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As the world impatiently watches whether Japan’s Nuclear power facilities cause a catastrophic event, the debate over the use of Uranium for energy and safe alternative fuels has again risen. Since the implementation of Nuclear energy in the 1950’s. The global debate for the use of uranium has led to many protests for and against. […]

At what cost do we save the environment? As the debate continues on how the Gillard Government will release their Carbon Price Mechanism to parliament in the Spring, investors ponder what impact it will have on the economy. All analysts agree that there will be a direct impact to consumers in the form of higher

Over the last 6 years, the Australian stock market has fallen only twice in May, as denoted by the following table for the S&P ASX200 index. Year Start of May End of May Point Gain/Loss % Gain/Loss 2011 4,823.2 ? 2010 4,807.4 4,429.7 -377.7 -7.8% 2009 3,780.5 3,817.8 +37.3 +0.9% 2008 5,595.4 5,654.7 +59.3 +1.1%

You would be forgiven if you are one of the millions of people glued to news headlines, computer screens or have your phone poised with your stock broker on speed dial. With the global markets in the midst of a major correction, tens of Billions of dollars have been wiped off the board! But the

What Europe is experiencing at the moment has been seen before. Economies have collapsed or remained stagnant for decades. History is dot with changes to society that has resulted in booms and busts. It’s happened before, it’s happening now, and it will happen again. The difference between previous economic collapses. And what we are experiencing

No matter what your political or emotional perspective towards Nuclear Energy, reality is that the world needs electricity and will only need more in the future. Electricity is a necessity, just like food and water. Without it, society cannot function and would in-fact revert to an apocalyptic world! In this article, we take a look

Investing in stocks that have strong trade with China is a very sound investment decision. You don’t need to be Einstein to realise that the massive amount of construction in China requires insurmountable amounts of raw materials, labour and skilled professionals. But for how long will this Boom last? Riding the coat tails of this

Australia’s recent GDP figures triggered an additional downwards shift in the markets. Although it was highly anticipated that the aftermath of the QLD floods and the Japanese tsunami had a dramatic impact on Exports, investors were shocked by the -1.2% figure for the 1st quarter of 2011. This was the first negative result since the