June 11, 2012
in 2012, 2013, ADRs, Africa, BRIC, China, Kenya, World Bank, agriculture, commodities, emerging markets, forecasts, foreign investment, frontier markets, international stock market, stock exchanges, stock picks
The year is 2012 and it is time for you to get some Kenya in your portfolio. Kenya has one of the most rapidly-growing GDPs.
Over the weekend the World Bank sent out a tweet about Kenya’s “tipping point” – by 2020, Kenya will be a full-fledged middle-class country. Since 2001, many gains have been made [...]
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June 7, 2012
in 2012, 2013, 2014, FOMC, Federal Reserve, Germany, Obama, QE, US Treasury, US debt, central banks, debt, economy, employment, forecasts, government, inflation, news and updates, recession, stimulus
Heads of the Federal Reserves of Atlanta, St. Louis and San Francisco this week have all expressed agreement on the fact that more stimulus – aka monetary accomodation - is needed for the US economy. John Williams (San Francisco), Dennis Lockhart (Atlanta) and James Bullard (St. Louis) – all voting members of the FOMC (Federal [...]
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June 4, 2012
in 2013, 2014, George Soros, Jim Rogers, QE, currencies, debt, deficits, depression, economy, europe, exchange rates, forecasts, fundamentals, future, indicators, international economy, market timing, risk, wealth protection
Top economic advisors and analysts are shouting a common refrain these days. And when two of their more prominent issue global economic warnings forecasts in the same morning, you want to listen. I’ve also outlined what I see as the developments in trends over the next five years, and many of them provide a broader [...]
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May 30, 2012
in G20, G8, economy, education, emerging markets, energy, environment, financial planning, food, forecasts, frontier markets, future, government, health, healthcare, indicators, inflation, infrastructure, international economy, investing, market timing, market trends, precious metals, predictions, preparedness, resources, sectors, technology, trends, world order, world reserve currency
In some sense, economics itself is about predicting the future. It makes forecasts based on past performance and behaviours. Statistics, quarterly reports and other numerical data facilitate this process. In order to plan your own life out another 5 years or more, in order to achieve goals you’ve set, you adopt budgets and you might [...]
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May 30, 2012
in 2012, IPOs, NASDAQ, earnings, forecasts, investing, market reports, market timing, media, news and updates, predictions, prices, risk, social media
Today, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) shares plunged below $30 for the first time. Speculators are now running wild with “I-told-you-so” arguments (and I told you so, too) and dismal proclamations about Facebook’s future (or “faceplant”) from here.
The question now that Facebook has broke through a new floor is how low Facebook shares can sink from here? [...]
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May 29, 2012
in France, G8, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, bailout, bankruptcy, bonds, debt, deficits, economy, europe, exchange rates, forecasts, foreign investment, indicators, international economy, news and updates, politics, risk, sovereign debt
Will Eurobonds be the solution to the European fiscal mess? There’s so much debt out there already, can more European debt really be the answer?
Nevertheless, the “Eurobond” is what Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has proposed as a way out of the European debt situation. Perhaps a Eurobond offering would calm global markets over European [...]
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May 28, 2012
in 2012, ADRs, IPOs, NASDAQ, NYSE, forecasts, market trends, social media, stock picks, tech
I’m not going to tell you that you should already own Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), especially now that it has a juicy dividend – because you already own it. Same with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), right?
So here’s a list of some other great companies that are leading us into the next decade. Perhaps, [...]
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