June 12, 2012
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Because you’ve already heard of BHP Billiton, here’s a compendium of 12 of the more important gold producers in Australia right now in 2012. (Many previous companies have been bought up and/or merged with larger, existing companies, so past data is not as accurate). And you know it’s time to buy gold. So, I’ve done [...]
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June 10, 2012
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If you want to be poised for the next wave of genuine global growth (i.e., growth based on purchase orders, housing starts and other construction, etc.), you really need to be invested in resources.
Since China might still be too risky a play for many of you, and since I’ve already written quite a bit about [...]
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June 8, 2012
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Last week we were surprised to see a 25 basis point rate cut by Australia – whose inflation and unemployment levels are in a healthy range – so to now see that even China has cut interest rates, well, that’s telling you something significant about the weakness and risks facing global growth.
First Rate Cut Since [...]
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August 26, 2010 · 2 comments
in ADRs, Australia, Canadian, M&A, S&P/TSX, agriculture, business, capitalism, commodities, financial education, international economy, market reports, news and updates, potash, resources, stocks, terminology
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If you’re a Canadian investor or you follow the commodities market, you’ve heard of BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover proposal for Saskatchewan’s Potash Corporation of Canada (TSX: POT) last week.
BHP Billiton proposed a buyout of Potash at a price of just $130/share. A price significantly lower than the June 2008 highs above $200/share that we saw [...]
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The biggest Australian banks are wholly-owned Australian companies and all pay dividends. Known as the “Big Four” – (compare that with Canada’s “Big Five” or as some say, “Big Six“) – these Australian banks by no means represent all of the Australian banking sector, but they are the ones with the largest presence.
See the list [...]
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Australia just became the first major central bank to raise its interest rate (today, October 6, 2009) since the beginning of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. From 3.00%, it raised rates 25 basis points to 3.25%. So what? What does this mean, you might be asking?
Below I’ll take a look at some of the effects [...]
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Colonial First State is the latest wealth management company to freeze funds down under: previously Perpetual, AXA, and Australian Unity did last week. Read the coverage here.
Could this happen in the US and/or Canada? You bet. Why not? Getting pretty scary. Nothing like someone preventing you from taking your money before it falls to zero.
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