Articles in International
Crude oil supported by German business confidence despite Spain fears
3/26/2012, 9:45 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Brent crude (
BNO
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) and West Texas Intermediate (
WTI
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) both made gains this morning.
The German
business... Read >>
What to beware of when trading commodity ETFs
3/26/2012, 9:30 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Recent action in the commodity markets begs the question of
how to play the game and stay in it.
Until about a decade ago, the only way to get direct exposure to
... Read >>
Global markets shrug off Spanish election blowback
3/26/2012, 9:25 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
A significant election setback on Sunday for Spain's ruling
party is being
interpreted
as signaling voter doubt about Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's
austerity measures to control... Read >>
Norilsk Nickel receives an offer it cannot refuse
3/26/2012, 9:18 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
According to sources on the ground in Moscow, Rusal CEO Oleg
Deripaska - who once faced charges in a New Jersey
court (later dropped) "including but not... Read >>
Emerging markets week ahead: the sun will come out…
3/26/2012, 8:52 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Emerging markets rebounded somewhat on Friday but still closed
down for the week on continued fears of a slowdown in China and
lower than expected PMI numbers out of Europe.
... Read >>
Shorting RIMM against Apple for fun and profit
3/26/2012, 7:30 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Whenever a company such as Apple (
AAPL
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) rises to the top, money can be made from shorting the shares of
its competitors. Nokia (
NOK
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) is stock that
can... Read >>
What to look for in this weeks annual USDA Prospective Plantings report
3/26/2012, 6:30 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Since mid-December corn and soybean futures have been trending
higher up to hit six month highs this week. The technicals confirm
the move and remain bullish heading into the U.S. planting... Read >>
The shipping index is rocking despite overcapacity
3/25/2012, 2:17 pm from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Traders are famously obsessed with the Baltic Dry index of
shipping costs for its ability to forecast not only commodity
trends but the outlook for manufacturing and the global economy.
... Read >>
Russian car sales are slowing again, so here is your cheat sheet
3/25/2012, 11:50 am from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
The Russian Ministry of Industry now expects car sales to edge
up by 6% over the next year, which is a sharp pull back from the
23% growth rate everyone predicted a few months ago.... Read >>
Russian stocks have all the macro fuel they need
3/24/2012, 2:05 pm from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Equities in Moscow seem much better placed than their
counterparts elsewhere in the emerging world and today's
macroeconomic data only bring that point home. This is a great
time to be... Read >>