Industries to Invest In Now

If you’re selecting your own stocks for your portfolio you know that research takes a lot of time. You can maximize your efforts by focusing on great industries before narrowing down your search to companies within those industries. We know that selecting stocks can be frustrating so we’ve highlighted five booming industries to help you make the most of your time and your investments.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most exciting topics in tech right now. AI applications are proliferating throughout a number of industries, from search engines such as Google to wealth management.

Artificial intelligence gives companies a competitive edge, which means that more and more developments will be made in that field.  AI capabilities help ensure success, not only for the other industries that apply it, but for investors as well. Investors who ignore AI will likely kick themselves for missing such an opportunity. Continue reading

Solar Power – Join The Wave

solar powerNot too many years ago, solar power looked to just be a very interesting fad. Oh, how things have changed.

Let’s start at the beginning, not with the birth of the sun, but with the invention of photovoltaic cells, which had been around since the late 1800s, but were developed by Bell Laboratories in the 1950s in order to help power satellites and long-distance space probes. Soon, the application of creating electricity from the sun was seen to have much wider applications – creating electricity for homes, cars and any other earth-bound applications.

From the start, there were some obvious financial and environmental advantages to using solar power. They could save homeowners money in the long run, as long as they maintained their investment over the course of 10 years or more. They could reduce the need for mining coal and natural gas and spare the atmosphere some deadly poisons – emitted by fossil fuels. After all, if you installed solar power in your house, then the electricity you used at home did not have to come from more pernicious sources, like coal-fired or natural gas-burning power plants or nuclear power.

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The Solar Singularity Is Nigh

Tam Hunt ~ “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” quipped Yogi Berra. I keep his wise admonition in mind as I make predictions about our energy future, but we have many reasons for optimism when it comes to the future growth of solar power.

solarHere’s the summary: solar is taking over. We can now see many years into the future when it comes to energy, and that future is primarily solar-powered. Why my optimism? Well, let me explain.

The “solar singularity” will, by my definition, occur when solar prices become so cheap that solar becomes the default power source based on cost alone and without subsidies. We aren’t there yet but we’re probably just a few years away from that point, particularly since we’re seeing energy storage costs declining significantly already. (I’m not going to address storage in this article further but, of course, a grid can’t run on variable solar power alone so we’ll need storage and other backup technologies to ensure reliable grids as solar power penetration grows).

Swanson’s Law, named after the founder of SunPower, a large American manufacturer of solar panels, states that the price of solar panels generally drops by 20 percent with every doubling of shipped panels. This has been the general trend since solar became a viable technology — hence its designation as a “law,” even though there are times when some deviations from the trend take place. For example, from the mid-1990s until 2008 solar costs declined by relatively small amounts, primarily due to stubbornly high silicon prices in a backdrop of increasing commodity prices across many markets, until the crash of 2008. Since 2008, however, panel cost declines have accelerated and the general trend is now back and then some.

When we compare recent cost declines for solar to other energy prices we get a pretty picture indeed and this is why solar is now getting very serious attention by investors and pundits alike. Continue reading

Earth’s Renewable Energy Sources

NationOfChange  March 21 2014

With the potential of limited resources found with fossil fuels, the focus has shifted toward finding alternative energy sources that are renewable and help keep the earth young and healthy. Here are some of the top energy sources that are already here or are being developed.

Tidal Energy

TidalEnergyWith a design that’s similar to wind turbines, tidal energy is produced by propellers located under swiftly moving dense water. This source of energy is ideal since tides are more predictable than wind or solar power. Additionally, the technology is a lot older. Tide mills have been used since the Roman Empire.

Tidal energy has many advantages. Tidal turbines are located under the ocean, so people can’t complain about noise or that they’re ugly, as many do with wind turbines. Tidal turbines are also much smaller than wind turbines because water is about 830 times denser than air. Plus, efficiency is at 80 percent, which is higher than other forms of energy including coal, wind, and sun.

Solar Power

Solar power is one of the most common sources of renewable energy. The sun is captured using photovoltaic cells (also called solar panels) and places them in locations that can easily capture sunlight, such as roof tops. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, if 4 percent of the world’s deserts were covered with photovoltaic cells, it would produce as much energy as is needed by the entire world.

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Love Is A Natural State Of Being

RonnaStar September 29 2013

Cosmic rayBeloved masters, never forget: Love is a natural state of Being. Love is a life-sustaining, inborn condition. When love is the radiating force in your life, fear disappears. Fear is created by the absence of love. Fear is a state of mind created by tapping into lower frequency, distorted, thought forms. When you turn inward and tap into that well-spring of love within your Sacred Heart, it first permeates your Inner Being; the remainder then radiates out into the world. As a result, you will begin to see through eyes filtered by loving energy, which will change how you view the people in your life-it will also affect how you handle everyday challenges and opportunities-an overlay of loving energy creates miracles.

To become a Self-master, you must endeavor to integrate the right and left hemispheres of your brain so that you may gain access to your Sacred Mind. It is also vital that you integrate the male/female attributes and virtues of the perfect Adam and Eve Kadmon template of your universal OverSoul-Self. (ADAM=ATOM * EVE=EVOLUTION).

Please, take a few moments to sit quietly and turn inward as you focus on your Sacred Heart Center. Feel the expansion of your Solar Power Center as you move deeper and deeper into your Sacred Heart Chamber. Feel the overwhelming love that slowly radiates throughout your body, for you are now connected to your Diamond Core God Cell, which contains the precious Seed Atom of your Divine Essence. Therein is an inexhaustible supply of Adamantine Particles waiting for you to activate them with your loving intention. It is a tangible experience, beloveds. It is real, and it is the most wondrous, blissful feeling you will ever experience while in the earthly vessel, for you will have tapped into the pure loving Essence of our Mother/Father God.

Your carbon-based body is very gradually returning to the silicon/crystalline based form of your perfected Light Body. At one level or another, all human Beings are striving for a Soul-infused personality and unity with his/her Soul Self and OverSoul-Higher Self. Whether conscious of it or not, a memory Seed Atom is buried deep within the Diamond Core God Cell of every Soul on Earth-an inner desire to seek and attain cosmic attunement. Your personal fifth-dimensional Pyramid of Light is your celestial sanctuary where you will gradually begin to integrate the frequencies, attributes and qualities of the higher fourth dimension, and eventually the entry levels of the fifth dimension. Within these higher realms of existence, there are sub-dimensions of Light, Sacred fire, sound and color.

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