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Dollar Bear: China’s Simple Solution

May 16, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
Baltimore — (TFN):  As China grapples with the consequences of its devastating earthquake, it is finally confronting the destabilizing forces bubbling up beneath its economic landscape. This week, several key Chinese officials, usually not known for their candor, conspicuously noted the need to both stimulate domestic consumer spending and bring down roaring inflation. While at [...]

Asset Protection: Thirty experts for $99

May 14, 2008 · Filed Under News that Matters · Comments 
“All are coming to see more than 30 of The Sovereign Society’s financial experts from around the globe confront the hard issues facing investors today. They’ll be offering straight talk and actionable advice.” — Erike Nolan by Erika Nolan Baltimore and Panama City, Panama – (TFN): It seems like every day I [...]

Currencies: China is clandestinely widening the yuan-dollar float

January 2, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
"Currency experts are now expecting a gradual 10% increase of the yuan over the dollar throughout 2008." — J. Christoph Amberger by J. Christoph Amberger  Baltimore — (TFN): China may be in the process of clandestinely floating the yuan within a far wider margin than last year. Within the last couple of days — which were [...]

Emerging Markets: Investing in Vietnam

December 10, 2007 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
"Vietnam is just bubbling with young, willing workers, who've gotten a small taste of the good life with the first wave of Western companies pouring funds into the country. And now they want more." — Stephanie Grimmett  by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN) Don't take this as an ad for Vietnam, but it is. I've been pushing [...]

New Personal Finance Interview: How will the falling dollar affect the global economy in 2008?

December 8, 2007 · Filed Under Featured Video · Comments 
Baltimore — (TFN): Are we at the beginning of a "Global Race to the Bottom"? The dollar may be at record lows against most world currencies. But curiously, it is European economies that are feeling the pain most. Crisis Trader Chris DeHaemer tells you how to profit from these currency dynamics.  Click here to view this [...]

Nuclear Energy: China’s nuclear experiment could blow up all over two Western companies

December 7, 2007 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
"We all know how China handles its other outsourcing markets. And I’m guessing many of you have had to chuck at least one product in the last year because of China’s recent ‘cost-saving’ measures… that just happen to cause brain damage or kill the family pet. Do we really want them building our nuclear power [...]

Dollar Decline: A rational perspective on the current exchange rate dynamics

November 22, 2007 · Filed Under News that Matters · Comments 
“If you’ve been an academic economist looking for the end of US economic hegemony for twenty-five years, this is an exciting moment.” — Bob Barbera Blogger’s Note: Now this is something you probably never expected to see at TFN — an NPR Morning Edition interview on an economic or financial subject! But as I indulged in [...]