Author: Aaron

  • Panama’s Not Cheap Anymore

    In the late 90s, I first began hearing about Panama while living in Costa Rica. There was a groundswell movement of expats who felt that the cost of living in Costa Rica was too high and sought greener pastures, quite literally. They found their lower cost lifestyle a few hundred miles south in Panama’s highlands.…

  • DBA The agricultural ETF

    Several new ETFs were introduced that enhance the ability of investors to join in the commodities game. While many of them including the oil, gold, and silver ETF (DBO, DBS, DGL) are improvements on previous funds, the DBA fund is the first that allows investors to get involved in the agricultural commodities – perhaps the…

  • Five Ways to Invest in China

    Tony Sagami, Asian stock whiz, advises investors of ways to invest in China. While the U.S. is supposed to expand 1 percent or 2 percent, the People’s Bank of China issued its new 2007 forecast last week, saying it expects the country’s GDP to expand 9.8 percent for the year. In this issue of Money…

  • CNBC Market Indicator

    2007 has begun with a bang! The first week of trading was wild to say the least. We started the week with many markets moving higher only to reverse and seemingly fall out of the sky. It is clear that money is draining out of the Commodities complex at this time. This is not a…

  • Deutsche Bank Named Best Private Bank

    Deutsche Bank has earned the accolade of the best private bank in Cayman in the prestigious Euromoney private banking survey 2007. The survey reflects the opinions of both advisers to private clients and other wealth management companies. The survey also takes into account a wide range of factors including assets under management, profitability, ratio of…

  • Global Investors Pour Money Into Ireland

    Ireland has become the jurisdiction of choice for high value investments in hi-tech manufacturing plants, research and development projects and financial services according to the Irish government’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA Ireland) as it marked an “outstanding” year for growth and new investments in 2006. “Ireland is now seeking and winning high value investments, that…

  • 2007 International Property Investment Outlook

    Independent real estate investment experts Amberlamb have released their complete international property investment outlook series for 2007 which covers 25 of the world’s most exciting emerging and established real estate markets. The series represents one of the most comprehensive free and independent property investment overviews available online. Nicosia, Cyprus (PRWEB) January 9, 2007 — Independent…

  • The Gold/Silver Ratio

    Many investors in commodities use ratios to determine if one resource is incorrectly valued as compared to another. These relationships, based on historical prices, can often give us vital information on oil vs. natural gas, corn vs. soybeans, and especially gold vs. silver. While certainly not the most important factor in determining the possible returns…

  • U.S. Global Investors Continues Performance Leadership

    Company’s Funds Post Top-Tier Returns in Quarter, Year and 5-Year Periods SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Three funds managed by U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (Nasdaq:GROW) are among the best-performing mutual funds for the fourth quarter of 2006, according to rankings published today in the Wall Street Journal. Two of the company’s funds were also among the performance leaders…