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The Looming Water Shortage

June 13, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
“There’s no argument that water is much more necessary to life than oil. Without water, we die. Without oil, well, we learn to use biofuel… or bicycles.” — Mike Burnick by Mike Burnick Baltimore and Florida – (TFN): Commodity prices have been going through the roof for years, thanks to a [...]

Commodities Trading: The threatening water shortage

April 16, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
“Water stress was a link between rising food prices, disease and conflicts such as the one in Darfur.” — Chris Mayer by Chris Mayer Baltimore – (TFN): I’ll start in the tiny Swiss resort of Davos, the site of the World Economic Summit’s annual conference. Davos has long been a [...]

Foreign Investment: A water shortage may destroy China’s economy

April 15, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“With an economy that’s advancing at an average annual clip of better than 11%, $1.7 trillion in currency reserves, and an emerging middle class that will soon be the world’s largest, China represents the future to globally focused investors and businesses alike. But there’s always been a concern about just how [...]