When it comes to investing, there are almost never any guarantees or absolutes. But I can give you one iron-clad, take-it-to-the-bank prediction — wireless communication is going to throw off buckets of profits during the next few years. I’m not exactly going out on a limb. Across the globe, the… Read More
International Investing
Anheuser-Busch InBev moved its American Depositary Receipts from the Pink Sheets to the New York Stock Exchange and now carries the ticker “BUD.” InBev’s a great company with strong global brands, the largest brewer in the world. But for income investors,… Read More
Chinese stocks have soared this year on the wave of upbeat news coming out of the country, which has also boosted the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index by +48.3% since the start of the year. That’s more than… Read More
The iPhone was initially available only in the U.S., United Kingdom and parts of Europe. Now the ubiquitous touch-screen smartphone is around the world. While many countries are untapped markets for the popular device, one stands out. China. Now Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has made a three-year deal with China’s second-largest… Read More
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which measures the price it costs to ship raw materials by sea, is falling again — and fast. #-ad_banner-#The BDI isn’t a regular stock index like the S&P 500. It’s a composite… Read More
Investors hooked on green energy, government spending, and developing economies are looking in the right place. They just aren’t looking at the right stock. When the global economy slammed on the breaks, General Cable (NYSE: BGC) took it on the chin. It slid… Read More
China has had an impressive run. Its GDP has grown at double-digit rates while holders of Chinese stocks have earned triple-digit returns. While everyone else is talking about China, savvy investors should be asking where the next big growth story is. The investment company… Read More
The price of sugar is up +86% so far this year and has reached a 28-year high. But this isn’t the end of a bull market for the commodity, it’s only the beginning. Two separate forces on… Read More
The U.S. isn’t the only country struggling to reform its health-care system. China has a big problem on its hands: 1.3 billion people and a system that has been ignored for decades. The World Health Organization recently ranked China’s health care 144th out of 190 countries. The country recently said… Read More
The man knew too much. And something else was wrong, too. As Joseph Wu talked to his guest, he wracked his brain. Wu was sure he had met this man before. But where? Sitting in Wu’s office, the two men continued to talk business. His guest was very well informed. Read More