US banks at $75 billion of new capital required are workable, though heavily dilutive. There are legitimate doubts that this will actually be sufficient given …

Could a new IPO mean that the market’s really on the way to a rebound?

This week, Solarwinds (NYSE: SWI) became the first venture capital-backed initial public offering (IPO) in more than nine months. That’s a significant event for those who watch the IPO market… it’s also significant for the rest of us – after all, IPOs can be a pretty good indicator of how the stock market is turning.

And in 2009, things haven’t been turning very fast…

In the first quarter of 2009, there were only two new IPO deals done globally; that’s compared to the 100 deals done in the first quarter of 2007. It wasn’t for a lack of eligible companies either: all told, 26 firms withdrew or postponed their initial public offerings this year. That’s no surprise given the global economic slowdown that started last year.

When companies are considering going public, how the market’s faring can

SAN DIEGO, CA–(MARKET WIRE)–May 19, 2009 — Green Star Alternative Energy, Inc. (Other OTC:GSAE) (”GSAE” or the “Company”) (http://www.greenstarae.com) is pleased to announce that Ludlow Energy Ventures, Inc. has published an independent third party research report on Green Star. The research opinion evaluates GSAE with a Capital Rating of ‘A-’ and a Target Price of $8 per share. The report may be viewed at http://www.ludlowenergy.com/reports/gsae.html.

About Ludlow Energy Ventures, Inc.

Based in New York City, Ludlow Energy Ventures is a venture capital and research advisory firm with a specific focus on the renewable and alternative energy markets. Ludlow Energy Ventures owns and operates the Ludlow Energy Indices, which tracks a wide basket of US traded large and small cap alternative energy stocks.

About Green Star Alternative Energy (Other OTC:GSAE)

Green Star Alternative Energy is an environmentally conscious, renewable energy company working to develop more than 300 MW (megawatts)

The solar industry is a fantastic place to rake in short-term gains. But stick around too long and you will wonder if it would have been cheaper to heat your house with dollar bills.

Ready to burn an extra $3,000 each year? As if energy prices were not creating enough havoc throughout this country, the Obama administration is getting ready to pounce on the idea of a cap-and-trade system.

There is a good chance their plans could cost each of us a few extra grand each year.

Call the extra figures that will trickle into our monthly energy bills an investment on the future. Or call the increased costs a “usage” fee that goes straight to Uncle Sam. Just don’t call it a tax, as we all know Obama is a tax-cutter.

It is too early to tell if Congress will be naïve or stupid enough to pass any sort of cap-and-trade legislation in