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Colombia’s BVC eyes an aggressive international strategy

Colombia’s Pacific Infrastructure Inc. is targeting the Toronto Stock Exchange for a $250-million initial public offering this fall to finance […]

From Buffett to Cohen, How Big Investors Are Betting

From WSJ, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB – News) Inc. took a stake in MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA – News) […]

Gold Price Direction Based on Investor Sentiment

By Przemyslaw Radomski Based on the analysis of sentiment and on the way mining stocks perform relative to the underlying […]

Good Funds With Commodity Exposure

David Kathman, CFA, On Friday May 13, 2011, 7:00 am EDT Commodities have been making a lot of financial headlines […]

Oil higher in volatile trading

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil rose on Tuesday after some early losses as investors tried to gauge where the market […]

Purple Crayon: Commodity Crash Field Position

The Purple Crayon isn’t just my homage to an ancient French children’s story , although, let’s face it, the books […]

Nigerian Banks Winning Mobius With Asia-Like Growth in Africa

By Renee Bonorchis and Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg, Twenty-four miles northwest of Accra in Ghana, Anthony Botchway rips a pineapple plant […]

Has the Commodities Bubble Popped?

When I read recently that people were lining up to cash in their sterling silverware and heirloom silver tea services, […]

A Quick Tour Of The World’s Booming Farmland Markets

Farmland prices in the UK increased 13% in 2010 alone, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. High quality land […]

Well-Heeled Men Behind Manolos Try on Hooves for Size

LITCHFIELD, Conn.—On a recent afternoon, George Malkemus and Tony Yurgaitis, the top two executives of the Manolo Blahnik luxury shoe […]