My Investing Notebook :: Learning from the pros; making decisions on my own. ::

Americans are getting heavier. That’s a fact. Companies that deal with that will benefit. Which companies? Good question.

Life Time Fitness ( (LTM), $53), is a “Lexus experience for Toyota price. This is a health-club chain, where members for about $60/month enjoy amenities usually reserved for facilities that charge a lot more: wood panel rocker rooms, yoga, Pilates, pools, care, and day-care centers, and more. They currently operate in Minnesota and Texas, but are expanding to Georgia, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City areas.

ReferenceKiplinger’s, March 2007 issue

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PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy ( (PBW))It looks to me like an interesting ETF. I see a lot of activity in the clean energy area, a lot of talk. It looks to me that clean energy is the future and things are starting to happen there.

“PBW holds 40 companies specializing in the production of clean energy, such as wind and solar power, and hydrogen fuel cells.” – Kiplinger’s