Author: Tim Shirata

“The superior man seeks what is right; the inferior one, what is profitable.”-Confucius Regime Change — A Global Domino Effect? Tunisia. Now Egypt. The cabinet fired in Jordan. Who is next and where? Nobody can...

The Fast Lane of Global Consumer Electronics When we attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month, it was quite obvious that we were witnessing a genuine global phenomenon playing out — an...

Chalk it up primarily to three factors: 1) Stock prices on the rise, from which people tend to draw optimism; 2) Money printing, also known as quantitative easing (QE), continues unabated in the U.S., Europe, and Japan; 3)...

Imminent U.S. Dollar Rally to Create Buying Opportunities in Strong Currencies and Commodities The U.S. dollar appears poised to rally and rise in the coming weeks, according to a technical analysis.  During this period,...

Economic growth will be fine. The debt overhang will be handled by continuing and accelerated Quantitative Easing.  Looking ahead, we are quite optimistic about demand for stocks, gold, and commodities in 2011...

2011 In Context There are two major trends in place that set the stage for world economics in 2011.  The first is China’s continued rise.  Although the U.S. remains the most powerful...

“It’s all in the mind, you know.”- George Harrison Obama Moves Towards The Center It would appear that President Obama absorbed the fact that November’s midterm elections eliminated the Democrats’...

This Week We Make Some Changes To Our Recommendations After several months of bullishness on a number of emerging markets in Asia and Latin America, we are no longer recommending investment in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,...

  U.S. Tax Cuts Extended – This Is Bullish For Stocks, And It Means More QE From The U.S. And Europe   After the news broke of an agreement between U.S. lawmakers to extend the Bush tax breaks, some people...