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Wellington West Analyst Sean Peasgood covers the geothermal, plasma gasification and “Smart Grid” subsectors of the alternative energy (AE) market. He believes there’s room to make some dough in each of them but believes investors may need to be patient as these growing markets gain traction. “As these (geothermal) projects ...

Recent research reports by Forrester predict 9.3% growth in IT spending for the current year. The improved market conditions are resulting in stiffer competition among the Indian players for quality resources. Attrition in the segment has increased despite most companies offering 12%–14% offshore and 2%–4% onsite salary increments. Companies are trying to retain their staff [...]

This April update on the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio is way overdue. The month of May is almost over, so I’m just going to keep this brief. The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio ended the month of April with a value of $1,417,845.87. The porfolio held $79,655.31 in cash and $1,338,190.56 in stock at the [...]

I just realized that I didn’t get around to updating you on the performance of the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio last month. If you haven’t been following along, the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio is a paper port I created in the fall of 2004 on Marketocracy to track my value stock picks. To make it [...]