International Investing

Watching insider buys and sells can give a trader a lot more information about managers’ opinion of the stock than the press releases. Who knows more about that stock than the insiders? No one. Changes in the pattern of insider buying or selling is worth noting. Best of all, the information is free online [...]

1. Demand for nuclear power is increasing - “Some two dozen power plants are scheduled to be built or refurbished during the next five years in Canada, China, several European Union countries, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and South Africa. In the US and the UK, governmental preparations are under way that may [...]

From Forbes.com:
We looked for dividend yields of at least 2%, as well as estimated payout ratios–indicated annual dividend divided by estimated earnings per share–below 0.6. The lower the payout, the greater the likelihood that a company can afford its current dividend or even raise it at some point in the future.

Can a rare African plant hold one of the “most powerful anti-inflammatory substances ever discovered”? Ilya Raskin, whose company has licensed the product to Avon, thinks so.
The Washington Post gives background on the substances transformation from a spice to potential for medicine:
Raskin first became interested in Aframomum during an international effort to search for medicines [...]

Croc, the gravity defying shoe maker, got hammered down over 6% today with an over 500% increase in normal volume. Much of the float is short it may be tough to get in, but you can still buy the puts.

“The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.” - Mises
This chart from this weeks Economist says it all:

Clearly, in the absence of taxpayer subsidies, clean-energy is a boondoggle. Without generous tax credits, production plummets. Unfortunately for the taxpayer it never goes away completely.
So called “clean energy” is [...]

Regardless of their profession, the “cultural elite” are different from you and me. They have brains and status but they have an isolation from real world which prevents them from being affected by the consequences of their own stupidity. Don’t let the fancy degrees fool you, just like gravity, the laws of economics apply to [...]

Investors can make a profit investing in so-called “sin stocks” in the alcohol, tobacco, defense and casino industries. These sectors tend to do well in good and bad market condition as people either celebrate new market highs with a nice wine or drown their sorrows in Boones.
You can stick it to the Greens and hedge [...]

With reports of a massive reserve for anticipated YouTube lawsuits and huge Put volume far off the market price GOOG, there might be something going on with this stock.
Here is a table for Dec puts for Google where you can see the massive volume at the 240 level. It is far above anything near it [...]

Buy in Paris and sell in Hong Kong. If the spreads move against you the worst case scenario is that you end up drinking a lot of Jack. Best case is you make a profit. Win-Win.

Chart from todays WSJ