Emerging Markets
Apr 29th, 2008 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Commodities, Emerging Markets
“[Nature] is rich, she is generous, she refuses to no one who will ask his share of her treasure of which she has inexhaustible reserves in the trees, in the mountains, in the sea. But one must know how to climb the tall trees, how to go into the mountains… ...
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Tags: ABB Ltd, India metal, infrastructure demand, metals demand
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Apr 9th, 2008 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Emerging Markets
“The city of Singapore was not built up gradually, the way most cities are, by a natural deposit of commerce on the banks of some river or at a traditional confluence of trade routes. It was simply invented one morning early in the nineteenth century by a man looking at ...
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Tags: investing in Singapore, Singapore private banking, Singapore tin trade, Singapore water companies
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Mar 18th, 2008 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Emerging Markets
AFTER WORLD WAR II, THERE WAS a worldwide shortage of metal. What metal there was first went toward rebuilding industrial capacity. The big firms used it to refit or rebuild their factories. Water pipes were not high on the priority list.
Before the war, water pipes were usually over-engineered. That is, ...
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Tags: Housing Starts, tap fees, water infrastructure, water sector
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Mar 11th, 2008 |
By Ed Bugos |
Category: Commodities, Emerging Markets
The South African gold and platinum deposits are among the vastest and richest in the world.
Even after a persistent drop in annual production since the 1970s that has driven output down to an 85-year low, the country is still the second largest gold producer in the world. With gold and ...
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Tags: Gold Fields, gold mining bull market, South African gold mining, South African mining
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Feb 15th, 2008 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Emerging Markets
ADVERSITY BREEDS OPPORTUNITY. That’s how financial markets work. I’m not sure if the global stock markets have suffered enough adversity lately to create really great opportunities, but I’m keeping a close eye on the situation. And I’d advise you to do the same. It’s time to make a shopping list.
Back ...
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Tags: Cohen & Steers, IRSA, Loews Corp
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Feb 1st, 2008 |
By Jim Amrhein |
Category: Emerging Markets
“What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.”
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Chapter 2
“My friends are toys. I make them. It’s a hobby. I’m a genetic designer.”
— J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson), Blade Runner, 1982
CALL ME A GEEK, BUT ONE OF THE GREAT HIGHLIGHTS of my 2007 was ...
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Tags: Blade Runner, genetic engineering, stem cells
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Jan 31st, 2008 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Commodities, Emerging Markets
ALREADY A MONTH INTO THE NEW YEAR, traders begin trying to figure out what trades will be the big winners in the as 2008 rolls on. Now, it’s not exactly breaking news that agriculture markets have basically been on fire for the last couple of years. Corn has skyrocketed on ...
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Tags: cotton futures, cotton market, futures market
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Jan 30th, 2008 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Emerging Markets, Macro Economics
MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT GERMANY as the sick man of Europe. You may also have heard that the German economy is paralyzed by a web of strict labor laws. In contrast, you may have heard less or nothing at all in the news that Germany has been the world’s ...
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Tags: German capital equipment, German economy, investment boom, Mittelstand companies, U.S. recession
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Jan 25th, 2008 |
By Whiskey Contributor |
Category: Emerging Markets
WHEN SOME OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND POWERFUL MINDS in the financial world are all doing one thing, it can be very difficult for anyone to do anything else. With fortunes at stake, both personal and financial, going against the trend can sometimes lead to losses totaling in the billions.
If ...
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Tags: ABX index, Goldman Sachs, shorting subprime mortgages, subprime market, subprime mortgage market
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Jan 18th, 2008 |
By Dan Amoss |
Category: Emerging Markets
THINK OF THE LAST TIME YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE or refinanced a mortgage. How did you decide on where to get your mortgage? Many mortgage shoppers who compare quotes online discover a stunning array of choices.
This development has placed consumers in the driver’s seat when it comes to choosing a ...
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Tags: Bankrate Inc, internet mortgage shopping, short sale
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