Today’s terms of trade boom exceeds anything Australia has seen in previous booms. The wool booms in the 1920s and the 1950s – both war related – helped Australia ride the sheep’s back to prosperity. This time, Australia is riding the Dragon’s back to prosperity.
January 23rd, 2012 | Dan Denning | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "commodities"
My Crystal Ball for the Markets in 2012
There are great opportunities, but also the potential for painful setbacks. The sentiment, of course, applies to all markets – and life in general. Welcome to 2012. What opportunities and surprises can we look for in the year ahead? Some thoughts…
January 17th, 2012 | Chris Mayer | 1 comment | Continued
Australia Forgets the Little People
How about that? Contrary to our gloomy disposition yesterday, the stock market has taken off like a rocket this morning. The material sector is up 2.9% today alone. It was the worst performing sector in Australia on the ASX in 2011, down 25% thanks to lower commodity prices.
January 4th, 2012 | Dan Denning | 7 comments | Continued
Commodity Correction
Excellent. Australia has a brand new mining tax just in time for a huge correction in commodities. Yesterday we mentioned the probability that the bond crisis in Europe was inherently deflationary. Europe’s debt reckoning will result in massive deleveraging in the financial system. And the last time that happened, a lot of long-term speculative bets on commodities were liquidated.
November 23rd, 2011 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
Every Investor in Commodities Should Know China is their Biggest Buyer
Remember the phrase “Buy what China needs to buy”? It was a good thesis for us for years. I dipped the ladle into this idea bowl often. And the stocks of producers of potash, oil, iron ore and other stuff from the earth did well. But the tides of fortune ebb and flow. Will these commodities be good investments from here?
September 7th, 2011 | Chris Mayer | 0 comments | Continued
The World Hums
And once again the world is humming. World steel production hit a new all-time record in March, according to the World Steel Organisation. Global steel mills cranked out 120.3 million tonnes of steel, an increase of 30.6% from the same time last year.
April 27th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
An Uptrend in Commodities?
If the Renminbi were allowed to appreciate, then China would be able to afford more imports. For the things that China imports a lot of such as iron ore, copper and platinum, prices in these commodities should rise.
April 21st, 2010 | Dr. Alex Cowie | 2 comments | Continued
Speculators and Chinese Firms Accumulating Australian Resource Companies and Commodities
And while China and America bicker over currencies, Chinese firms are scrambling to buy real assets. And while Aussie banks source foreign borrowing to lend in local real estate, Aussie mining firms go begging for bits of capital that would bring world-class ore bodies (and key strategic resources) into production…by local producers and owners.
November 19th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
When People Fear Inflation or a Falling Dollar They Find Refuge in Gold
Gold is also a target of greedy speculators sometimes, even when the going is good. According to a study done by the World Gold Council, you never know what gold will do.
October 5th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
What is this “Breakeven Point” for Oil?
And it is not just oil, but all commodities that are shooting up, as Ian Mathias here at The Daily Reckoning reports that commodities are on a tear (up 12.3%), and that “May was the best month for the CRB Index since 1974,” which was more than a third of a century ago.
June 9th, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 2 comments | Continued
Trends Make Investors Less Afraid of Risk
But on March 9, 2009, came a lull. Reluctantly, investors came out of their storm shelters. The skies lightened…the sun shined. Oil has gone up 53% since then. Stocks worldwide are up about 30%.
And now…people say “the worst is behind us.”
June 4th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Commodities Tell Us the World Won’t Stop Turning in a Financial Crisis
The Aussie gold price is fighting its way up despite the fact that the Aussie dollar keeps gaining on the greenback. While the Aussie gold price is up just $1.71 in the last 30 days (0.14%), the U.S. gold price is up nearly nine percent. We reckon the Aussie gold price will begin moving up closer to $1,500 again on a combination of events (weakness against the greenback for one.)
June 1st, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
Deception of the Bull and the Bear Markets
Which makes us think that the rally is probably NOT over. It’s too soon to hammer the bulls. Not enough of them yet. This market should rise more…in order to draw in more suckers.
April 9th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
The Benefits of Sound Money
Can sound money really bring about peace? Actually, it plays a big part in peaceful international relationships. Money based on commodities, rather than paper, is not subject to government manipulation, and is a key component to free and honest trade. History shows that if countries engage in trade with each other, their governments tend to find ways to get along for the same reason you do not kill your customers at your place of business, even if they occasionally annoy you.
March 13th, 2009 | The Daily Reckoning | 5 comments | Continued
Commodities and China
China doesn’t even need to grow wealthier in order to use more commodities. Like her saffron neighbor to the South, India, her population is so large, and growing by such huge numbers, she struggles just to keep up. One percent population growth is not a lot. But one percent of 1.3 billion is 13 million people – equal to America’s entire jobless population. And that, of course, is an increase that happens every year.
March 13th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
