If The China Bubble Bursts (Guest Post)
By Russ Winter “If the situation does not improve, we’ll definitely want to quit (production). The sun is setting on the Christmas product industry (in China) right now.” — Owner of...
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Ban Oil Imports for Energy Security?
By Dian L. Chu I came across an interesting editorial at Houston Chronicle dated Feb. 26 written by Yale Graduates Energy Study Group discussing energy security and independence. In the article, the authors propose a...
Read MoreGasoline: No Cure For High Prices Like High Prices
By Dian L. Chu Crude oil market has been on a wild roller coaster ride ever since riots started escalating in Egypt and Libya. The latest Libyan supply disruptions sent WTI futures surging above $103 a...
Read MoreIs Orange Juice Approaching A Double Top?
By Dian L. Chu Over the past year, orange juice futures have roughly doubled, and could rise some more as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in February cut its forecast for the US orange crop following a series of winter...
Read MoreMorningstar’s Top Takeover Targets in 2011 (Guest Post)
By Hedge Fund Live The spreadsheet below gives you the up-to-date internals for the top take out names identified by Morningstar. Before getting to the spreadsheet let me tell you what these companies do and what the...
Read MoreTop 12 Countries Most Likely To Go Belly Up
By Dian L. Chu Risk analysis firm Maplecroft just released its new fiscal risk index ranking of 163 countries. Europe trumps all other regions with 11 out of twelve courtiers rated as “extreme risk.” However, quite...
Read MoreA Tale of Crudes: Anybody Got A Big Rig?
By Dian L. Chu, EconForecat On Wednesday, Feb. 16 Israel said Iran is sending two warships into the Suez Canal on way to Syria, and that the action is considered a “provocation.” Due to the long history of...
Read MoreClean Energy: Coconuts vs. Swallows of Coal and Natural Gas (Guest Post)
By Bill WilloughbyThere’s a memorable part in the 1970s movie Monty Python & the Holy Grail where King Arthur argues with a guard on a castle wall about whether a swallow could have carried a coconut to...
Read MoreChina Inflation: Getting Worse and Coming To A Wal-Mart Near You
By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast On Tuesday Feb. 15, China reported its consumer prices (CPI) rose 4.9% year-over-year (yoy) in January, which came in less than expected. Economists were expecting 5.4% inflation, based on a...
Read MoreAs Chinese Exporters Go Down, Western Importers Are Ambushed (Guest Post)
By Russ Winter At long last the mainstream media and Chinese advisories are picking up on the China export bust story that I have warned about for months. The New York Times ran this economic story of the decade last week, while...
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