Archives for July, 2014

An Excellent Chart on US Corporate Debt

As a follow up to my article “So who’s buying the S&P500”, the chart below should give cause for considerable concern. It shows the huge spike in maturing debt that will need to be refinanced over the next few years. Total corporate debt is around USD4 trillion and most of…

The Voice of Reason: Gordon Barrett, 24 July 2014

Gordon is a stockbroker and  principal with Morgans’ Caloundra office. Morgans are sponsors of marketcap.com.au. Contact Gordon here. Equity Investment vs Commodity Investment Gordon often gets asked by clients whether it is better to invest in a commodity rather than a company that produces that commodity. “I get these queries…

So who’s buying the S&P500

Well, the Buy The F**king Dip (“BTFD”) crowd is still active and have recently been  joined by the Buy The F**king  All Time High crew (“BTFATH”).  Now we all know that the Zero Interest Rate Policy and Quantitative Easing  have left yield seekers few alternatives and so stocks grind higher.…

Laos: Potash and Bombs

Potash I have been doing  a little research of late on Laotian potash. It is a very interesting opportunity and worth more investigation. Russian companies produce around half of the world’s 30 million tonnes of annual potash production, followed by Canada with about a quarter of total production. Laos produced…