RE: RE: asia demandyes i believe that pressure is on for bates, yet to be honest, according to every investor on this board....both bears and bulls agree that pressure has been on him since early this year when everyone was expecting a better economy, so no matter what the economy does, bates will have pressure, rightfully so though...........
when you invest in a company your not investing in the economy no matter what people will say about steel/copper being major indicators......b/c if the economy is booming and your company is not doing anything than it doesn't matter.....
when the economy is sour and your company is still operating than that's all BATES can do....its not walter/alphan/grande cache coal's fault that there is problems with europe debt,, US politics on the economy..etc............
For cline, just keep operating and workign toward the production ramp-up that's all investors should demand.....granted, it will take time, ramp up doesn't happen in a month........
as for the overall health of the economy ------------ no company (wal-mart, apple, ford, etc) cannot do anything about it just weather through it as best as possible........
if there is another recession........than we are all stupid if we didnt' learn anything from it (realizing cheap stocks and expensive stocks)...because IT ONLY HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO.