Mar 21, 2010

Daily Markets - Financial News And Opinions

Daily Markets - Financial News And Opinions

Jim Rogers On Chinese Currency And Trade War: My Thoughts

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 07:01 AM PDT

In a Business News Network interview on Mar. 18, Jim Rogers, famous investor and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI) speaks about the recent currency and trade confrontation between the US and China:
If [you] slap somebody in the face, they are going to take a defensive attitude to save the face…I do not know why the United States is doing this in public, ..that never worked, especially with Asians.
Rogers - Float to Grow

Rogers thinks the U.S. should try to … [visit site to read more]


Battle Of The Youth Bulge

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PDT

How certain large populations of idle young men will likely change the world… for the worse
"Between 1970 and 1999, 80% of civil conflicts occurred in countries where 60% of the population or more were under the age of thirty… Today there are sixty-seven counties with youth bulges, of which sixty of them are experiencing social unrest and violence." – Council on Foreign Relations
A surge in youth population leads most nations in one of two directions: Economic boom or social bust. … [visit site to read more]

Will Recent Sharp Up Moves In Oil Prices Bring An End To New Stock Market Highs?

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:01 AM PDT

“Oil prices have risen sharply in the past couple of weeks, which may inevitably put an end to new stock market highs. Oil has recently closed as high as $82 per barrel, as the stock market has put in new 2010 highs. There has been a positive relationship between oil prices and the stock market over the past year which will likely end sooner than later. Rick Szpila of JPMorgan Futures and J.J. Burns of J.J. Burns & Company discussed their outlook with CNBC on Thursday, March 18, … [visit site to read more]
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