Crown Holdings: Profiting From Your Summer BBQ

Gaining access to new markets for Canada’s natural gas is critical to the success of the industry and to the economic growth of the country. But a lack of infrastructure at home, such as the facilities needed to liquefy natural gas for overseas transport, and established customer relationships abroad is hampering our ability to compete. As the third-largest producer of natural gas in the world, supply in Canada easily meets the demands of the domestic market. Half of that production is available for export to the United States — Canada’s only current customer.

Dr. Stephen Leeb submits:Not to beat a dead horse, but we’re still impressed with China’s control over its fast growing economy. While the Chinese GDP down-throttled to single digits in the second quarter of the year, recent data points to a reacceleration. Among recently released figures, Chinese imports in August were exceptionally impressive.

ByLorin Cohen: Carbon black is probably the biggest industry you've never heard of. One of the most prevalent industrial chemicals in the world, the carbon black market generated an estimated $14 billion in revenue last year. Critical to the production of tires (among many other things), demand for carbon black is forecast to continue showing strong growth, largely driven by China's and India's expanding auto markets.

Once again we are seeing articles and research papers stating the Chinese renmimbi (yuan) is about to replace the dollar as the global reserve currency. Here is a working paper by Arvind Subramanian and Martin Kessler at the Peterson Institute of International Economics stating The Renminbi Bloc is Here: Asia Down, Rest of the World to Go?.

By AsiaInvestor: Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) a leading supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. The company provides products and services for:

Ask anyone which fast food chain reigns supreme and they’ll likely answer McDonald’s – hands down.

Michael Lofing submits: JinkoSolar Holding’s (JKS) second quarter filing is its first quarterly report since its initial public offering ((IPO)) on May 13, 2010. The offering price at $11.00 per American Depository Share ((ADS)), was a bargain compared to the current price of greater than $30 per share. Among its peer group, JinkoSolar is ranked 22nd in last 12 months revenue and 15th in market capitalization.

(This article is frequently updated)