Tuesday, July 3, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - More Shockingly Good News From Shale Gas: CO2 Emissions Will Likely Fall This Year To 1991 Levels

DailyMarkets.com - More Shockingly Good News From Shale Gas: CO2 Emissions Will Likely Fall This Year To 1991 Levels


More Shockingly Good News From Shale Gas: CO2 Emissions Will Likely Fall This Year To 1991 Levels

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:37 PM PDT

John Hanger points out on his energy blog that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions have fallen so sharply in the first three months of 2012 according to new data from the EIA, that total CO2 emissions this year are on track to drop to the lowest level since 1991, see chart above.

The key driver for the “shockingly good news” that CO2 emissions will probably fall this year to a two-decade low according to John is “the shale gas revolution, and the low-priced gas that it has made a reality, … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Australia Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged At 3.5%

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:32 PM PDT

    The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left its benchmark cash rate unchanged at 3.50 percent, as expected, after already cutting rates by half a percentage point earlier this year.
    “At today’s meeting, the Board judged that, with inflation expected to be consistent with the target and growth close to trend, but with a more subdued international outlook than was the case a few months ago, the stance of monetary policy remained appropriate,” the governor of the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Central Bank News Link List – July 3, 2012

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:14 PM PDT

    Here’s today’s Central Bank News link list, click through if you missed the previous link list. The list is updated during the day with the latest news about central banks so readers don’t miss any important developments.

BOJ eyes policy pause, keeps outlook upbeat – sources (Reuters)
Inflation set to fall below central-bank targets, JPMorgan says (Bloomberg) 
China vows to contain financial risks amid reforms (Reuters)
Malaysia central bank to remain in … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Summer Reading: 12 Of The Smartest Books On Stock-Picking Ever Written (part 2)

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 02:16 PM PDT

Following on from our earlier article, here is the second half of a list of the 12 books that we think are so jam-packed full of interesting, important or damn-right cool investment ideas that you just need to know about them. Period. If you can drag yourself away from the cocktail bar this summer, you could do a lot worse than spend a few hours working your way through at least some of these books…
Of course, there’s just so much great investing literature that any cut-off point is … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Summer Reading: 12 Of The Smartest Books On Stock-Picking Ever Written (part 1)

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 11:34 AM PDT

As we’ve been developing the screening amp; analysis tools for Stockopedia PRO over the last 18 months, we’ve been doing a VAST amount of reading and careful re-reading of all kinds of investment books – from the old classics to the latest books, research papers amp; articles hot off the press… With the summer holidays approaching, we’ve been reflecting on the very best of those books, the true classics that stand out above the rest. The test we’ve been applying for this is: we’re … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Can China Hold Things Together?

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Recently, there have been a number of alarmist stories coming out of China. I had pointed out a number of concerns (see Focus on China, not Europe and Ominous signs from China). In addition, Patrick Chovanec had highlighted the rising systemic risks that could lead to a “crash landing” rather than just a “hard landing” in China:
There really are two related but distinct things people have in mind when they talk about a "hard landing" for China. The first is a rapid deceleration of GDP … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


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