Alex Cowie

Even the Auditors Don’t Understand Profits

Posted on May 14th, 2010 in AFR, Alex Cowie, Diggers and Drillers, Henry, KPMG, Market News, RBA, Reserve Bank of Australia, Treasury, aus, aussie dollar, cent, investors, micro cap, perth, property crisis, resource super profit tax, subprime, super profit tax

The bureaucratic propaganda machine has really ramped up this week. Page 7 of today’s Australian Financial Review (AFR) headlines:
“Super profit tax calls industry’s bluff”
And on the front page the AFR leads with:
“Henry ramps up pressure on miners”
With the subheading, “Claims tax will boost growth.”
To back up the arguments the AFR reproduced a chart and [...]

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Copper Price Could Easily Head Higher

Posted on April 14th, 2010 in Alex Cowie, Diggers and Drillers, Market News, PMI, aus, aussie dollar, cent, copper, copper price, micro cap, perth

When looking at stocks for Diggers and Drillers, before even looking at a company report, I start with taking a look a good look at the commodity the company is dealing with.
Think about it, would you go to all the trouble and expense of building a copper mine, if it looked like the price of [...]

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Deals Lovingly Crafted by a Caring and Responsible Investment Banker

Posted on April 01st, 2010 in AIG, Adrian Ash, Alex Cowie, American International Group, Australian Wealth Gameplan, Bear Stearns, Dan Denning, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Lehman Brothers, ML, Maiden Lane, Market News, Opes Prime, Storm Financial, aus, aussie dollar, cent, china, investment bankers, macquarie group, micro cap, mortgages, perth

Before we get into today’s Money Morning, a brief announcement…
Your editor is taking a long weekend. However, we’ve lined up a couple of guest essays to give you something to read while you’re tucking into your Easter eggs.
Tomorrow, BullionVault’s Adrian Ash will give you more info on China’s gold buying spree. And on [...]

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Similarities Between the Cold War and the ‘US and China War’?

Posted on March 17th, 2010 in Alex Cowie, Eureka Report, International Energy Agency, Market News, Soviet Union, US dollars, United States, Wen Jiabao, alan kohler, aus, aussie dollar, cent, cold war, economy, micro cap, perth

We tuned in to Alan Kohler’s article over at the Eureka Report yesterday afternoon.
We liked the headline – “China playing with fire” – and we liked Kohler’s opening sentence:
“Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is playing a dangerous game by upping the ante in the Cold War of words with the United States over exchange rates. And [...]

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Platinum, the Commodity Story of 2010?

Posted on January 15th, 2010 in Alex Cowie, ETF, Market News, aus, aussie dollar, cent, commodity, investors, micro cap, perth, platinum

[Note: Kris is in Australian Wealth Gameplan mode this morning. So today's effort is brought to you by Diggers & Drillers editor Alex Cowie...]
Platinum has the makings of being the commodity story of 2010. Right now, the stars are aligned for this super rare metal, and this year I expect it will even outperform [...]

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Posted on November 17th, 2009 in Alex Cowie, Bureau of Meteorology, Copenhagen, Department of Climate Change, Diggers and Drillers, HAT, Keynesian, LAT, Lord Christopher Monckton, Market News, Monckton, UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention, aus, aussie dollar, cent, climate change, draft treaty, micro cap, perth, precious metals

As promised, in today’s Money Morning you can read a guest essay by Lord Christopher Monckton of Brenchley titled “Copenhagen – a sinister non-answer to a non-problem.”
Lord Monckton’s essay is after your editor’s contribution to today’s newsletter.
But before I get on to today’s subject, a small bit of housekeeping. Quite rightly, several readers have [...]

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