International
May 10th, 2011 |
By Alan Knuckman |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies
The race to the bottom continues in global currencies with few exceptions.
Through my homefront perspective dollar weakness isn't all that bad. It benefits the US corporations through increased overseas sales with the relative price discount. It also benefits commodities. They rise as the dollar drops because foreign currencies have more ...
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Tags: currency, Investing
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies |
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Apr 19th, 2011 |
By Abe Cofnas |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Options
If you don’t know what a binary option is, I strongly urge you to find out. These “yes-or-no” investments are easy to understand, inexpensive to buy and quick to play out.
For instance, you can buy a binary saying that a currency will by above a certain rate. You can bet ...
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Tags: binary options, Forex
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Options |
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Oct 11th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Someone once said that the city of São Paulo was as if LA threw up on New York. That’s an imaginative way to describe this sprawling metropolis. It’s a bustling, congested city of 11 million people, with another 9 million in the suburbs. Greater São Paulo ranks as the third ...
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Tags: Brazil, brazil housing, brazilian builder
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics |
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Oct 7th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
I’ve spent the last two weeks in Brazil on a four-city tour — in Campo Grande, Sao Paulo, Florianopolis and finally Rio de Janeiro. What can I say about the experience so far?
I can say the caipirinha — Brazil’s national drink — is a potent cocktail. Brazilian meats are very ...
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Tags: Brazil, BRIC, Penny stocks
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics |
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Sep 30th, 2010 |
By Jonas Elmerraji |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Over the Counter Markets, Penny stocks, Pink sheet stocks
“Data Show China Growth Merely Moderating,” notes a recent headline in The New York Times, citing September improvements in manufacturing indexes. Despite concerns that China’s emerging economy was set to contract violently in the midst of the Great Recession, the slowdown hasn’t happened. While Western economies got smaller, the Chinese ...
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Tags: China penny stock, china stocks, Penny stocks, pink sheets stocks
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Over the Counter Markets, Penny stocks, Pink sheet stocks |
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Sep 27th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
I’m in Brazil with a group of readers. At least one has figured out what he thinks is the best investment idea of the trip so far.
In our meetings, we met an economist who got everyone’s attention when he started talking about Brazilian financial products and how he’s averaged 25% ...
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Tags: agriculture, Brazil, Commodities
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics |
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Aug 6th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Commodities, Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
In 1972, Russia’s wheat crop failed. Russia had to dip into the global grain markets to meet demand. Before Washington knew the plight of its Cold War adversary, Russia bought up all of the surplus wheat in the U.S. Dubbed “The Great Grain Robbery,” Russia’s purchases sent grain prices soaring ...
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Tags: grain, grain shortage, grain trading
Posted in Commodities, Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics |
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Jul 16th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Investing always involves a kind of leap of faith. Investors have to believe that the numbers they are looking at are real. They have to believe that the financial statements reasonably reflect reality. Without that trust, there is no point in going further. The investor is like a cook unsure ...
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Tags: china dangers, china stock risks, Investing in China, investing in china dangers
Posted in Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics |
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Jul 7th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Commodities, Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Thomas O’Malley, a 68-year-old investor, has made billions for himself and his backers as an investor in oil refineries — those twinkling jungle gyms of pipes and tanks and columns that turn crude oil into useful products like gasoline.
This is O’Malley’s playground. He has probably bought and sold more refineries ...
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Tags: invest in oil refineries, oil refiner stocks
Posted in Commodities, Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics |
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Jun 29th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
While the private economy has done a good job adjusting during the recession and paving the way for the growth we see now, we can’t say the same holds true for the government. In fact, as fiscally irresponsible as the U.S. government has been, the next big shoe to drop ...
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Tags: bankrupt, bankrupt cities, municipal bonds, state bankruptcy
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