One company that stands to benefit handsomely from the president’s
proposal is Westport Innovations. The company converts diesel engines to
be fueled by natural gas. Wall Street analysts predicted a boom for the
company if the NAT GAS Act were passed. CNBC analyst Jim Cramer said he
“expects shares to absolutely explode” in the event the legislation were to pass.
Jim Cramer made positive mention of Westport, calling it a
solid play on natural gas should Congress pass its pending Natural Gas
Act. Westport converts diesel engines (i.e. – those found in semi
trailers) into ones that run on natural gas.
Benefiting Westport is that it’s: A) basically first to the market,
at least in terms of mass production, and B) high barriers of entry for
competition because of the complex technology involved in the
transformations.
If Westport reaps the predicted windfall, one of the chief
beneficiaries will be George Soros, a major Obama donor and supporter.
Soros’s hedge fund holds 3,160,063 company shares (as of its last SEC filing).
Soros has given $384,090 to the Democratic Party, Democratic PACs,
and Democratic Candidates in the three election cycles beginning in
2008, including $4,400 to Obama himself, according to the Center for
Responsive Politics. He describes himself
as “an early supporter of Barack Obama, first in his Senate campaign in
Illinois and later when he ran for President. Soros supported Obama in
his presidential bid because he believed he could provide the
transformational leadership the country needed.”
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