Keith Fitz-Gerald
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Four Ways to Profit Even if the Bush Stimulus Plan is a Bust
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report Show me an effective Bush Administration economic stimulus package and I'll show you a finger-friendly Cuisinart. Who does President George W. Bush think he's kidding? The $600 bucks he wants to hand out isn't going to do squat – and the securities markets know it, [...] -
Why the President's Push for Lower Oil Prices is Nothing But a Pipe Dream
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report Every president has a defining moment when the American people, and indeed the world, recognize that he's badly out of touch with some aspect of reality. I can't help but think that President George W. Bush ["Dubya"] has just had his moment as I watch [...]
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Why the Gulf's Currency Integration Will Benefit International Investors
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report On Jan. 1, six Gulf states joined together – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait – to form a single common market, not unlike the European Union (EU), which has served as its model. The common market, valued at [...]
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Outlook 2008: Four Safe Picks in the Volatile, but Promising Asia Market
Editor's Note: This is the 15th Installment of an Ongoing Series Highlighting the Global Investing Outlook for 2008. By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report Following a spectacular run up last year, many investors are wondering what's next in Asia. We are, too. The steady stream of news so far this year [...]
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Four Ways to Profit from China's Poker Face
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report A longtime investor in Japan who is familiar with how closely the companies there work with their government "minders" recently asked me if the same thing was true in China. It's absolutely true, but the level of direction – rather than cooperation – makes Japan [...]
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Investors Will Benefit From New Plan to Have the United States and China Cooperate in Curbing Oil Speculation
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report Here's a headline investors probably never expected to see: The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on the management of the two countries' strategic oil reserves. We don't know whether to find this story – first reported by China's state-run Xinhua News Service [...]
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Two Ways to Profit in Spite of the Ethanol Snafu
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report Many car buffs look to Europe or Japan to see what the future holds, particularly when it comes to the latest in alternative fuels. The reason is simple: Gasoline costs more than $7 a gallon in both those places. Of course, in Japan – where [...]
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China's Economy Is 40% Smaller Than Thought – So What!
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director In a report that is sure to send shivers down the backs of investors who have been blindly pumping money into China-related investments, the World Bank recently stated that China's economy is 40% smaller than previously thought. The report also suggests that China will not become the world's biggest economy [...]
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Global Crisis Investing and a Grandmother's Advice
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Contributing Editor Whenever I’m faced with a market like this one – rocky and volatile, with hidden wildcards just waiting to trip us up – I can’t help but think about my late grandmother, successful amateur investor Virginia Gruner, and the warning she would issue in just these situations: “Hold onto your [...]
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(Jimmy) Rogers and Me: The Latest Wisdom From a Global Investing Guru
If you have even a passing interest in the art of investing, you've no doubt heard of investing guru Jim Rogers.
