Water: Opportunities Exist With Forgotten Commodity

Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,

The Chinese government has admitted for the first time that decades of reckless pollution have spawned a string of toxic "cancer villages". The admission by China's Environment ministry came in a five-year plan on tackling pollution.

Despite what your mom said, you don’t matter that much. In fact, with each passing day, you, me and the rest of the developed-world-dwellers are losing our clout. Today I’ll prove it to you with a few newfound energy statistics – plus, we’ll discuss what you can do about it. As I type, the developing world is gobbling up market share for the world’s resources – oil, natural gas, coal, you name it. It’s the same story, really, but it’s coming true in front of our eyes.

Nicholas Pardini submits: << Return to Part III

From Tbilisi and Vladivostok to Rio and the gold souks of Dubai, opportunities abound in the world. And just because you’re not 100% sure how to pronounce the names of some of these places doesn’t mean you should avoid looking there for profits in investing. I write as an investor traveling the world to make valuable new contacts and friends. My “special situations” letters abound in reports from the people I’ve met, who continue to update me with boots-on-the-ground analysis. Perhaps you’ll become one of them…

Jim O’Neill, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and creator of the ‘BRIC’ acronym, discusses why the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, and China are welcoming South Africa into their political club.According to Bloomberg late last week, South Africa may be formally invited to join the annual meeting of the BRIC leaders in 2011. Many people are asking me about my views on this development. Here they are, briefly.The newest member of the club?