China, Australia Sign Free Trade Agreement
China and Australia signed a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on June 17 in Canberra, Australia.
Commodities
Tune In Turn On And Don’t Drop Out
Stealing a phrase from Timothy Leary and adding a twist. The sixties were a tumultuous time and marked a time of rapid change. Today, I think that many people, businesses and government are suffering Futureshock, with its debilitating effect of paralysis, and creative destruction of old guard business power.
Expectations and the coming Commodity Bull?
Great expectations was a classic novel following the growth of a poor child and his trials and tribulations to find success in his life. Fabulous story.
Bad News For Europe, Good News For Investors | The Investment Insight
ad news out of Europe, Germany in particular, makes two potentially profitable outcomes significantly more likely. Firstly, the European Central Bank will be more flexible in its efforts to keep Greece in the Eurozone.
Myths – Unicorns – Samurai – Elephants
Billion dollar Unicorns are more evident today than when Noah was filling the ARK. The speed at which companies are becoming uber valuable is flat out amazing. Surprising yes, unless one was smart enough to understand how the internet, and software was connecting people in ways that only few ascertained.
China ‘Still Set For Healthy Growth’
Premier Li Keqiang said China is confident of keeping its annual growth rate around 7 percent for a fair period of time by persisting with its reform and opening-up and tapping its huge potential.
Looking For Pearls Of Wisdom In Trading And Investing
Regardless of what asset you are using to build a portfolio or trade having a clear idea of its risks and rewards are very important. However, understanding yourself is even more paramount.
Physical – Paper – Digital
In the past investors were limited in choices between paper assets like stocks , bonds and trust deeds, and physical assets. Physical assets were all forms of commodities (DBC, quote) , real estate, precious metals, agricultural, energies etc , along of course their labor.
EURUSD Weekly Analysis – June 7, 2015
EURUSD stays in the upward price channel on daily chart, and remains in short term uptrend from 1.0462.
Copper and Base Metals Falls On Strong USD and Weak Chinese Data
Copper, along with several of the other principal base metals fell sharply this week as a resurgent US dollar drove many commodities lower, with both gold and silver also selling off strongly. For the base metals market it was Nickel which saw the most dramatic price moves, falling over 5.5% with copper and zinc both falling over 2 %, with tin one of the few commodities closing higher.