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- Emerging Market Speculator
- March 4, 2010
Although infrastructure was the primary focus of China’s recent stimulus efforts, that bump in spending represents a drop in the bucket over the long haul. The continued migration from rural to urban areas will necessitate massive infrastructure spending over the next two decades.
Chinese Oil Demand and Stocks on the Run
- Emerging Market Speculator
- February 25, 2010
The number of cars in China has doubled over the past three years to 42 million and is expected to hit around 200 million in the next 10 years. Investors should expect China to import more oil and aggressively drill new oil fields.
European Noise
- Emerging Market Speculator
- February 18, 2010
The situation in Greece reinforces that markets will punish irresponsible monetary policies and rising sovereign risk. Asia is free of these problems and boasts solid growth prospects.
The Wall of Worry
- Emerging Market Speculator
- February 11, 2010
The recent market correction has brought Asian equities to attractive valuations; investors take advantage of this weakness to add to positions.
What to Buy with ETFs
- Emerging Market Speculator
- February 4, 2010
The development of the ETF market benefits individual investors because these funds carry lower price tags and allow greater flexibility. The question is which ETFs should you buy?
2010: The Year for Natural Gas
- Emerging Market Speculator
- January 28, 2010
Although renewable energies have a certain cachet as high-tech solutions to the world's energy problems, they're also impractical in the near term. That augurs well for natural gas.
Don't Scorn the Dollar--Redux
- Emerging Market Speculator
- January 21, 2010
For now, investors should regard the US dollar’s strength as a counter-rally in a well-established downtrend.
Google This
- Emerging Market Speculator
- January 14, 2010
While people worry about Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and investing in China, the country’s trade growth increased in December to 17.7 percent year over year, easily surpassing consensus estimate of 5 percent.
Taiwan Travelogue
- Emerging Market Speculator
- January 7, 2010
Research Editor Hannah Hsu spent New Year’s in Taiwan. Although we’ve analyzed Taiwan’s investment opportunities in the past, what follows is a glimpse of everyday life in the island.
Independence Is Just a City in Missouri
- Emerging Market Speculator
- December 30, 2009
In fall 1910 six men set forth from New Jersey, bound for Georgia on what turned out to be arguably the most bountiful “hunting trip” in the history of mankind.
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