Featured Trades: (AUSSIE/EURO CROSS), (AUSSIE/YEN CROSS) 1) The Aussie Crosses are On Fire. In the last few days, two of the key foreign exchange cross trades that I have been recommending this year have exploded to new highs. They include the Aussie/yen cross at AUS$0.874 and the Aussie/euro cross at AUS$0.705 (click here for the [...]

Featured Trades: (BIDU), (BYDDF), (GOOG) 2) Baidu Goes Ballistic. Since I am in an ‘I told you so’ mood, take another look at Baidu (BIDU), which I said last week involved swimming at the deep end of the pool (click here for the call). Well, the pool just got a lot deeper. The Chinese search [...]

Featured Trades: (COPPER), (FCX) 3) Business is Booming at Freeport McMoRan (FCX). Another company I track religiously for insights on the global economy is Freeport McMoRan (FCX), the world’s largest producer of copper, and also a major miner of gold and molybdenum. CEO Richard Adkerson says that revenues are up an amazing 67%; demand for [...]

Featured Trades: (RARE EARTHS), (AVARF.PK), (GWMGF.PK), (RAREF.PK), (LYSCF) 4) Rare Earths Are About to Become a Lot More Rare. Interest in Rare Earths is starting to heat up in a dramatic fashion, and it something you should keep on your radar. So named because they were hard to get in the 18th and 19th century, [...]

'If there were no way to short stocks, the probability of stock market bubbles would be much greater,' said hedge fund manager, Bill Ackman, of Pershing Square.