Global Manufacturing PMI: “Moderate, Stable Growth”
JP Morgan and Markit reported today the global maufacturing PMI rose to 51.2 in March, up slightly from 50.9 in February.The US led the global manufacturing output growth league table in March, and has...
View ArticleAir Pollution Contributed to 1.2 Million Premature Deaths in China
In 2010 the Global Burden of Disease Study was released, an ambitious attempt to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors.Those...
View ArticleBHP Billiton and Exxon Mobil to Build World’s Largest Floating LNG Plant
Rising costs in Australia’s LNG sector have led many analysts to suggest that continued expansion is limited, especially as growing production in Africa and North America offer alternative supplies,...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars by 2025
The not-so-distant future of driving will be first increasingly semi-autonomous and then fully automated, as technology to build self-driving cars gains traction, promising both safer driving and...
View ArticleOilprice.com Intelligence Report: The IMF vs. Energy Subsidies
The IMF jumps into the climate change debate with a headline-grabbing carbon tax proposal; Dr John Abrahams talks to us about climate change realities; the idea of the self-driving car gains traction;...
View ArticleGas Mileage Better, But Are Consumers Buying It?
President Barack Obama used his weekly address to say the country is ready to take control over its energy future. This is because oil production is at a 15-year high at the same time that imports are...
View ArticleCoal Is the Fuel of the Past and the Future
Hal Quinn, president of the National Mining Association, says coal in 2016 will again be the world’s favorite carbon fuel, pushing out petroleum as the world's largest source of energy.This may seem...
View ArticleIran Deploys New Warship in Caspian Sea
Now that Iran has made the high-profile deployment of a guided missile destroyer in the Caspian Sea, its neighbors should all be “happy” at the major advancement in regional security. On 17 March, Iran...
View ArticleU.S. Game Changing Renewable - Geothermal Power
The biggest weakness of renewable power advocates is the fact that the sun doesn’t always shine, nor the wind blow.Geothermal power, which does not suffer from down time, is slowly gaining ground in...
View ArticleEnergy Intelligence Report: Profit from Gazprom's Crumbling Hegemony
Two months ago we launched our premium service Oil & Energy Insider and I thought the best way of introducing the service to our readers would be to let you see the latest report we sent to premium...
View ArticleGeneral Electric: Hot and Highly Diverse
With its tentacles in nearly a dozen different industries, General Electric should be on the radar of every serious investor. Its more recent deals in the Russian Far East for LNG and with Chevron in...
View ArticleTotal Dumps Canadian Oil Sands Project for $1.65bn Loss
France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) will sell its 49% stake in its Canadian oil sands project to Suncor Energy Inc. for $500 million, netting the French oil giant a $1.65 billion loss on the beleaguered...
View ArticleSubdued Markets Ahead of Central Banks and US Jobs Data
The week's big events, the central bank meetings in Japan, the UK and euro area, and the US monthly jobs report lie ahead and the global capital markets are seeing fairly subdued action awaiting the...
View ArticleHow Volatile Is Your Currency ETF?
As the world becomes more connected every day, investors continue to find new ways to trade around the world and gain exposure to countries they may never even get to visit. Exchange-traded funds...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: The Rise and Fall of Currency Wars
This Great Graphic is a result of a query by my colleague Alexandra Jostrom. Using Google search analytic functions, she found there has been a sharp decline in world wide efforts to search for...
View ArticleHead-To-Head: Oil Futures vs. Producers
When it comes to commodity investing, there is perhaps no corner of the market more popular than crude oil. Whether exposure is captured via futures or equities, this volatile yet often rewarding...
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The Stock Market's Valuation Rarely Gets This High
Here is a new update of a popular market valuation method using the most recent Standard & Poor's "as reported" earnings and earnings estimates and the index monthly averages of daily closes for...
View ArticleTrannies and Russell Break 50-day SMA
The recent weakness in the Transports and the Russell were confirmed by today’s sell-off in the S&P500. Let’s see if they can reclaim 50-day and if all the buyers waiting for the sell-off step in...
View ArticleDaily ETF Roundup: Stocks Close Sharply Lower
Following a pair disappointing U.S. economic reports, Wall Street went on the defensive today, sparking a broad sell-off. The Institute for Supply Management’s reading on the U.S. non-manufacturing...
View ArticleEurozone inflation falls for third straight month
Will this give Super Mario enough to cut rates? The consensus is no. Remember, ECB does not have the same full employment mandate as the Fed.(click here if video is not observable)Read more posts...
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