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Josh4580

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  1. Natural Gas is in large contango.  Further contracts are priced higher than current contracts.  This is why UNG etf is getting hit on rolling over near term contracts.  MCF is presenting on thursday, and Ken Peak should give us some insight on future natural gas prices.

  2. The lack of interest on this board in Contango Oil & Gas (MCF) is surprising.  It is by far the best vehicle for investing in natural gas in the US.  Its trading around 50% of a very solid NAV +$20-$30 hidden in their Gulf leases.  I agree with Myth on MCF and EVEP/LINE.

  3. I disagree with Buffett's assertion that gold is a waste of time.  Gold might seem to have no value, but its value is in its reputation as a solid store of value.  This store of value has held up pretty damn well and Buffett should reassess his viewpoint given that his reputation is so important to his investment performance.

     

    At this point, anyone managing large amounts of capital should have GLD or GDX as a 5-10% inflation hedge. IMO

  4. Praetorian Value Fund likes MCF.  Their valuation follows:

     

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/149248-victor-fasciani-likes-contango-oil-gas?source=yahoo

     

    -$1.3B or $78/share intrinsic value of proved reserves only (based on net present value of after-tax income assuming $7 per Mmbtu natural gas price and $70 per barrel of oil)

    -Other assets and free options add up to an additional $30-40/share (MCF bought more than 70 lease blocks in the Gulf at $35M cost basis; Victor thinks this is worth $100M today because of seismic data and the company's successful drill track record of 67%)

     

     

    Also, they have $50 million left on their stock buyback.  This could reduce S/O from 16.5 million to 15.4 million shares.  They are scheduled to drill another prospect in November at a cost of $15 million and one in early 2010. 

  5. From the last annual letter (http://www.leucadia.com/C&P%20Letters/C&P2008.pdf)

     

    “Fortress Leucadia” is a draconian look into the future and a basis for defensive planning. It

    assumes we will not make any more investments, continue watching our expenses, keep only

    assets that are promising and slowly turn everything into cash which will be used first to retire

    or pay down debt, while always maintaining at least $500 million in cash or liquid assets.

     

    2Q Book Value is $15.53 and the stock currently trades around $25, or 1.61X book value. Given that they are in lock down mode and cannot really take advantage of the market opportunities, why is it trading at such a high multiple?

  6. Why does management own almost no stock or stock options.  It looks like the CEO and other management get paid a salary in cash and have no incentive pay.  Does this concern you?

  7. How can we profit off of this alleged Ponzi Scheme?

     

    On Yahoo Finance, it shows the current insider holdings of this Stanford International Bank

     

    http://biz.yahoo.com/t/38/952.html

     

    http://biz.yahoo.com/t/38/952.html

     

    Looks like they own large stakes in

    ELAN.OB (40% ownership)

    HSSO.OB (20% ownership)

    DGC (25% ownership)

     

    If this bank is forced to liquidate, wont these stocks essentially get clobbered?

     

    It seems as if only DGC is shortable and currently there are 44K shares shorted

     

     

    Any opinions?

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