Posted on: January 24, 2011
Boy, am I glad I’m not a trader in Japan. My head would be spinning. Does the market go up on news from the US? Or does it go down on news from China? Or is it the other way around? And how does Europe fit into all of this?
Tags: Australia, BHP, GE, Hitachi, Honda, Japan, Japanese economy, Toyota, US recovery
Category: Asia Investing | Company News | Emerging Markets | The Economy | US Economy | Wall Street News
Posted on: January 20, 2011
As much mining as we have going on in the US, it’s taken even more seriously in Canada. So if Canadian firms are sniffing around South American mining assets, that means something…
Tags: Argentina, Australia, BHP, Columbia, commodity boom, Copper, Gran Tierra, HudBay, industrial metals, Peru, Potash
Category: Commodities Corner | Company News | Emerging Markets | Gold, Silver, and Precious Metals | South America Investing
Posted on: January 5, 2011
Those floods in Australia are mammoth, covering an area the size of France and Germany. Short-term impacts on commodity and food prices are now a given. Question is, how long will the effects last?
Tags: Australia, coal, food, food prices, grains, iron, oilseeds, sugar
Category: Asia Investing | Commodities | Commodities Corner
Posted on: January 4, 2011
High energy prices are fine during periods of strong and entrenched economic growth. We’re not there yet…
Tags: Australia, coal, coal prices, coking coal
Category: Asia Investing | Commodities | Commodities Corner | Energy
Posted on: September 24, 2010
Costco Australia swimming in red ink? Yes indeed. But it’s very early…
Tags: Australia, Costco, Costco Australia, retail
Category: Asia Investing | Company News | International Markets | Wall Street News
Posted on: September 17, 2010
Chile follows Australia in wanting to ring more money from mining companies whose profits can swing wildly along with the the price of what they’re digging up. Start of a global trend?
Tags: Australia, Chile, Copper, mining, mining royalities
Category: Commodities | Commodities Corner | Natural Resources | South America Investing
