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Foreign Investment: Profit from Burj Dubai

“If there is one emblem of Dubai’s fast growth, it’s the Burj, whose completed height of 2,684 feet is a symbol of the emirate’s transformation into the Middle East’s financial and tourism hub.” — Mike Caggeso by Mike Caggeso, Money Morning Baltimore – (TFN): When flocks of tourists gaze from the top [...]

Foreign Investments: Forget the mainland, Taiwan’s your best bet in China

“Taiwan is much richer than China – its per capita Gross Domestic Product is $29,800 (calculated on a purchasing power parity basis), which is closer to the levels prevailing in Western Europe rather than China’s per capita GDP of $5,300.” — Martin Hutchinson Blogger’s note: Taiwan is more stable, richer and [...]

Profit from the 2008 Beijing Olympics

“There’s going to be a lot of money flowing through Beijing as consumers, advertisers, and investors alike swarm the city. Here are a few of the leading candidates to win big come August.” — Jason Simpkins by Jason Simpkins Baltimore – (TFN): The 85,000-mile relay that will culminate with the lighting of the [...]

The Great Debate: Decoupling

  "The subprime crisis, now referred to as the U.S. housing debacle, has certainly stirred up much controversy about a greater debate, decoupling.  Many analysts question whether the U.S. recession will cause emerging markets to follow suit.  " — Krista Das Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from the March 29 Market Insights video with Krista [...]

African News: A safe haven in the U.S. market crisis

"They’d watch the jeweller meticulously cast his loupe over their tanzanite, before weighing them for quality. After a wait of an hour or so, they could walk out with as much as $2,000-$3,000 — not bad for two or three weeks’ work." — Jody Clarke by Jody Clarke Baltimore [...]

Visa IPO Aftermath: Europe’s in trouble, but China’s buying

"The antitrust investigation is standard procedure, according to the commission. But when Mastercard went through the same standard procedure last year, the commission ruled that its exchange fee system was contrary to the EU’s antitrust rules." — Stephanie Grimmett by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore – (TFN): Maybe Visa already knew this was coming three years [...]

Foreign Investment: Tata and Ford set the date for Jag/Land Rover sale

"The sticky trap for the sale seems to have been the unions involved. And the deal they’ve gotten out of two companies looks like a pretty sweet one." — Stephanie Grimmett by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN): The date is set. And these two (er, three?) crazy kids are finally gonna tie the knot… as soon as [...]

Currency Trading: Are gains left in the Canadian loonie?

"In November 2007, the loonie spiked to a record $1.10 on soaring commodities prices. Recently, however, the loonie has been shedding its strength." — Sally Limantour by Sally Limantour Baltimore — (TFN): The Canadian dollar is affectionately known as the “loonie” because of the picture a loon on the coins. And today’s chart is FXC, the [...]

Medical Tourism: High-tech hospitals across the border

"Carlos Slim, Mexican business magnate and second-richest man on the planet, is planning a system of high-quality hospitals in Mexico specifically to cater to U.S. babyboomers." — Dan Prescher by Dan Prescher Baltimore – (TFN):  The U.S. health care system is overpriced and out of reach for millions of Americans… [...]

Foreign Investment: Investing in China’s infrastructure

"China is smart.  It is focused on its domestic economy.  And though its land mass is nearly as large as the U.S. and it is actually surrounded by the world’s bad guys, China spends about 10 times less each year on defense than the U.S. does." — [...]

Foreign Investment: Avoid “the new BRIC” countries

"When it comes to Wall Street, the worse the markets around the world behave, the more you’re going to hear about potential ‘alternatives.’" — Keith Fitz-Gerald by Keith Fitz-Gerald Baltimore – (TFN):  Here’s a warning to investors. There’s a new term you’re going to hear a lot about in the [...]

Foreign Investment: Kuwait and the Visa IPO

"Because of falling prices, (the Kuwait sovereign fund) has become increasingly interested in making investments in European and U.S. financial-services and real-estate companies." — William Patalone Blogger’s Note: William Patalone of Investor’s Daily Edge has a scoop on the Visa IPO. It seems Kuwait’s sovereign fund would like to own part of on [...]

Foreign Investment: For Tata Motors, cheap cars mean higher profits

"Tata released its one lakh car, the Nano, to a lot of fanfare, but little stock movement, a couple of months ago… perhaps American investors couldn’t get their brains past the complex math of turning one lakh rupees into dollars and cents profit." — Stephanie Grimmett   by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore – (TFN): It’s time [...]

Privacy Protection: Liechtenstein vs. the “free” world

“Recently, the German government illegally bribed a disgruntled former Liechtenstein bank employee for confidential bank information stolen from LGT Bank in Liechtenstein.” — Bob Bauman by Bob Bauman Baltimore – (TFN): By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the recent Lichtenstein affair. But just in case you missed it, [...]

Foreign Investment: Cuba’s currency predicts an economic train wreck

"In March of 2005, Cuban President Fidel Castro announced he would decrease the value of the Cuban peso 7% in a single day. In other words, Fidel Castro was debasing his country’s currency — on purpose." — Sean Hyman by Sean Hyman Baltimore – (TFN):  There’s a lot to be said for watching other investors’ mistakes to [...]

Investing in South America: Where to look for Latin American profits

"Given the interdependence of the North, Central and South American economies, a recession in United States could have a strong effect south of the border." — Laura Cadden   Baltimore — (TFN): This is taken from TFN’s Smart Trading Action Alert video with Juan Munoz, editor of ADRTraders.com. Laura Cadden: With the attention of the Western financial press [...]

Foreign Investment: The basics of international investing

"We’ve received several questions about investing in foreign stocks after J. Christoph Amberger’s Chinese-Canadian Gold Mining story in our International Investing blog here at Today’s Financial News. So I’ve prepared a short primer." — Stephanie Grimmett by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN): We’ve received several questions about investing in foreign stocks after J. Christoph Amberger’s Chinese-Canadian [...]

Asset Protection: Will the EU destroy tax havens?

“German policymakers just announced they will seek European Union approval for a general “crackdown” on all tax havens in Europe.” — Bob Bauman by Bob Bauman Baltimore – (TFN): As I predicted, German policymakers just announced they will seek European Union approval for a general “crackdown” on all tax havens in [...]

Foreign Investment: Taiwan goes international

"In January 2008, the Taiwan Stock Exchange stated plans to list more than a dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from the U.S., Japan, Korea, Singapore and France during the next six months." — Sally Limantour by Sally Limantour, Taipan Baltimore – (TFN):  While the U.S. stock indexes suffer, overseas markets are attracting more [...]

Foreign Investment: China’s no longer on top

"Is this the end of the beginning for China's global dominance? Or is it the beginning of the end for China? Is it time to jump ship and forget about China for awhile - or is this another great buying opportunity?" — Mike Burnick by Mike Burnick Baltimore – (TFN):  In Friday's [...]

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