text: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A top performer is going back to that old-time oil-and-gold religion.
  Outstanding Investments (OI) is the third-best-performing letter over the past 12 months, up 37.6% vs. negative 2.63% for the dividend-reinvested Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
  Over the past five years, OI is up 37.17% annualized, vs.13.17% annualized for the total return DJW.
  I decided to write about Outstanding Investments because of coal. Coal's on a roll. See MarketWatch story
  In my defense, I did note that Consol had reached OI's price target in four weeks. OI subsequently responded by selling half its position.
  But in a long post on Jan. 30, OI noted the extraordinary situation in South Africa, where, for reasons that deserve analysis, the government appears suddenly unable to deliver electricity, devastating its mining industry. South Africa is (make that was) a major coal exporter.
  OI writes: "This South African energy debacle will not be over anytime soon. South African news reports state that reopening the closed mines will take many months, from four-six months at least. And Eskom (South Africa's main electricity supplier) is not forecasting any significant new electrical infrastructure investment coming online until 2012. So the South African situation is a long-term mess."
  OI still holds Consol and Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. FCL
  But its attention has shifted back to oil and gold, which it predicts "will shine even brighter in 2008." OI's argument: Offtake from China and India, both of which it expects will continue to boom. OI's conclusion: "The yellow metal may be headed to $1,000 in 2008, but rest assured, it will be a very interesting ride getting there."
  OI's stock of the month in January: oil services supplier Baker Hughes Inc. BHI, -1.07% OI regards Baker Hughes both as a hedge against the U.S. dollar and the overall economy. It writes: "Housing can dry up. People may or may not buy new automobiles or appliances. Tech can wreck. But the world's oil industry is out there drilling holes in the ground, all day and every day, everywhere ... The demand for oil and oil-related products seems to be "inelastic," as the economists label it. That is, price increases seem not to alter people's overall demand patterns very much. At the end of the day, they still have to drill holes to get access to them. And this is where Baker Hughes comes in. Baker Hughes is a critical link in the world's oil "hole drilling" supply chain. The world oil industry needs Baker Hughes, and that is one good reason why you ought to hold some shares of Baker Hughes in your portfolio. The mining and geothermal industries need Baker Hughes as well, so that makes for two more good reasons."
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distilabel_metadata.content: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A top performer is going back to that old-time oil-and-gold religion.
  Outstanding Investments (OI) is the third-best-performing letter over the past 12 months, up 37.6% vs. negative 2.63% for the dividend-reinvested Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
  Over the past five years, OI is up 37.17% annualized, vs.13.17% annualized for the total return DJW.
  I decided to write about Outstanding Investments because of coal. Coal's on a roll. See MarketWatch story
  In my defense, I did note that Consol had reached OI's price target in four weeks. OI subsequently responded by selling half its position.
  But in a long post on Jan. 30, OI noted the extraordinary situation in South Africa, where, for reasons that deserve analysis, the government appears suddenly unable to deliver electricity, devastating its mining industry. South Africa is (make that was) a major coal exporter.
  OI writes: "This South African energy debacle will not be over anytime soon. South African news reports state that reopening the closed mines will take many months, from four-six months at least. And Eskom (South Africa's main electricity supplier) is not forecasting any significant new electrical infrastructure investment coming online until 2012. So the South African situation is a long-term mess."
  OI still holds Consol and Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. FCL
  But its attention has shifted back to oil and gold, which it predicts "will shine even brighter in 2008." OI's argument: Offtake from China and India, both of which it expects will continue to boom. OI's conclusion: "The yellow metal may be headed to $1,000 in 2008, but rest assured, it will be a very interesting ride getting there."
  OI's stock of the month in January: oil services supplier Baker Hughes Inc. BHI, -1.07% OI regards Baker Hughes both as a hedge against the U.S. dollar and the overall economy. It writes: "Housing can dry up. People may or may not buy new automobiles or appliances. Tech can wreck. But the world's oil industry is out there drilling holes in the ground, all day and every day, everywhere ... The demand for oil and oil-related products seems to be "inelastic," as the economists label it. That is, price increases seem not to alter people's overall demand patterns very much. At the end of the day, they still have to drill holes to get access to them. And this is where Baker Hughes comes in. Baker Hughes is a critical link in the world's oil "hole drilling" supply chain. The world oil industry needs Baker Hughes, and that is one good reason why you ought to hold some shares of Baker Hughes in your portfolio. The mining and geothermal industries need Baker Hughes as well, so that makes for two more good reasons."
  Want news about Asia delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Asia Daily newsletter. Sign up here.
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