Bob Hirschfeld

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Mining the Possibilities
Jan 01, 2005
Want to invest in China? Consider Australian mining companies. Commercially speaking, China and Australia are growing closer by the minute. China's ambassador to Australia, Fu Ying, recently told a Sydney audience...
The Bear Lives
Jan 01, 2005
Think U.S. markets are reasonably valued? Think again. Earnings are recovering, so the bear market must be on the run, right? Think again. Given the president's mandate, Social Security may be privatized and the era...
Dealing On a Large Scale
Oct 01, 2004
When famed American novelist John Updike let his philandering anti-hero Rabbit Angstrom finally improve his life in Rabbit is Rich, he had Rabbit inherit a Toyota dealership. Before long the Angstroms did well enough...
Trailer Cash
Sep 01, 2004
Heard the one about what a redneck divorce and a tornado hold in common? (One way or another, someone's losing a trailer.) Or maybe you've run across one of those humorous trailer trash tests featuring questions like...
The Big Haul
Aug 01, 2004
Ordinarily, the phrase in the tank is one that makes investors cringe, but this time around might prove an exception. Tankers, those giant ships that haul everything from oil to iron ore, are in high demand, which...
Fertile Fields
Jul 01, 2004
Rarely will you find a more obvious-sounding investing tip than this: Those seeking growth opportunities should look to agriculture. One of farming's most vocal cheerleaders is Merrill Lynch analyst Donald Carson, who...
The Virtue of Moderation
Jun 01, 2004
Problem: Americans are big and fat. We also are a pragmatic people who worship expediency hence the popularity of using pills to treat health problems like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. That pill fixation...
Is Steel the Next Big Thing?
May 01, 2004
Investing in steel over the past decade has been a minefield. Faced with stagnant pricing and exorbitant labor costs, the U.S. players suffered a near-death experience in 2001, when Bethlehem Steel, the No. 2 steel...
Golden No More
Apr 01, 2004
The shine is starting to dim on investments in gold. True, bullion rose about 20 percent in 2003, and gold stocks improved more than twice as much (42 percent), thanks to a sliding dollar's burnishing of the precious...
Full of Energy North of the Border
Mar 01, 2004
Canada has a long history as a haven for prescription-drug bargain hunters, for instance, and for draft-dodgers. Soon, we might well add American investors to that list of shelter seekers. A number of Canadian...
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