Posts Tagged ‘ Global Economy ’
The Resource Wars Are Heating Up
Jul 28th, 2009 | By Andrew Gordon | Category: Stock Market InvestingYou can’t go back. So don’t assume that as the U.S. and the West recovers, they’ll attract foreign capital just like they did before the recession. It’s a far different landscape now. The easy-credit bubbles are gone. And they’ve left us with a hellacious debt burden.
With Inflation on the Horizon, Gold Prices are Ready to Rally
Jul 17th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Featured, Gold MarketWith the global economy on the mend, could gold be gearing up for another record-setting run? It sure looks that way.
Depression Then and Now
Jul 8th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Politics & EconomicsThis is an eye-opener. Whenever I talk about the Great Depression and compare it with what is going on today, I get a lot of skepticism. I hear a lot of people say, definitively, “This isn’t as bad as the Great Depression.”
Investment News Briefs Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Jul 7th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial NewsWorld Bank President to G8: Economy Still Dangerous; Service Sector Improves for Third Straight Month; Rio Sells Packaging Business to Bemis for $1.2 Billion; Crude Prices Drop Again; Report: Bank of America Writeoffs to Rise; Brazil’s Credit Rating Could Increase; DOJ Investigating Telecoms; Father of Web Browser Starts New Tech Venture Capital Firm
Money Tsunami Capsizes the Global Economy
Jul 6th, 2009 | By Richard Daughty | Category: Politics & EconomicsOil Prices Due for a Short-Term Setback, Although Long-Term Outlook Remains Bullish
Jul 6th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Featured, Oil Investment & Alternative EnergyWhile the long-term outlook for oil prices remains bullish, don’t be surprised to see a near-term correction. After tumbling to a low of $33.98 a barrel on Feb. 12, crude oil more than doubled in price, soaring to $69.82 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nasdaq: CME) – before tumbling nearly 4% on Thursday on a worse-than-expected jobs report.
Wall St Stumbles on Recovery Caution
Jul 6th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market InvestingU.S. stocks fell today, Monday, as investors worried about the potential strength and timing of an economic recovery, sending oil prices and energy shares lower.
Stocks Dip, Investors Cautious on Recovery
Jul 3rd, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market InvestingWorld stocks fell today, Friday, after a disappointing U.S. jobs report and a sluggish euro zone services sector survey reinforced expectations that the process of recovery in the global economy would be long and slow.
Alternative Energy Investments: Three Scenarios For Clean Energy
Jun 30th, 2009 | By Jim Stanton | Category: Featured, Oil Investment & Alternative EnergyWhen oil prices moved to over $30 a barrel in the mid 1980s, it was considered a significant event. It also signaled the birth of small ethanol companies in the Midwest. Many of them managed to hang around long enough to get a second wind when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing Gulf War pushed oil prices past $40.