Video: How the Chinese Government Can Rev Economy Back Up Again
Andrew Gordon says that One Move Can Kickstart China’s Slowing Economic Engine into Hyperdrive.
Archive for: Emerging Markets
Will The Emerging Market Miracle Continue?
The old conventional wisdom: If you can stomach the risk, invest in the unstable and unpredictable but potentially highly profitable emerging markets.The new conventional wisdom…
Predicting the Next EM Rally
Stocks in the emerging markets did terribly last year. They plunged 22% compared to a flat S&P 500. So how about this year? When will the emerging markets stage their next big rally? I track one sign more than any other. And it hasn’t let me down yet. It’s when these countries
Biblical Predictions For Emerging Markets.
Did the biblical story of Joseph and his dream predicting seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine anticipate a modern market pattern of up and down years that emerging markets seem to be following? Seems like a fascinating premise. Beginning in 1975, there’s been a pattern of seven years
How Three Powerful Latin American Radicals Could Control the Fate Of the World
Americans are gruff and loud. They don’t say thank you. And they refuse to speak your language…even the basics of hello, good-bye and thank you. How do I know this? I read it in the foreign press. You can argue against this stereotypical perception of the “Ugly American” until you’re blue in
Ethanol: US Takes Step Back and Brazil Steps Up
Budgetary considerations forced the US government to remove its ethanol subsidies. All I can say is, ‘bout time. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) protested. And Brazil rejoiced. And days after the US government also scrapped import tariffs (mostly aimed at Brazilian exports of ethanol into the US), Brazil’s state development bank announced
Manias and Manic Behavior Drive Investors To Make the Wrong Decision 85% of the Time
Ready for the ol’ “good news/bad news” message? First the good news. It isn’t intelligence or lack of information that is preventing you from doing better with your stock investments. Now the bad news: Rather it’s your emotions. And the bigger the stakes, the more likely it is that your emotions will
Why This “Doctor” Is Full of Bad Advice
Next time a talking head on TV refers to copper prices as a surefire sign that the global economy is doing fine or about to expire, take it with a giant grain of salt. They clearly haven’t been paying attention to the latest developments regarding copper. The red metal, dubbed “Dr. Copper”
