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A Crisis in the Kremlin
Earlier this week, I sent out a piece that talked about the dangers of ignoring the big picture – even for the “bottom up” investor.…
2Nov2009 | Outside the Box | 0 comments | ContinuedIraq Sweetens Terms for Oilfield Development
Rigzone: Iraq is sweetening the terms for companies bidding for its prized oil fields as it attempts to avoid the failure of the first bidding round…
22Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedDeficits, Debt, and International Investments
Last week it was official. The U.S. government ran a $1.42 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009, the worst year since 1945. The fiscal year…
19Oct2009 | Invest With An Edge | 0 comments | ContinuedMuddle Through, R.I.P?
I first wrote about the Muddle Through Economy in 2002, and the term has more or less become a theme we have returned to from…
19Oct2009 | Thoughts From the Frontline | 0 comments | ContinuedIraq Lowers Taxes to Lure in Oil Companies
Reuters: Iraq has lured big oil firms into new service contracts on some of its giant oilfields by cutting taxes and sweetening terms to make the…
15Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedTightening Begins Overseas; Here? Not So Much …
Just a couple of weeks ago, I told you what to expect from the U.S. central bank on the interest rate front. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.…
12Oct2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to Trade China with ETFs
Right now, China is celebrating 60 years of Communist party rule. Most of the party-goers aren’t old enough to remember anything else, of course, but…
9Oct2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat Does the G-7 Think About Currencies?
The G-7 meets this weekend in Istanbul. So what’s on the minds of these leaders of the top industrialized countries of the world?
They’re all worried…
5Oct2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedJapanese Politics and the Yen
By Axel Merk
www.merkfunds.com
The U.S. dollar has been getting a beating from all sides, but its woes may be far from over – recent developments in…
1Oct2009 | Merk Investments | 0 comments | ContinuedG-20 Enlarges the Discussion
Last week’s G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh received far more publicity than the preceding U.N. speechfest, probably because the G-20 group omits some of the world’s…
1Oct2009 | Invest With An Edge | 0 comments | ContinuedA Week of Slogans
Global leaders converged on New York this week to make speeches, go to parties, and generally pretend they are actually doing things that will lead…
25Sep2009 | Invest With An Edge | 0 comments | ContinuedFrom Deflation to Inflation
Step by step, with little fanfare and great complacency, we are witnessing a fundamental, global shift that’s rapidly transforming the investment scene:
The forces of…
22Sep2009 | Money and Markets | 1 comment | ContinuedProtectionism: Enemy of Recovery
In the most global-reaching recession since the Great Depression, protectionism is a poison pill for recovery. And we got a taste of it this week…
21Sep2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedChina May Ban Gold and Silver Exports
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But back to China. How could China affect the price of gold? We live in China and spend a lot of time with local…
18Sep2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedThe G-20 Has No Money
The meeting of G-20 finance ministers in London is probably the least-reported business news of the last week. This may be because not much happened…
11Sep2009 | Invest With An Edge | 0 comments | ContinuedChina Scared of U.S. Printing Press
Cheng Siwei, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee and now head of China’s green energy drive, said Beijing was dismayed by the Fed’s recourse to…
8Sep2009 | The Real Deal | 3 comments | Continued
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