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Will Brazil Really Nationalize Its Oil?
Brazilian oil workers with the FUP oil union have threatened a nationwide strike, in what seems like another step toward nationalized oil in Brazil
The saber rattling is aimed at Brazil’s biggest oil company, Petrobras (NYSE: PBR). While contentious union relations at Petrobras are part and parcel of the company’s operations, what’s different here is that the conversation focuses on the pre-salt layer off Brazil, triggered by last year’s massive Tupi find.
The newest breakthrough revealed these discoveries are likely to be contiguous, falling under a new set of guidelines that precariously lean toward nationalization of Brazilian oil...
Profit Opportunity as America Movil (AMX) Rolls Out iPhone Across Latin America
Soaring sales of Apple’s iPhone 3G in Latin America reveal an investment opportunity with one of the most overlooked telecom providers in the world. America Movil (NYSE: AMX) already has a waiting list of consumers waiting to buy the Apple iPhone 3G — indicating that strong future sales could propel the Latin American carrier to new highs.
How Brazil’s PetroBras (PBR) Could Deliver Cuban Oil to U.S.
Never heard of Cuban oil?
Well, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Cuba’s oil capacity at 4.6 billion barrels - plus 9.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
That’s why U.S. oil companies are completely frustrated at America’s 44-year-old trade embargo: They can’t get close to it.
But Brazil’s state, oil company, Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), has become a rising star in the story of Cuban oil…
The Cell-Phone Index for Emerging Markets
The former president of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has pointed out that the country’s new middle class is very different from the one Latin America experienced in the 1940s and 1970s: more dependent on the market than on the state.
It’s no coincidence that this market-driven generation is buying up cell phones like crazy.
What that means is market-driven economies, and the entrepreneurs that thrive in them, rely on real-time communications to run their businesses.
Manraaj Singh Says Sugar Is a Sweet Investment Right Now
Sugar could be the next commodity to soar in price, says Profit Hunter’s Manraaj Singh.
The price of sugar has risen 37% in the last year, and this was with a huge surplus. Next year, droughts in India and rains in Brazil — the world’s two biggest sugar producers — could create a shortage in the market.
Manraaj says these supply shocks have not yet been priced into the market, meaning sugar could be at the start of a huge rally…
4 Brazilian Firms Poised to Profit from 2 Powerful Spending Trends
Brazil is no longer just a tourist hot spot, but a solid profit play for savvy investors, too. And one of the best ways to profit from Brazil’s expected 4.8% growth in gross domestic product this year is to invest in one of the Latin American nation’s infrastructure-focused firms.
John Stepek Says It’s Time to Take Profits on Russia
Yesterday, Smart Commodities UK editor Garry White gave readers five reasons to invest in Russia, even as it is engaged in a war with Georgia.
However, the markets tell a different story. Two benchmark Russian share indexes - the RTS index and the MICEX index - hit their lowest levels in nearly two years yesterday.
John Stepek in Money Morning UK is bearish on Russia. He says the country is a basket case built mainly on petrodollars. This leaves it particularly vulnerable to a long-term correction in crude oil prices…
U.S. Political Strife Drives ADM Ethanol Business to Brazil
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), the nation’s largest ethanol producer, could begin shifting much of its biofuels operation to Brazil, as corn-based ethanol attracts continued political scrutiny in the United States.
Two Contrarian Plays: Brazilian Property and Vietnamese Stocks
Bill Bonner says there are still some great investment plays in emerging markets. Yes, inflation is rearing its ugly head in all corners of the globe. Yes, emerging markets are volatile and unpredictable. But capital investment is high, and growth is way above that in the developed world.
Where to Find Real Market Growth
You won’t see really exciting market growth anywhere in the developed world right now. There’s not even much to be found in emerging market economies.
But there are still countries with over 6% growth, says Andrew Gordon in Investor’s Daily Edge. Some of them, such as Afghanistan and Angola, aren’t the safest places in the world, however. And they are difficult to invest in directly.
A way around this is to find an American company doing business in these high-growth economies or a foreign company listed on a US stock exchange.
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