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With news that Osama Bin Laden had been shot and killed by US forces on Sunday evening (between May 1 and May 2 in Pakistan), oil prices dropped and seemed to take other commodities down with it. More than three hours after the initial announcement on CNN, all commodities have sold off and analysts are [...]
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With all the global investment attention on China, India and Latin America, now’s a good time to research African equities and African ETFs for your frontier markets portfolio.
Most people still think of Africa’s wealth in terms of its natural resources – gold, diamonds, oil. This is true, but the fact is that capitalism has trickled [...]
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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 Canadian dollar (CAD) is a commodity currency, for better or for worse. This means that global traders view its worth in terms of the commodities produced within the Canadian economy: gold, timber, silver, nickel, potash, wheat, natural gas and, of course, oil.
By far the most strong correlation with the value of the Canadian [...]
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Here’s one of Jim Rogers’ latest interviews with Bloomberg (June 5, 2008). I always smile at these. He seems so annoyed and frustrated at talking with journalists and reporters. It’s as though he feels that it’s all so common sense – of course you should know that bankruptcies are signs of bottoms [...]
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