Commodity
Commodity Bear Markets Since 1975
Commodities have become an attractive asset class to ordinary investors in the past few years. Heavy marketing by Wall Street firms and the dismal economic situation have made investors turn to commodities for higher returns. However unlike other assets, commodities are extremely volatile, unpredictable and are affected by a multitude of factors that are difficult [...]
Global Cement Industry: A Brief Overview
Cement is one of the basic ingredient in the construction industry. The global cement industry is highly fragmented with many international, regional and local players competing in the market.The global majors account for only about one-fourth of the market. Due to increasing infrastructure and real estate development in emerging markets the cement industry is experiencing [...]
Top Silver Producing Countries and Companies
The price of silver closed at over $30 per troy ounce on Friday up from $16.822 at the beginning of 2010. From a recent Journal story on silver: Among the four major precious metals—the others being gold, platinum and palladium—silver is up 74% this year, on track to be the second-best performing commodity after palladium, [...]
Top Coal Exporters and Importers
Mongolia is opening up its Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit to foreign investors. The site is located in the South Gobi desert near China’s northern border and has an estimated 6.4 billion metric tons of coal. Coal continues to be a major source of power generation in many countries including the U.S. where about 44% of [...]
Stocks Beat Commodities In the Long Run
In recent years ordinary investors have been attracted to all types of commodities such as gold, silver, oil, natural gas, etc. primarily due to the poor performance of equities and also the availability of easy avenues to invest in them such as ETFs. Despite all the glamor of investing in commodities, equities are still the [...]
The List of Diamond Mining Stocks by Country
In an earlier post, we looked at the world’s top diamond producing countries. The table below lists the diamond mining stocks by country: S.No. Name Ticker Country Exchange 1 Petra Diamonds Ltd. PDL.l UK AIM 2 African Consolidated Resources Plc AFCR.l UK AIM 3 Firestone Diamonds plc FDI.l UK AIM 4 Cape Diamonds Plc CAPE.l [...]
