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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As the sovereign debt crisis in Europe dominates media coverage of both financial and main street news, Washington’s deliberate cover up of a far more serious Read more…
Richard Mills: As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Read more…
Tom Essaye: While the world has been consumed watching the geo-political events unfolding in Europe and the Middle East, I think one of the most interesting events of the year quietly occurred this month between China and Canada. Read more…
Brian Sylvester: Emerging from the shadow of Fukushima, the nuclear sector (NYSEArca:NLR) is on the cusp of a comeback, according to Mark Lackey, chief investment strategist with Toronto-based Pope & Company. Read more…
Critical Metals Report: The list of once-obscure metals and minerals that are becoming “strategic” seems to be growing daily. However, population growth and rising living standards in developing Read more…
John Daly: Ever since the end of World War Two, the U.S. has come to regard Saudi Arabia as almost its exclusive oil producing enclave. Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: It has long been a guiding principle of Gold Stock Trades that requires constant reiteration. “To know how to wait is the great secret of success.” At one time in the history of the United States there were great Americans who had little education, but they were endowed with a native Read more…
Jared Cummans: Any commodity investor worth their salt will tell you that investing in these products requires an understanding of the global economy, not just that of the US. In fact, a number of the world’s most popular commodities, like gold and copper, are mainly produced abroad. Though the U.S. holds Read more…
Jared Cummans: Alternative energy investing has surged in popularity in recent years as our world has felt the effects of basing the majority of our economy off of a finite resource. Though crude oil and other fossil fuels will last us for the foreseeable future, there will come a time when our energy consumption Read more…
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Jeb Handwerger: Germany (NYSE:EWG) has taken the path away from nuclear following Fukushima by shutting down their reactors and importing natural gas from Russia (NYSE:RSX) and nuclear energy from France (NYSE:EWQ). This move away from nuclear is no way to run a modern industrial nation Read more…
“Renewable energy uses natural resources like sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat to produce energy. High oil prices, concerns about global climate change, and the U.S. government’s growing support of renewable energy through legislation has driven the push to commercialize alternative energy sources Read more…
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China, second only to the United States in terms of power consumption, announced this week that it will spend about 100 billion yuan ($14..6 billion) to more than double its wind power capacity by 2010 over last year. More than 200 billion yuan was allocated to energy saving and carbon reducing projects under China’s stimulus plans.
That investment will take the country’s wind power capacity to 30,000 megawatts from the current 12,000 megawatts, according to the country’s deputy director of renewable energy. Further, China expects its investment in alternative and renewable energy sources to exceed 2 trillion yuan by 2020. Read more…
Catching the mega trend is a tricky business. If you’re paying attention, you might have a chance. Green energy was one such trend – and now we think another such trend may be developing in nuclear energy.
When oil jumped significantly a couple of years ago, Hummers were still popular. Most Americans didn’t mind filling up their 2 SUVs (remember those?). As long as gas was “reasonable” they just put it on the card. But as the global boom unfolded, the world consumed more energy than the market could supply at such “low” prices. Crude oil briefly shot up to around $150. This scared many Americans. They scaled back on their energy consumption – sometimes out of necessity.
At the same time, Al Gore (remember him?) came out with his movie about global warming. The resulting publicity about greenhouse emissions led to soaring interest in alternative energy sources. Suddenly the hybrid Toyota Prius was mainstream and incandescent light bulbs were a social faux pas. Green energy was in. Anyone who bought Green four years ago made out like a bandit. Read more…
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