In the face of economic meltdown, pick a fight… A nice list of reasons to worry about a war with Iran was sent to our inbox on Tuesday…
January 21st, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Iran"
Investment Hopes, Fears and Preparations for 2012 Investors
“Prepare for the worst; hope for the best,” was always good advice. And here at The Daily Reckoning it is the foundation of our investment approach. We never know what will happen. So, what we want are investments that don’t depend on knowing.
January 9th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
Energy, Resources and Real Asset Investing
Basic economics of scarcity, supply and demand, and investment demand won’t be less important in supporting commodities. But in a world of collapsing financial asset values, tangible assets are about to become the hotly contested objects of a great global strategic game.
December 9th, 2011 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
We Don’t Expect to See Australian Banks Suddenly Keen to Expand their Loan Books
Maybe this will sound like a bunch of whining by the end of the week. After all, three of the big four Aussie banks will report results this week. There will be billion dollar cash profit figures tossed around. But as we said last week, the earnings performance of financial firms in the last six months is a sham.
September 28th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
Iran Suffering from Own Version of Peak Oil
What’s going on in Iran? When the old guard starts shooting the young people, that’s not a favorable sign for the long term.
Last time Iran had a revolution, in 1979, it ushered in turmoil in the oil (and gold) markets for several years. Of course, the invasion by Iraq in 1980, and subsequent war, had something to do with it as well.
