Time to Take the “Emerging” Out of Emerging Markets
by Jason Jenkins, Investment U Research
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Time to Take the “Emerging” Out of Emerging Markets
December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How the US Could Have “467,000 More Jobs Right Now”
June 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the US’ nine-plus percent unemployment rate — and when no stone should be left unturned in boosting jobs — there’s a huge, and currently untapped, potential job creation engine in tourism.
Since just last April, Brazilians have spent $1.4 billion as tourists, an 83 percent increase from that same time frame the year before. However, it turns out those dollars are largely not being spent in the US. The giant and growing BRIC tourist numbers are not making it to the US to spend their money, and create jobs in the tourism industry, even though they want to, simply because it’s too hard to get in the US.
[Read more...]How the US Could Have “467,000 More Jobs Right Now”
June 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the US’ nine-plus percent unemployment rate — and when no stone should be left unturned in boosting jobs — there’s a huge, and currently untapped, potential job creation engine in tourism.
Since just last April, Brazilians have spent $1.4 billion as tourists, an 83 percent increase from that same time frame the year before. However, it turns out those dollars are largely not being spent in the US. The giant and growing BRIC tourist numbers are not making it to the US to spend their money, and create jobs in the tourism industry, even though they want to, simply because it’s too hard to get in the US.
[Read more...]How the US Could Have “467,000 More Jobs Right Now”
June 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the US’ nine-plus percent unemployment rate — and when no stone should be left unturned in boosting jobs — there’s a huge, and currently untapped, potential job creation engine in tourism.
Since just last April, Brazilians have spent $1.4 billion as tourists, an 83 percent increase from that same time frame the year before. However, it turns out those dollars are largely not being spent in the US. The giant and growing BRIC tourist numbers are not making it to the US to spend their money, and create jobs in the tourism industry, even though they want to, simply because it’s too hard to get in the US.
[Read more...]US Desperately Needs $2 Trillion in Infrastructure Repairs
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A recent study conducted by Ernst & Young for the Urban Land Institute shows the US badly needs $2 trillion in infrastructure rehabilitation for services and facilities — ranging from roads and bridges to sewers and dams — which are quickly reaching the end of their planned useful life.
[Read more...]PotashCorp (NYSE:POT) — Soars 27% on BHP Buyout Offer, so Now What?
August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PotashCorp (NYSE:POT), the Canadian integrated fertilizer and feed products company with operations in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, was just offered a roughly $38 billion cash buyout by mega-miner BHP Billiton… nothing to sneeze at.
[Read more...]China to be Brazil’s Number One Investor, Trading Partner
July 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Consistently adding to its long list of “world’s largest fill-in-the-blank,? China – having already invested more than $20 billion in Brazil so far in 2010 — is now projected to become Brazil’s biggest investor. Although China’s year-to-date investment is an enormous increase over last year (when it was 29th), China had already become Brazil’s number one trading partner in 2009.
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How QE3 Could Bring About $5,000 Gold and $1,000 Silver
In his recent commentary, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard sees the world nearing a revived gold standard as the US, Europe, and Japan all continue testing the limits of maximum sovereign debt levels.
With potential for QE3 — a third round of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program — on the horizon, governments around the world must consider alternatives to the US dollar and other paper money. These developments are likely to continue impacting precious metal prices.
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