From the monthly archives:
China Life Insurance Group is interested in purchasing AIG’s Asian Insurance unit, to maintain the stability of their Chinese operations.
My Opinion: We are witnessing a paradigm shift in global economics where it is no longer the traditional North American or Western European nations coming to the aid of Asian economies, as we have [...]
China Life Insurance Group is interested in purchasing AIG’s Asian Insurance unit, to maintain the stability of their Chinese operations.
My Opinion: We are witnessing a paradigm shift in global economics where it is no longer the traditional North American or Western European nations coming to the aid of Asian economies, as we have grown [...]
We’ll have to see where gold ends, the day, but it started the morning strong. Strong enough that I made new recommendations for Red-Hot Commodity ETFs and Red-Hot Global Small-Caps. Then gold turned lower. Dang!
These positions are small and we’re using stops, so if the market turns against us, it won’t hurt that much. And meanwhile, [...]
While there is a threat Asian companies will emulate their U.S. peers and cut dividends this year, it should not distract serious investors from the huge dividend yields currently available in the region.
Current yields in the region are at their highest levels in almost two decades, offering more bargain opportunities than existed during the [...]
While there is a threat Asian companies will emulate their U.S. peers and cut dividends this year, it should not distract serious investors from the huge dividend yields currently available in the region.
Current yields in the region are at their highest levels in almost two decades, offering more bargain opportunities than existed during the 1998 [...]
In an article I just turned in for Dow Jones Marketwatch (it will be published in March) I wondered about the safety of Caribbean Banks — the ones that promise “ultimate privacy” for discerning clients. Basically, they’re banks where you go if you …
A) think you’re going to get sued and want to shelter some [...]
As expected, China’s gobbling up natural resource plays. See article below. — Larry
China’s Buying Spree in Global Fire Sale
This month China bought stakes in French, Canadian, and Australian firms.
Feb 23, 2009 (The Christian Science Monitor) Beijing — General Motors is doing it. The world’s second-largest mining group is doing it. Russia, Brazil, and Venezuela are [...]
In an article I just turned in for Dow Jones Marketwatch (it will be published in March) I wondered about the safety of Caribbean Banks — the ones that promise “ultimate privacy” for discerning clients. Basically, they’re banks where you go if you …
A) think you’re going to get sued and want to shelter some [...]
yesterday, my subscribers got a report on a Canadian-based company exploring for silver in Mexico — Mag Silver. The company has a new resource estimate out today. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/dcte8g
We know that the relationship between gold and the dollar has changed. It used to be that gold moved opposite (inverse) to the U.S. dollar; now they tend to track each other. What changed?
A recent report in Bloomberg says that the dollar’s inverse relationship with gold reversed as the global recession deepened, increasing the appeal [...]
