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For 2,000 years, foreigners have seen China as the golden dream. Time after time, they have learned to their regret that it is a gilded illusion; and it is happening again. During 2006, foreign investors tripled their investments in the Chinese equity markets. Even with that, foreign capital constitutes only 10% of the Shanghai (SSE) … Read more
An Interview with Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman and CEO, WL Ross & Co., LLC With Keith W. Rabin, President, KWR International, Inc. Wilbur Ross may be the best-known turnaround financier in the U.S., having been involved in the restructuring of over $200 billion in assets around the world. In 1998, Fortune Magazine called him … Read more
Silver bars is a wonderful way to put your money in precious metals. This investment does not demand loads of money and you can get the strength and steadiness that comes along with precious metals. With technological advances you can now opt for online trading of metals. You need to search for dealers or firms … Read more
Finding a definitive definition for both an antique and a collectible is not possible. Just what constitutes an antique and what constitutes a collectible is determined by each individual antique dealer. Many times, the dealers will give varied answers to the seemingly simple question, ‘What is a collectible and what is an antique?’ Most dealers … Read more
You will hear a lot about the Dow Theory as you travel through your trading career. Dow himself never actually used the phrase. That came later as analysts began to use the term. I should back up here slightly and mention that in 1884 Dow published his first stock market average of 11 stocks. From … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Tax shelters are like ice bergs… … because the 10% on top is glistening and gleaming and looks wonderful, and 90% of it that is hidden is filled with unknown dangers. The history of tax shelters in the United States has at best, been dubious, and at worst disastrous. The biggest problem with a tax … Read more
Here today, gone to Rio. Be back in 2007… Please see our: Season’s Greetings from Silicon Palms in Brazil. Season’s Greetings and Political Correctness “Season’s Greetings” is a greeting more commonly used as a motto on winter season greeting cards, and in commercial advertisements, than as a spoken phrase. In addition to “Merry Christmas”, Victorian Christmas cards … Read more