National governments are demanding a larger portion of global savings. Government welfare transfer schemes and bailouts have to be funded from borrowing (unless from money printing), which also makes capital harder for private companies to get. Corporate cash flows will revert to the mean in the absence of huge infusions of credit to finance the growth of the balance sheet.
August 10th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 13 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "bhp billiton"
Small Caps to Lead the Way in 2009
Probably the biggest story this week was the end of what was destined to be the merger of the century. Aside from all the why’s and wherefore’s about what went wrong with the merger, it also elicited the greatest number of marriage/engagement/divorce metaphors in the history of journalism…
November 29th, 2008 | Kris Sayce | 1 comment | Continued
Lehman CDS Auction Hammers Australian Resource Stocks
Finally, Australia gets its own $700 billion plan. Kevin Rudd’s government moved yesterday to slap a Federal guarantee on all deposits with banks, credit unions, and building societies. The $700 billion guarantee includes Australian subsidiaries of foreign owned banks. The government wants people to understand their money is safe in the banks. That’s why that last bit is in there. It’s designed to keep foreign holders of Aussie dollars from engaging in a run on the dollar and bringing their money home.
October 13th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
The Market Price for the Resources China Wants is Rising
Who is the predator and who is the prey? That is what we wonder today. Is China preying on BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)? Or is BHP preying on Rio? Who are the barracudas and who are the minnows? First, the big fish. “With iron ore prices rising explosively,” says China’s National Development Reform Commission (NDRC), “many domestic firms are very enthusiastic about investing in overseas mines, which needs strengthened macro guidance from the country.”
April 17th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
Rio Tinto’s Three Pillars of Growth for 2008
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) out-punched BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) in the half-year-results contest. Rio Tinto reported $8.3 billion in “underlying profit.” Diggers and Drillers editor Al Robinson looks at BHP Billiton side-by-side with Rio Tinto and says, “Both had negative earnings growth at the bottom line (BHP Billiton -2.8%, Rio Tinto -1%). Both had positive earnings after strategically removing a few significant items (2.8%, 2%). Rio Tinto’s result was slightly above expectations, and BHP Billiton’s slightly below.”
February 14th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
An Analysis of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam Upgrade: What does it mean for investors?
The Daily Reckoning Australia’s Al Robinson breaks down BHP Billiton’s big Olympic Dam announcement today. What does it mean for future earnings and the present stock price? Listen in on the full report at the link below (runs about five minutes) or read the full transcript.
BHP Billiton Podcast
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