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Oct 29th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Financial News
The base metals were nearly all in positive territory on Tuesday. Copper prolonged its rally, with buying coming in on dips through the day, and finishing at its intraday high of $1.9204/lb., up more than 7 2/3 cents. Nickel soared in the afternoon hours, before easing a bit late to close at $5.2435/lb., up 23 1/3 cents.
Tags: ACH, Aluminum Prices, Base Metals, commodities, copper, Copper Prices, Doug Casey, Industrial Metals, mining stocks, Nickel Prices, Resource Companies, resources, Rio Tinto Rtp, RTP, Zinc, Zinc Prices
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Aug 14th, 2008 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Emerging Markets, Financial News
There’s more bad news for those of you who are worrying about the United States’ global geo-strategic position. According to a recent report, starting next year, Chinese manufacturing output will exceed that of the United States.
Tags: ACH, ACID, aluminum, investing in China, Martin Hutchinson, RDY, TSM
Posted in Emerging Markets, Financial News |
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Aug 14th, 2008 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
You may have heard about Brazil’s Tupi and Carioca, which may be the two biggest oil fields discovered in the last 30 years. What makes these discoveries particularly remarkable, in addition to their size, is where they are. They lie underwater, hundreds of miles off the coast of Brazil. Call it “blue water energy.”
Tags: , ACH, BHP, Chris Mayer, MS, PBR, Sinosteel, XME
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Jul 22nd, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Financial News, Gold Market
The base metals all moved higher on Monday. Copper peaked during the pre-dawn hours and, though it declined to mid-morning, staged a later day rally to finish at $3.7938/lb., up more than 3 cents.
Nickel fell off its peak around the noon hour, but remained in positive territory at $9.2238/lb., up 4 2/3 cents. Zinc bottomed at mid-morning, but took off strongly from there, ending at its intraday high of $0.8371/lb., up nearly 2½ cents. Aluminum traded very jaggedly, to little eventual effect, closing at $1.3615/lb., up three-quarters of a cent, while lead was up straight through the day, just coming off its intraday high at $0.9295/lb., up 4 1/3 cents.
Copper was strong on the rise in crude, and the associated…
Tags: ACH, aluminum, Doug Casey, Investing in Copper, PCU
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Jul 21st, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
The recent buyout of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR) by Cleveland Cliffs Inc. (CLF) could ignite more than $50 billion worth of M&A deals in the U.S. coal industry over the next few years as Mainland China rushes to solve a major energy shortfall.
Tags: AA, ACH, ANR, BHP, BNPQY, BTU, CLF, ICO, Jason Simpkins, RTP, US dollar
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Jul 11th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Gold Market
The base metals were nearly all in the black on Thursday. Copper started up in the pre-dawn hours and climbed until the late morning, but then ran into a determined selloff that sank it back into negative territory at $3.7929/lb., down a penny and a third.
Tags: ACH, BARC, Doug Casey, investing in China, Investing in Copper, investing in nickel, MF
Posted in Gold Market |
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May 15th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Deere’s Bountiful Harvest; Dupont Teams Up with Danisco; Miller Takes Over Grolsch Distribution; China Quake May Pause Interest Rate Hike; Aluminum Corp. of China May Nab BHP Stake; Whole Food Drops on Disappointing Sales Gain; Food Costs Sink Jack in the Box; Freddie Mac Gets Creative with the Books.
Tags: , ACH, BUD, corn, DD, DE, ethanol, food costs, FRE, JBX, MER, Merrill Lynch, RTP, SBMRY, Sugar Cane, US stocks, WFMI
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May 14th, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Gold Market
There has been little said about BHP Billiton Ltd.’s (BHP) attempted takeover of Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) in recent months, but the proposal is far from dead.
Tags: AA, ACH, Alcoa, aluminum, Asian Markets, BHP, Chalco, iron, Mining Companies, RIO, Rio Tinto, RTP, Steel Association, Tom Albanese
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Apr 25th, 2008 |
By Mike Caggeso |
Category: International Investing
The People’s Republic of China: When Asia expert Keith Fitz-Gerald first returned to this country a week ago, he was overwhelmed by a single impression.
Tags: ACH, aluminum, Asia Expert, Bustle, china, Construction Equipment, Construction Site, Decoupling, Divergence, Downturn, E Mail, Economic Strength, Fitz Gerald, FXI, International Investing, Investment Director, LFC, Mail Interview, Mainland China, Massive Profit, PTR, Republic Of China, S Market, Scaffolding, Stock Market Slump, Stock Markets, Worldwide Markets
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Mar 31st, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Stock Market Investing
The U.S. buyout market is about to enter a new phase, as corporate takeovers pick up where private-equity firms left off last fall. The deal-making market is a key to the health of the U.S. stock market.
Tags: AA, AAUK, ACH, BHP, BSC, EBAY, GOOG, JPM, LEH, M&A, MMX, MSFT, RTP, TWX, US stocks, YHOO
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